Where do you list the vitamins that are included in the vial? Also, do you take into account genetic differences like MTHFR or vitamin absorption issues?
Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supplements using health data
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Re: Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supplements using health data
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I appreciate your skepticism as there should be more of it when addressing these type of health topics. I wish there was more of this type of healthy discussions in the place of healthcare. But back to the topic, my mistake for generalizing the statements above. For some who need to reduce or should I say "monitor" their carb intake, such as myself, I had to drastically reduce my carb intake due to diabetes. And suga…
(1) Your 10x claim is obvious bullshit. Where is your research showing a measurable health improvement that is 10x greater? (2) Where is your peer reviewed research demonstrating that your system leads to measurable health improvements? Your company, like virtually every supplement company, is a scam that plays on the fears and ignorance of its customers. You have an obvious conflict of interest in that you both reco…
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Re: Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supplements using health data
#53Can they be injected?
Re: Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supplements using health data
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I truly understand the skepticism especially when starting this company. That's why we are putting standards and QA processes to make sure our vitamins are pure and not filled with 99% fillers as most vitamins do. We are targeting people who have taken a step towards reducing their refine sugar, carbs, and proper exercise. Our customers typically work out and eat healthy, but are finding that supplementation is worki…
Interesting you suggest in this post that reducing carbs is a step towards a healthier diet. A whole food plant based diet is mostly carbs and is generally regarded as the healthiest diet available. The field of nutritional science is as valid as any and saying it ia becoming more validated science suggests to me you havent been exposed to the thousands of high quality studies being published every year. This is a hu…
Despite the official-sounding name, nutritionfacts.org is run by Dr. Michael Greger, a passionate advocate of veganism and animal rights. This doesn't mean it should be dismissed, but it is at its root a political project — it is by no means neutral or objective with regards to the science.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is verbalistic BS.
Which part? So I can help be more clear.
> I truly understand the skepticism especially when starting this company. That's why we are putting standards and QA processes to make sure our vitamins are pure and not filled with 99% fillers as most vitamins do.
The skepticism isn’t the purity of the vitamins, it’s that they work at all (and safely).
> We are targeting people who have taken a step towards reducing their refine sugar, carbs, and proper exercise.
Who you’re targeting isn’t relevant to the raised concern.
> Our customers typically work out and eat healthy, but are finding that supplementation is working for them to reach their health goals.
Please provide evidence that “supplementation is working for them.”
> But if you look are high-quality liquid vitamins on the market now, it's about on average $20 per bottle per vitamin that would last you about month. And you'll probably have to buy a micro-scale to properly weight out the right amount.
Steering the question away from raised concern, which is whether or not supplements are beneficial at all, not how much they cost.
> The body is super complex, and at the moment, the field of nutritional science is still making strides in becoming a more validated science.
Read: there’s no rigorous evidence to show that supplements are beneficial, but we’re pushing them anyway.
> What we are doing is bridging this gap between research and consumers who are currently hacking and see if we as a community can provide more insights into nutritional science.
Read: There’s a community of body hackers who are currently spending huge (yuge) amounts of money for supplements and we want to get in on the juicy profits.
Re: Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supplements using health data
#56When I filled out the form, I noticed there were a few "free response" fields - do they factor into the recommendations? What's done with the free-response answers?
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is verbalistic BS.
Please don't be nasty. If you disagree with OP's idea, that's great. Just don't call OP or the idea BS. Let the market decide--it's ultimately smarter than you (or me).
Big difference between tinkering with an idea vs. tinkering with someone's bodily health, with no skin in the game.
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#58Wow, I played around with this more. An active 6' 195 lb man gets the exact same recommendation as 5' 50,000 lb (Yes, fifty thousand pound) woman.
You're not actually doing any analysis or customization are you?
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#59What would be the difference between your formulations and Liposomal vitamins for example? In terms of bioavailability? And surely 'freshness' is more than just rapid packaging? It also involves things like temperature etc?
Yes! Absolutely and other factors from oxygen radicals to light exposure.
To address the difference between our formulation with liposomal vitamins, the difference is in the formulation of the vitamins working with each other not in the encapsulation. For example, most of packages includes Vitamin D3, calcium, and Vitamin K because calcium and vitamin K helps increase the uptake of Vitamin D3 through interactions with vitamin d receptor.
Ideally, we want to find manufacturers that produces liposomal vitamins, but haven't found any that doesn't use other fillers such as starch and sugar as well. Also not all supplements require an encapsulation process. The rate of vitamin C degradation is the fastest, hence why most vitamin c on the market is sold with liposomal encapsulation.
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#60Can they be injected?
Our vitamins cannot be injected at the moment since most isoforms of vitamins are usually in an inactive form that requires absorption through the gut.