To log a supplement in Strata on the web, open Supplements and choose Log dose. Enter the product name, check the amount and unit together, and set Taken at to the actual event time. Save the entry and confirm it in History. A logged event records information; it does not create dosing instructions.
What information should I have beside the form?
Have the product label or your existing record available so you can identify the exact product. A brand name alone may not distinguish two formulations. Choose a recognizable name you can reuse when logging that same product again; do not silently combine a different formulation with an older record.
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements recommends maintaining a record of supplements and medicines, including each product's name, amount taken, frequency and reason for use. Its consumer guidance also distinguishes a label's ingredient amount per serving from the product's suggested serving size. Keep those details clear in your source record.
The Strata form captures an individual event, not all the information in a complete regimen. Use Notes for context you want to save with that event, and retain the original label or instructions when they contain details the form does not represent. This guide explains record entry rather than choosing what to take.
Reference: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements: Dietary Supplements, What You Need to Know
How do I save the amount, unit and time?
Dose amount and Dose unit are separate fields. The unit field accepts text; saving it does not convert a capsule count into an ingredient amount or check that a label's serving size matches what you entered. Write the unit that describes the number you are recording.
Check Taken at explicitly rather than accepting its initial value for an earlier event. The field contains both a date and a time. If you cannot establish an event time, keep that uncertainty in your accompanying record instead of presenting a guessed timestamp as known.
- Open Supplements and select Log dose.
- Enter Name and choose Supplement under Kind.
- Enter the known Dose amount and its Dose unit. Recheck the pair against your source.
- Set Taken at to the event's actual date and time, then review the active checkbox and optional Notes.
- Select Save, wait for the form to close, and find the dated entry in History.
What does the active checkbox change?
Mark active in current stack is a record flag. In the current web implementation, the summary groups entries by name and kind, ignoring capitalization in the name. The newest entry in each group determines whether that group appears as active and which amount and unit the summary displays.
That means changing an older entry's flag may not change the summary when a newer entry for the same name and kind exists. Check the latest matching row before assuming the control failed. A flag update changes the record; it does not issue an instruction to start or stop a product.
The panel is labelled Active stack (last 30 days), but its current grouping function uses the rows loaded by the page without a separate date cutoff. Treat its count as a summary of loaded logs, not a verified 30-day adherence measure. Use the dated entries for a period-specific review.
How do I check what was actually saved?
History displays each event's local date and time, product name, amount and unit, active flag and delete control. The page loads up to 500 recent entries, so it should not be treated as an unlimited archive. Check the row behind a summary if the displayed amount surprises you.
The All, Supplements and Medications filter changes the History rows. It does not narrow the active summary above them. If a product remains visible in that summary after you change the filter, compare the two sections before deciding that its kind was saved incorrectly.
For a mistaken entry, identify the exact row before deleting it. The current list has no inline edit control, so retain any information you need, remove only the mistaken event, and log the correction. A missing row does not by itself establish that a supplement was not taken.
An illustrative example
What does a clear fictional event look like?
Alex's constructed record is named Example supplement, with an amount of 1, a unit of capsule and a Taken at value of October 5 at 08:00. The number describes a capsule count, not an ingredient strength. A second event on October 8 is another log, not proof of a daily schedule between those dates. No real product or recommended dose is shown.
What other questions come up?
Does choosing a suggested name fill in the other fields?
The current web name suggestions come from previously loaded names. Selecting a name does not populate a saved amount, unit or schedule. Review the remaining fields for this event.
Can I leave the amount unknown?
The form allows saving a name without a numeric amount; an empty amount is stored as absent. That is different from a known zero. Preserve the missing detail rather than filling it with an invented value.
Are notes visible in the History list?
Notes can be entered in the logging form, but the current web History list does not display them. Keep any source information you need for review rather than assuming that list shows every field saved with an event.
Does selecting Medication create a prescription record?
Kind classifies an event in the Supplements workflow. It does not create the separate prescription and dose-history records described in the Medications guide. Use the appropriate screen for the information you intend to maintain.
Keep this in mind
Before relying on a supplement history, verify the product identity, the amount-unit pair and the dated events behind the summary. Preserve any uncertainty in the underlying record.
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