Supplement Library

5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is an intermediate between the amino acid tryptophan and serotonin, usually extracted from Griffonia simplicifolia seeds.

• Depressive symptoms
• Sleep onset
• Fibromyalgia and migraine

Activated charcoal is a porous carbon material that binds many substances in the gut.

• Emergency management of certain acute poisonings
• Detox, cleansing, hangover prevention
• Intestinal gas and bloating

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is a botanical used in Ayurvedic practice and marketed for stress, sleep and exercise performance.

• Perceived stress and anxiety symptoms
• Sleep quality
• Strength and exercise performance

Berberine is a plant alkaloid found in goldenseal, barberry, Oregon grape and Coptis.

• Blood glucose measures in type 2 diabetes
• LDL cholesterol and triglycerides
• Weight loss

Colloidal silver is listed for education only and is not part of the routine supplement catalog.

Creatine is a compound made in the body and obtained from meat and fish that helps regenerate ATP during short, intense effort.

• Strength and high-intensity exercise performance with resistance training
• Lean mass gains alongside training
• Muscle preservation in older adults with resistance training

Ginkgo biloba leaf extract is studied for memory, cognitive decline and circulation.

• Preventing dementia or cognitive decline in older adults
• Symptoms in existing dementia
• Intermittent claudication (leg pain with walking)

Concentrated green tea extract supplies catechins, mainly EGCG, in amounts far above those obtained by drinking tea.

• Weight loss and weight maintenance
• Blood lipids and blood pressure
• Cancer prevention

Iodine is an essential trace mineral required to make thyroid hormone.

• Preventing iodine deficiency and deficiency-related goitre
• Supporting thyroid hormone production during pregnancy
• Thyroid support in people with adequate intake

Iron is an essential mineral used to make haemoglobin and to carry oxygen in blood.

• Treating iron-deficiency anaemia and confirmed iron deficiency
• Fatigue without documented iron deficiency
• Restless legs syndrome with low iron stores

Magnesium is an essential mineral involved in hundreds of enzyme reactions, including energy production, muscle and nerve function, blood pressure regulation and bone structure.

• Correcting low magnesium (hypomagnesaemia)
• Constipation
• Migraine prevention

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland that signals biological night.

• Jet lag
• Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder
• Insomnia in adults

Omega-3 EPA and DHA are long-chain fatty acids found mainly in oily fish and in algae.

• Lowering high triglycerides
• Cardiovascular event reduction
• Rheumatoid arthritis joint symptoms

Potassium is an essential mineral and electrolyte involved in fluid balance, nerve signalling and muscle contraction, including heart muscle.

• Blood pressure in people with higher sodium intake
• Treating documented low potassium (hypokalaemia)
• Muscle cramps in general

Red yeast rice is rice fermented with Monascus purpureus.

• Lowering LDL cholesterol
• Cardiovascular event reduction
• A safer natural alternative to statins

St.

• Mild to moderate depressive symptoms
• Severe depression, bipolar depression
• Menopausal symptoms, wound healing (topical)

Turmeric is a culinary root; curcuminoids are its main studied constituents.

• Knee osteoarthritis pain
• Inflammatory markers
• Depression, metabolic syndrome, ulcerative colitis

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin needed for red blood cell formation, DNA synthesis and nerve function.

• Treating and preventing B12 deficiency, including pernicious anaemia
• Fatigue or energy in people with normal B12 status
• Cognitive decline prevention

Biotin is a water-soluble B vitamin involved in fat, carbohydrate and amino-acid metabolism.

• Treating biotin deficiency and biotinidase deficiency
• Hair, skin and nail appearance in people without deficiency
• Blood glucose or neuropathy

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble vitamin needed for collagen formation, antioxidant defence, immune function and iron absorption.

• Preventing and treating vitamin C deficiency and scurvy
• Common cold duration
• Iron absorption support

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is a fat-soluble vitamin the body also makes in skin exposed to ultraviolet light.

• Treating and preventing vitamin D deficiency and rickets/osteomalacia
• Fracture and fall reduction with calcium in older adults
• Preventing respiratory infections

Vitamin K2 (menaquinones, including MK-4 and MK-7) is a fat-soluble vitamin involved in blood clotting and in proteins that regulate calcium in bone and blood vessels.

• Preventing vitamin K deficiency bleeding
• Bone mineral density and fracture reduction
• Arterial calcification and cardiovascular outcomes

Zinc is an essential mineral needed for immune function, wound healing, taste, growth and hundreds of enzymes.

• Treating and preventing zinc deficiency
• Childhood diarrhoea in low-resource settings
• Common cold duration with lozenges