Java Burn
Powdered stick-pack poured into coffee. Pitched as an 'electrified' metabolism booster. The evidence says the ingredients are real but the doses are probably no…
Issue 01 · Evidence & marketing
The supplement industry ships marketing copy. We ship receipts.
Every week we take a top-selling supplement apart ingredient by ingredient, cross-reference the claims against published research, and tell you whether the bottle is worth your money — or a rebill trap with a clever landing page.
Desk picks
The supplements everyone's buying — and what the data actually says.
Puravive
The 'exotic rice method' funnel is built on one misread 2022 Nature paper. Eight real botanicals, all packed into 750 mg — which forces every single dose into t…
ProDentim
A probiotic chewable tablet targeting the oral microbiome. Two of its three probiotic strains — L. reuteri and L. paracasei — have genuine periodontal RCT evide…
GlucoTrust
Blood sugar capsule doubling as a sleep aid. Gymnema sylvestre has real glycemic evidence at the right dose; chromium almost certainly doesn't reach its studied…
Sumatra Slim Belly Tonic
Powdered drink mix built around valerian root, ashwagandha, and blue spirulina — marketed on the sleep-weight connection. The mechanism has genuine science behi…
Nagano Lean Body Tonic
Japanese-positioned powder tonic featuring camu camu, mangosteen, Panax ginseng, bitter melon, and a proprietary digestive complex. The Japan framing is purely…
We read the paper, not the press release.
Every claim gets traced to a published study. When the study doesn't say what the label says, we say so.
Dose matters. Blends hide it.
Proprietary blends let brands hide clinically-irrelevant doses. We estimate the real dose range every time.
Rebills are a feature, not a bug.
We flag auto-ship traps, cancellation friction, and the checkout tricks designed to inflate lifetime value.