Daily use
One capsule, one glass of water, one slot in the day. The maker’s instruction quoted in full, and the practical business of actually keeping to it.
The maker’s instructions, word for word
As a dietary supplement, take one (1) capsule daily with an 8 oz. glass of water. For best results, take 20-30 minutes before a meal with 8 oz of water or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Store in a cool, dry place away from heat and light.
What each part of that instruction is for
One capsule. A full serving. The panel is written per capsule, so every figure on it is what one capsule delivers, with no multiplication required.
Eight ounces of water. Enough to carry the capsule down properly and to give the shell something to dissolve into. A sip is how capsules end up lodged somewhere uncomfortable.
Twenty to thirty minutes before a meal. Amino acids compete for the same transporters as the amino acids in food, so an emptier stomach is a less crowded one. This is the maker’s reasoning and it is a sensible one.
Or as directed by your healthcare professional. Their instruction outranks the carton and it certainly outranks this page.
Four things that make a daily capsule stick
None of this is about the formula. It is about the far more ordinary problem of remembering.
Anchor it to something you already do
Not to a time, to an action. Beside the kettle, next to the toothbrush, on the shelf where the coffee lives. The existing habit does the remembering.
Let the bottle be visible
A cupboard is good storage and bad memory. A bottle you can see from where you stand in the morning is a bottle you take.
Count backwards from the thirtieth
Thirty capsules is a calendar. If you open on the first and there are twelve left on the twentieth, you know exactly how the month went.
Do not restart the clock when you slip
A missed morning is a missed morning. People abandon routines over the guilt of the gap far more often than over the gap itself.
Practical questions
Morning or evening?
The maker does not specify. There is no stimulant in the capsule, so neither choice should affect your sleep. Pick whichever time you will not forget and then stop thinking about it.
With food or without?
The instruction is twenty to thirty minutes before a meal with eight ounces of water. If taking it on an empty stomach does not suit you, taking it with food is a reasonable adjustment and worth mentioning to your physician.
Can I take two?
One capsule is the serving the maker specifies, and this site has no basis for suggesting anything else. If you think you need a different amount, that is a conversation with your own physician rather than a website.
I missed a day. Does it matter?
Take the next one at the usual time. There is nothing to catch up on and doubling a dose is not the way to make up a missed one.
How should I store the bottle?
Cool, dry, away from heat and light, which in most houses means a cupboard rather than a windowsill or the shelf above a kettle.
How long before I judge it?
The seller gives you sixty days, and that is a reasonable frame. A capsule of amino acids is not an event you feel on a Tuesday afternoon.
Thirty capsules is one month exactly
Which makes the counting easy and the decision about whether it is worth continuing easier still.
Checkout, payment and delivery are the seller’s. Sixty days from the date of purchase to ask for your money back, empty bottles included.
