🩹 Medical Review Board

Our Medical Review Board

Every piece of content on BestSupplements.best that makes a health or safety claim is reviewed by a qualified health professional before publication. Meet the four experts who verify our supplement coverage for accuracy, safety, and clinical integrity.

Reviewed for Accuracy & Safety

Why We Have a Review Board

Supplement content that makes health claims carries real responsibility. Our medical review board ensures that every interaction warning, dosing recommendation, evidence grade, and safety note we publish meets the accuracy standards a reader would expect from a qualified clinician — not just a content writer.

✓ What “Reviewed by” means on this site When a page on BestSupplements.best carries a “Reviewed by” attribution, it means a qualified professional from the board below has read the content, verified the clinical claims against primary sources, and confirmed that no information overstates evidence, misrepresents drug interactions, or implies therapeutic benefit beyond what the evidence supports.
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Dr. Sarah Chen, PharmD
Lead Pharmacist Reviewer
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Licensed Clinical Pharmacist · 11 years clinical experience
Hospital clinical pharmacy → supplement science consulting
💊 Drug-Supplement Interactions & Manufacturing

Sarah holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and spent a decade in hospital clinical pharmacy before transitioning to supplement science consulting. Her primary focus is identifying and accurately describing drug-supplement interaction risks — an area where consumer content frequently contains dangerous oversimplifications or outright errors. She also verifies manufacturing claims against published GMP documentation and FDA facility registration records.

Content she reviews: Drug interaction guides, ingredient safety profiles, manufacturing standards claims, dosing upper limit content, and any supplement review where significant drug interaction risk exists (blood thinners, diabetes medications, thyroid drugs, antidepressants).
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James R. Holloway, RD
Registered Dietitian — Nutrition Science
Registered Dietitian (RD)
MS in Clinical Nutrition
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics member
🌿 Sports Nutrition & Metabolic Health

James is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in clinical nutrition. He spent eight years working with endurance athletes and metabolic health patients before moving into evidence-based supplement research. He applies clinical nutrition standards to evaluate ingredient dosing, bioavailability claims, and the real-world applicability of study findings — flagging when a study result is being cited outside its applicable context.

Content he reviews: Ingredient efficacy claims, dosing accuracy across the ingredient library, sports and metabolic supplement reviews, weight loss supplement content, protein and macronutrient guides, and all X vs Y comparison guides involving nutritional compounds.
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Dr. Maya Patel, MD
Medical Advisor — Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Board-eligible, Internal Medicine
Clinical training at academic medical centre
🩹 Blood Sugar, Cardiovascular & Condition-Specific

Maya is a physician with clinical training in internal medicine. She reviews content that intersects with diagnosed medical conditions — particularly blood sugar management, cardiovascular health, and hormonal health — ensuring our coverage meets appropriate medical accuracy standards and does not overstate therapeutic claims or inadvertently discourage appropriate medical care. She is our primary reviewer for any content where supplements might be misused as a replacement for prescription treatment.

Content she reviews: Blood sugar and diabetes-adjacent supplement content, cardiovascular health supplements, hormone-related supplements (thyroid, testosterone, menopause), condition-specific guides, and any content where there is meaningful risk of a reader substituting a supplement for prescribed medical treatment.
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Lisa Thornton, MSc
Senior Research Analyst
MSc Exercise Science & Nutritional Biochemistry
Certified Personal Trainer
Sports supplement research specialist
💪 Sports, Pre-Workouts & Performance

Lisa holds a master’s degree in exercise science and nutritional biochemistry. She researches the clinical literature behind performance and body composition supplements, applying her background in both laboratory science and practical athletic training to evaluate whether ingredient claims hold up at real-world doses. Her focus is performance supplements — a category with exceptionally high rates of misleading marketing and proprietary blend obfuscation.

