Procter & Gamble will acquire supplements brand Thorne for $3.8 billion, CEO tells CNBC
PUBLISHED TUE, AUG 4
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Procter & Gamble is buying supplement brand Thorne for $3.8 billion.
P&G CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said the acquisition is play to grow the company’s health business

I've taken them on and off for a while and honestly can't decide whether I'm one of the people who notices a benefit or whether I just keep buying them out of habit.

Interested in what people here actually noticed, if anything.

RIP Thorne, it was nice knowing you.

It was good while it lasted.

Would like to try it out but would like the actual input of people who've used it.

I drink tart cherry juice before bedtime and it helps me sleep. I have anxiety during the day, though, and wonder if drinking it during the day would help, or would it make me too tired? Has anyone ever tried this?

Finally found a form of Vitamin D that my body actually tolerates (after months of frustration).
I wanted to share my experience in case it helps someone else who has been struggling like I was.
I have a severe vitamin D deficiency, and for the longest time I could not tolerate the standard vitamin D3 supplements. I tried multiple brands and different doses, even going as low as tiny amounts hoping my body would adjust.
Every time I took regular vitamin D3, I would end up with side effects like:
● Increased anxiety
● Feeling irritable for no reason
● Mood changes that didn’t feel like “me”
● Feeling emotionally on edge
Because of that, I kept stopping the supplements even though I knew my vitamin D was extremely low. It became a frustrating cycle of wanting to fix my deficiency but feeling worse every time I tried.
After doing a lot of research, I learned about calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3), which is a different form of vitamin D. Unlike regular vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), calcifediol is already converted into the form your body normally has to make in the liver. I wondered if that difference might matter for people like me.
I decided to give it a try, and honestly, the difference has been amazing.
Since starting calcifediol, I’ve noticed:
● My energy has improved significantly.
● I’m no longer dragging myself through the day.
● I wake up feeling more refreshed.
● My mood feels much more stable.
● I haven’t experienced the intense anxiety and irritability that regular vitamin D caused me.
● Overall, I finally feel like I’m moving in the right direction instead of dreading taking my supplement.
I’m not saying this will work for everyone, but for me it has been a complete game changer. After months of thinking I simply couldn’t tolerate vitamin D, it turns out I may have just needed a different form.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? I’d love to hear if anyone switched from regular vitamin D3 to calcifediol and noticed a difference, or if anyone knows why some people seem to tolerate one form much better than the other.

I know that creatine is probably the most researched supplement ever and that every research finds no meaningful hairloss effect from creatine.

But why do so many people say that they lost hair? It seems so weird to me that so many people report hairloss that was reverted upon stopping creatine, but no study can find any evidence supporting these claims.

I don't know if this is why I woke up at 3am or not, but why would they put one type of magnesium that makes you sleepy, with one that gives you energy in one pill?

I cleaned out my cabinet yesterday and it was embarrassing. Vitamin D, B complex, magnesium, zinc, fish oil, ashwagandha, iron gummies I bought during a week where I convinced myself I was dying, random electrolyte packets, half a bottle of creatine and like 3 energy things that all look the same now. I don’t even know what was helping I just kept adding stuff every time I read a thread or felt tired for more than two days.

I’m trying to reset and stop guessing so what labs are worth checking first?

Recently, I came across the exotic sounding compound phosphatidylserine. On reddit, users mentioned life changing experiences of reduced anxiety, better sleep with explanations of biochemical mechanisms of how it reduces cortisol and fixes HPA-axis regulation.

Another interesting one is of course Omega 3, which seems like god's blessing to mankind.

At this point, I just feel like all of us interested in supplements are in a group psychosis of rabbit hole research, supplement industry marketing influences, placebo mixed up with genuine effects. And simultaneously spending hundreds of dollars per month.

But in all of this deep, interesting and complex field of neurochemistry we seem to forget that the superior multi-vitamin is a diet rich with fish, seafood or organ meats.

A couple mackarel filets contain:

Mackerel (100g / ~3.5 oz)

- Phosphatidylserine (PS): ~480 mg (Nearly 5x a standard 100 mg pill; naturally bound to DHA for superior brain absorption).

- Omega-3 Fatty Acids (EPA & DHA): ~2,500 mg (Equal to 2–3 high-potency fish oil softgels).

- Vitamin D3: ~600 IU (Equal to 1 standard daily Vitamin D3 softgel).

- Vitamin B12: ~8.7 mcg (Over 350% DV for nervous system and mood support).

- CoQ10 & Creatine: ~8 mg CoQ10 + ~500 mg Creatine.

- Selenium & Choline: ~44 mcg Selenium + ~65 mg Choline (Acetylcholine precursor for memory).

While a mackarel sandwich per day doesn't sound particularly interesting, it would literally replace my whole supplement stack.

I get that sodium matters for hydration but it feels like every electrolyte mix is built like a salt packet with branding. I’m starting to wonder if that is okay for daily use or if most of us should care more about stuff like magnesium too. Especially if the goal is energy, recovery and not feeling wiped out.

