Collagen and What Your Stomach Does to a Protein
The collagen argument has one genuinely interesting piece of chemistry and one large unproven leap. Both deserve to be described…
Supplements
What is in the bottle, what it is licensed to claim, and what trials show.
21 articles · updated August 11, 2026 · page 2 of 2
Probiotics Are Strain Specific and the Label Rarely Is
Evidence for one bacterial strain does not transfer to another strain of the same species. That single fact explains most of the…
Vitamin D: A Real Deficiency With an Oversold Fix
The deficiency disease is genuine, treatable and unambiguous. Nearly everything added to that foundation since has come from…
Magnesium Comes in Many Salts and They Do Not Behave Alike
The word on the front of the bottle is the same and the compound inside is not. Which salt it is changes how much you absorb, what…
Fish Oil, Oxidation and What Is Actually in the Capsule
The fats these capsules contain are chemically fragile, and the capsule is opaque for a reason. Rancidity is the quality problem…
Adaptogen Was a Category Invented Before It Was Tested
The word describes a substance that helps the body resist stress in whichever direction it needs. That definition was written…
Melatonin Is a Hormone and Every Country Treats It Differently
In some places it needs a prescription and in others it sits beside the chewing gum. That inconsistency tells you more about…
Sold as Herbal, Containing an Undeclared Prescription Drug
Some supplements do work, and a minority of those work because a pharmaceutical was added without appearing on the label. This is…
Protein Powder Is Food Sold at Supplement Prices
There is nothing mysterious in the tub; it is dried protein with flavouring. The interesting questions are how much protein you…