About this site
I am Priya Raghavan, 41, from Pune. I spent fourteen years as a market research analyst before I started writing about supplements. I am not a doctor, a nutritionist or a coach, and I have no letters after my name. What I have is fourteen years of practice at spotting the gap between what a product claims and what its own paperwork shows.
Why this site exists
I put on 12 kg after my second child. Over about four years I tried jeera water, a sauna belt, three apps and two imported supplements. What eventually worked was walking and cooking at home, and it took a year, and I am not going to pretend otherwise on a website.
What stayed with me from that period was how hard it is to find out what is actually in these products. Every page I opened told me how a capsule would change my life. Almost none told me how many milligrams of what, or what the research on that amount said.
That is the gap this site fills. I read the label first and the marketing last.
How I work
- The printed label is the source of truth. When a seller's page and the printed pack disagree, I report both and follow the pack, because that is the document regulators hold manufacturers to.
- Doses get compared to published research, not to the seller's description. If a dose sits outside the range studies have tested, I say so plainly and show the numbers.
- Missing information is information. When a label leaves out something that matters, that absence goes in the article.
- I publish what does not work. An ingredient with no human research gets described as an ingredient with no human research.
- No invented testimonials, no before and after photos, no star ratings. Ratings imply a precision I do not have.
What I am not qualified to do
I cannot tell you whether a supplement is safe for your body. I do not know your blood pressure, your medication or your history. Nothing here is medical advice, and every article says so. When an article lists conditions that rule a product out, that list is a reason to call a doctor, not a substitute for one.
How the site makes money
Affiliate commission. If you click a link to a seller and buy, I earn a percentage at no extra cost to you. Full details on the affiliate disclosure page.
The obvious question is whether that commission shapes what I write. The honest answer is that it creates a pull, and the only defence I can offer is the work itself: the main article on this site tells you that the product's stimulant dose is four times higher than anything the research has tested, and lists the people who should not buy it at all. That is not what a page optimised purely for commission looks like.
Medical disclaimer. I am not a doctor and nothing on this site is medical advice. I do not diagnose, treat or prescribe. Speak to a qualified doctor before starting any supplement, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, take regular medication, or have a heart, blood pressure, thyroid or liver condition.