The label, next to the research
Waking up three times a night to pee. A weaker stream. Blood sugar that keeps creeping up, and the fatigue that comes with it. I look up the public studies behind every supplement ingredient, note the dose they used, and put it next to the dose on the label. Then I read what people who actually bought the product say about it. Often none of it lines up, and I say so.
Why this site exists
Most supplement content is written to sell first and inform second. Better Vitality exists to do it the other way round. For every ingredient I look up the studies that are publicly available, record the dose they used, and compare it with what the label discloses. Then I read what buyers say in public forums and reviews, because that is where side effects and quiet disappointments turn up first. When a product hides its doses in a proprietary blend, I score it down for that. When the evidence is thin, I say the evidence is thin. A low score stays published.
Nothing here is medical advice, I have no medical background, and I have not taken the products I review. Every review lists what could not be verified.
A dose that never reached a study cannot be expected to reach a result. That is the whole test.
Supplement reviews
Ingredient by ingredient, with the label dose next to the dose in the studies.
Prostadine review
Liquid prostate drops built around seaweed extracts and saw palmetto
GlucoTrust review
Bedtime blood sugar capsule with gymnema, chromium, cinnamon and a sleep blend
Sugar Defender review
Liquid blood sugar drops with 22 botanicals and amino acids in a 200 mg blend, plus a trace of chromium
Recent articles
Prostate symptoms, blood sugar, and the medications that go with them.
Berberine HCl vs Dihydroberberine vs Phytosome: Which to Buy
The newer forms get far more berberine into the blood. Whether that lowers blood sugar any better has never been tested. What each form's evidence actually is, the dose each was studied at, and what to check on the label.
10 min read
Finasteride and Tamsulosin Together: Why, and for How Long
Two prostate drugs that do different jobs. Why doctors combine them, what the combination did in the two biggest trials, which one most men can eventually stop, and what to know about PSA and side effects.
9 min read
Pumpkin Seed Oil for Overactive Bladder: Dose and Evidence
The one study of plain pumpkin seed oil for overactive bladder used 10 grams a day, about ten standard capsules. What that study and the blends actually showed, and what to try first.
8 min read
Start with the ingredient
What the studies found, at what dose, and who should avoid it.
Not sure where to start?
If a supplement is already on your shortlist, look up its main ingredient first. The dose on the label usually settles the question before the marketing does.