can I just say the supplement aisle in Boots is genuinely one of the most stressful places I've been recently and I work in a primary school so that's saying something 😂 everything has a claim on it. everything is "clinically shown" or "formulated for women over 40" or whatever. and then I open Instagram and it's ten different influencers telling me I need ten different things urgently or my bones will crumble and my brain will fall out I'm 39, I'm knackered, I can't afford to just chuck £30 at every bottle that looks convincing. I've been trying to keep a rough note of what I'm spending and honestly it adds up embarrassingly fast even when I've bought nothing what I actually want is just... someone saying "I tried this one thing, here's what happened, here's what didn't." not a brand deal. not a protocol. just a normal story from a normal woman I've been trying to sort protein and fibre out through actual food first before I go near any of it, because that at least costs roughly the same as what I'm already buying. eggs, lentils, that kind of thing. nothing dramatic if I do end up seeing my GP about any of this I want to go in with a proper list of whatever I've been taking so I'm not just going "erm, something from Holland and Barrett?" but right now the list is mostly wishful thinking and a half-eaten bag of mixed seeds anyway. solidarity to everyone else staring blankly at the same shelves x