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Every Half Life story in one place: founder interviews with the doses, the forms and the trials set side by side, newest first.

Cover story · Interview

Vaginal and gut support at label dose, with Lauren Bosworth

Half Life asks what Love Wellness contains per capsule, how that amount lines up with trial amounts, and where absorption and testing data remain thin.

Katherine Warren · 12 min read
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The archive

Inside Four Sigmatic with Tero, dosing mushrooms through coffee
Receptors · Interview

Inside Four Sigmatic with Tero, dosing mushrooms through coffee

Katherine Warren · 10 min read
Inside Moon Juice with Amanda Chantal Bacon, measuring adaptogens by the milligram
Receptors · Interview

Inside Moon Juice with Amanda Chantal Bacon, measuring adaptogens by the milligram

Hailey Carson · 12 min read
Lulu Ge and the measured dropper behind personalized herbs
Hormones · Interview

Lulu Ge and the measured dropper behind personalized herbs

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
Matt Lombardi, Kevin Moran and the bedtime cocoa with five ingredients
Receptors · Interview

Matt Lombardi, Kevin Moran and the bedtime cocoa with five ingredients

Katherine Warren · 10 min read
TikTok fees and Amazon fakes reshaped supplement pricing in September
Retail

TikTok fees and Amazon fakes reshaped supplement pricing in September

Katherine Warren · 3 min read
What Sally Mueller learned from a short doctor visit about menopause
Hormones · Interview

What Sally Mueller learned from a short doctor visit about menopause

Hailey Carson · 12 min read
Why Julie Kucinski chose custom botanical doses for midlife
Hormones · Interview

Why Julie Kucinski chose custom botanical doses for midlife

Hailey Carson · 18 min read
Inside Perelel with Taylor and Gioia, weighing folate by trimester
Hormones · Interview

Inside Perelel with Taylor and Gioia, weighing folate by trimester

Katherine Warren · 11 min read
Why Jen Batchelor chose a narrow range of timed tonics
Receptors · Interview

Why Jen Batchelor chose a narrow range of timed tonics

Hailey Carson · 13 min read
How fermented grain became mushroom on supplement labels
Dosing · Essay

How fermented grain became mushroom on supplement labels

Victoria Hawkins · 6 min read
Gary Kehoe and the milligram by milligram label
Hormones · Interview

Gary Kehoe and the milligram by milligram label

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
Vani Hari on reading labels dose by dose
Dosing · Interview

Vani Hari on reading labels dose by dose

Katherine Warren · 13 min read
What capsule formats change for supplement readers
Launch

What capsule formats change for supplement readers

Hailey Carson · 4 min read
Why blend totals tell you almost nothing about dose
Dosing · Essay

Why blend totals tell you almost nothing about dose

Katherine Warren · 6 min read
Jules Miller and the morning capsule count that started it all
Absorption · Interview

Jules Miller and the morning capsule count that started it all

Hailey Carson · 12 min read
Rosemary matched 2% minoxidil while stronger dosing went untested
Ingredients

Rosemary matched 2% minoxidil while stronger dosing went untested

Katherine Warren · 3 min read
What Chervin Jafarieh learned from soil and sickness and sourcing
Absorption · Interview

What Chervin Jafarieh learned from soil and sickness and sourcing

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
What Brianna Bitton learned from sharing an apartment with undiagnosed PCOS
Hormones · Interview

What Brianna Bitton learned from sharing an apartment with undiagnosed PCOS

Hailey Carson · 10 min read
Lauren Lee on tracing each capsule back to its dose
Hormones · Interview

Lauren Lee on tracing each capsule back to its dose

Katherine Warren · 13 min read
Why Litt and Gillman removed two teaspoons of sugar from kids vitamins
Dosing · Interview

Why Litt and Gillman removed two teaspoons of sugar from kids vitamins

Hailey Carson · 12 min read
Trinity Mouzon Wofford and the tin of thirty gram matcha
Absorption · Interview

Trinity Mouzon Wofford and the tin of thirty gram matcha

Hailey Carson · 12 min read
What Carly Stein learned from a Florence pharmacy counter
Dosing · Interview

What Carly Stein learned from a Florence pharmacy counter

Hailey Carson · 10 min read
U.S. supplement sales hit $72.88 billion, powder formats gain ground
Market

