Attention, attention hoarders everywhere! We're traveling into Marie Kondo's "Does this bring you joy?" territory - assessing our beauty arsenal by utility and value and creating a capsule skincare regime featuring essentials that offer maximum impact for the minimal time and hassle invested. 

What Is Berberine? "Berbewhat?" - you ask with head tilted and eyebrows raised in peaked interest. Berberine is a bitter-tasting yellow powder derived from various plant sources.

GLP-1 is an abbreviation for glucagon-like peptide-1. It is not just a synthetic concoction, but a natural hormone readily released by our gut after we eat. The body believes in Chekhov’s rules of writing - that if there is a gun on the wall in Act 1, it must be fired in Act 2. Basically, every element in the story must be necessary, and so is natural GLP-1, but we've found a way to amplify its effects, which brought a few GLP-1 side effects we don't enjoy so much - yet still want the weight loss.

How to improve gut health was once an issue only when a person got some GI distress (as a centerpiece on its own or a sidepiece of some other disease) and was left with a decimated flora. Today, we know that most of our immunity is produced, resides in, and is dispatched from and by the gut microbiome. We know that gut health is the foremost barrier to the organism and that all nutrients are broken down and absorbed in the deep, dark recesses of our ancient and personal biomes.