Trust
Editorial Policy
Everything on this site is written to be useful to someone making a real decision, and to be honest about the limits of what is known. These are the standards we hold ourselves to, stated concretely enough that you can hold us to them too.
Our sourcing hierarchy
For nutrient and ingredient information we work from public health authority resources and the peer-reviewed literature: the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Cochrane systematic reviews and studies indexed on PubMed. For regulatory information we use the published material of national regulators. For retail and availability information we use company websites and public store listings, and we record the date checked.
How we treat evidence
- Human trials outrank animal and laboratory studies, and we say which we are describing
- Systematic reviews outrank single trials
- Evidence attaches to a specific preparation and dose, not to a plant or a category
- We describe effect sizes honestly, including when they are small
- We publish negative and null findings alongside positive ones
- We never present traditional use as proof of efficacy or safety
What we will not publish
- Fabricated reviews, ratings, scores, testimonials or before-and-after images
- Invented doctors, reviewers, credentials, institutions or endorsements
- Invented product compositions, prices, certifications, studies or stock levels
- Disease treatment, prevention or cure claims for dietary supplements
- Statements that we own, manufacture or represent a brand
- Thin per-city pages that carry no genuine local information
When information is missing
A substantial number of products documented on this site do not publish a quantitative ingredient panel. We say so on the page, in plain terms, rather than inferring a composition from category norms. An undisclosed formula is a fact about the product and it belongs in the review.
Commercial content
Order pages are clearly commercial and are visually distinct from editorial pages. Every page carrying a commercial link also carries a disclosure. Commercial relationships never determine what we say about evidence, safety or disclosure. Our affiliate disclosure covers this in detail.
Dates, updates and corrections
Every substantive page carries a published date and a last-updated date. Retail and price information carries the date it was checked. If you find an error, write to editorial@biomedic.africa; we correct factual errors promptly and note material corrections on the page.
YMYL pages
Health, ingredient and product pages carry an author, publication and update dates, sources, and a medical disclaimer. Where a symptom needs professional assessment rather than a purchase, that is stated explicitly and given its own section rather than buried in a footnote.
Medical disclaimer. BioMedic Africa publishes consumer health information and supplement research summaries. It is not a pharmacy, a clinic or a medicines regulator, and nothing here is a diagnosis, a prescription or a treatment plan. Dietary supplements are foods, not medicines: they are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Speak with a pharmacist or a qualified healthcare professional before starting any supplement, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, living with a long-term condition, or taking prescription medication.