The blog. Ten posts.
The label has room for amounts and forms. This has room for why. Ten posts on vitamin D in a sunny country, B12 on a vegetarian plate, what a lot number tells you, and the proprietary blend trap. Newest first. No disease claims, no miracle words.
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How to read withanolide standardisation, why bisglycinate and not oxide, where L-theanine fits, the 3 am wake-up, chai and screens, and what a calm formula can honestly do.
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Why dal and vegetables come first, what curd does and does not do, how to read strains and CFU on a probiotic label, and what four weeks tends to look like.
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EPA and DHA in milligrams, algal oil for vegetarians, CoQ10, arjuna, magnesium taurate and K2 as MK-7 under the one-RDA rule, plus the ghee, the walk, and what a capsule cannot do.
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Hydration in an Indian summer, the salt in achar and papad, what cranberry and punarnava are, what a kidney supplement can honestly say, and the signs that need a doctor.
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What milk thistle, phyllanthus and turmeric can be labelled to do under Indian rules, why the everyday basics come first, and when a capsule is the wrong purchase.
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What a lot number connects you to, what real batch testing means, what a certificate of analysis contains line by line, why NABL accreditation and its QR code matter, and why a badge on a website is not a report.
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What a proprietary blend is, why brands print one total instead of five amounts, how to spot under-dosing from the outside, and a worked example with invented numbers that shows how much can hide behind 620 mg.
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A walk around an Indian supplement pack, from the form and amount of each ingredient to the FSSAI licence number, the green dot, the NOT FOR MEDICINAL USE line, the one-RDA cap and the price per day, with the questions to put to any brand.
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Why vegetarian and vegan Indian diets run short of B12, what the Indian RDA of 2.2 micrograms means once absorption is counted, methylcobalamin against cyanocobalamin, what a supplement label may show, and how long the honest timeline is.
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Why office hours, clothing, city air and skin tone leave many Indians low on vitamin D, how IU and mcg relate, what the Indian RDA of 600 IU means for a supplement label, and how to read D3 with K2.
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