Editorial Policy
What Gets Reviewed and When
Products that appear on this site have spent a minimum of thirty days in active daily use before any draft is written. Thirty days is the shortest window that produces a useful picture of energy, appetite, and gut-related effects. Products that produce nothing worth noting in that window get a review that says so. A supplement that does nothing is a result.
The Testing Process
Before a product enters rotation, two checks run. First, the full-bottle price is divided by the number of daily servings to calculate cost per serving, because a $60 bottle is a different purchase at two capsules per day than at one. Second, the ingredient panel is cross-referenced against Labdoor and ConsumerLab, independent labs that purchase supplements off the shelf and test what is actually inside against what the label claims. If a product carries a proprietary blend, that is flagged in the first paragraph of the review: the FDA requires ingredients inside a blend to be listed in descending order by weight, but the individual per-ingredient amounts are not required to be disclosed. That gap is the first thing a reader needs to know.
Active test products are tracked on a dedicated whiteboard alongside serving totals and test-week counts to prevent concurrent-stack errors and to attribute any noticed effects to the right product. Test notes cover dose, time of day, and observations at weeks one, two, and four. The "What I Actually Noticed" format is deliberate: one tester's subjective record, not a mechanism summary and not a citation of the brand's own clinical references. Where a brand cites a study to support a dosing claim, the review checks whether that study used the same ingredient form, dose range, and trial duration as the product in question.
Where a brand's refund policy is material to the purchase decision, the review notes it. A brand that guarantees returns through sixty days and a brand that marks all opened bottles as ineligible are different propositions, and that difference belongs in the review before someone places an order.
Affiliate Relationships
Some links on this site are affiliate links. A purchase made through one of those links earns a small commission at no additional cost to the buyer. Affiliate relationships do not determine which products get reviewed or what a review concludes. A product that turns out to be a waste of money gets a review that says it is a waste of money, commission structure or not. The only products that carry affiliate links here are products that have been personally tested.
Corrections and Updates
When a product's formula changes after a review is published, the review is updated with a dated note at the top. Factual corrections are handled the same way: the error is corrected and the change is noted with a date. To flag an error, use the contact page.
Scope of Information
The information on this site draws on six years of personal supplement testing and research. It is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical, financial, or legal advice. Supplement choices that touch a real health condition belong with a qualified professional, not with a product review. The site covers what labels say and what one tester noticed. That is the scope.