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I Was Too Exhausted to Pick Up My Daughter From School. My Doctor Said I Was "Fine."

The Hidden Reason Your Supplements Aren't Working — And What Finally Changed Everything

Mon. Feb. 2nd, 2026 | 11:28 am EST — 198.294 views

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Sarah Mitchell, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

If you've tried iron, B12, vitamin D, and still hit a wall by 2 PM every single day, read this carefully.

I need to tell you about the day I knew something had to change.

I was sitting in the school parking lot. Engine running. Phone in my hand.

My daughter was inside, waiting for me to walk in and get her. I could see other moms chatting by the door, laughing, actually present in their lives.

I couldn't get out of the car.

I was too exhausted to walk 50 feet.

Not because I was busy. Not because I was distracted.

So I did what I'd been doing for months: I texted my husband. "Can you get Emma? I just can't today."

Again.

That night, she asked me why mommy was always tired.

I didn't have an answer.

I went to the bathroom and cried—not because I was sad, but because I didn't recognize myself anymore.

This wasn't who I was supposed to be.

Have you ever felt like that?

Like your body has completely betrayed you?

Like no matter how much you sleep, how many supplements you take, how hard you try—you just can't catch up?

If you're nodding right now, I need you to keep reading. Because what I discovered changed everything. And it might change everything for you too.

Let Me Ask You Something

Before I go further, I need to know if this is actually for you.

Have you ever:

Taken iron supplements and still felt exhausted?

Spent $50, $100, even $150+ a month on vitamins that didn't seem to do anything?

Had your doctor tell you your labs were "normal" even though you feel anything but?

Woken up after 8 hours of sleep feeling like you got 4?

Tried B12, vitamin D, greens powder—and still hit a wall every afternoon?

Feel like your hormones are completely off—mood swings, PMS, or menopause symptoms that won't quit?

Notice your hair thinning, nails breaking, or skin looking dull no matter what you try?

If you checked even two of those boxes, then what I'm about to share was written for you.

And here's the first thing I need you to understand.

This Is Not Your Fault.

I mean that.

You did everything right. You listened to the experts. You bought the supplements your doctor recommended. You took them every single day.

And nothing changed.

The problem isn't you. The problem is what you were given.

The supplement industry—a $47 billion machine—has been selling you isolated nutrients because they're cheap to manufacture and profitable to sell.

Not because they work.

Your doctor wasn't lying to you. They were trained on the same outdated information everyone else was.

You were never broken. You were just given broken tools.

And once I understood that, everything started to make sense.

The $162 Mistake I Made Every Single Month

Let me show you what "doing everything right" looked like for me:

Iron: $15/month

(made me constipated, so I stopped)

B12 gummies: $12/month

(tasted good, did nothing)

Vitamin D drops: $10/month 

(supposedly helped, couldn't tell)

CoQ10: $25/month

(for "energy"—what a joke)

Collagen: $35/month

(tasted like lawn clippings and shame)

“Energy" supplements: $20/month

(desperation purchases)

$162 a month.

Over $1,900 a year.

And I still couldn't make it through school pickup without wanting to cry.

I tried everything the internet told me to try. I tried everything my doctor suggested. I tried what my friends swore by.

Nothing worked.

Then a question changed everything.

"What Did People Do Before Supplements Existed?"

My friend Sarah asked me that during one of my complaining sessions.

I stopped mid-sentence.

Our great-grandmothers in the 1940s didn't have vitamin aisles. They didn't track their ferritin. They didn't spend $162 a month trying to feel human.

Were they all just... exhausted?

No.

They weren't.

So what were they doing differently?

I went down the rabbit hole. And what I found made me realize I'd been approaching this completely wrong.

The Root Cause Nobody Talks About

Here's what nobody in the supplement aisle tells you:

Your body wasn't designed to use nutrients in isolation.

Think about it like this:

Taking isolated supplements is like trying to start a fire with only matches. You've got the spark, but no kindling. No wood. No fuel.

The match lights. It flickers. And then it dies.

That's what happens inside your body.

You swallow an iron pill. The iron enters your system. But without copper to help absorb it, without B12 to activate it, without the cofactors that exist naturally in whole foods—

It just sits there. Expensive ash.

Your body doesn't know what to do with it.

So it either passes through you (hello, constipation) or gets stored somewhere it shouldn't be.

Meanwhile, you feel nothing. You see nothing. And you blame yourself.

Why Isolated Supplements CAN'T Work

I need you to understand the science here, because once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Nutrients work in TEAMS. They're designed to be absorbed together.

