Metabolics

10/09/2026

Look at the back of a B12 supplement and you'll see one of four names: cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin or adenosylcobalamin.

Cyanocobalamin is the synthetic form found in most high-street products. Your body has to convert it before it can be used.

Methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin are the two coenzyme forms. These are the forms your cells actually work with, so no conversion step is needed.

Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, normal functioning of the nervous system, normal red blood cell formation and the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

We make both active forms. Our Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin) Liquid is one drop a day. Link in bio.

06/09/2026

Sunday read.

Most bloating advice starts and ends with food. But for many women, bloating comes and goes on a cycle, and the trigger is hormonal rather than dietary.

Oestrogen and progesterone both affect fluid balance and how quickly things move through the gut. As they rise and fall across the month, and shift again through perimenopause, digestion can feel very different week to week.

This week's blog explains what's happening, why it tends to show up when it does, and the practical things that can help.

Read it via the link in bio.

Pure vitamins and minerals made in-house in Wiltshire since 1991. No binders, fillers or flowing agents. Chosen and recommended by health professionals.

03/09/2026

Eight B vitamins. One family. More forms than most people realise.

Every B vitamin has a job in energy metabolism, helping convert the food you eat into energy your body can use. Most also come in more than one form, and the form matters.



B12 alone comes as methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin and cyanocobalamin, and we make all four, plus Tri B12 which combines three. B6 as pyridoxine or pyridoxal-5-phosphate. B1 as thiamine HCl or thiamine pyrophosphate. Folate as methyltetrahydrofolate. B3 as niacinamide or NADH.

Why bother? Because the active, coenzyme forms are the ones your cells use directly, and some people do better with one form than another. That's a conversation for you and your practitioner, and it's why we make the range rather than a single option.

If you'd rather cover the whole family at once, B Complex does that in liquid or capsule form.

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Pure vitamins and minerals made in-house in Wiltshire since 1991. No binders, fillers or flowing agents. Chosen and recommended by health professionals.

27/08/2026

Folate and folic acid get used interchangeably, but they are not the same.

Folic acid is a synthetic form the body has to convert into the active folate it can use, and some people carry out that conversion less efficiently than others. Our Methyltetrahydrofolate Liquid skips that step: it delivers folate as calcium L-methylfolate, the active form, ready to use. Folate contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism, normal blood formation and normal psychological function. A liquid, so it is simple to take and to adjust.

23/08/2026

What a brand leaves out of a supplement matters as much as what it puts in. The Metabolics Red List is our defined set of additives, fillers and processing aids that we choose not to use: magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, artificial sweeteners, colours and flavours, and more.

Many of these are approved and widely used across the industry, and being on our list does not mean an ingredient is unsafe. It means we do not believe it is necessary. Our manufacturing approach, semi-automatic and run by skilled people rather than high-speed lines, is what lets us leave many of them out. The full list, with the reasoning and references behind each one, is on the journal.

20/08/2026

Choline was only formally recognised as an essential nutrient in 1998, which is part of why so few people can name it.

It contributes to normal lipid metabolism, to the maintenance of normal liver function and to normal homocysteine metabolism.

16/08/2026

August on our channels is about recovery, the part of training and a busy life that gets the least attention.

This piece looks honestly at cold water, heat and sauna, and the slow work of rebuilding, separating what the evidence supports from what simply feels impressive. Live now.

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13/08/2026

Stomach acid tends to get talked about as a problem, usually in the context of heartburn.

In fact a healthy stomach is strongly acidic by design, and that acidity does real work: it helps break proteins down and activates the enzyme pepsin. The body's own production of it tends to decline with age. Betaine HCl is a supplemental source of hydrochloric acid, the same acid the stomach produces, paired with betaine.

It is one of the more targeted things we make, and one for a conversation with your practitioner rather than off the shelf, since the right dose is individual and it is not suitable for everyone.

09/08/2026

Fructose is having a moment in the headlines, and most of the panic misses the point.

In the amounts found in whole fruit, it is not a problem: fruit brings fibre, water and nutrients that slow how quickly the sugar is absorbed. The concern in the research is the large, fast dose from sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods, without that natural buffer. The dose and the source matter far more than the word fructose on its own.

Our new article, written by our QA and Compliance Director, covers how the body handles fructose, what the research says about uric acid and the liver, and the everyday habits that support metabolic health. An apple, for the record, is not the problem. 🍎

09/08/2026

Fructose is having a moment in the headlines, and most of the panic misses the point.

In the amounts found in whole fruit, it is not a problem: fruit brings fibre, water and nutrients that slow how quickly the sugar is absorbed. The concern in the research is the large, fast dose from sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods, without that natural buffer. The dose and the source matter far more than the word fructose on its own.

Our new article, written by our QA and Compliance Director, covers how the body handles fructose, what the research says about uric acid and the liver, and the everyday habits that support metabolic health. An apple, for the record, is not the problem. 🍎

Pure vitamins and minerals made in-house in Wiltshire since 1991. No binders, fillers or flowing agents. Chosen and recommended by health professionals.