Supplements & Adaptogens

Photobiomodulation went from NASA wound-healing research to $500 home panels — the mitochondrial mechanism is legitimate science, but the clinical translation is messier than the marketing suggests

One of the most clinically studied adaptogen supplements — with genuine RCT evidence for cortisol reduction, sleep quality, and testosterone in specific populations — and a growing safety controversy including liver toxicity case reports, nearly complete funder capture of the research literature, and a poorly understood thyroid stimulation signal

Nigella sativa seed — "the remedy for everything except death" in Islamic prophetic medicine — has 1,400 years of cross-cultural use (Unani, Ayurvedic, North African). The active compound thymoquinone has 1,000+ PubMed studies. Multiple positive metabolic RCTs. No Phase III cancer trials. And the supplement market has no standardization, so the compound in your bottle might be 10x stronger or weaker than the one in the research.