The Killed List.

The evidence does not support a 30 day window. Collagen peptide trials that show measurable skin elasticity changes run for 8 to 12 weeks minimum. Publishing a 30 day frame would set readers up for disappointment and undermine trust in the intervention itself.

"Biohacking" frames the body as a system to outsmart rather than support. The peer reviewed literature uses none of this language, and every compound that actually slows biological ageing works through well understood cellular mechanisms, not shortcuts. We wrote the evidence based version instead.

We spent two weeks on sea moss. There are precisely zero randomised controlled trials in humans. The mineral profile is real but unremarkable compared to a varied diet. The heavy metal contamination data, particularly for lead and arsenic in Caribbean sourced products, was enough to kill it outright. We will not recommend something we cannot verify is safe at the doses people actually take.

Listicle framing trivialises sleep architecture into a set of tricks. The evidence says sleep problems are timing problems, not hack problems. The three interventions with the strongest RCT support (consistent wake time, morning light exposure, temperature regulation) deserve the full explanation, not a numbered slot between "drink chamomile tea" and "try a weighted blanket".

Most direct to consumer microbiome tests have poor reproducibility. Send the same sample to two labs and you get two different profiles. The clinical utility of knowing your Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio is genuinely unclear. We are not going to recommend readers spend £150 to £300 on a test whose results we cannot help them interpret with confidence. A stool calprotectin test through your doctor is more useful and costs nothing.

We wanted this one to work. The mechanism is plausible: lignans in flax may weakly modulate oestrogen, and zinc in pumpkin seeds supports progesterone. But there is not a single controlled trial. Every claim traces back to naturopathic tradition, not published data. We included seed cycling as an optional practice inside the Cycle Syncing Protocol with appropriate caveats, but could not justify a standalone article framing it as evidence based.

One frequently cited trial of 175 people over 12 weeks showed a 1 to 2 kg loss in the vinegar group. The effect is real but clinically trivial, and the trial had no placebo control for taste. The acetic acid mechanism (delayed gastric emptying) is interesting but hardly justifies the breathless "miracle" framing. Meanwhile the dental erosion risk from undiluted daily use is well documented. Killed for disproportionate hype relative to the evidence.