With so many supplements on the market, how do you know what’s actually worth taking—and what’s just a waste of money? In this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, I sit down with Steve Martocci, a tech entrepreneur who’s applying smart tools and real data to help people finally make sense of their supplements. We talk about why most people still aren’t getting the nutrients they need—even if they’re taking vitamins—and how Steve’s new platform, SuppCo, is making it easier to figure out what to take, what to skip, and what to trust. You’ll learn: • Why 70% of people are still low in at least one important nutrient (and how that affects your energy, mood, sleep, and more) • The truth about getting everything you need from food (and why that’s harder than it sounds) • How to spot low-quality supplements and avoid harmful fillers and contaminants • Why your doctor may not know how supplements interact with your medications • How to SuppCo’s app can help you track all your supplements, avoid taking too much of certain nutrients, and personalize your health routine (BTW, when you download the SuppCo app, you can view my personal supplement Stack and Protocols). If you take supplements—or are thinking about it—this episode will help you do it smarter, safer, and more effectively. View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal https://drhyman.com/pages/longevity?utm_campaign=shownotes&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=podcast Join the 10-Day Detox to Reset Your Health https://drhyman.com/pages/10-day-detox Join the Hyman Hive for Expert Support and Real Resultshttps://drhyman.com/pages/hyman-hive +++ SPONSOR COPY This episode is brought to you by Big Bold Health, Timeline, AirDoctor, and Sunlighten. Try HTB Immune Energy Chews for yourself, visit bigboldhealth.com and use code DRMARK 25 at checkout to get 25% off your purchase today. Support essential mitochondrial health and save 10% on Mitopure. Visit timeline.com/drhyman to get 10% off today. Get cleaner air. Right now, you can get up to $300 off at airdoctorpro.com/drhyman. Visit sunlighten.com and save up to $1400 on your purchase with code HYMAN.
Chapter 1: What are the common myths about supplements?
Coming up on this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show. Why do you take a blue pill or a red pill or have titanium dioxide or have dyes and chemicals?
Yeah, these things that are not good. They don't need to be in your supplements.
Steve Martosi is a serial entrepreneur and tech innovator who turned his own health journey into a mission to revolutionize the supplement industry.
I wanted to live, but I was deeply unhealthy. I got up to 300 pounds in college. I found a functional medicine doctor. We started doing lab work, right? And we started experimenting, and it worked. At that point, I probably lost 70 pounds.
I was trained that vitamins make expensive urine. Don't waste your money. If that logic was true, you shouldn't drink water because you pee out. Eating nutrient-dense foods daily is essential for maintaining optimal health and vitality.
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Chapter 2: Why are so many people deficient in nutrients?
Let's talk about the landscape of nutrition because I think, you know, most doctors and certainly I was trained that vitamins make expensive urine. Don't waste your money. And your body gets everything it needs from food. You'll be fine and don't worry about it. You know, there's a big fallacy in that.
First of all, if that logic was true, you shouldn't drink water because you pee out what you don't need. Your body takes what you need. So if you drink an excess amount of water, your body will just get rid of it, right? Yeah. And that's the way it is for most vitamins, not the fat-soluble vitamins. You have to be careful.
But it's crazy because you have 37 billion chemical reactions in your body every second. And every single one of those chemical reactions requires a cofactor reaction. or helper, and those are facilitated by enzymes. The enzymes need various nutrients to activate that pathway so that one molecule can become another molecule, which is how your body works.
And those cofactors are vitamins and minerals. Literally, the grease lubricates the wheels of your metabolism, and when I say metabolism, I mean from a medical perspective, which is every chemical reaction in your body. And on top of that, there's other compounds that are phytochemicals that also we're learning are so powerful.
And we've consumed 800 species of plants and foods with all sorts of phytonutrients. There's probably maybe 100,000 phytochemicals out there that have effects on the body. You've heard of some of them like sulforaphane from broccoli or resveratrol from grapes or curcumin from turmeric. And so basically, we've been consuming these things.
Now we probably eat three main species of plants, basically corn, wheat, and soy. And then maybe another total of 12. You had tomatoes, lettuce, celery, carrots. It's like 12 foods. And you were missing all these important phytochemicals that also help regulate our biology and that we've co-evolved with. I call it symbiotic phytoadaptation.
And so whether it's an actual vitamin, you know, that's essential or an omega-3 fat or essential fatty acid, or it's a conditionally essential nutrient, there's many of those that you need more depending on your state of health and what's going on, like CoQ10 if you're on a statin. And then there's all the phytochemicals. And so there's supplements out there that contain all of these things.
It's a kind of a morass of of a landscape that's poorly regulated, that is not well-controlled. I mean, the Shea legislation in the 90s helped sort of set the stage for a supplement industry that you could kind of go wild and not make disease-curing claims, which was good, but it kind of created a Wild West where the whole supplement industry grew. The question is, do Americans need supplements?
Do people in general need nutritional supplements because
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Chapter 3: How can you identify low-quality supplements?
And we've built an in-depth trust score rating from 29 different attributes that lets you understand the manufacturing standards and quality of your supplements. For those looking to figure out what they want to take, we have 80 expert protocols that you can go in to find guidance on different health topics like brain fog or heart health and women's hormones. To get started, it's pretty easy.
You enter a little bit of information, start scanning your supplements to kind of catalog what you're already taking. We give you an analysis of your stack so that you can kind of get a score that's easy to understand how you can improve quality, how you can improve trust, and make changes to kind of improve that.
You also then can share your stack with your doctor, your friends, kind of get feedback from different people, create a conversation around it. That helps you understand if you're taking too much or too little of something, which happens to a lot of people. And then we have a smart scheduler that lets you make sure you're taking your products correctly. Are you taking them with food?
Are you taking them at the right time? Which will then also start tracking to see whether or not you're getting results. We launched a beta in early October. The response has been amazing. We're getting nearly 1,000 users a day right now. October 24. October 24, yeah. And we're getting 1,000 users a day without even having your protocols.
So we're excited to get your protocols in stack on the platform soon. And I think for us people to know, right now everything on Sup goes free. And we'll launch a premium membership later this year, which will have some premium features and eventually help people save money on their supplements as well. We don't sell any of your data. There's no advertisement on Subco either.
And yeah, we want people to come in and be aligned with them so that we're just as excited when they stop taking something that doesn't work as when they start taking something. So you're not selling supplements? We're not selling supplements. And if we do, we will never profit from them.
You're guiding people on how to take the best products for them that are the cleanest, that are actually matching their goals and needs. And you're just providing this incredible service, which I think is such an important gap in the marketplace that you're filling. So what is the problem of nutritional deficiencies today in America? What do we know about that?
the level of insufficiency or deficiency of nutrients?
Is it widespread? Is it rare? I mean, look, I think this is your world. I think this is the one that you particularly would talk best about. I know my own individual struggles, but honestly, like you've got this data. This is your world.
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