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The Formulary

Every molecule on the record — what it is, what it does, what it’s worth. The literature, minus the locker room.

130 molecules on file 7 systems Every dose & grade on the record

130 ingredients shown — tap any specimen for the full monograph.

B

Muscle & performance

Fill the shirt. The engine room.

BCAAs

Branched-chain amino acids, leucine / isoleucine / valine, 2:1:1

The most oversold category in sports nutrition, with one narrow real use.

Beetroot

Dietary nitrate

Train full, look fuller. (No erection claims — we mean it.)

Beta-alanine

CarnoSyn (branded form)

The one that makes your face tingle. That is not the effect.

Betaine

Trimethylglycine, TMG, betaine anhydrous, glycine betaine

A bowl of bran outdoses this at breakfast.

Creatine monohydrate

Consistency over ceremony. No loading-phase folklore required.

Electrolytes

Sodium · potassium · magnesium

Sweat has consequences. This is the fine print.

Fava bean protein

Broad bean protein isolate, Vicia faba

One of the better single plant proteins, with one genuine caveat.

Glucuronolactone

D-glucurono-gamma-lactone, D-glucuronolactone, glucurone

Famous for being on the can. That is the whole CV.

Glycocyamine

Guanidinoacetic acid, GAA, guanidinoacetate, betacyamine

Creatine's precursor, sold beside creatine.

Hibiscus

Hibiscus sabdariffa; roselle; sorrel; karkade; sour tea; agua de Jamaica

The tart bit. Famous for something we cannot claim.

L-arginine

Arginine HCl, arginine AKG

The step immediately before nitric oxide, taken directly.

L-citrulline

Citrulline malate

The one the body prefers when it wants more arginine.

L-glutamine

The work after the work. One ingredient, one job.

L-tyrosine

Tyrosine, 4-hydroxyphenylalanine

It props up a tired brain. It does not upgrade a fresh one.

MCT oil powder

Medium-chain triglycerides, C8/C10

A fat that is absorbed quickly. That is the whole story.

Waxy maize

Waxy maize starch, waxy corn starch, Zea mays var. ceratina

A carbohydrate at one-thousandth of a carbohydrate dose.

Whey protein

Whey isolate + concentrate

Fill the shirt. The unglamorous engine of every build.

Fermented yeast protein

YESTEIN, nutritional yeast protein

The ingredient that makes a single-plant protein complete.

C

Cut & metabolism

Smaller waist. Same chest.

Berberine

No miracle language. Just a routine.

Chromium

Quiet mineral, real job.

Saffron

Cut the noise. Keep the muscle.

G

Digestion

Consistency is hot.

Apple cider vinegar

ACV, acetic acid

The internet loves it. The evidence shrugs.

Apple pectin

Pectin, soluble fibre

Soluble fibre, doing the unremarkable thing soluble fibre does.

Artichoke leaf

Cynara scolymus

Traditional bitter. The claims were assessed and turned down.

Black pepper

Piperine, Piper nigrum

Not an active. A reason the actives arrive.

Bovine colostrum

First milk, IgG

The first milk, and one of the few gut products with real trials behind it.

Digestive enzymes

Backup for the big dinners.

Ginger

The oldest trick that still works.

Inulin

Chicory root fibre; inulin-type fructans; oligofructose; from Cichorium intybus and Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke)

It feeds the bacteria. They are not discreet.

Ox bile

Bovine bile extract, cholic acid

Exactly what it sounds like. Read the warnings first.

Polydextrose

E1200; randomly bonded glucose polymer

Fifty milligrams of a fibre trials measure in grams.

Probiotics

B. lactis · multi-strain

Gut support that fits in a pocket.

Psyllium husk

Your plans should be spontaneous. Your digestion should not.

Slippery elm

Ulmus rubra; red elm, Indian elm, moose elm. The demulcent tradition is the inner bark specifically, not the whole bark.

Forty milligrams of a four-gram tradition.

Sphaeranthus indicus

East Indian globe thistle, gorakhmundi, mundi, kottaikkarantai; the dried flower heads.

Its reputation belongs to a different formula.

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica · Indian date · imli

Worcestershire sauce's other job.

Terminalia chebula

Haritaki, harad, black myrobalan; one of the three fruits in Triphala.

Famous in Ayurveda. Trialled mostly on knees.

D

Drive & vitality

Desire, confidence, follow-through.

Ashwagandha

Calm is a performance stat.

Astragalus

Astragalus membranaceus / huang qi

A tonic root with a real file and a real caution.

Boron

Trace, not trivial.

