Editorial Policy

Health publishing has a credibility problem, most of it self-inflicted. These are the rules Heal Within Magazine holds itself to, written down so you can hold us to them too.

1. Who writes this

Articles are researched, written and edited by the Heal Within editorial team and published under that byline. We do not invent authors, and we do not attach medical credentials to work that was not done by a credentialed clinician. Where an article has been reviewed by a named professional, that person is named, with their qualification and the date they reviewed it. If you see no named reviewer, none reviewed it — that is deliberate honesty, not an oversight.

2. What we cite

We prefer, in order: systematic reviews and meta-analyses; guidance from national health bodies and professional societies; large randomised trials; then smaller trials and observational work, described as such. We link to sources you can actually open, and we prefer a public health authority's page over a paywalled abstract when both say the same thing.

3. How we describe evidence

• We distinguish mechanism ("this could plausibly work") from outcome ("this was measured in people").
• We say when a study was small, short, industry-funded, in animals, or in a population unlike the reader.
• We give effect sizes in terms a person can picture — minutes, servings, steps — not relative percentages designed to impress.
• We do not use the word "cure". We are careful with "boost", "detox", "reverse" and "heal", and we do not attach them to disease outcomes.
• Where the honest answer is "the evidence is weak and nobody knows", we print that.

4. Dates on everything

Every article shows when it was published and when it was last reviewed. Evidence moves; a page without a date is a page asking you to trust it blindly. Substantive updates are noted at the foot of the article.

5. Corrections

We correct errors quickly and visibly. Typos and broken links are fixed silently. Anything that changes the meaning of a sentence gets a dated correction note at the bottom of the article, stating what was wrong and what it now says. We do not quietly delete pages to make a mistake disappear. Report an error: corrections@healwithinmagazine.com. We aim to acknowledge within three working days.

6. Independence

Editorial decisions are made independently of commercial ones. Advertisers and affiliate partners do not see articles before publication, cannot approve or veto them, and cannot buy a recommendation. Commercial pages are labelled as commercial. See the Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure for how the money works.

7. Conflicts of interest

If a contributor has a financial or professional interest in a subject, it is disclosed in the article. We do not accept payment for editorial coverage, and we do not accept gifts intended to secure it.

8. Use of AI tools

We use software, including AI tools, for research assistance, drafting support, copy editing and generating the original artwork on this site. Every published claim is checked by a human against a named source, and a human is accountable for every page. We do not publish AI-generated text as the work of a named human author, and we do not generate photorealistic images of people or events.

9. What we will not publish

• Claims that a food, supplement or routine treats, cures or prevents a disease.
• Advice that could reasonably lead someone to stop prescribed treatment.
• Fabricated testimonials, fabricated credentials, or before-and-after imagery presented as real when it is not.
• Content that targets a named private individual, or that shames readers about their bodies.
• Anything sourced solely from a manufacturer's marketing material.

10. Feedback

Disagreement is welcome and usually useful: editor@healwithinmagazine.com.