Gary Brecka explains why supplements often don't work: the industry prioritizes cheap ingredients over forms your body can actually absorb. Bioavailability, the amount of a nutrient that reaches your bloodstream, depends on the chemical form and your individual genetics. Most supplements are a waste of money because manufacturers choose what's cheap and stable, not what your body can use.
Maybe you've heard that supplements are only good for making expensive pee, and honestly, the critics aren't entirely wrong. Walk into any pharmacy or health food store and you'll find shelves packed with supplements that your body can't even use. Today we're talking about bioavailability. It's the percentage of a substance that enters your bloodstream and becomes available for your body to use. The supplement industry has prioritized cost and shelf stability over what actually works in the human body, and most people have no idea. They're taking supplements based on marketing claims without understanding the form of the ingredient determines determines whether it will do anything at all. Bioavailability isn't a marketing term. It's absolutely real, and it's rooted in biochemistry and genetics. When you understand it, you stop wasting money on supplements that don't work, and you start giving your body what it actually needs in the form it can use. This is actually fixable when the nutrient is
