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Affiliate disclosure

How product links and commercial relationships are handled on this site.

Some links on the site may generate a commission if a reader purchases through them. This page explains how that works and what guardrails are supposed to limit commercial distortion.

Affiliate links are common across health publishing because they help fund writing, design, hosting, and platform work. They also create obvious incentive risk. The only defensible approach is to disclose that risk clearly and design pages so readers can see the recommendation logic, not just the CTA.

If a page includes affiliate links, it should also make the tradeoffs and limitations visible.

Selection logic

Product recommendations are supposed to earn their place.

  • +Formulation quality, dosage logic, testing signals, ingredient transparency, and fit for the article topic matter more than brand familiarity alone.
  • +Pages should explain who a product is for, what its tradeoffs are, and when the best answer may be to wait or skip the purchase.
  • +Affiliate availability should not be the only reason something appears on the page.
Limits

What this disclosure does not mean.

Disclosure does not guarantee perfect neutrality, and it does not mean every recommendation is automatically correct. It means the commercial relationship is being made visible so the reader can evaluate the content with the right context.

It also does not mean that every outbound link is an affiliate link. Some links are citations, references, or purely educational resources.

Next step

Need the broader standards too?

The About page and editorial policy explain how disclosure fits into the rest of the publishing system.