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At twenty, at forty, past sixty: why one formulation for everyone makes no sense
A body at twenty and a body past sixty are dealing with different things. A universal multivitamin ignores that.
Most food supplements are the same for a twenty-year-old athlete and a seventy-year-old grandmother. Yet the two bodies are dealing with completely different things. Here is why we took a different route.
What changes in the body over time
It is not one break point, but a gradual shift. In your twenties and thirties performance is usually the main theme — mental and physical. Recovery is quick and the strain comes mostly from outside: work, study, too little sleep.
In your forties and fifties the centre of gravity moves towards balance. Recovery takes longer, the stress load builds up, and the years when sleep was skimped on begin to show. The body appreciates support more than another kick.
Past sixty it is mainly about staying on the move and living well, your own way. At the same time, the ability to absorb some nutrients declines; for vitamin B12 this is a well-documented effect linked to reduced stomach acid.
Three formulations, one shared base
What all three variants have in common: the complete spectrum of vitamins, minerals in well-absorbed forms, and the same four bacterial strains with prebiotic fibre. Everyone needs that base, whatever their age.
What differs is what sits on top of the base — and those substances are exactly what make 20+, 40+ and 60+ three different products.
| Variant | What it is built for | What is added |
|---|---|---|
| A.G.E. 20+ | The years when you go full throttle: active day, routines, movement | Lion’s mane, citicoline, L-tyrosine, ginseng, taurine |
| A.G.E. 40+ | The years when everything happens at once: balance, everyday life, time for yourself | Reishi, turmeric extract, nicotinamide riboside, passionflower, betaine, hyaluronic acid |
| A.G.E. 60+ | The years when you want to stay on the move: quality of life, routines, generations | Glucosamine, coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, maitake, rhodiola, bladderwrack |
The dosing in the base changes too. There is roughly forty percent more vitamin C in 60+ than in 20+, more magnesium with age, and calcium and boron are only in the 40+ and 60+ variants. You will find the exact figures, including % NRV values, in the table on the page Ingredients.
Age is a guide, not a rule. If you are forty-five and still going full throttle, 20+ may suit you better. The base is the same in all three, so you cannot go wrong. Choose according to the life stage you actually feel you are in.
What to expect from it
The honest answer: a food supplement is not a medicine and it treats nothing. What it can do is top up the nutrients you are short of in your diet — and for vitamins and minerals the specific benefits are described in the authorised European health claims. For plant and mushroom extracts no authorised claims exist yet, so about those we write only what is in the formulation.
And what we wrote in the article on longevity still holds: sleep, movement and diet are the foundation. A supplement comes after them.