Editorial Standards
This page describes how articles on GutHealthRanked are sourced, written, reviewed, and corrected. It is written to be held against us. If an article does not match what is described here, that is a failure on our part and we want to hear about it.
Clinical review status
Articles on GutHealthRanked have not been reviewed by an individually named licensed clinician. There is no doctor, dietitian, or advisory board behind this site, and we will not invent one to make the pages feel more authoritative than they are.
Articles carry the line "Reviewed by the GutHealthRanked Editorial Team". That line means the editorial team checked every claim in the piece against the source cited for it before publication. It does not mean a licensed clinician signed off on the article. We do not describe articles as medically reviewed, because that phrase would imply a clinician we do not have.
If we engage a named clinical reviewer, this page will be updated to say so, and the specific articles that person has reviewed will be marked individually with their name and credentials. A reviewer named on this page alone, with no article-level marking, would tell you nothing about the article you are reading.
Sourcing
Every health claim is sourced to primary literature: peer-reviewed studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical practice guidelines from professional bodies, and publications from US federal health agencies. Sources are listed in full at the foot of each article, with a link and, where one exists, a PubMed identifier, so you can check the claim against the source rather than against us.
We do not cite other content sites, aggregators, supplement brand blogs, or press releases as evidence for a health claim. If a claim can only be traced to a page that is selling something, it does not go in the article.
We describe what a study actually did: its size, its design, its population, and its limits. A finding in 30 people is reported as a finding in 30 people. When authors state a limitation on their own work, that limitation belongs in our article too, not just in theirs.
Who writes and edits
Articles are written and edited by the GutHealthRanked editorial team, which is accountable for everything published here. The site is published by Succession Media.
Use of AI tools
Drafts may be produced with the assistance of AI tools. Every published article is reviewed and fact-checked by a human before publication, which means a person opens the cited sources and confirms that each claim, number, and quotation in the article is actually supported by them. AI output is never published unchecked, and an AI tool is never used as a source.
Corrections
Errors are corrected in place. When we correct an article, we change the text, update the article's "updated" date, and, where the correction is material, add a dated correction note at the foot of the article describing what was wrong and what it now says. We do not quietly edit a claim out of existence and leave the page looking as though it never said it.
Typographical fixes and formatting changes are made without a note. Anything that changes the meaning of a health claim gets one.
To report an error, email editorial@guthealthranked.com with the article and, if you have one, the source you believe we contradicted or missed.
What we do not do
- We do not diagnose. Nothing on this site identifies what is wrong with you.
- We do not give individualized medical advice. Articles are written without knowledge of your history, medication, allergies, or test results.
- We do not tell readers that a food, supplement, or protocol cures, treats, or prevents a disease. We describe what was measured, in whom, and how strong the evidence is.
- We do not sell coverage, placement, or a position in a ranking. Commercial relationships, when any exist, are set out on our disclosures page.