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Hailey Carson

Hailey produces the Half Life interviews: the reading, the question lists, the follow-ups. She asks every founder for the study behind the claim and, more often than you would expect, gets the PDF the same afternoon.

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By Hailey Carson

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
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
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
Gary Kehoe and the milligram by milligram label
Hormones · Interview

Gary Kehoe and the milligram by milligram label

Hailey Carson · 11 min read
What capsule formats change for supplement readers
Launch

What capsule formats change for supplement readers

Hailey Carson · 4 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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