A video interview with a clinician using research-backed micronutrients to transform metabolic and mental health.

Introducing Dr. Charles Freed

In this featured interview, Dr. Charles Freed—a highly experienced and well-renowned clinician with a deep background in nutritional psychiatry—shares how clinical-strength, broad-spectrum micronutrient therapy has become an essential component of his treatment approach. His insights highlight why Daily Essential Nutrients (DEN) stands apart from standard vitamins and minerals, and why he continues to recommend it to patients who struggle with mood instability, stress intolerance, metabolic dysfunction, and medication side effects.

How Dr. Freed Discovered Micronutrient Therapy

Dr. Freed first encountered broad-spectrum micronutrient therapy at the Integrative Medicine for Mental Health (IMMH) conference. There, he learned about the research behind Hardy Nutritionals’ Daily Essential Nutrients, reviewed the published studies, and began implementing the formulation with patients in his own practice.

What immediately stood out to him was the strength, completeness, and clinical precision of Daily Essential Nutrients. Unlike typical supplements, which contain low doses and incomplete ranges of nutrients, DEN provided:

• the broad spectrum of essential vitamins and minerals, enzymes require
  
  

• the clinical-strength necessary to influence metabolic and neurological pathways
  
  

• the bioavailable forms needed for immediate use by the body
  
  

This combination has demonstrated noticeable improvements in over 60 independent medical journal publications.

Why Daily Essential Nutrients Is Not a Typical Supplement

Throughout the interview, Dr. Freed makes a clear distinction:
Daily Essential Nutrients is not comparable to a store-bought multivitamin.

Most over-the-counter multivitamins:

• contain low, imbalanced doses far below therapeutic thresholds
  
  

• omit essential minerals needed for enzyme function
  
  

• use nutrient forms the body struggles to convert
  
  

• do not influence mental health symptoms
  
  

Daily Essential Nutrients, on the other hand, is a clinical-strength, broad-spectrum micronutrient formulation used in independent university research. Its therapeutic potency allows it to support:

• neurotransmitter synthesis
  
  

• stabilizing metabolic pathways
  
  

• improving stress response
  
  

• normalizing mood and emotional regulation
  
  

• supporting cognitive function
  
  

• restoring nutritional balance in individuals with poor dietary intake

• And critically: clinical-strength micronutrients can potentiate psychoactive medications, meaning they can make medications more active as metabolic function improves. This requires careful dosing—and offers hope to those with a desire to reduce or discontinue psychoactive medications.

The Role of Enzymes, Co-Factors, and Bioavailable Nutrients

Dr. Freed emphasizes that in every cell of the body, enzymes rely on vitamins and minerals as cofactors to carry out essential biochemical reactions. When these cofactors are missing, metabolic and neurological processes slow down, contributing to symptoms.

Daily Essential Nutrients provides:

• methylated B-vitamins that require no metabolic conversion
  
  

• a complete spectrum of vitamins and minerals essential to enzyme functionality
  
  

• therapeutic doses shown in peer-reviewed research to restore deficient pathways
  
  

This allows the body to immediately use the nutrients to power metabolic processes without additional steps or enzymatic burdens.

Nutrition, the Modern Diet, and Why Patients Need Support

In the video, Dr. Freed also discusses why micronutrient therapy is necessary for so many people today. The Standard American Diet (SAD), environmental toxins, and declining nutrient density in food contribute to widespread deficiencies.

He points out that many patients—especially adolescents or individuals struggling with depression—eat inconsistently or rely heavily on processed foods. This leaves them without the nutrients required for metabolic stability and mental health.

For these individuals, Daily Essential Nutrients provides foundational nutritional support strong enough to make a measurable difference.

How Dr. Freed Titrates Daily Essential Nutrients

Because DEN is clinical-strength, Dr. Freed uses a slow, structured titration process, especially with patients who are transitioning off of potent psych meds:

1. Assess GI issues that may affect absorption
   
   

2. Start low, especially in patients who are “psychoactively naïve”
   
   

3. Increase gradually to allow physiological adaptation
   
   

4. Watch for transitory nausea, a sign to slow the titration
   
   

5. If the patient is also on psychiatric medication, monitor and adjust medication dosing
   
   

This careful approach reflects an important reality: Daily Essential Nutrients is powerful enough to require clinical awareness—because it works.

A Whole-Person Approach to Nutritional Psychiatry

Beyond product recommendations, Dr. Freed uses micronutrient therapy as a teaching tool with his patients. He educates them about the impact of nutrient deficiencies, environmental stressors, dietary patterns, and metabolic imbalances, helping them understand how micronutrients fit into long-term health.

His approach combines:

• lifestyle education
  
  

• dietary guidance
  
  

• metabolic restoration
  
  

• careful monitoring
  
  

…balanced with clinically validated micronutrient support.

Dr. Charles Freed’s experience reinforces what independent researchers and clinicians worldwide have observed for decades: Daily Essential Nutrients is in a category of its own. Its broad-spectrum, clinical-strength formulation provides the therapeutic levels of vitamins and minerals needed to activate enzymes, support metabolic recovery, and stabilize mood and cognitive function in ways typical supplements cannot.

As you watch Dr. Freed’s interview, you’ll see why micronutrient therapy—and particularly Daily Essential Nutrients—continues to reshape how clinicians support mental health and metabolic resilience.

About Hardy Nutritionals®

Hardy Nutritionals® multivitamin-mineral products are powered by our proprietary NutraTek™ mineral delivery technology, which combines each mineral with specialized organic molecules—just like nature—to optimize absorption and distribution to body cells. Our flagship supplement, Daily Essential Nutrients, is widely considered to be the most research-backed micronutrient treatment.