When you take them in isolation, you're asking your body to build a house with only nails. No wood. No foundation. No blueprint.

Is it any wonder nothing gets built?

This is why you can take iron for months and your ferritin barely moves. This is why you can take B12 and still feel foggy. This is why you can spend $162 a month and feel absolutely nothing.

The supplement industry knows this. They don't care.

They're not in the business of fixing your deficiency. They're in the business of selling you pills.

What Our Great-Grandmothers Actually Knew

Because they were eating nutrients BUNDLED WITH THEIR NATURAL COFACTORS.

The way the human body was designed to receive them.

Then we "modernized." Started eating boneless skinless chicken breast. Started taking 12 different pills to make up for what we removed.

And now we're all exhausted. Wondering what's wrong with us.

Nothing is wrong with you.

Something is wrong with the approach.

✅  Heart was a regular dinner protein — rich in CoQ10

The compound that powers every cell in your body

✅  Liver was served weekly — loaded with B12, vitamin A, folate, and copper

(The cofactor that helps your body actually use iron)

✅  Kidney was common — concentrated B12 and selenium for energy and thyroid function

✅  Bone marrow was scooped out and spread on bread — collagen, healthy fats, and stem-cell-supporting compounds

They weren't tired. They weren't foggy. They weren't counting down to bedtime by 2PM.

The Discovery That Changed Everything

Six months after that parking lot breakdown, I was scrolling through a functional medicine Facebook group. One of those places you end up when doctors stop being helpful.

A woman posted her story. Her words could have been mine.

Exhausted for years. Tried everything. Finally found something that worked.

She mentioned "beef organ capsules."

I almost scrolled past. It sounded... honestly, kind of gross.

But her before-and-after? Her energy levels? The way she described finally feeling like herself again?

I had to know more.

What I Found Changed Everything

I discovered a company called Folqs that freeze-dries beef organs from grass-fed cattle in New Zealand and puts them into capsules.

No cooking liver. No convincing my family to eat spleen. Just capsules with breakfast.

Same nutrients our great-grandmothers ate—bundled together with all their natural cofactors—in a form that wouldn't make my kids run screaming from the dinner table.

I was skeptical. After three years of nothing working, you would be too.

But I was also desperate.

So I ordered a pouch.

And I promised myself I'd give it 8 weeks before deciding if it was another waste of money.

Here's What Happened (Week by Week)

Week 1:

Nothing dramatic. I reminded myself this isn't caffeine—it's rebuilding nutrient reserves. That takes time.

Week 2:

I noticed I wasn't hitting the wall at 2PM. Subtle, but real. I made it through pickup without wanting to cry.

Week 3:

I made it through an entire Saturday—soccer game, grocery shopping, birthday party—without once needing to "rest my eyes" in the car. My husband noticed. "You seem... different," he said.

Week 6:

I signed up for a book club. First social commitment I'd made in over a year. I actually wanted to leave the house after dark.

Week 8:

I danced in my kitchen while making dinner.

I hadn't done that in so long I'd forgotten I used to.

Emma walked in and just stared at me. "Mommy, why are you dancing?"

I didn't have words. I just picked her up and we danced together.

I got myself back.

Not a different version. Not a "new and improved" version.

The version that was always there—just starving for actual nutrition.

Why 8 Organs Changes Everything (And Why No Other Brand Comes Close)

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LIVER

Nature's multivitamin. B12, vitamin A, folate, copper. The nutrient density king.

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HEART

The richest source of CoQ10 on earth. Powers your mitochondria (your cellular energy factories).

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KIDNEY

Concentrated B12 and selenium for energy and thyroid function.

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SPLEEEN

Iron powerhouse. 5x more iron than liver—in the heme form your body actually absorbs.

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BONE MARROW

Collagen, healthy fats, stem-cell-supporting compounds. What your joints and skin crave.

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THYMUS

Immune peptides for natural defenses. Increasingly rare in modern diets.

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TRACHEA

Type II collagen for cartilage support. What glucosamine wishes it could be.

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LUNGS

Unique peptides that complete the synergistic matrix.

This is the most comprehensive beef organ supplement on the market.

No other brand includes all eight in one capsule. Most don't even try.

What You Won't Find Inside:

No fillers. No flow agents. No magnesium stearate. No rice flour padding. No "other ingredients" taking up half the capsule.

Just freeze-dried organs and a capsule. That's it.

(Check your current supplement bottles. See how many list more fillers than actual nutrients. We did too. It made us angry.)

All grass-fed. All from New Zealand. All freeze-dried at source to preserve nutrients.

