Today we are talking all about supplements.  The good the bad and the ugly.  I will often see clients who have seen many people before me and some will come with a container of supplements that they have been prescribed or they have looked up on the internet and are taking for this and the other.  So, are they really doing anything?  Is it as simple as just looking at your blood test and saying, you’re low in vitamin X so take supplement X?  Are you just wasting your money? Today, my guest is independent researcher Giorgi Dinkov, whose focus is on biochemistry and physiology.  Giorgi has become a great resource for me, which has helped with so many clients, and so I wanted his biology and chemistry expertise to talk about all things supplementation.   In this episode, we talk about: Blood test says lacking in x so you take pill for X Allopathic and functional medicine really work the same-one prescribes drugs, the other, supplements Cholesterol and statin Fish oil Is it true that diet can never be enough as the soil is depleted etc so we must supplement. Food works in combinations, not on their own ie. iron myth. The most over prescribed supplements like iron, zinc and vitamin C Why some don't work and can actually be bad for you The most underutilized interventions, medicinal and supplements? Niacinamide  Thyroid Aspirin -  Progesterone Thiamine  Vitamin A Caffeine  Copper. Vitamin E  Cascara Cyproheptadine How does metabolic health affect our levels of vitamins and minerals How can under eating in general or under eating certain food groups effect our vitamins of minerals and thus lead us to think we need supplementation? Endotoxin Gut health Tamoxifen -Oestrogen - Vitamin E  Cortisol atrophies everything discriminately You can find all of Giorgi’s research on his blog www.haidut.me  You can find his research products at www.idealabsdc.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.