What are the Benefits of IV Therapy?
Feeling drained, run-down, or just not at your best? IV therapy delivers a powerful boost of fluids, vitamins, and minerals straight into your system.
By bypassing the digestive tract, your body absorbs the nutrients it needs faster and more efficiently, so you feel revitalized and re-energized.
Chronic illness and aging come with nutrient deficiencies. Even with a healthy diet, many vitamins and minerals are only partly absorbed through the gut, sometimes leaving you with little more than an expensive pee.
At Young Naturopathic Center, our licensed doctors go beyond standard labs to find what your cells need to function their best. We start with advanced lab tests to look for nutrient gaps, oxidative stress, and early signs of DNA damage.
Using that information, we design a personalized infusion plan to restore the important nutrients that support your overall health.
Key Takeaways
- IV therapy delivers nutrients directly into your bloodstream. This helps your body boost energy, sharpen focus, and support overall function almost immediately.
- At YNC, we don’t wait for symptoms to appear. Our advanced testing reveals your cells’ nutrient needs, helping us create a personalized IV therapy plan.
- Common options include the Myers’ Cocktail, high-dose vitamin C therapy, glutathione push or drip, and NAD+ therapy.
- Hydration blends deliver noticeable results within minutes to a few hours. While nutrient-specific options like NAD+ may require four to six sessions before you notice the full effects.
How IV Therapy Supports Your Body From the Inside Out
Here are the most common reasons why people turn to IV therapy and how it supports your body:
Immunity and Illness Recovery
Ingredients like vitamin C, zinc, and glutathione boost your immune response, helping the body fight off illnesses and infections.
During illness, IV fluids replenish the increased demand for nutrients and may shorten the duration and severity of symptoms.
Energy, Hydration, and Performance
IV cocktails often include B vitamins, B12, and magnesium, which are important for converting food into energy and restoring energy lost through deficiencies.
Dehydration is a common cause of low energy. IV therapy rapidly rehydrates and supports performance by helping to:
- Restore energy quickly
- Prevent muscle cramps and fatigue during workouts
- Aid muscle repair and reduce post-workout soreness
- Provide a rapid energy boost to push through demanding workouts
Stress and Mental Well-Being
Chronic stress lowers B-vitamin and magnesium levels that support the nervous system. IV therapy restores these nutrients, helping to calm the body and mind.
Detoxification and Antioxidant Support
The master antioxidant, glutathione, supports liver detoxification and helps flush out harmful by-products.
Additional antioxidants delivered through IV also help neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative stress.
Get optimal liver detox and healing by adding Alpha Lipoic Acid to the mix.
Weight Management Support
Certain formulas include metabolism-boosting nutrients like B vitamins, amino acids (MIC), and L-carnitine.
Improved energy may help maintain consistent exercise routines, while proper hydration and nutrient balance can assist in controlling hunger and cravings.
Skin, Glow, and Cellular Rejuvenation
Vitamin C, along with amino acids, is used to promote collagen production, which helps:
- Improve skin elasticity
- Reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
Antioxidants like glutathione help combat inflammation and redness, while deep cellular hydration keeps skin supple, glowing, and supporting anti-aging effects.
Hangover and Dehydration Recovery
Alcohol is a diuretic that depletes fluids and electrolytes. Hangover IV drips often contain anti-nausea and anti-inflammatory medications to:
- Ease headaches
- Fatigue
- Stomach discomfort
- Assists the body in flushing out alcohol by-products such as acetaldehyde.
Better Nutrient Absorption
IV therapy bypasses the digestive system, allowing your body to absorb more of the vitamins and minerals directly into the bloodstream.
This is especially beneficial for people whose digestive issues limit how well they absorb oral supplements.
Who Benefits Most From IV Therapy?
IV therapy can support nearly anyone, but it’s especially helpful for:
- Chronic illness: Helps restore vitamins and minerals often poorly absorbed due to long-term conditions, supporting energy and recovery.
- Aging biohackers: Keeps you hydrated while delivering antioxidants and nutrients for steady energy, focus, and cellular repair.
- Athletes: Rehydrates and replenishes nutrients lost through sweat, supporting muscle recovery after intense training.
- Burnt-out professionals: Replaces magnesium and B vitamins lost during long, demanding days to restore energy and stamina.
- People recovering from surgery or illness: Supports healing by delivering essential nutrients quickly for optimal recovery.
- Frequent travelers: Rehydrates the body and supports immune defenses affected by air travel.
- Older adults: Bypasses age-related digestive limitations for maximum nutrient absorption.
- Anyone with cognitive or metabolic concerns: Replenishes key nutrients like B12 to support mental clarity, steady energy, and overall metabolic function.
Even if you feel healthy, IV therapy can give your body a little extra support, keeping your energy up, your mind sharp, and helping you roll with whatever the day throws at you.
