I've never been particularly methodical about supplements. I find someone credible — a researcher, a practitioner whose thinking I respect — and I take their advice. That's gotten me this far. But supplements get expensive fast, and the range of opinion is enormous. This page is my attempt to be more disciplined: everything I take, graded by the actual evidence, sourced to scientific literature, including anything that argues against it.
I tend to trust people I find credible — Rhonda Patrick, researchers whose work has been stress-tested — and use their frameworks as a starting point. Occasionally I’m more experimental: lions mane, ashwaganda, something that enough credentialed people have made a compelling case for. The goal now is to be more methodical. Every supplement here is evidence-rated and tracked against what the data says it’s supposed to do.
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Genetic variants affect how you absorb, convert, and utilize nutrients. A 110-SNP analysis identified variants that directly influence supplementation decisions — these aren't generic recommendations.
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Supplements I've Stopped Taking
Not everything makes the cut. These left the stack — and here's why.
AG1 (Athletic Greens)
Discontinued
I genuinely enjoyed the routine — the ritual of it felt like a positive start to the morning. But the evidence for greens powders at this price point is thin. Independent analyses show most claimed benefits come from ingredients you can get for a fraction of the cost. At ~$3/day, that's $90/month better allocated toward whole foods, targeted supplements with strong evidence, or lab work that actually changes decisions.