This is Monica Rineagle and you are listening to the Nutrition Diva podcast. Welcome.

Today we're talking about nutrition and hair loss.

But first, a question from Aaron, who recently saw an ad for a dietary supplement containing,

and I apologize that this is a little bit gross, beef organ complex,

which was freeze, dried, powdered beef, liver, kidney, and heart. And the ad talked about

the high levels of certain nutrients found in organ meats, nutrients that they claimed you might

miss out on if you're only eating the muscle meat.

And the ad also included testimonials, of course.

One customer reported an immediate increase in energy when he began taking the organ complex.

So Aaron was intrigued by this, but appropriately skeptical.

Is this supplement just a solution in search of a problem she wanted to know?

And I think that's an excellent question. Here's how I would go about evaluating a supplement like this.

First, what would this supplement provide that you are lacking? Or, as my friend Brock Armstrong

likes to ask, what problem are you trying to

solve? Because then we can assess whether this is the most effective way to supply that need or to

solve that problem. Say, for example, the problem you are trying to solve is a lack of energy.

Well, that's one of the things that the

supplement claims to help with, but it really would depend on what's causing your lack of

energy, wouldn't it? If you're tired because you're only sleeping four hours a night,

all the powdered beef liver in the world isn't going to help as much as getting some extra shut-eye.

But low iron levels can also cause low energy. And in that case, increasing your iron stores

could potentially be a solution to that problem. And this supplement is an excellent source of iron.

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