14/08/2026
“Doctor Formulated.”
One of my favourite bits of supplement marketing.
Because the second people see the word “doctor,” their brain immediately pictures some elite medical genius in a white lab coat developing the future of human health.
Reality?
It’s usually Gary.
Gary signed off on a spreadsheet during a Zoom call and now his face is on the website next to a stock photo microscope.
And before anyone starts frothing at the mouth…
A doctor of what?
Medicine?
Nutrition?
Pharmacology?
Or is it a bloke whose expertise is 16th-century poetry and the economic impact of sheep farming in medieval Europe?
Because those are very different conversations.
Nobody would let a dermatologist rebuild a jet engine.
Nobody would let a dentist perform brain surgery.
Yet somehow “doctor” gets slapped on a supplement tub and people start acting like the tablets were handed down from a mountain.
The best part?
Half these products are just caffeine, a few cheap ingredients, and enough marketing to make you forget how underwhelming the formula actually is.
“Doctor Formulated” tells you absolutely nothing about whether the product works.
It’s not evidence.
It’s not efficacy.
It’s not quality.
It’s a costume.
A credibility Halloween outfit.
Because “contains ingredients we bought in bulk from a warehouse” doesn’t hit quite as hard on the label.
The supplement industry knows most people won’t ask questions.
They’ll just see “doctor” and assume someone smart has already done it for them.
Conveniently, that’s usually when the wallet comes out.