We’re so excited to share that Alii Supplements was recently featured in Wellness Magazine! The article highlights our story, our mission, and how Your Birth Control’s Best Friend is helping women restore their energy and balance from the inside out.
👉 Read the full feature here on Wellness Magazine
There’s a saying I’ve come to live by: you can’t pour from an empty cup. For years, I was doing everything I thought was “right”—eating healthy, exercising, and prioritizing self-care—yet my body kept sending me signals that something was off. I was anxious, tired, and dealing with digestive issues and recurring infections. No matter how hard I tried to take care of myself, something didn’t click.
My “why” has always been deeply personal, and being recognized by Wellness Magazine for helping other women face the same challenges I once struggled with means so much to me. I started birth control at nineteen and stayed on it for over a decade. I’m grateful for it—it allowed me to plan my family the way I envisioned—but what I didn’t realize at the time was how profoundly it was impacting my inner health. In my twenties I brushed off symptoms like mood swings and low energy as “just stress” or “part of getting older.” But looking back, my body was quietly trying to tell me it needed help.
Everything shifted in my early thirties when I went back to school to become a Holistic Nutrition Consultant. In that program I learned a term that changed everything: drug-induced nutrient depletion. I discovered that hormonal birth control can deplete key nutrients like B vitamins, magnesium, zinc, and folate—nutrients that directly affect energy, mood, digestion, and immunity.
It was both a revelation and a heartbreak. For more than ten years I had unknowingly been depleting my body of what it needed most. And not one of the many gynecologists I had seen ever mentioned this to me. That frustration became my fuel. I knew women deserved better—clear information, real solutions, and the ability to care for their bodies while making empowered choices about family planning. That’s how Alii was born.
Replenish. Rebalance. Rejuvenate.
With our flagship supplement, Your Birth Control’s Best Friend, we set out to help women restore what their bodies lose while on birth control—so they can feel vibrant, balanced, and fully themselves again. It’s not just about replacing nutrients; it’s about rebuilding the foundation that supports your hormones, mood, skin, digestion, and overall vitality.
When your foundation is restored, everything else becomes easier. You finally have the energy to move your body, to cook and crave nourishing foods, and to make choices that align with how you want to feel. Instead of pushing through fatigue or relying on willpower, your body starts working with you again—because it finally has what it needs to function at its best. That’s the power of replenishment: it brings back the spark that makes healthy living feel natural, not forced.
Each capsule contains a clinically backed blend of vitamins, minerals, and probiotics designed to replenish your reserves and restore gut health—because true wellness begins in the microbiome. When your gut and hormones are in balance, everything else begins to fall into place: you sleep better, think clearer, feel calmer, and wake up with more energy.
That’s where rejuvenating your youth really begins—it isn’t about turning back the clock, but about helping your body function the way it was designed to. Feeling light, clear, radiant from within.
The Power of Caring for Your Foundation
So many of us chase external signs of youth—skincare routines, treatments, quick fixes—but no serum or spa day can replace what your body needs on the inside. When you nourish your cells, balance your hormones, and restore your gut, your natural glow returns. Your body is incredibly intelligent; it knows how to heal and thrive when given the right tools.
That’s why I always say: the most powerful thing you can do for your long-term health and vitality is to care for your foundation. When your foundation is strong, everything else—your energy, focus, mood, confidence—starts to rise with it.
This inner-first approach isn’t about perfection or restriction—it’s about respect: honoring the body that carries you through every phase of life. It’s about realizing that you deserve to feel good, every single day.
A New Conversation in Women’s Health
I’m proud to see women asking deeper questions today—not just how to manage symptoms, but how to truly support their bodies. Alii exists to empower that conversation, to bridge science and self-care, and to remind each woman that wellness doesn’t mean choosing between your health and your hormones.
Rejuvenating your youth starts when you decide to listen to your body and give it what it’s been asking for all along. Because youth isn’t something we lose—it’s something we reclaim when we return to our foundation.
And as our mission grows, we’re continuing to expand that foundation of care. In early 2026, we’ll be launching Your Antidepressant’s Best Friend—designed to replenish nutrients and restore vitality for those on antidepressants. Because every woman deserves to feel balanced, energized, and whole—no matter what path she’s on.
About the Founder
Melanie Hunter is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, breathwork instructor, mother of three, and founder of Alii Supplements. Through her work she educates and empowers women to replenish nutrients, rebalance hormones, and rejuvenate their vitality from the inside out.
