The Beginners Guide to Supplements

HINT: Don’t Start with the Facebook Group

Choosing the right supplements is as complex and personal as being prescribed any medication. There is an entire field of healthcare called Pharmacogenomics that can assess your response to certain classes of drugs based on your genetics. Nothing is ever one-size fits all.  And yet, we turn to our friends, communities or if they are lucky, we even ask our moms, what we should take to be healthier and more fertile.

To make matters even more complex, there is no shortage of celebrities touting their supplement line, companies advertising in your Insta feed and even physicians white labeling their own line. Do you know where any of those supplements are manufactured? What their specific absorption rates are? Where they source their ingredients? Or if they performed any clinical trials to assess the results of using the supplement for the indication they promote?

Probably not because supplements in this country are not regulated. They are, however, regulated in Australia under as strict protocols as pharmaceutical drugs. That’s why we picked Thorne as our scientific wellness partner. We “prescribe” their supplements alongside medical nutrition therapy and other oral therapy to improve your cellular, metabolic and hormonal health.

Contact us today to work up your ideal supplement list for you. Our doctors, dieticians and clinical advisors might have a bit more experience in this than your Facebook friends. Just saying. ;)