The Journal

Field notes from the lab.

Long-form essays from the Vivien formulation team — on the science we use, the protocols we've built, and the reasoning behind every decision.

Longevity
Featured · May 2026

What we mean when we say "cellular age."

NAD⁺, sirtuins, and mitochondrial output — a short field guide to what biological-age markers actually measure, and why they matter more than the year on your birth certificate.

6 min readRead essay →
Performance
May 2026

The case against melatonin.

Why we left it out of Recovery Matrix — and what your endocrine system would prefer instead. A look at chronic supplementation, receptor desensitisation, and the alternatives that actually work.

8 min read
Formulation
April 2026

On methylation, and why your B-vitamin probably isn't working.

~40% of adults carry an MTHFR variant that limits folic acid conversion. Most multivitamins are formulated for the other 60%. Here's what to look for instead.

5 min read
Recovery
April 2026

Glycine and the architecture of slow-wave sleep.

A non-sedating amino acid that quietly does more for sleep depth than most pharmaceutical alternatives. The mechanism, the dose, the timing.

7 min read
Cognition
March 2026

Lion's Mane: the most over-hyped, most under-dosed nootropic.

Why most Lion's Mane supplements deliver about 5% of the active fraction the research is based on — and what an honest dose actually looks like.

6 min read
Bioavailability
March 2026

Why form is everything: NMN vs. NR vs. niacin.

All three raise NAD⁺ on paper. They are not interchangeable. A short, technical look at why we chose NMN for Cellular Renewal — and how to read the literature behind the choice.

9 min read
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