Spending your hard-earned money on supplements are going to waste.

You stand in the pharmacy aisle, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling bottles promising better sleep, glowing skin, endless energy, and a bulletproof immune system.

It’s the height of the wellness boom, and like millions of people, you are genuinely trying to look after yourself. You grab a bottle, check for the highest dosage, pay at the counter, and swallow your daily capsule with a sense of achievement.

But here is the truth the supplement industry rarely mentions: your body might be throwing most of it in the trash.

Food-grown, a South African supplement company, suggests a significant proportion of the synthetic vitamins and minerals we swallow passes directly through the body without ever being used.