Health Section

This is our Health Section. The area of Phactual where we look at the most promising supplement options on the market to maximize and optimize your overall health.

All of our articles relating to health supplements can be found on this page. Those types of articles specifically focus on areas which can help improve your:

• General Health
• Cognition
• Flexibility
• Energy
• Sleep
• Vision

While also tackling more fitness-based aspects of health such as:

• Exercise Intensity
• Strength
• Recovery
• Endurance
• Fat Loss
• And more

There’s a lot to cover. In this section, we’re going to give you a brief rundown of the kind of things we cover here, and how they could help you.

The main articles that we find interesting, we’ll link in our ‘Must Read’ section above.

General Health

Supplements that cover your general health are typically your multivitamins, cod liver oils, prebiotics and other options that some people take on a daily basis.

We’re currently scouring the internet to find the best options for you in this area. Ideally you should be looking for a multivitamin which comes from a whole-food source. This avoids you dealing with any synthetic products that some supplement companies may choose to use to save costs.

The problems with synthetic options is not only that they are from natural sources, but that they also are harder for your body to absorb and get the full benefit from using.

Cognition

You don’t just want to nourish your body, you also want to support your mind. For cognition, the best option is a natural nootropic.

These are supplements which contains natural herbs, minerals and vitamins which are researched to make your brain optimized for maximum effectiveness – while also making it healthier in the process.

Their design is to give your brain what it needs to work at it’s best, giving it nutrients that you would only get in trace amounts from foods in decent dosages for maximum effect.

As the founder of nootropics Dr. Corneliu Giurgea puts it: “Man is not going to wait passively for millions of years before evolution offers him a better brain.” These supplements are on the road to achieving that by optimizing your brain chemistry to help it in the ways that matter most.

They’ve been seen to help with issues such as:

• Mood Swings
• Poor Brain Circulation
• Unbalanced Brain Chemcials
• Low Brain Energy
• Poor Resistance to Stress
• Concentration
• and More!

We are always on the lookout for good options in this field as they are usually hard to come by. You can see what we recommend at the moment from our best nootropics list.

Flexibility

No matter your age, joints and flexibility can be an issue at any time. Whether you’re an athlete or an elder, you can run into problems with movement with overuse of your joints.

The main types of supplements that look at these areas are anti-inflammatory supplements. Typically like Curcumin and Glucosamine. One of the main issues with joint products that contain Curcumin is that although they have the right ingredients – they’re not always the easiest for your body to absorb.

We’ve been looking deeper into the market to find the best options which give you the best results.

Energy

If you’re looking to perk up your energy levels, there are certain natural options you can take to help boost your overall levels.

We’re not just talking about Vitamin B12 either! There are certain amino acids and vitamin-like compounds which have been seen to work very effectively for boosting overall energy levels.

They help to support the mitochondria in your body, which is the resource that your cells use for energy. By improving their functionality, you can help boost your overall energy levels.

Sleep

Who doesn’t want a better night’s sleep? Better sleep can help improve muscle recovery, energy levels, focus and even general hormonal optimization.

We need it for a reason – it gives our body the rest it needs to recover itself. We find several natural nutrients that contain good amounts of your body’s sleep hormone melatonin – as well as other resources which work as precursors to the hormone to give your body more support in that area.

There’s also a range of minerals such as Magnesium which can help reduce muscle twitches in the night to help give you a more relaxed, and undisturbed sleep.

Vision

Improving your ability to see doesn’t always depend on glasses. There are modern supplements which can help reduce glare from bright lights, increase motion detection and fight eye fatigue and vision strain associated with screens.

Some are even capable of helping with night vision and contrast sensitivity.

It all comes down to supporting your eye’s macula and natural defenses to help get you better results from your vision.

Fitness Health

Of course, your fitness is another area that shouldn’t be avoided when it comes to health. There are plenty of options in the fitness industry to help improve your performance, however, not all of them are effective.

That’s why we’ve taken it upon ourselves at Phactual to help find the best options that may work for you.

Let’s take a look at our top sections – the more we discover, the more we will link to in our list at the top of this article.

Exercise and Endurance

For better performance in terms of exercising and your general endurance, you typically want a pre workout and BCAA energy stack.

A Pre Workout is a supplement which helps to improve your body’s power output and endurance in the gym, typically by relying on a range of natural stimulants and amino acids to buffer the acid in your muscles to keep you training better for longer.

Likewise, BCAAs (or Branch Chain Amino Acids) can help enhance exercise performance along with helping to reduce your fatigue after excercise. They are commonly Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine.

Strength

Boosting muscle mass and strength is always important if you’re spending a lot of time in the gym. Sometimes it’s not just about your diet and how much you’re lifting – but also about how well-optimized your hormones are.

Testosterone is an important part of muscle mass, and a well-researched diet complete with a regular lifting schedule is enough to give you healthy amounts to grow.

However, if you want faster results, you may want to consider testosterone boosters. Natural supplements which give your body more support in creating the male hormone. Some of the ingredients you may only get in trace amounts from your diet – and in some cases not at all.

By taking these supplements, you may be able to give your body more of a boost to help it to grow.

Recovery

Not only is training important, but your body’s recovery from it also matters. By making sure you’re getting the right nutrients for adequate rest and recovery, a post workout supplement can help support greater muscle growth, faster recovery and less soreness after training.

Again, it all depends on making sure you get the right nutrients from your supplement to make sure that it will work for you. For example, Creatine is a great post-workout as it can help stimulate protein and stem cell synthesis in your muscles.

Whereas coconut water contains a good amount of electrolytes to restore what you have lost after a workout.

Fat Loss & Diet

There are also several natural supplements you can take to help improve your overall fat loss. Of course, nothing replaces a good diet and exercise, but there are various natural alternatives which can help kick-start your metabolism and help you to see faster overall results.

For example, Green Tea contains a good amount of the antioxidant known as catechins. These catechins help to promote your overall levels of your body’s fat burning hormone norepinephrine which allows you to burn more fat throughout the day.

Cayenne Pepper is another effective option, we believe it’s one of the better options out there and kick start your metabolism. It’s a hot chili that can raise your body’s core temperature which starts a cool-down process which makes your body burn more calories than it does normally to regulate you. This can help towards a calorie deficit.

Also if you’re involved in any specific diets like Keto, MCT Oil is a great option to boost your overall fat intake to give your body more fuel for ketosis.

Summary

There’s a lot of different types of health supplements and we always strive to find the best possible options. We’ll keep this page updated as more as the work progresses – in the mean time, why not check out our must read section at the top of this article?