Why This Works When Everything Else Failed

When you take Folqs, you're not getting isolated iron OR isolated B12 OR isolated CoQ10.

You're getting them together. Bundled with their natural cofactors. The way they exist in nature.

The iron from spleen arrives with the copper from liver that helps absorb it.

The B12 from liver and kidney arrives with the folate that helps activate it.

The CoQ10 from heart arrives with the natural fats that transport it to your mitochondria.

This is why the match finally catches.

This is why women who've "tried everything" finally feel something.

It's not one magic ingredient. It's the synergy.

It's the difference between nutrients and nutrition.

Just Imagine For a Moment...

Close your eyes and picture this:

You wake up actually rested — not dragging yourself out of bed wondering how you'll make it through another day. You slept through the night without tossing and turning for the first time in months.

You look in the mirror and recognize the person looking back.

That's what whole-food nutrition makes possible.

Not because it's magic.

Because it's what your body has been starving for.

You sail through 3 PM without crashing. Without reaching for another coffee. Without counting down to bedtime.

You have energy left at the end of the day. Energy for your kids. Your partner. Yourself.

You make plans—and actually keep them. Social events stop feeling like obligations and start feeling like opportunities.

Finally feel like yourself again — the version you thought was gone forever

What Other Women Are Saying

I'm not the only one who found this. In the Folqs reviews, I keep seeing the same story:

"Isn't This... Kind of Weird?"

I thought the same thing. Beef organs in a capsule?

But here's what I realized:

Taking 12 different synthetic pills every morning? That's weird.

Spending $162 a month on isolated nutrients that can't possibly absorb? That's weird.

Feeling exhausted for YEARS and being told to "just sleep more"? That's weird.

Eating the way humans ate for 200,000 years? That's not weird.

That's just what we forgot.

The capsules are small, flavorless, and easy to swallow. You won't taste anything. You won't burp anything up. Your family won't know unless you tell them.

The only thing they'll notice is that you seem... different.

More present. More alive. More you.

The Math That Finally Made Sense

Remember my $162/month supplement graveyard?

Here's what I replaced it with:

One package of Folqs: less than $2/day.

That's less than your daily coffee

Less than a single "premium" vitamin

Less than one-fifth of what I was spending on pills that never worked

$162/month Supplement graveyard

A single IV nutrient infusion: $150-400 per session

Monthly supplement stack that doesn't absorb: $100-200

Three years of exhaustion

Right Now, You're at a Crossroads

You have three choices:

Choice 1:

Close this page. Go back to what you were doing. Keep taking the same supplements. Keep spending the same money. Keep feeling the same exhaustion. Hope something magically changes.

(We both know how that turns out.)

Choice 2:

Try to figure this out on your own. Research organ meats. Find a butcher. Learn to cook liver. Convince your family to eat spleen for dinner.

(Good luck with that.)

Choice 3:

Click the button below. Try Folqs for 90 days, completely risk-free. Join 14,000+ women who've stopped fighting their bodies and started actually nourishing them.

The first two choices keep you exactly where you are.

Only one choice moves you forward.

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Remember Where We Started?

Me, in the school parking lot. Too exhausted to walk 50 feet. Texting my husband to pick up our daughter. Again.

Emma asking why mommy was always tired.

Me, crying in the bathroom, not recognizing the person I'd become.

That was 18 months ago.

Last week, I chaperoned her field trip. Walked 12,000 steps. Came home and made dinner. And still had energy to read her a bedtime story.

She doesn't ask why mommy's tired anymore.

Because mommy's not tired anymore.

You don't have to be either.

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How big are the capsules?

Standard size. Most women swallow them easily with water.

Will I taste anything?

No. Sealed and flavorless. No burping, no aftertaste.

Can I take this with my other supplements?

Yes, though most women find they no longer need their other supplements after switching.

What if it doesn't work for me?

Email support@folqs.com within 90 days. Full refund, no questions asked.

Where does it come from?

Grass-fed, pasture-raised cattle from New Zealand—one of the world's cleanest agricultural environments.

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Price WA. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. 8th ed. Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation; 2009.

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Bourre JM. "Effects of nutrients (in food) on the structure and function of the nervous system." Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2006;10(5):377-385.

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Liu RH. "Health benefits of fruit and vegetables are from additive and synergistic combinations of phytochemicals." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2003;78(3):517S-520S.

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Jacobs DR, Gross MD, Tapsell LC. "Food synergy: an operational concept for understanding nutrition." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2009;89(5):1543S-1548S.

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