Strong
Official guidance, multiple high-quality human studies, or broad expert consensus.
Evidence policy
Research is the brand moat.
Healthopathy can cover modern studies, traditional systems, and frontier geroscience, but it must label evidence clearly and protect readers from hype.
Source hierarchy
1Official public health guidance
2Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
3Large human trials and cohorts
4Smaller clinical studies
5Mechanistic, animal, or cell research
6Traditional practices clearly labeled as traditional
Evidence labels
Moderate
Useful human evidence, but with limits in population, size, duration, or consistency.
Emerging
Promising early human data or strong biological plausibility that needs more proof.
Traditional
Long-standing cultural practice presented respectfully without claiming clinical proof.
Speculative
Mechanistic, animal, influencer, or early-stage claims that should not drive major decisions.
Avoid
Claims or products with safety, legality, deception, or evidence problems.