Label Reading
The Arithmetic Of A 500 mg Blend Split Fourteen Ways
A proprietary blend is legal, uninformative and easy to check with a calculator. How to work out which names in any blend can possibly be at their research doses.
Read it →Everything Published Here
Nine articles, written so that somebody who buys nothing still gets something.
Evidence
Berberine Is Not Nature's Metformin
Berberine is marketed as nature's metformin. What the two actually share, where the comparison collapses, and what the evidence supports for each.
Read it →Measurement
HbA1c: The Test That Looks Backwards Three Months
A1c is an average over months, not a snapshot. How the test works, why it moves slowly, the four conditions that make it unreliable, and what the numbers mean.
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What The Other Ingredients Line Actually Contains
The three ingredients under Other Ingredients on almost every capsule label. What each one is for, why magnesium stearate panic is unfounded, and when fillers do matter.
Read it →Food
Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, And Which Number Helps
GI ranks foods by how fast they raise glucose. GL adjusts for how much you actually eat, which is why watermelon and doughnuts swap places. When each number is useful.
Read it →Measurement
Why Your Morning Reading Is The Highest Of The Day
Waking glucose is often the highest of the day even after eating nothing for ten hours. The hormone cascade behind it, how to tell it from the Somogyi effect, and what helps.
Read it →Safety
Two Cinnamons, One Word, And A Liver Limit
Two different plants sold under one name. One carries coumarin and a tolerable daily intake limit, the other does not. How to tell which you have bought.
Read it →Evidence
Curcumin's Absorption Problem Is The Whole Story
Curcumin has thousands of studies and terrible bioavailability. What black pepper does about it, what liposomal formulations claim, and how to read a turmeric label.
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The Numbers That Mean A Clinic Rather Than A Purchase
The readings that mean an appointment, the symptoms that mean today, what actually happens at the visit, and why finding it early is the good outcome.
Read it →Sorted By Subject
The same nine, grouped by what they are for.
Label Reading
Measurement
Why These Nine
A library attached to a product page usually exists to catch searches. These were picked on a different rule: each one had to be useful to somebody who decides against buying anything.
So the arithmetic article shows you how to prove an ingredient is under-dosed. The berberine piece argues against the comparison the whole category is sold on. The clinic article tells you when to stop reading and make an appointment. If that seems odd on a page carrying order buttons, the funding is explained in the footer of every page and on the about page.
Where To Start
- About to order: run the arithmetic first, then read the berberine piece.
- Worried about a reading: the numbers that mean a clinic.
- Confused by a test result: what A1c actually measures and why mornings are highest.
- Interested in the product itself: start at the formula page or the ingredient panel.
Read First, Then Decide On GlycoAid
One capsule with a meal, a page for every name on the label, and sixty days to send it back if it does nothing.
- One capsule a day, taken with food
- Fourteen names, every one with its own page here
- Free US delivery on the 3 and 6 bottle packs
- Sixty days to send it back, opened bottles included