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Choosing a Brain Supplement? Meet the Researcher Behind the Questions

Episode Summary

https://drlewisnutrition.com/blogs/news/before-you-buy-a-brain-supplement-ask-these-7-questionsWhat makes a brain supplement worth a closer look? Explore a guide from longtime nutrition researcher John E. Lewis, Ph.D., whose findings changed his career, and discover how his experience can help you ask better questions before choosing.

Episode Notes

Imagine someone you love sends you a link to a brain supplement. Maybe it’s your partner. Maybe your dad.

“Have a look at this,” they say. “It says it’s clinically studied.”

You open it. Memory support. Better focus. Science-backed ingredients. You can understand why it caught their attention.

But before you answer, you find yourself wondering: who or what was actually studied? And how would you know whether it relates to the reason they’re looking?

That’s where a little time with someone who understands the research could be valuable.

John E. Lewis, Ph.D., has spent decades studying nutrition and dietary supplementation. He has authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications and served as principal investigator on more than 30 clinical studies.

In his article, “Before You Buy a Brain Supplement, Ask These 7 Questions,” Dr. Lewis brings that experience to a very personal decision: choosing something for yourself or someone you care about.

And there’s a story behind why he wants his work to reach you.

Findings from a human nutrition study took his career in an unexpected direction. Lewis describes the excitement of sharing the results with his research partner, and why, in 2017, he stepped away from full-time academia to make the nutritional approach he had studied available to people beyond those who could enroll in a trial.

After years of building an academic career, he chose to take that work into people’s daily lives.

What had he seen that made him change course?

He tells that story in the guide.

He also helps you start with your own question: what are you hoping to find?

Feeling more alert during a busy afternoon and seeking nutritional support as you age are different goals. His discussion of caffeine and other stimulants helps readers consider that distinction. Another question concerns who or what was studied, and how closely that research relates to the person you have in mind.

Those are two places to begin. The full article walks you through all seven questions and explains what to look for in the answers.

Lewis applies those same questions to Daily Brain Care, the product from his company, Dr Lewis Nutrition®. You can follow his reasoning and use the same approach with any brain supplement you’re considering.

If you’re weighing a brain supplement for yourself or someone you love, start with the questions that can help you make that choice.

Open “Before You Buy a Brain Supplement, Ask These 7 Questions” through the link in the episode notes. Discover what changed Lewis’s career, and let him walk you through what to look for before you choose.

You already know why this matters to you. Take the next few minutes to see what an experienced researcher can help you understand. Dr Lewis Nutrition® City: South Miami Address: 5927 SW 70th Street, #431651 Website: https://drlewisnutrition.com/ Phone: +1 305 506 0806