Editorial standards
This page sets out how we research, write, and check the content on The Natural Health Companion, and how we handle claims and outbound links.
How we research a topic
We start from independent, recognised sources such as the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Cochrane, the World Health Organization, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, and PubMed-indexed research, along with Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council for its 2015 homeopathy assessment. We prefer describing the general consensus of these sources over quoting isolated statistics, especially where a single number could be misleading out of context.
What we will not do
We will not claim that a natural product or therapy can treat or cure a specific disease unless that claim is directly supported by credible, independent evidence, which is rare in this field. We will not invent a statistic, a study result, a quote, or a credential. If we are not confident a specific figure is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
How we handle uncertainty
Much of natural health sits in a genuine grey area: not proven effective, not proven harmful, simply under-researched or inconsistently studied. We try to say so directly rather than rounding a mixed picture up to a confident recommendation in either direction.
Outbound links
Links to independent research bodies and health organisations are included to support specific claims and are marked as non-endorsed reference links. We do not accept payment to include a specific therapy claim or product recommendation in editorial content.
Corrections
If you believe something on this site is inaccurate or out of date, please let us know through our contact page, and we will review and correct it.