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Episode Description

Can fat burners, probiotics, detox kits, and trendy supplements actually prove they work—or are you wasting money on proprietary blends with zero human outcome data while your health stays the same?

Dr. Christian Gonzalez investigated the supplement industry with one critical framework: three non-negotiable questions every supplement must pass before it belongs in your cabinet—not just marketing claims and influencer endorsements.

The shocking reality? Most supplements fail because they rely on acute stimulation or theoretical mechanisms instead of reproducible human evidence showing measurable improvements in the outcomes you actually care about.

The hidden failures in popular supplements:

• Fat burner blends that only work through nervous system stress—increasing cortisol, disrupting sleep, and working against sustainable fat loss long-term

• Generic probiotics with a few strains marketed as "gut health solutions" when the microbiome • contains hundreds of thousands of species

• Expensive detox and liver cleanse kits that rely on laxatives and diuretics instead of supporting the enzyme systems actually doing the work

• Probiotics that don't survive gastric acid, don't colonize, and may worsen symptoms in people with histamine sensitivity or SIBO

In this episode, Dr. Christian Gonzalez reveals:

• The 3-question framework that instantly filters out supplements wasting space in your cabinet

• The "try" tier supplements with emerging human data that could be game-changers for the right person

• Which supplements scored 8+ out of 10 on evidence—and why most people are buying the wrong forms

• The absorption problem no one talks about that makes one popular anti-inflammatory basically useless in standard form

• A post-biotic compound most people can't produce enough of naturally—and why it matters after 30

• The amino acid that smooths out caffeine jitters without making you drowsy

• Exact doses, timing, and what separates quality brands from contaminated, underdosed products

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:51 - Three questions to ask before buying any supplement

2:52 - Supplements to skip

11:07 - Supplements worth trying

16:25 - Supplements worth buying

21:43 - How to spend your supplement money smarter

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