{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Psychology of Taking Supplements","description":" When it comes to maintaining a nutritional supplement regimen, the decisive question is not \u201cwhat\u2019s in the bottle\u201d \u2014 it\u2019s what makes a person actually take it, day after day, long after the first burst of motivation fades Motivation behaves like weather: it rolls in and rolls out. Any routine that depends on feeling inspired every morning is built on sand Friction is where habits die. Every extra step becomes another reason to skip a dose, and people rarely quit a supplement routine in one dramatic moment; they drift, one missed dose at a time We are creatures of cue and context: habits anchored to something we already do, like a meal, tend to stick, while habits that depend on memory and willpower tend to evaporate So, we\u2019re redesigning some of our supplements to work with how people actually behave \u2014 fewer steps and a food-first format anchored to eating \u2014 so staying consistent barely depends on willpower at all ","author_name":"Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mercola.com\/","html":"