Which supplements are actually worth considering for men and women over 40? Learn what the evidence says about recovery, stress management, and performance support.
The honest answer is a very short list of compounds with clinical evidence behind them, specific doses, mechanisms that matter for body composition, and specific safety profiles.
This episode covers 5 compounds with clinical evidence for stress, mood, sleep, and recovery in adults over 40 who do strength training to lose fat and build muscle. Learn about the forms and doses studied, mechanisms relevant to body composition, findings from recent trials, head-to-head comparisons against prescription antidepressants for mild to moderate symptoms, and safety signals that have led one European country to ban one of these compounds.
Plus a 30-second stress audit at the end to check whether recovery is the variable holding your results back.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - 5 supplements for stress, mood, and recovery
1:13 - Where supplements fit after 40
3:53 - Sleep, cortisol, and body composition after 40
6:09 - Supplement 1
9:57 - Supplement 2
12:03 - Supplement 3
15:29 - How to evaluate your supplement stack
16:30 - Supplement 4
18:53 - Supplement 5
22:00 - Bonus: 30-second stress audit
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