About

Who runs this, and why.

The one-line version

I'm an informed layperson who reads the longevity and health-optimisation literature obsessively, and I got tired of there being no single place where every compound was ranked on the same scale. So I built one.

What I'm not

I'm not a doctor. I don't have a medical license. I can't prescribe anything, I can't diagnose anything, and I'm not interested in practising medicine. If you want a treatment plan, see a clinician — ideally one who actually engages with off-label use rather than waving it off.

What I am

I'm someone who reads PubMed the way other people read Substack, who keeps running spreadsheets of evidence quality, and who believes the longevity-internet has a trust problem that a transparent ranking — with citations, tiers, and a changelog — can partially solve.

Why a ranking, not a newsletter first

There are great longevity newsletters. What's missing is the reference. If a friend asks "is methylene blue worth it?" I want a page I can send them to that says "here is every piece of evidence I could find, here is how I scored it, here is where it ranks, and here is who I'd trust to tell you more." Not a thread, not an ad-supported review site, not a gated PDF — a page.

The newsletter is the layer on top. It's where I show my work:

How I make money

The ranking is free and always will be. The newsletter is free. In the future, the newsletter may be sponsored — but sponsored means a named sponsor I'd already trust with my own money, in a clearly-marked section, that never changes a score. Scores are never for sale. If that changes, I'll write about the change before I take the deal.

No affiliate links anywhere on this site. None. The incentives are bad.

How to tell me I'm wrong

The scores are opinions backed by citations. If you know a study I missed, a dose-response I mis-read, or a safety signal I under-weighted, I want the pointer. The only thing I care about less than being right is being politely wrong.

Email me — put "score correction" or the compound name in the subject and I'll look at it. Every score change goes in the changelog with the reader credited if they want the credit.