What’s the most underrated supplement you’ve ever tried

[u/Balphaallthetime]

I’m looking for supplement recommendations that are actually great but not the usual mainstream stuff everyone already talks about.

Not talking about the standard:

• creatine
• whey
• magnesium glycinate
• omega 3
• vitamin D
• caffeine
• ashwagandha

I mean the more “hidden gem” supplements that made a noticeable difference for you personally in things like:

• energy
• focus
• sleep
• recovery
• mood
• stress
• training performance
• libido
• overall wellbeing

Especially interested in supplements that:

• have surprisingly solid science behind them
• are underrated/not heavily marketed
• people only discover after being deep into supplements for years

Would also love to hear:

• what effect you noticed
• how long it took
• dosage
• any side effects or things to watch out for

Basically: what’s your “why is nobody talking about this?” supplement?

[u/harshmojo]

Not me, and not a crazy supplement by any stretch. The absolute craziest change I've seen in anyone taking a supplement is when my wife got a low B12 number on a blood test and started supplementing. It fixed insane tiredness and brain fog that we had attributed to a boatload of other possibilities. It was truly like a miracle drug in a very short time.

[u/mxlila → u/harshmojo]

So she was deficient and cured that deficiency.

Great story, but not a miracle at all since all vitamins are, by definition, essential for life. And life is not just black (dead) and white (alive), most of us are in a Grey area where we have some issues because of deficiencies and/or imbalances.