Supplement Guidance
A supplement review helps you understand which products are useful, which may be redundant, and which should be coordinated with your medications and health history.
Bring the bottles, labels, and photos you already use, along with the actual doses and how often you take them. This visit is designed to separate a clear nutritional need from overlapping products, marketing claims, and combinations that may not be safe for your health or medications.
A practical review for your care
- Review every product you take, including vitamins, minerals, botanicals, and medications.
- Identify duplicated ingredients across powders, gummies, and multivitamins.
- Consider dietary needs, evidence, safety, and quality labels.
- Coordinate with your prescriber when medication changes, pregnancy, surgery, or kidney or liver disease are involved.
Understanding
Supplement Guidance
Supplements include vitamins, minerals, botanicals, and other substances with different evidence and safety profiles. A product may be useful for one need but unnecessary or risky in another context. “Natural” does not mean safe, and product quality can vary widely.
A thoughtful review considers food intake, existing conditions, prescribed and over-the-counter medications, pregnancy status, and the total amounts across overlapping products. Testing may be relevant for some questions, but it is not automatically required. Supplement advice should not replace medical treatment or prescribe a universal dose for everyone.
A personalized approach to supplement guidance
A Simpler Supplement Routine
The goal is to understand what each product is for and whether it belongs in your plan. A review can help identify duplicated ingredients, evaluate evidence, and clarify whether a product addresses a real nutritional need or should be coordinated with your medications.
01 — Consultation
Review every supplement, powder, botanical, and medicine you use, including the reason you started each one and the actual dose and frequency.
02 — Evaluation
Consider dietary intake, duplicated ingredients, medication interactions, health conditions, and the evidence behind product claims.
03 — Personalized Plan
Discuss whether to keep, reconsider, or investigate a product with your treating provider; clarify individualized instructions and any needed coordination with your prescriber.
04 — Ongoing Care
Review tolerance and ongoing need, especially after new medications, diagnoses, pregnancy, surgery, or changes in diet or health status.
A Considered Approach to Supplementation.
At Basis, use supplement guidance to connect products with a specific purpose and a safety review. Ask about evidence, label transparency, quality considerations, and whether food or established care would better address your concern. A supplement should address an individual need rather than be added automatically.
What to expect
Before your appointment
Bring product labels or clear photos, serving amounts, and your medication list. Include occasional products and anything suggested by another practitioner.
During your visit
Review the complete routine and any symptoms or concerns. Discuss potential interactions and what requires coordination with the clinician prescribing your medications.
Estimated visit: 30 min.
Confirm appointment details when booking.
After your visit
Follow only the agreed individualized advice and report suspected reactions. Recheck the plan when your medications or health circumstances change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, some alter a medicine’s effects or increase adverse effects. Share all products, including herbs and occasional use, so the combination can be assessed.
No; natural substances can still cause toxicity, allergy, or interactions. Safety depends on the ingredient, amount, product quality, and your health.
Not necessarily; needs vary with diet, life stage, and medical circumstances. A review can help determine whether a product addresses a real gap.
Yes, powders, gummies, and combination formulas may overlap. Looking at the complete routine helps identify unintended duplication.
Some concerns may justify targeted testing, while others do not. Your provider should explain whether a result would change the advice.
Ask about ingredient transparency and relevant independent quality testing. Quality verification does not establish that a product will achieve a marketed benefit.
Tell the provider because both situations can change supplement safety. Coordinate changes with the clinician responsible for your pregnancy or procedure.
Estimated visit: 30 min. Confirm appointment details when booking. Bring labels and a complete product and medicine list. Tell the team if you use many products so the review time can be planned.
It’s time to get back to basis.
Talk with a provider about the supplements you take and what makes sense for your health.