Corrections policy and log

Last updated: 28 July 2026

We publish health information, so getting something wrong has consequences. This page explains what we do when that happens, and lists every correction we have made.

What counts as a correction

A correction is a fix to something we published that was wrong: an inaccurate number, a claim a source does not support, a mis-stated guideline, a broken or wrong citation, or a statement about ourselves that was not true.

An update is different. Guidance changes, new evidence lands, and we revise articles to keep up. That is normal maintenance, not a correction, and substantial updates are recorded in a "What changed in this guide" note at the foot of the article itself.

How to report an error

Tell us through the contact page. Please include the page and, if you can, the source you think we have got wrong. You do not need to be a clinician to report something, and we would rather check a false alarm than miss a real error.

What we do about it

• We check the claim against the primary source before changing anything.
• If we were wrong, we fix it, note the change on the page, and add an entry to the log below. If a correction changes what a reader should do, we say so plainly rather than editing quietly.
• If we were right, we say so and explain why, and we will usually make the wording clearer if it was open to being misread.
• We do not delete an article to make an error disappear. Where a claim cannot be supported, we weaken or remove the claim and leave the page in place.

Correction log

Every entry below is a claim we published that was not accurate, and what we did about it.

Date	Where	What was wrong, and the fix
21 July 2026	About	The page said we independently test supplements. We do not, and we have no testing facility. Reworded to describe our published selection criteria, with a link to how we choose products.
21 July 2026	Affiliate disclosure	The page said recommendations were "based on independent testing". Same problem as above. Corrected to our published product-selection criteria.
21 July 2026	Site footer	The footer said our content was "reviewed by qualified professionals", which implies clinical review we do not carry out. Corrected to state that content is reviewed by our senior health and nutrition editor.
21 July 2026	Review policy	The page was titled "Medical review policy", which implied review by a clinician. Retitled "Editorial and evidence review policy" to match what actually happens. The URL was kept so existing links still work.
21 July 2026	Privacy policy	The published page was still template text marked "replace before launch". Replaced with a real policy describing the analytics, hosting and affiliate arrangements we actually use.

Corrections to the medical content of our guides, as opposed to statements about ourselves, have not been needed so far. When one is, it will appear here.