Monitoring the science

Every entry starts from a peer-reviewed paper found via PubMed — never a preprint, a press release, or a secondhand write-up. We check the paper's actual abstract and, where accessible, its full text directly, then write a plain-English headline and one-sentence summary of what the study found — not what a headline claimed. The evidence badge (large human study / human trial / review of existing research / animal study) tells you the study design at a glance, so you can judge the strength of the evidence yourself rather than take our word for it. Every entry links straight to the source (DOI and PubMed where available) so you can check it directly. Not medical advice — these are factual summaries, not a recommendation for what you should do. Compiled Sep 10, 2026.

No. This page reports what a study found, in the study's own terms — it never interprets what a finding means for you personally, and never recommends a course of action. An animal study and a large human trial are reported with equally plain language but very different evidence badges, deliberately, so the difference is visible rather than smoothed over. Talk to your own doctor or another licensed health professional before acting on anything above.

New studies are researched and added periodically, each one checked directly against the paper itself before publishing — not on a fixed schedule, and never auto-published without that check. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects when it was last refreshed.