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Path 01 · 6 lessons · ~45 min
Reading a supplement label, line by line.
What's a "proprietary blend", why does it matter, and what does "clinically dosed" legally allow a brand to mean? The basics that everything else builds on.
Learn enough to read your own jar.
Five short, opinionated learning paths. No quiz, no streak, no badges — just the order we'd recommend if a curious friend asked us where to start.
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Path 02 · 7 lessons · ~60 min
Evidence tiers — RCT vs review vs anecdote.
How to read a "clinically proven" claim. What level of evidence to expect for which kinds of supplements, and where it's reasonable to settle for less.
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Path 03 · 8 lessons · ~75 min
Dose, form, and bioavailability — the three things most people miss.
Magnesium glycinate vs oxide, methylcobalamin vs cyanocobalamin, BCM-95 vs plain turmeric. Why the form on the label changes everything.
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Path 04 · 6 lessons · ~50 min
The Indian regulatory landscape, plain-spoken.
FSSAI rules, what an AYUSH licence does and doesn't promise, and the gap between "approved" and "tested". Useful before you buy anything.
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Path 05 · 9 lessons · ~80 min
Building a stack you can defend.
The decision tree — goal, budget, food gaps, contraindications. The capstone path; pulls from every other one. We'd recommend this last.
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Mini · 3 lessons · ~20 min
Spotting marketing tricks in 30 seconds.
The five sleight-of-hand patterns that show up on most jars. Once you see them, you can't un-see them. A useful quick path on its own.
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Each lesson is text plus one or two annotated examples — never autoplay video, never a quiz gate. Read at your own speed; bookmark anywhere.
“Proprietary blend” — what it actually hides.
A "proprietary blend" lists ingredients and one combined weight, but doesn't say how much of each. Regulators allow it; trials don't. In this lesson we look at three real Indian pre-workouts where the studied dose of the headline ingredient is theoretically possible — and almost never delivered.
Reading~3 min
Worked examples (3)~3 min
"Try it" — read a real jar~1 min
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