Catuaba

Trichilia catigua / Erythroxylum vaccinifolium

Brazil's oldest tonic. Still waiting on its trial.

Cayenne

Capsicum annuum / capsaicin

The heat is the mechanism.

Cordyceps

Fungi with a work ethic.

Licorice root

Glycyrrhiza glabra / glycyrrhizin

Sweet, useful, and the one to read the dose on.

Maca

Lepidium meyenii, Peruvian ginseng

A root with centuries of use and modest, honest evidence.

Muira puama

Ptychopetalum olacoides / potency wood

Amazonian by reputation. Thin by paperwork.

Oat straw

Green oat extract / Avena sativa

A nerve tonic that turned up in cognition trials.

Orchic

Bovine orchic extract / glandular

An old idea, still unproven.

Oyster extract

Oyster peptide / marine zinc source

The zinc arrives by sea.

Sarsaparilla

Smilax / smilax ornata

Plant steroids that stay plant steroids.

Sea moss

Irish moss · carrageen moss · Chondrus crispus

A seaweed with a publicist.

Shilajit

Daily drive. No neon tub required.

Tongkat ali

Eurycoma longifolia

Old-world stamina, new-world label.

Tribulus

Tribulus terrestris / puncture vine

The most famous claim in the aisle. The evidence says otherwise.

Zinc

Zinc oxide, zinc picolinate, zinc citrate

Essential, well evidenced, and the one mineral it is easiest to overdo.

A

After hours

The hours after the gym.

5-HTP

5-hydroxytryptophan, griffonia seed extract

The only ingredient here with a genuine drug interaction.

Andrographis

Andrographis paniculata; king of bitters, green chiretta, kalmegh, chuan xin lian, fah talai jone

King of bitters. Ours is a very small king.

Caffeine

When the night still has hours left.

Chamomile

Matricaria chamomilla (syn. Matricaria recutita, Chamomilla recutita); German chamomile. Not the same plant as Roman chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, which is also sold as 'chamomile' and has a different chemistry.

Famous at bedtime. Studied at forty times the dose.

Chicory root

Cichorium intybus; succory, blue sailors; the source of chicory inulin

Famous as a fibre. Here for the bitter.

Date palm extract

Phoenix dactylifera · date fruit extract · ajwa and medjool are cultivars, not synonyms

The same tree also makes the wine.

GABA

Gamma-aminobutyric acid

Your brain's brake pedal, sold in a form that may not reach it.

Grape

Vitis vinifera · grape fruit and skin extract

There is more resveratrol in the glass.

L-theanine

The calm to caffeine's noise.

L-tryptophan

A serotonin precursor. Read the interactions first.

Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia; true lavender; English lavender

Studied at 80 mg. We use 20 mg.

Lemon balm

Melissa officinalis; melissa; balm mint; common balm

The calm is better studied than the sleep.

Melatonin

Close the night properly.

Passion flower

Passiflora incarnata; maypop; purple passionflower

Twenty-three extra minutes, if the trial holds.

Amla

Phyllanthus emblica; Emblica officinalis; Indian gooseberry; amalaki

Famous for vitamin C. The chemists still argue.

Phyllanthus niruri

Chanca piedra; stonebreaker; bhumi amalaki. Often sold interchangeably with its close relative Phyllanthus amarus, which the two have been confused for in the botanical literature as well as in trade.

Named after kidney stones. Here for other reasons.

Reishi

Turn the volume down.

Taurine

2-aminoethanesulfonic acid

The part of the energy drink that isn't the caffeine.

Valerian

Grandmother's sedative, quietly effective.

L

Long game

Build the body. Plan to keep it.

Alfalfa leaf

Medicago sativa. Lucerne.

Twenty milligrams of lucerne. The safety file is the longer one.

Biotin

Vitamin B7 / vitamin H

Harmless — except in a hospital.

Boswellia

Boswellia serrata · Indian frankincense · salai guggul

Frankincense, minus the ceremony.

Calcium

Calcium carbonate / citrate

The mineral everyone knows and most people over-supplement.

CoQ10

Big body. Adult maintenance.

Dandelion leaf

Taraxacum officinale Weber ex Wigg., folium. Taraxaci folium. Lion's tooth.

Famous for the liver. Registered for urine.

Folate

Folic acid / L-5-MTHF / vitamin B9

It fixes the blood test. It does not fix the nerve.

Grape seed extract

Proanthocyanidins / OPCs

Pressed for the part nobody eats.

Iron

Ferrous bisglycinate / heme and non-heme iron

The one men should not take blind.

