Longevity and health claims, checked against the actual studies
Category: Nutrition & Supplements
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GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic cut heart attacks, strokes, and deaths — and most of the benefit isn’t the weight loss. Inside the emerging longevity science.
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Walking after eating for just two minutes flattens your blood-sugar spike more than a mistimed workout. The science of the post-meal walk and why timing wins.
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Artificial sweeteners and gut health, honestly assessed: how sucralose and saccharin reshape the microbiome, weaken the gut barrier, and shift blood sugar.
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Methylene blue is marketed as a brain booster on one small study. Here’s the real nootropic signal, the failed Alzheimer’s trial, and its FDA boxed warning.
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Mediterranean diet benefits for the heart, checked trial by trial: PREDIMED, Lyon, and CORDIOPREV on a ~30% drop in events—and the retraction that made it stronger.
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Hydration in hot weather isn’t eight glasses a day. See what the evidence says about thirst, urine color, electrolytes, and how much water you really need.
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We rank the most-hyped magnesium benefits against the trials: blood pressure is the real RCT-backed win, while sleep and leg-cramp claims fall short.
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Berberine benefits are real for blood sugar and cholesterol — backed by dozens of RCTs. But it’s not “nature’s Ozempic.” An evidence-first reality check.
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Coffee health benefits, decoded: ~3 cups a day links to 12-17% lower mortality, decaf works too, and it’s polyphenols — not caffeine — doing the work.
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Dietary fiber gut health explained: how feeding your microbiome makes butyrate, the SCFA chemistry that lowers cholesterol, steadies glucose, and tracks longevity.
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