Women's health after 40, and what the research actually supports
Principles that apply across every category: interactions when stacking, upper intake limits, reading a certificate of analysis, and what to stop before surgery.
“Natural Means Safe.” This assumption is the quiet foundation under a lot of supplement decisions. It rarely gets stated outright, which is part of why it goes unexamined. The clearest evidence against it comes from liver clinics. The number The US Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network has prospectively enrolled cases since 2004. The proportion of … Read more
The phrase implies a list of tests(baseline nutritional assessment) to request. The evidence points somewhere different, and the correction is worth making before anything else. Routine nutrient screening in average-risk adults is not recommended. What’s recommended instead is narrower, cheaper, and mostly already sitting in a drawer. The correction first Taking vitamin B12 as … Read more
Most interaction advice arrives as a list of things to avoid. That framing is incomplete, and in one important case it’s backwards. Understanding the three mechanisms behind these interactions makes the advice easier to apply — and explains why the standard rule for one common medication is not “avoid” at all. Three mechanisms, not … Read more