Indigenous Ability

  Let’s begin with a corralling definition—when we discuss supplements, I refer to any and all non-food, non-prescribed items one swallows in pill form, mixes and drinks, or transdermal patch or injection. I repeat—we are discussing NON-PRESCRIBED supplements. If a medical professional writes a scrip and you take it to a pharmacy and they hand it over without batting an eye—we ain’t talking that. What we are discussing—anything that you can freely walk into a vitamin aisle and grab off the shelf, anything “prescribed” by a blog [this one included], a podcast, web article and, very likely our current “super-scientific” head of Health and Human Services. All of these voluntarily chosen supposed “helpers on the margin” are what is in the crosshairs today. Before we get all sciencey and get to the real meat of this essay, let’s get three things out of the way. ONE Full Disclosure: The Old Man’s Current Supplement Regimen ·         A lo...