Reading the research without the hype

How to tell a meaningful study from a headline, and what we look for before a compound enters a Baseline program.

Most wellness claims travel faster than the evidence behind them. Before anything reaches a Baseline protocol, we look at study design, population, dose, and duration, in that order.

Sample size matters, but so does who was studied. A result in trained young athletes does not automatically transfer to a 52 year old rebuilding after surgery.

When the evidence is early, we say so. Early is not the same as wrong, and it is not the same as proven.

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