How We Review

Step one: read the label

For supplements, the supplement facts panel is the most informative document that exists, and most reviews never show it. We find it, read it, and reproduce it where the manufacturer publishes it. We note the serving size, the servings per container, and whether individual ingredient amounts are disclosed or hidden inside a proprietary blend.

Step two: do the arithmetic

A blend of twenty ingredients totalling 200 mg is a different product from a blend of three ingredients totalling 200 mg, even though both are “200 mg”. A bottle of 30 servings taken twice daily lasts fifteen days, not thirty. Nobody hides these numbers — they just rely on nobody working them out. We work them out.

Step three: read the terms of sale

We read the return policy in full, and we report what a refund actually requires: the length of the window, whether it runs from purchase or delivery, whether you must return the product, and who pays the return shipping. A guarantee with conditions is still a guarantee, but you should know the conditions before you buy, not after.

Step four: separate the marketing from the label

Where a sales page claims more than the product label does, we say so and quote both. That gap is often the most revealing thing about a product.

What we cannot do

We want to be exact about our limits, because a review that pretends to more authority than it has is worse than no review at all.

• We do not test in a laboratory. We cannot confirm that what is on the label is in the bottle.
• We are not clinicians. Nothing here is medical advice, and we do not assess whether a product works for a medical purpose.
• We cannot verify testimonials. Neither can you. We treat them as marketing.
• We do not track long-term outcomes. We review what a product is and what it costs, not what it did for someone over a year.

Why the reviews are often critical

Because we are paid on commission, a review that said only good things would be worth more in the short term. We write the other kind on purpose. A review you cannot trust is worth nothing to you, and eventually worth nothing to us either.