Content she reviews: Pre-workout supplements, testosterone boosters, weight management products, men’s health supplements, sports nutrition ingredient guides, and proprietary blend analysis for stimulant-containing products.
Scope of Review

What Our Reviewers Do — and Don’t Do

Medical review on an editorial site is meaningfully different from clinical care. Being clear about this distinction protects readers and maintains the integrity of the review process.

✓ What reviewers do
Verify that health and safety claims are supported by the cited evidence at the dose described
Confirm drug-supplement interaction warnings are accurate, complete, and appropriately prominent
Flag content that overstates evidence quality or describes preliminary findings as established fact
Verify that dosing information is consistent with established clinical reference ranges from NIH, PubMed, and clinical guidelines
Confirm content does not imply supplements can treat, cure, or prevent any diagnosed disease
Request corrections or additions when material clinical information is missing from a reviewed page
− What reviewers don’t do
×Provide personalised medical advice to individual readers — nothing on this site constitutes a clinical consultation
×Endorse specific products — review board members assess content accuracy, not product quality
×Make clinical recommendations for readers with specific medical conditions
×Participate in affiliate or commercial decisions related to the products covered
×Guarantee that reviewed products are safe for every individual — individual health circumstances vary
×Review content about products in which any board member has a financial or personal interest
⚠ Important reminder Reviewed content on BestSupplements.best is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult your own physician or pharmacist before starting any supplement, especially if you take prescription medications or have a diagnosed health condition.
How Review Works

The Review Process

How content moves from draft to “Reviewed by” attribution on the published page.

01

Editorial Draft

The editorial team produces a complete draft including all health claims, ingredient descriptions, dosing information, and interaction warnings, with citations linked to primary sources.

02

Reviewer Assignment

The draft is routed to the appropriate reviewer based on the supplement category. Content with drug interaction risk always goes to Dr. Chen. Metabolic or sports content goes to James Holloway or Lisa Thornton.

03

Clinical Review

The reviewer reads the full draft and checks each health claim against the cited source. They verify dosing figures, interaction warnings, and evidence grade assignments. Any inaccuracies or missing information are flagged with specific corrections required.

04

Revision (if required)

The editorial team implements all reviewer-requested corrections. Significant revisions return to the reviewer for confirmation before publication.

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Attribution & Publication

Once approved, the page is published with the reviewer’s name and credentials attributed in the content header. The attribution date is recorded and the page enters the update review cycle.

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Re-Review Triggers

Reviewed content is re-submitted for review when: a product formula changes, significant new clinical evidence is published, a relevant FDA action occurs, or the scheduled review date is reached (annually for most pages).

How to Flag a Content Concern

If you believe any medically reviewed content on BestSupplements.best contains a factual error, an inaccurate health claim, a missing drug interaction warning, or any other clinical inaccuracy, we want to know. Our editorial process takes correction requests seriously.

To flag a concern:

  • Visit our contact page and select “Editorial / Medical Content Concern” as the subject
  • Include the URL of the specific page, the claim you believe is inaccurate, and any source you believe contradicts it
  • We will acknowledge your message within 3 business days and complete our assessment within 10 business days
  • Confirmed clinical errors are corrected promptly and a correction notice is added to the affected page
✓ Our commitment We have never declined to correct a factual clinical error because it was commercially inconvenient. If a correction requires changing a product ranking or removing a positive claim, it gets made.

Medical Disclaimer

All content on BestSupplements.best, including content reviewed by board members, is produced for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment recommendation. Board reviewers are verifying editorial accuracy — they are not providing clinical guidance to individual readers.

Always consult a licensed physician, pharmacist, or registered dietitian before starting any supplement. This is especially important if you:

  • Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning a pregnancy
  • Have a diagnosed medical condition, including diabetes, hypertension, or thyroid disease
  • Take any prescription medication — use our drug-supplement interaction tool and consult your pharmacist
  • Are under the age of 18
  • Have experienced adverse reactions to supplements previously

Statements on BestSupplements.best have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products reviewed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.