What’s Actually in the Bag?
Every IV infusion starts with a base of saline (salt) solution and can include the following nutrients, depending on your goals:
- B vitamins
- Vitamin C
- Magnesium
- Glutathione
- Zinc
- NAD+
- Alpha-lipoic acid
- Amino Acids
- Taurine
- Carnitine
- Proline
- And more – just ask!
At YNC, we customize each infusion by choosing the right blend and dosage of nutrients to fit your goals. This helps your body get the support it needs to recharge, recover, and restore balance.
Precision Testing: Know What Your Cells Really Need
Routine tests often miss the cellular imbalances behind fatigue and recurring issues. At YNC, we find them before they progress.
We start with advanced testing that can reveal nutrient gaps, oxidative stress, and even early signs of DNA damage, sometimes before symptoms appear.
Here’s what we offer:
- NutrEval FMV: A blood and urine test that identifies early markers of oxidative stress and even DNA damage, plus your levels of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, and antioxidants.
- VO2 Max: A breathing test that measures how efficiently your cells use oxygen to make energy, almost like checking your body’s battery power.
Together, these tests give us a 360-degree view of your cellular health, your current nutrient status, how efficiently your cells are producing energy, and coping with oxidative stress.
Advanced B-12 Testing: Most standard B-12 tests measure only what’s circulating in your blood. We go further to assess whether your cells can actually use it:
- B-12 Co-Factors: Your cells need specific co-factors to actually use B-12. Testing them ensures your body can convert B-12 into the active form your cells require.
- Methylmalonic acid (MMA): If MMA is high, it’s a clear sign that B-12 isn’t doing its job inside your cells. Low B-12 can slowly impact your cells and DNA. By spotting it early, we can give your body what it needs to stay strong and healthy.
This often explains symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, numbness, or mood changes that routine tests miss.
Your test results help us to design proactive, targeted IV therapy before minor deficiencies turn into bigger health issues.
Common IV Therapy Protocols and What They Treat
Your IV will contain nutrients chosen to help you reach your specific goals. Some blends are widely used because of their consistent benefits.
Here are the most common protocols and what they’re designed to treat:
1. Myers’ Cocktail
A mix of magnesium, calcium, B vitamins, vitamin C, and saline solution.
It’s designed to:
- Rehydrate your cells
- Replenish important nutrients
- Boost immune strength and support energy
Myers’ Cocktail also helps to relieve fatigue, migraines, muscle spasms, seasonal allergies, and asthma flare-ups.
2. High-Dose Vitamin C Therapy
This treatment is commonly used to reduce oxidative stress, combat fatigue, boost collagen production, and reduce the severity of cold and flu.
Vitamin C therapy can also improve blood pressure levels. A study showed that people who received IV vitamin C experienced an average drop of 8–9 mmHg in systolic blood pressure and 6–7 mmHg in diastolic pressure.
3. Glutathione Push or Drip
Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant your liver produces to regulate immune function and reduce oxidative stress. There are two ways to administer it:
- Push injection: Delivered over a few minutes
- Drip infusion: A slower, diluted delivery
In both cases, glutathione binds to toxins and heavy metals, reducing oxidative stress, recycling antioxidants like vitamins C and E, and improving skin tone.
4. NAD+ Therapy
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a coenzyme found in every cell that naturally declines with age, stress, and chronic illness. It helps convert nutrients into energy, repair DNA, regulate circadian rhythm, and support brain health.
NAD+ therapy restores your body’s levels of this coenzyme. This improves your mental clarity, focus, and memory, and even reduces cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
Why Choose YNC for IV Therapy?
Fatigue, brain fog, or low immunity isn’t always “just stress” or a sign of aging. Often, it’s nutrient deficiencies, chronic inflammation, or cellular stress keeping you from feeling (and looking) your best.
As a doctor-owned and operated clinic, we focus on science-based care, not fads. We start by understanding your daily energy patterns and health challenges.
From there, we dig deeper with our advanced testing that includes NutrEval FMV, VO2 Max, and an Advanced B-12 panel, to find out what’s really going on inside.
We then create a personalized IV plan that gives your body the exact support it needs, not just to perk you up for the day. You’ll know exactly why each nutrient is included and how it supports your recovery and long-term vitality.
Ready to Feel Better, Faster?
IV therapy works best when it’s tailored to you, not taken from a generic menu of nutrients. At YNC, science-backed protocols reveal what’s keeping your body from performing at its best.
If you’re in the South Bay and tired of hearing that “everything looks normal” despite lingering symptoms, we can help identify hidden deficiencies, explain how IV therapy addresses them, and guide you step-by-step to better health.
Book a consultation to see how IV therapy at Young Naturopathic Center for Wellness could help you feel like yourself again.
