Whole Body's tagline — real protocols, cited research, no noise — is a promise. This page is how we honor it. If you ever find us falling short of any standard described here, write to us at robert@wholebody.co and we will correct it.
The three evidence tiers
Most health publishing collapses different kinds of evidence into a single voice. A peer-reviewed clinical trial gets the same authority as a personal anecdote, which gets the same authority as a guess. Readers can't tell the difference, and that's frequently the point.
We separate the three explicitly. In every article, every claim we make falls into one of these categories — and we tell you which:
- Peer-reviewed research. Published clinical trials, systematic reviews, established biochemical mechanisms. When we cite this, we name the study and the journal so you can find it yourself. We never paraphrase a study's conclusion in a way the abstract wouldn't support.
- Mechanistic reasoning. A logical inference drawn from established biology. For example: "If glutathione production requires sulfur, and your labs show no glutathione, then your sulfur substrate is likely depleted." This is reasoning, not direct evidence, and we flag it that way.
- Personal experience. What worked for the author, his family, or a specific reader who consented to share. We tell you when it's an n-of-one and we don't pretend it's representative.
If you can't tell which tier a piece of evidence belongs to, our writing has failed. Email us and we'll fix it.
How we research
For each article, we start with the published literature. We read the original papers, not summaries on Healthline or WebMD. When the literature is thin or contested, we say so explicitly rather than picking a position and presenting it as settled.
For protocols, we use what we have personally run on ourselves or close family members, and what readers we correspond with have reported back. We don't publish protocols we haven't run. We don't recommend products we haven't bought ourselves.
If a claim has been overturned by newer research after we publish — which happens — we update the article and add a correction note at the bottom. We don't silently edit and pretend the original version never existed.
How we cite
Every article that makes a research-backed claim names the study, the lead author, the journal, and the year. We don't hyperlink to summaries; we name the primary source. If you want to verify a claim, you can.
When we quote a study directly, the quote is exact and the citation is in the same paragraph or immediately following. When we paraphrase, we say so. We don't reshape a finding's meaning to fit a narrative.
If a study we cite later gets retracted or seriously challenged, we update the article. If the article's conclusion depends on the retracted study, we either revise the conclusion or pull the article. We don't leave broken science published under our byline.
How we disclose money
Whole Body earns revenue in two ways. Both are disclosed openly, on every page where they apply.
Ebook sales
We sell digital guides on specific protocols — the implementation manuals for the approaches our articles cover. Prices range from $17 to $67. Every guide is delivered as a downloadable PDF. We don't offer subscriptions, automatic renewals, or recurring charges. When you buy a guide, you own it, and any future updates to that guide are sent to you free.
When an article links to a guide, the link is clearly labeled as a guide we sell. The article itself contains the science and reasoning; the guide contains the protocol details, sourcing notes, dosing, schedules, and troubleshooting.
Affiliate links
Some of our guides recommend specific supplement brands. Where we link to those products on Amazon or elsewhere, those are affiliate links — meaning Whole Body earns a small commission (typically 4–8%) on purchases made through the link. The price you pay is the same whether you use our link or not. The commission is what helps fund this publication.
Our rules around affiliate links are simple:
- We only link to products we use. Every supplement, test, or product we recommend by name is one Robert personally takes or has run. We don't promote products we haven't bought ourselves.
- The brand is what's recommended, not the link. We name the specific brand and product specifications in the article or guide. If you'd rather not use our affiliate link, the brand name and product details are enough for you to find the same item directly. The protocol is the protocol regardless of where you buy.
- We don't recommend products we don't believe in to make the math work. If a higher-commission alternative exists but we think it's a worse product, we recommend the better one.
- We disclose visibly, not in a footer. The affiliate disclosure appears near the affiliate link, not buried at the bottom of the page.
As an Amazon Associate, Whole Body earns from qualifying purchases.
What we don't do
A short list of things some health publications do that we do not:
- We don't accept paid placements for products we don't recommend on the merits.
- We don't run sponsored articles dressed up as editorial.
- We don't sell email lists, share reader data with third parties, or use reader emails for anything other than the newsletter you signed up for.
- We don't put ads on the site. Whole Body is funded by guide sales and affiliate commissions, full stop.
- We don't use scarcity tactics ("only 47 copies left!") or fake urgency in our marketing.
- We don't make claims our citations don't support — and if we do, by accident, we correct them.
Corrections, complaints, and questions
If you spot a factual error, a misrepresented citation, or anything that reads like the kind of thing this page promises not to do — please write to robert@wholebody.co. We read every correction email. Substantive errors get fixed with an editor's note added to the article.
If you have a question about a protocol, a citation, or anything else, the same address works. We read those too, and we answer most of them, though it can take a few days.
Last updated: May 2026. This page is reviewed annually and updated when our practices change.