Séamas O'Reilly: Why I packed 187 supplements for my 17-day trip home to Derry

I’ve taken to referring to my counterfeit Heights operation as 'Lengths'

Séamas O'Reilly. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan

I have long been sceptical about nutritional supplements, not least in this new era of online life where their qualities are evangelised by the world’s most annoying people. (Podcasters). 

Certainly, the empirical evidence on the effects of the trillion dollar industry is underwhelming, with zero research to prove they are the panacea they’re touted as, and only a little evidence that they do much of anything at all.