Inside Supplement Regulation: Who's Checking What's in the Bottle
The FDA does not approve supplements before sale; companies carry the safety duty. A walk through the oversight file, from DSHEA to MedWatch alerts.
Dietary Supplements
Skincare and haircare examined by formulation: which actives work at which concentrations, how long results take, and where topical treatment stops.
Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know Before Buying
What dietary supplements are, how the law regulates them, and the questions to ask before you buy, explained without hype.
Niacinamide, Explained: What the Studies Support and What They Don't
The brightening evidence covers 5 percent, the sebum work covers 2 percent, and the label rarely tells you which study your bottle is leaning on.
Niacinamide and Dark Spots: What the Clinical Trials Actually Show
Two vehicle-controlled trials measured pigment, not promises — here is what a decade of niacinamide research does and does not support.
Green Tea Extract and the Liver: Reviewing the Safety Reports Behind the Warning Labels
The NIH LiverTox database counts at least 100 published liver-injury cases linked to green tea extract, and Europe's food-safety agency flagged doses of 800 mg EGCG and above in 2018.
Iron Supplementation: When Ferritin Has Meaning, and Why the Dosage Advice Changed
A ferritin below 15 micrograms per liter defines deficiency by the WHO's 2020 guideline — and a 2017 study found taking iron every other day absorbs more than taking it daily.