Gut Health & GLP-1: What the Evidence Says

Checklist of seven signs that gut function is driving cravings, including hunger returning within an hour, cravings specific to sugar, and cravings that worsened after antibiotics.

7 Signs Your Gut Is Driving Your Cravings

Cravings get treated as a character problem. Often they are a signalling problem — and the signals come from your gut more than from your mind. Here are seven signs...

7 Signs Your Gut Is Driving Your Cravings

Cravings get treated as a character problem. Often they are a signalling problem — and the signals come from your gut more than from your mind. Here are seven signs...

Card reading: saffron is not an appetite suppressant. The trials are about snacking, and about mood.

Saffron and Emotional Eating: What the Research...

Saffron shows up on weight supplement labels constantly, and it is almost always described wrongly. The research is not really about appetite. It is about snacking, and about mood. That...

Saffron and Emotional Eating: What the Research...

Saffron shows up on weight supplement labels constantly, and it is almost always described wrongly. The research is not really about appetite. It is about snacking, and about mood. That...

Two panels comparing a probiotic alone, where bacteria pass through, with a synbiotic, where fibre is present and bacteria establish.

Why a Probiotic Needs a Prebiotic (Most Don't H...

Here is a formulation question worth asking before you buy any probiotic: once these bacteria arrive, what are they going to eat? Most labels have no answer. A probiotic with...

Why a Probiotic Needs a Prebiotic (Most Don't H...

Here is a formulation question worth asking before you buy any probiotic: once these bacteria arrive, what are they going to eat? Most labels have no answer. A probiotic with...

Diagram showing ellagitannins from pomegranate converted by gut bacteria into urolithin A, with a branch showing people who cannot convert get nothing.

Urolithin A: What It Actually Does (and Who Can...

Urolithin A is one of the more interesting compounds in the supplement aisle, partly because of what it does and partly because of a quirk that almost nobody mentions: you...

Urolithin A: What It Actually Does (and Who Can...

Urolithin A is one of the more interesting compounds in the supplement aisle, partly because of what it does and partly because of a quirk that almost nobody mentions: you...

Comparison showing natural GLP-1 has a half-life of about two minutes while semaglutide lasts about seven days, roughly 5,000 times longer.

Is There an Over-the-Counter Ozempic? The Strai...

No. Semaglutide is prescription-only in every market that regulates medicine, and nothing sold over the counter reproduces it. That answer is short, so here is the useful part: the things...

Is There an Over-the-Counter Ozempic? The Strai...

No. Semaglutide is prescription-only in every market that regulates medicine, and nothing sold over the counter reproduces it. That answer is short, so here is the useful part: the things...

Bar chart comparing average weight reduction in trials: berberine 1 to 3 percent, semaglutide about 15 percent, tirzepatide about 21 percent.

Do GLP-1 Supplements Actually Work? A Sceptical...

We sell a supplement in this category, so treat what follows accordingly — and then check it, because everything here is checkable. The short answer: some ingredients have real, measurable...

Do GLP-1 Supplements Actually Work? A Sceptical...

We sell a supplement in this category, so treat what follows accordingly — and then check it, because everything here is checkable. The short answer: some ingredients have real, measurable...