L-cysteine hydrochloride

L-cysteine HCl monohydrate. Cysteine.

The right molecule. Not the studied amount.

Lycopene

Tomato carotenoid

The tomato's best argument, and its weakest.

Magnesium glycinate

Magnesium bisglycinate

The mineral most diets are short of, in the form that behaves.

Milk thistle

The body is not disposable.

Molybdenum

Micrograms, and you still need it.

MSM + glucosamine

Heavy bodies need working hinges.

NAD+

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Real biology, unproven bottle. We sell it saying so.

Nettle root

Stinging nettle / Urtica dioica

The sting is the famous part. The root is the useful one.

Niacin

Vitamin B3 / nicotinic acid / nicotinamide

The flush is famous. The dose is the point.

Omega-3 (EPA + DHA)

Fish oil, marine omega-3

The supplement with the least argument attached to it.

Panax ginseng

Korean ginseng, Asian ginseng

The original adaptogen, and the one with the loosest definition.

Pantothenic acid

Named for being everywhere.

Pumpkin seed

Not just for October.

Pygeum

African cherry / Prunus africana

Old bark. Real paperwork.

Quercetin

Quercetin dihydrate

The flavonoid in every onion and every longevity stack.

Resveratrol

Trans-resveratrol, Japanese knotweed extract

The red wine molecule, minus the red wine and minus the promise.

Riboflavin

It turns your urine yellow. That is not the effect.

Saw palmetto

You use it. Maintain it.

Shatavari

Asparagus racemosus

Traditional use, thin modern evidence, small dose.

Thiamin

The first vitamin, and still the one alcohol takes.

Turmeric

Ancient spice, modern hinges.

Vitamin B12

Methylcobalamin / cobalamin

Easy to get. Easy to miss.

Vitamin B6

Pyridoxine / P5P

Small number. Hard ceiling.

Vitamin D3

Cholecalciferol / the sunshine vitamin

The one most people actually are short of.

Vitamin E

Tocopherol / alpha-tocopherol

Famous. Complicated. Worth reading twice.

White willow bark

Salix alba · salicis cortex · the bark salicin was first isolated from

Where the aspirin story starts. The cautions came with it.

F

Skin & face

Look expensive under unforgiving lighting.

Acacia gum

Gum arabic; Acacia senegal gum; Acacia seyal gum; E414

A real fibre, in a jar you are not going to eat.

Activated charcoal

Activated carbon

A pigment with a myth attached. It does not pull toxins from your face.

Mushroom extracts (topical)

Shiitake, turkey tail

Chosen for what they do not do: sting.

Aloe vera

Aloe barbadensis

The cool-down. For skin that trained, shaved, or misbehaved.

Collagen peptides

Hydrolysed collagen, bovine hide collagen

Real but modest, and surrounded by a mechanism that is not true.

Fructooligosaccharides

FOS; short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS); oligofructose; kestose, nystose and fructosylnystose

Well studied eaten. Barely studied on skin.

Gluconolactone

PHA, polyhydroxy acid

The gentlest acid on the shelf, which is the entire point of it.

Hyaluronic acid

HA · sodium hyaluronate

Put the water back.

Hydroxyapatite

Microcrystalline hydroxyapatite · MCHA · calcium phosphate

The right mineral. The wrong address.

Kaolin clay

White cosmetic clay

Ten honest minutes. Draws out the week.

Menthol

Peppermint-derived cooling agent

The cold shower you didn't have to take.

Panthenol

Pro-vitamin B5, dexpanthenol

The quiet repair-look agent. Does its job, takes no credit.

PDRN

Polydeoxyribonucleotide

The face card. It never declines.

Peptides

Acetyl hexapeptide · copper peptides

Small chains, big claims — the polite kind.

Retinol

Vitamin A / retinoid

Do the work while you sleep.

Rosehip oil

Rosa canina seed oil

The glow oil that reads expensive, costs sensible.

Sandalwood

Santalum, sandal

A scent that reads deliberate instead of decorative.

Shea butter

Butyrospermum parkii

A meal for skin, not a beverage. Dense on purpose.

Tea tree oil

Melaleuca alternifolia

The clean-up crew for skin the razor just opened up.

Caffeine (topical)

Coffee extract, caffeine in skincare

Coffee for the outside. Tightens the look, wakes the surface.

Witch hazel

The morning-after astringent. Tightens the look, keeps its mouth shut.

Nothing on file under that. Try a molecule, not a mood.

Evidence grades describe how well an ingredient is studied — A well-supported, C emerging — not a promise of results. Educational, not medical advice. Doses are typical ranges; follow the label on the product.