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1. Where claims come from. We test claims that are moving through the health and money conversation — viral posts, taboo areas, sales pitches, headlines, and reader submissions. If everyone's hearing it, or if many are disagreeing on it, it's worth covering.
2. What counts as evidence. Sources are graded, and the grade travels with the claim:
Grade A — strong: systematic reviews and meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, regulatory and audited filings, primary government datasets.
Grade B — suggestive: large cohort and observational studies, working papers, institutional research. Useful, quoted with their limits stated.
Grade C — grey area: mechanistic reasoning, expert opinion, early or conflicting data. Published only when labeled exactly that.
3. What we won't do. No claims sourced to a screenshot. No cherry-picking one study against a stronger body of evidence. No affiliate incentives shaping conclusions — if a financial relationship ever exists around a product we cover, it will be disclosed in the same paragraph.
4. Citations. Real claims link the actual source — the study, the dataset, the filing — not a blog post about it. When we say "source" we are trying our best to get to the raw, primary source, and provide that to you.
5. Tools. We use AI systems for research assistance, drafting, and data visualization. Every citation is human-verified before publishing, and every conclusion is ours.
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