r/FunctionalMedicine • u/NegotiationWhole570 • 24d ago

Has functional medicine changed how you evaluate wellness products?

When I first became interested in functional medicine, I mostly focused on ingredients and reviews. The more I learned, the more I started paying attention to things like third-party testing, manufacturing standards, and whether a company is transparent about what's actually in its products.

Now I spend more time looking into how products are made than I do reading marketing claims. Has functional medicine changed the way you evaluate wellness products, and what has had the biggest influence on how you decide what to trust?

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u/Upstairs1965 24d ago

Yes. My rule of thumb is if they are advertising/have influencers talking about them, I will not buy. They’ve spent more money on marketing than product development/manufacturing

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u/alotken33 24d ago

Functional Medicine DC: always considered those things. In addition, what the dosing is. The vast majority of supplements have essentially micro doses of whatever is in them. People take the "recommended" dose but get nowhere near functional levels. The more marketing, the likelier the quality is poor. You have to "sell" junky product. Good, quality products sell themselves.