Day: November 19, 2024

Recently a patient asked me if I recommend any supplements for a particular medical condition. The answer is that I do, indeed, sometimes recommend supplements to my patients. (In fact, there’s a link on this website through which patients can purchase quality supplements at a discounted price – this is provided as a convenience to my own patients, though really anybody can use it, whether they work with me or not). However, readers of this blog will note that I don’t talk about supplements all that often, and this is consistent with my medical practice in general. 

This is not because I have anything against supplements per se. Some in fact have good evidence for them and can be quite beneficial. But it’s rare that a supplement is the most important part of the healing process, and often they are a band aid of sorts for something else that is going wrong in a patient’s life.