U.S. supplement sales hit $72.88 billion, powder formats gain ground

Katherine Warren · 3 min read
Inside MUDWTR with Shane Heath, measuring the morning mug
Receptors · Interview

Inside MUDWTR with Shane Heath, measuring the morning mug

Katherine Warren · 10 min read
Madeline Lauf on stable prebiotic fiber for kids guts
Absorption · Interview

Madeline Lauf on stable prebiotic fiber for kids guts

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
Review revisits bakuchiol dose behind retinol comparison claims
Science

Review revisits bakuchiol dose behind retinol comparison claims

Katherine Warren · 3 min read
20,160 recalled units and therapy lost at high pressure
Market

20,160 recalled units and therapy lost at high pressure

Victoria Hawkins · 3 min read
Beta glucan percentages and what the assay hides
Dosing · Essay

Beta glucan percentages and what the assay hides

Victoria Hawkins · 7 min read
Science

Why the mouth taping evidence matters for nightly supplement stacks

Hailey Carson · 3 min read
EU regulated packaging directly, refill sales still grew from small base
Launch

EU regulated packaging directly, refill sales still grew from small base

Hailey Carson · 3 min read
Texas A&M tested 10 grams of creatine, strength rose without training
Science

Texas A&M tested 10 grams of creatine, strength rose without training

Hailey Carson · 3 min read
Why skincare growth matters for supplement routines
Market

Why skincare growth matters for supplement routines

Katherine Warren · 3 min read
FDA adds bemotrizinol to sunscreen monograph at 6 percent
Science

FDA adds bemotrizinol to sunscreen monograph at 6 percent

Victoria Hawkins · 3 min read
What Mari Llewellyn learned from tiny promises kept daily
Dosing · Interview

What Mari Llewellyn learned from tiny promises kept daily

Katherine Warren · 12 min read
What Nina Mullen learned from a pink packet moment
Absorption · Interview

What Nina Mullen learned from a pink packet moment

Hailey Carson · 13 min read
What a mineral form actually changes in the scoop
Dosing · Essay

What a mineral form actually changes in the scoop

Katherine Warren · 7 min read
What a quiet summer in retail means for supplement buyers
Retail

What a quiet summer in retail means for supplement buyers

Victoria Hawkins · 3 min read
Andrew Salisbury on clean coffee tested lot by lot
Receptors · Interview

Andrew Salisbury on clean coffee tested lot by lot

Hailey Carson · 10 min read
Hossain and Werner and the milligram math behind mushroom coffee
Receptors · Interview

Hossain and Werner and the milligram math behind mushroom coffee

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
EU lowers formaldehyde label trigger to 10 parts per million
Ingredients

EU lowers formaldehyde label trigger to 10 parts per million

Hailey Carson · 3 min read
Inside LMNT with Robb Wolf, sodium dose and label logic
Dosing · Interview

Inside LMNT with Robb Wolf, sodium dose and label logic

Hailey Carson · 10 min read
Siff Haider on doses that match the published trials
Absorption · Interview

Siff Haider on doses that match the published trials

Katherine Warren · 11 min read
Needed formulates to studied doses, with Julie Sawaya and Ryan Woodbury
Hormones · Interview

Needed formulates to studied doses, with Julie Sawaya and Ryan Woodbury

Katherine Warren · 12 min read
Sally Olivia Kim on collagen dose, form and proof
Dosing · Interview

Sally Olivia Kim on collagen dose, form and proof

Hailey Carson · 13 min read
Less caffeine, steadier mornings, with founder James Beshara
Receptors · Interview

Less caffeine, steadier mornings, with founder James Beshara

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
What a certification seal actually confirms about contents
Dosing · Essay

What a certification seal actually confirms about contents

Victoria Hawkins · 6 min read
Standardized extracts still owe credit to growers and traditions
Dosing · Essay

Standardized extracts still owe credit to growers and traditions

Katherine Warren · 6 min read
What Brett Ender and Harry Gray learned from reading protein labels closely
Dosing · Interview

What Brett Ender and Harry Gray learned from reading protein labels closely

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
Regulators moved on copycat GLP-1s, and dosing calls surged
Regulation

Regulators moved on copycat GLP-1s, and dosing calls surged

Victoria Hawkins · 3 min read
Why the first MoCRA renewals matter for label readers
Regulation

Why the first MoCRA renewals matter for label readers

Victoria Hawkins · 3 min read
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