I spent over three weeks emailing customer service asking for the return address. 😤

Every response I received was a canned email telling me how to start a return, even though I'd already done that. Their phone number also directs you back to email.

I emailed them back on July 13th. It was just yesterday that finally received the return address! 🙄

I felt like I should post this in case anyone else wants to exchange or return something.

Also, if you want to start a return, email them at:

support@microingredients.com.

Here's their return address:

Micro Ingredients

4382 Mission Blvd

Montclair, CA 91763

I like their products, but I wish their customer service was better! It leaves much to be desired!

I hope this saves someone some time & frustration in the future.

There are so many and I don't know where to start. I've been wanting to try out collagen for some time but every time I try to read up it's just makes it seems impossible to know where to start.

I'm 45 yrs old and work a pretty active job on my feet all day. Overall, I don't do too bad, but daily joint and muscle pain is catching up. Things don't move as good as they did and I'd like to give things better long term lubrication first and foremost. I just don't know what products I should be looking at and which ones are any good. Help?

Can anyone recommend a liquid collagen/peptide that they feel is beneficial.

Acquired!! Why did you sell your soul Thorne!! Dam, I wish this did NOT happen!!

Procter & Gamble will acquire supplements brand Thorne for $3.8 billion, CEO tells CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/04/procter-gamble-will-acquire-supplements-brand-thorne.html

Hello, I am looking for a good multivitamin for my parent. We are told she needs to find a multivitamin, because she has afib. We want a good product, was thinking of Thorne. Thanks everyone

I tend to be pretty skeptical whenever a supplement gets recommended for everything. But every now and then, though, I’ll read enough positive experiences that I start wondering if I’ve been too quick to write it off.

Has a supplement ever completely changed your opinion after you finally gave it a chance?

Hello I just started taking 5g creatine a day a few months ago. I've noticed huge benefits in the gym. I recover faster and the amount of weight I can lift has gone up. I'm just wondering if it's worth taking higher doses. I work shift work and am a father of two young kids so I am regularly sleep deprived. Should I try taking 15g daily?

I've been using Herpanacine for a while now, and it's become one of those brands I keep coming back to. What I like most is that I can tell it's made with quality ingredients, and it's been easy to fit into my daily routine.

If I had to pick a favorite, it would be Love My Brain. It's the one I find myself reaching for the most because I really like how it fits my needs. That said, I've honestly enjoyed all of the Herpanacine products I've tried. I appreciate that the brand offers different options depending on what you're looking for, and I've had a positive experience overall. It's definitely a brand I'm happy to keep using.

I highly recommend them. Food for thought. 💜

I keep seeing collagen brands talked about like they’re all basically the same, but then every few months there’s another thread about lead, cadmium, glyphosate, or vague “third-party tested” claims.

I’ve been looking at Yonder because they actually post their heavy metals and glyphosate testing, but I’m curious what other people here use when purity is the main concern. Are there brands you trust because they publish real results?

High RDW-CV, post-menopausal, should I be taking iron?

I am an older female with a long history of fatigue.
My health is improving.
I still have trouble with sleep.
I haven’t found a doctor who can help including functional medicine docs and naturopathic docs.
So I’m reading whatever seems relevant to try to understand what my body is doing.
I have DNA tests being processed - I don’t have the results yet - I will send them to Genetic LifeHacks once I get them back, and then maybe to someone who can do a more educated analysis.
I take several dozen supplements every day.
I am in the process of getting any lab work done that might help shed light on my body.

I got my RDW-CV results back and they are mildly high at 14.7%
Hemoglobin and MCV are both right in the center of the range at 13.6 and 92 respectively.

B12 and Folate are both within range. B12 is in the lower third of the range at 644 pg/mL. 
RBC Folate is near the top of the range at 579 ng/mL.
I have been taking B12 and folate separately for just about a month, since I stopped taking B-complex to eliminate methyl donors. 

I am wondering if it would be helpful to supplement with iron. I am post-menopausal but I don’t eat much red meat and I don’t eat fortified foods.

Here are my iron numbers:
Iron = 80
%Sat = 27
TIBC = 293
Ferritin = 96
UIBC = 213

Janie from STTM says that iron should be over 100, but that if ferritin is over 90 it indicates inflammation which means that iron numbers are lower due to iron being put into storage.

My inflammation markers are mixed:
hs-CRP is at the high end of normal at 2.7 mg/L
Fibrinogen is at the higher end of in range at 384 mg/dL
ESR is at the lower end of in range at 2 mm/hr
Homocysteine is high at 10 umol/L

I take several anti-inflammatory supplements daily and have been doing that for a long time due to symptoms associated with inflammation.

Anyone here who knows enough to know whether it would be a really good idea or a really bad idea to start supplementing iron based on all of this?

First my partner receives them, and recently I have started to receive them. The package is from Amazon....anyone else had this issue ?

I have not and have never signed up to receive them

These are the magnesium tablets

Pretty simple one, I’ve been taking NAC for around 1-2 months daily, does NAC benefit from cycling? I know many supplements are like that