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Artifact’s editorial team reports on health, beauty and the products that promise to improve both, working from primary research and published clinical trials.

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  Berberine

  Berberine pairings: what to combine, avoid and space apart

  Most berberine pairings have never been tested together. Here is what the evidence supports, what rests on mechanism alone, and where spacing or a clinician's input matters.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Dandelion

  Dandelion supplement buying guide: forms, labels and price

  Dandelion has no established clinical dose and no standard marker compound, so choosing well means reading plant part, form, sourcing and testing rather than chasing milligrams.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Fish oil

  Fish oil: how to choose a product without overpaying

  The front of the bottle says little. The EPA and DHA line, the oil form, independent testing and price per gram tell you what you are actually buying.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Ashwagandha

  How to choose ashwagandha: forms, labels, testing and price

  Most of what separates one ashwagandha product from another is printed on the label: the form, the amount per day, and whether anyone verified it. Here is how to read it.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  What to take with magnesium: pairings, conflicts and timing

  Most supplements sit comfortably beside magnesium. A few compete with it at high doses, and a handful of medications need hours of separation.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  Magnesium benefits: what the human trials actually show

  Magnesium has a few modest, population-specific signals and a long list of weak or null results. Here is what the trials found, claim by claim, and how much weight each deserves.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Creatine

  How to choose creatine: forms, labels, testing and price

  Creatine is a cheap, well-studied ingredient, so most of the work in buying it is reading the label: form, milligrams per serving, testing seals and cost per usable dose.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  Magnesium safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Magnesium is well tolerated by most healthy adults. Kidney disease, certain medications and pregnancy change the picture, and a few signs mean it is time to stop.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  How to choose a magnesium supplement: forms, labels and price

  Most of what separates one magnesium product from another is printed on the back of the bottle. Here is how to read it, from elemental dose to testing seals to cost per 100 mg.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  Magnesium dosage and timing: what trials used and when to take it

  Typical intakes, the 350 mg supplemental ceiling, what trials actually dosed, and why consistency matters more than the clock.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Magnesium

  Magnesium explained: what it does, who needs it, what works

  A plain-English guide to the mineral behind hundreds of enzyme reactions: what it does, who may fall short, and which supplement claims hold up.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Berberine

  How to choose berberine: forms, labels, testing and price

  A practical guide to reading a berberine label: which form is on it, how much berberine is actually inside, what testing seals mean, and how to compare cost.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Zinc

  Zinc supplement buying guide: forms, labels, testing and cost

  A calm checklist for choosing zinc: how to read elemental content, which forms have human data, what testing seals mean, and how to compare price per dose.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Milk thistle

  Milk thistle supplement guide: forms, labels, testing and price

  Capsules, powders, tinctures and gummies all carry the name milk thistle. Here is how to tell them apart by what the label states, what testing proves and what a real dose costs.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Dandelion

  Dandelion safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Dandelion is a familiar food plant with little long-term human safety data. Here is what is known about side effects, medication flags, who should check first, and when to stop.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Fish oil

  Fish oil safety: side effects, interactions and who should skip it

  Fish oil is well tolerated by most adults, but allergy, blood thinners, surgery, pregnancy and high doses each change the picture. Here is what the evidence supports.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Ashwagandha

  Ashwagandha safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Ashwagandha is usually well tolerated in short trials, but liver injury, thyroid effects and untested drug interactions are reasons to ask a clinician first.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Creatine

  Creatine safety: side effects, interactions and who should skip it

  Creatine has one of the better safety records in supplements, but the evidence comes mostly from healthy adults. Here is what is documented, what is unknown, and who should ask first.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Berberine

  Berberine safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Berberine's side effects are mostly digestive, but its drug interactions, heart-rhythm signals and pregnancy warning deserve more attention than they usually get.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Zinc

  Zinc safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Zinc is well tolerated in the usual range, but doses above 40 mg/day, certain antibiotics and some non-pill products carry real risks worth knowing.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Milk thistle

  Milk thistle safety: side effects, interactions and who should avoid it

  Milk thistle is generally well tolerated in trials, but allergies, drug interactions, pregnancy and existing liver or kidney conditions all deserve a second look first.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Dandelion

  Dandelion benefits: what the human trials actually show

  Dandelion has one small human trial, on urination. Everything else people claim for it rests on cell, animal and traditional-use evidence.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Fish oil

  Fish oil benefits: what human trials found, condition by condition

  A review of the human trials behind fish oil's claimed benefits, with effect sizes, the doses used, and a plain grade on how strong each body of evidence is.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Ashwagandha

  Ashwagandha benefits: what human trials actually show

  A claim-by-claim review of the human evidence for ashwagandha, with effect sizes where they exist and plain notes on where the research is weak, mixed or missing.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Creatine

  Creatine benefits, ranked by how strong the evidence is

  A claim-by-claim read of the creatine trials: what they measured, how big the effects were, and where the evidence is thin, mixed or missing.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Berberine

  Berberine benefits: what the human trials actually show

  Berberine has real trial data for blood sugar, cholesterol and a few gut outcomes, and almost none for the mood, energy and detox claims attached to it.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Zinc

  Zinc benefits: what the human trials found, condition by condition

  Zinc has a few modest, well-studied uses and a long list of claims that outrun the data. Here is what randomized trials show, with effect sizes and honest strength ratings.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Milk thistle

  Milk thistle benefits: what human trials actually found

  Milk thistle is sold for the liver and much else. Here is what controlled human trials found, condition by condition, and how much weight each result can bear.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Dandelion

  Dandelion: what it is, how it works, and what the evidence shows

  A plain-English guide to dandelion root and leaf: how each is used, what the research supports, and who should be careful.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026

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  Fish oil

  Fish oil explained: what it is, how it works and who it's for

  A plain-English guide to EPA and DHA, how the body uses them, and which of fish oil's many claims hold up when researchers test them.

  By Artifact Editors · Oct 17, 2026