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Do You Actually Need Those Supplements?

First things first, this post isn't questioning whether or not you should take supplements a doctor prescribed to you, you absolutely you should. This post is about optional/self medicated supplements.


Ah supplements, able to be gimmicks and legitimate medication. I find it hard to watch people get sucked into buying supplements (at an extraordinary markup) on places like instagram and facebook. Let me be clear, supplements are a very useful and legitimate product that can genuinely save lives and improve the quality of a persons life drastically, just its doubtful you need a full range supplement in your teens or twenties.


Let me explain, so say you own a uterus, that monthly bleed is quite often going to leave you deficient in iron, especially if you eat a diet low in iron. This is why my people with uterus' need to take iron supplements. Another example would be vegans, who all need to be taking a daily vitamin B12 supplement to remain healthy.

When vitamins become questionable is when they are marketed as "skin improving" "wrinkle reducing" "grow your hair faster and thicker". The science behind these claims is essentially non-existent and where specific ingredients have being tested and do show an improvement the ingredient is use topically (a cream for your skin) and/or tested on mice. Now, we both know you aren't drinking moisturiser and we both know you aren't a mouse.

Health benefits are hard to find and often come with side effects nobody wants. Take for example biotin, the number one ingredient in "Sugar Bear Hair". This vitamin when consumed in too large of a dose causes a skin rash, excessive urination and increased thirst. Sugar Bear Hair contains almost 1700% of the daily dose recommended for adults, never mind the teenagers and children their adverts target.

I have seen so many people talk about how great value for money Sugar Bear Hair, Halo Beauty etc are but they really aren't. Take for example this brand which is an entire years worth of supplements for half the price of one month of Halo Beauty. Also this brand which is a years supply of biotin for again, half the price of a months worth of Halo Beauty. The main difference being, that these products are actual vitamins with actual science supporting their benefits.


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