Cluster
Nutrition
Before asking whether a supplement does anything, it is worth asking what is actually in it. For some categories that is a real question with a documented answer, and for others the honest answer is that nobody has published enough to say.
We start with purity and sourcing because those are questions laboratory documents can answer. We do not make claims about disease, and we do not repeat manufacturers' claims as though they were findings.
Nutrition is on this site for the same reason water is: it is an input. And the useful questions here turn out to be documentary rather than physiological — what is in the bottle, who tested it, and what the report does not say.
Guides and reviews
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If you are buying your first MitoLife product, start here
Three products that make sense as a first purchase — inexpensive, easy to judge, and useful whether or not you buy anything else afterwards.
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Products in this catalogue that actually publish their amounts
If you have decided you will only buy supplements that tell you what is in them, this is the short list — and what each one discloses.
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How to read a shilajit certificate of analysis
Most shilajit lab reports are built so they cannot tell you anything. Here is what a useful one contains, what "pass" hides, and how to check the numbers yourself.
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If you are going to take one mineral, start here
A short, honest answer to the most common supplement question — which mineral is worth taking first, and why the answer is usually zinc with copper alongside it.
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Digestive or systemic enzymes — which one you actually want
MitoLife sells two enzyme products with opposite instructions. Here is what each one does, why the timing differs, and how to tell which question you are asking.
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Zinc and copper — why the pair is the actual question
Zinc and copper share an absorption pathway, so taking one changes the other. Here is how to think about the pair, and which forms answer which question.
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Desiccated Oyster — the most zinc-dense food there is
Whole New Zealand oyster, dried at low temperature — zinc and copper together in the proportions the animal had them, rather than as isolated minerals.
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Shilajit and heavy metals — what the testing shows
Shilajit has a documented contamination problem. How to read a certificate of analysis, what these documents leave out, and what to ask before buying.
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Shilajit resin vs tablets — what actually differs
No published research compares absorption between the formats. Here is what genuinely differs, what the authenticity claims are worth, and what to check instead.
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Tranquil Mind — honokiol, saffron and a gut-derived strain
Three actives with real pharmacology behind them, in the newest product in the catalogue. Here is what is in it and what the listing does and does not tell you.
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Panacea shilajit tablets review
A $75 Altai-sourced shilajit in tablet form, with published test documents that are unusually hard to read. What the documentation shows and what it omits.
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Beef Liver — freeze-dried, grass-fed, in a capsule
One of the most nutrient-dense foods there is, freeze-dried rather than heat-processed. A simple product with a simple case for it.
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Elk Velvet — 250 mg a capsule, and the dose is published
Freeze-dried antler velvet at a stated 250 mg per capsule, three capsules per serving. A traditional preparation, with the arithmetic you need to judge it.
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NAD-Power — niacinamide, the plain and cheap form of B3
Niacinamide is a direct NAD+ precursor, does not cause the niacin flush, and costs a fraction of the fashionable alternatives. Here is what is in the bottle.
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Zinc Carnosine — a specific compound, not a generic zinc
Zinc carnosine is a chelate with its own research history, developed in Japan and studied for the stomach lining. It is a different product from ordinary zinc.
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Purely-K — three forms of vitamin K, with the amounts stated
K1 plus both common K2 forms, at published amounts. Unusual on both counts — and a high-dose preparation that interacts with anticoagulants.
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Vitamin C with Polyphenols — the plain form, 180 to a bottle
Ascorbic acid with bioflavonoids at about 17 cents a capsule. The form the clinical literature actually studies, sold without a story attached.
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Digest-It-All — a broad enzyme blend, taken with meals
Proteases, amylase and lipase in one capsule per meal. The important thing about this product is when you take it — with food, not away from it.
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Melatonin — 5 mg and 50 mg, and the gap matters
Two strengths of one ingredient. Sleep research typically uses 0.5 to 5 mg, so the choice between these two capsules is the whole decision here.
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Flora-Form — a spore probiotic that names its strains
Three Bacillus species and a named bacteriophage blend, in a format built to survive stomach acid. Better disclosure than most probiotics, with one gap left.
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Dissolve-It-All — serrapeptase and nattokinase, taken away from food
A systemic enzyme blend in a phthalate-free enteric capsule. The timing instruction is the mechanism, not a suggestion.