NAC is the hospital antidote for a Tylenol overdose, yet the FDA spent two years trying to remove it from supplement shelves. Here's what happened, and why.
Digestive & Gut Health
Probiotics and gut health read against the NIH evidence — what CFU counts actually mean, and where the marketing outruns the published data.
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Milk Thistle for Liver Health: What a 154-Person NIH Trial Found
Milk thistle is a top-selling liver supplement, but the two largest NIH-funded trials found it worked no better than a placebo. Here's what the evidence shows. -
Probiotics for Gut Health: What the NIH Evidence Actually Shows
NIH reviews show probiotics cut antibiotic-related diarrhoea risk by about half, but evidence for IBS and immunity claims is much weaker. What actually holds up.