Sources
Our sources
The thresholds, doses and recommendations in BIOMED rest on publicly available scientific and regulatory sources. Here they are.
Examine.com
An independent database that summarises the scientific evidence on supplements and nutrients — no ads, no industry funding.
PubMed
The US National Library of Medicine's free database of tens of millions of research papers in medicine and the life sciences.
NCBI
The US National Center for Biotechnology Information — runs PubMed and the main public databases of genes, proteins and biomedical literature.
NIH ODS
The Office of Dietary Supplements at the US National Institutes of Health — keeps evidence-based fact sheets on each nutrient: what it does, recommended intake and safety.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization — issues the international nutrition guidelines and reference values for nutrient intake.
Cochrane Library
An independent international network of researchers whose systematic reviews pool all available clinical trials on a given question.
EFSA
The European Food Safety Authority — assesses health claims on foods and supplements and sets the safe upper intake levels for vitamins and minerals in the EU.
Linus Pauling Institute
Oregon State University's Linus Pauling Institute — its Micronutrient Information Center is an evidence-based reference on vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.
What we read and follow
Platforms and communities we follow. They are not the basis of the doses in BIOMED.
EU eHealth strategy
The European Commission's digital health strategy — the framework for secure health-data exchange and eHealth services across the EU.
The Nutrition & Herbal Collective
A professional community and mentorship programme for Certified Nutrition Specialists (CNS) in the US.
Genetic Lifehacks
A reference that turns genetic variants (SNPs) into plain-language explanations and practical solutions.
SelfDecode
A DNA-analysis platform with personalised health, diet and supplement recommendations.
BIOMED's methodology is developed independently and is based on current scientific literature, official regulatory documents and specialised public databases. References to specific sources, institutions or organisations serve a purely scientific, informational and bibliographic purpose and do not constitute official endorsement, recommendation, certification or institutional affiliation with BIOMED, unless expressly stated otherwise.