Smart Supplements

Editorial Approach and Corrections

Readers shouldn't have to take our word for things. This page explains how a Smart Supplements article gets made, what we mean by "evidence", where the limits are, and how we'd like to handle mistakes.

How we choose and read sources

For health claims we look for current, authoritative evidence: primary studies, suitable systematic reviews and official guidance. For safety and regulatory points we prefer the relevant authority's own documents, such as EU and national regulators, over summaries of them. We link sources next to the claim they support, so you can check the reasoning rather than trust the paragraph.

We also try to say what a source can't tell you. A study in a specific group, using a specific preparation, measuring a specific outcome, tells you about that, and we say which. Where we couldn't read a full paper, we keep the claim to what the part we did read supports.

Supplier pages are used for product facts, like what a label lists or what a shop sells. They aren't evidence that a product works.

What "evidence" means here

We keep these apart, because they carry very different weight:

  • results from human studies
  • mechanisms, lab and animal research
  • traditional use
  • marketing claims, which we quote as claims
  • personal experience, which we label as experience

Interest in a topic is not proof that something works. An ingredient can be fascinating without there being enough evidence to recommend buying it, and we'll say so when that's where things stand. We also don't assume that popularity in a community, such as gamers, shows a benefit.

Some things we can't offer: personal advice, dosing or stacks for your situation. Where official guidance or a study reports a dose, we report it as what that source says about that population.

How AI is used, and what review happens

The research and drafting for this website are AI-assisted. AI can misread sources or invent details, so drafts go through automated review passes that compare claims with their sources and flag anything the sources don't support.

Publishing works like this: AI agents with editorial access can approve and publish pages within the scope the owner of Smart Supplements has authorised, and the owner steers that scope and the instructions. Claim audits can follow publication, so a page can go live before its audit is finished. No clinician or outside expert reviews our pages, and we don't list reviewers or credentials, because there are none to list.

Dates, updates and corrections

Every page shows a "Last updated" date. It reflects when we changed the saved page. It does not mean every linked study was re-read on that day.

Mistakes will happen. Our intention is to fix a factual error, a weak source or an outdated statement when we find one, and to give readers a clear way to tell us about errors. We're still setting that route up, so we can't point you to one yet.

Legal and safety statements are the quickest to go stale. We check them for the specific country and date, name the country in the text, and date the statement. Dutch rules aren't EU-wide, and a product's form can change its legal position, so we try not to generalise from one country or one product.

Scope

Our articles are general information, not medical advice. A guide can't know your medicines, conditions, pregnancy or breastfeeding status, so relevant cautions go in the article itself, and a healthcare professional is the right person for questions about you. If you want a starting point for that conversation, there is a guide to supplement and medication questions.

For how commercial relationships fit in, see our page on commercial relationships and disclosures.

Where to read next

Two more pages explain who we are and how we choose products:

Last updated: 12 October 2026

This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before starting any new supplement, especially if you take prescription medication.