Editorial Standards

I read the primary source

Before I write about a study, a drug, or a guideline, I read the actual paper, the FDA label, or the issuing body’s own page, not just the news coverage. The press gets details wrong often enough that I don’t trust a headline to tell me what a study found. I link those primary sources inline so you can check me.

I correct things, in the open

When the data changes or I get something wrong, I fix the post and say what changed. I once published a chart of my own sleep built from an incomplete data pull, then corrected it when the full export told a flatter, less flattering story. That note stays in the post. I would rather be trustworthy than look right.

Opinion versus evidence

I try to keep what the evidence shows separate from what I personally do. When I say here is what I would do, that is my call for my situation and my risk tolerance, not a recommendation for yours.

Affiliates and disclosures

This site has no affiliate links. It carried some for a while, mostly on home-gym gear, and I took them all out in August 2026. I pay for my own TRT (through Marek Health) and my own GLP-1. I own stock in Eli Lilly, the only pharmaceutical stock I hold, and when a post makes the bull case for Lilly I say so right there in the post. Where I have any relationship with something I write about, I will say so in the post. I don’t review wearables or health apps, because I have a professional conflict of interest there, so I keep the site vendor-agnostic about watches and trackers.

Not medical advice

I am not a doctor, and nothing here is medical advice. Talk to your own doctor before you act on anything you read here, especially anything involving GLP-1s, TRT, blood pressure, sleep apnea, or cancer screening.