Editorial Team and Method
Who writes this site, how a page gets made, and — the part most sites skip — what we deliberately do not do.
Why there are no named authors here
Health sites in this category usually carry a photograph of a doctor with a plausible name under every article. In most cases that person does not exist, and the reader has no way to check. We decided not to do that. A fabricated reviewer is worse than no reviewer: it borrows authority the page has not earned, and it collapses the moment anyone looks.
So the work is attributed to the desk that does it, and every factual claim is attached to a source you can open yourself. If a named clinician ever reviews these pages, that person will be real, named in full, and their registration will be checkable — and this page will say so on that day, not before.
Who does what
| Research and fact-checking | Compiles ingredient and nutrition information from public regulatory registers, peer-reviewed literature and manufacturer labelling. Traces every claim to a source before publication. |
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| Market research | Checks availability, retailers and marketplaces against public store listings and company websites, and records when the check was made. |
| Compliance review | Reads every page against one question: does it say more than the evidence supports. Removes claims that do, including our own. |
How a page is made
- Source first. An ingredient page starts from the regulator and the research summaries, not from the seller's copy.
- Doses are quoted from trials. Where a product does not publish an amount, the page says so instead of implying one.
- Availability is checked, not assumed. If we cannot confirm a working order route, no price and no order button appear.
- Claims are cut back. Supplements may support; they do not treat, cure or prevent. That applies to products we earn from.
- The build refuses to publish pages that break these rules — the checks run automatically before every deploy.
What we will not publish
- Invented reviews, ratings, doctors, certificates or study results.
- A price or delivery term we have not confirmed.
- A composition the supplier has not published — the page states the gap instead.
- A product image that is not the actual pack.
- Anything suggesting a supplement replaces prescribed treatment.
The sources behind the pages
International references used across ingredient and health topics:
- NCCIH — Herbs at a Glance — US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: plain-language summaries of what is known about individual botanicals.
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements — fact sheets — Nutrient-by-nutrient fact sheets with intake levels and interaction notes.
- World Health Organization — Guidance on the conditions these supplements are marketed around.
National regulators for the markets we cover:
- Pharmacy and Poisons Board (Kenya) — Licenses pharmacies and pharmaceutical premises and publishes a register of licensed outlets.
- NAFDAC (Nigeria) — Regulates food, drugs and supplements in Nigeria.
- NAFDAC Greenbook — register of approved products — Searchable by product name, active ingredient or registration number. This is where a claimed NAFDAC number can be checked.
- SAHPRA (South Africa) — Regulates health products, including complementary medicines, and sets the disclaimer they must carry.
- TMDA (Tanzania) — Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority.
- Food and Drugs Authority (Ghana) — Registers food supplements and herbal products sold in Ghana.
Uganda's National Drug Authority is missing from that list on purpose: its site did not respond when we checked on 31 August 2026, and we would rather name the gap than publish a link we could not open.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it and say what changed: editorial@biomedic.africa. Related reading: editorial policy, medical review policy, sources we use, how this site earns.
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.