The Supplement Aisle Is the Animal, Taken Apart and Sold Back One Jar at a Time
I have been looking at the supplement aisle, and the pattern is hard to miss. A large slice of it is one animal, taken apart and sold back to you a jar at a time.
Steak is full of creatine. They tub it and sell it as a breakthrough. Mayo Clinic notes that people usually get creatine through seafood and red meat, and the name itself comes from the Greek word for flesh.
Red meat is full of carnitine. Capsuled, sold as a fat-loss aid. The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements says, “Carnitine is present in animal products, especially red meat,” and even the name comes from the Latin root for flesh because it was first isolated from meat.
Beef is full of carnosine. Sold as beta-alanine, for the tingle. Carnosine is concentrated in animal muscle and brain tissue, and researchers note the name traces back to the Latin words for meat.
Butter and egg yolk carry K2. So do hard cheeses and fermented foods. Capsuled. NIH says ...