Editorial Policy

ManopauseMD operates in health content territory where the stakes of getting things wrong are real. Men make decisions about their bodies based on what they read. That responsibility shapes every editorial decision we make.

This page exists to be transparent about exactly how those decisions work — what evidence we require, how we label uncertainty, how we handle affiliate relationships, and what our medical review process looks like. If you ever question whether a claim on this site is supported, or whether a product recommendation is influenced by a commercial relationship, this page has the answer.

Every factual claim published on ManopauseMD is assigned to one of four evidence tiers. These tiers appear explicitly in articles wherever pioneer frameworks or supplement claims are discussed. They are not decorative — they are how we communicate the difference between what the science firmly supports and what is still hypothesis.

Every article published on ManopauseMD meets the following source standards:

• All factual claims that are not common medical knowledge carry an inline superscript citation number linked to a sources section at the bottom of the article.
• Primary sources only. We cite PubMed-indexed peer-reviewed papers, clinical guidelines from professional medical societies, and FDA communications. We do not cite other health blogs, secondary aggregators, or sources we cannot verify.
• Pioneer claims are cited to the pioneer's own public work — their published papers, books, or publicly accessible podcast content — not to third-party summaries of their positions.
• Conflicts of interest disclosed in source material are disclosed in our content. The most significant example: Valter Longo's IP licensing and equity interests connected to L-Nutra are disclosed explicitly in every article and affiliate block where his FMD research is cited in the context of that product. This is not negotiable.

Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Michael Peters, MD — Stanford University School of Medicine, retired from active practice — authors the educational framework behind all content published on this site. He does not practice medicine in this capacity. He does not review individual cases. His role is health education and editorial oversight.

Independent Medical Reviewer: Dr. Peter Luongo, MD — board-certified physician, endocrinology and clinical communications specialist, former Medical Science Liaison at Eli Lilly and Company (Diabetes & Endocrinology) — provides independent clinical review of published articles. All articles carrying the "Medically Reviewed by Peter Luongo, MD" badge have been independently evaluated against the evidence and safety standards described on our Medical Review Board page.

No physician reviews their own work on this site. The authoring CMO and the independent reviewer are separate individuals with separate roles. This separation is structural and non-negotiable.

ManopauseMD carries affiliate partnerships with a small number of products and services our CMO has reviewed for accuracy, transparency, and appropriate clinical framing. We receive compensation when readers purchase through affiliate links. This compensation does not influence what we recommend or how we frame the evidence.

Our affiliate standards:

ManopauseMD content never uses diagnosis language, treatment recommendations, or prescriptive dosing. The following substitutions are applied consistently across all content:

"Talk to your doctor" is a genuine call to action on this site — not a legal disclaimer buried in fine print. It appears throughout our content because we mean it.

For clarity — a short list of practices common in this space that ManopauseMD does not engage in:

• We do not use fear-based headlines or language implying masculinity is under threat.
• We do not use optimization language — "hack," "boost," "dominate," "reclaim" — in any content.
• We do not gate pricing or content behind quiz funnels or consultation requirements.
• We do not use before/after body composition images or performance-identity marketing.
• We do not affiliate with TRT clinics or any product that could be construed as diagnosing or treating a medical condition.
• We do not present supplement protocols as clinical guidance.
• We do not present pioneer self-reported supplement routines as evidence of efficacy.

This policy is reviewed and updated when editorial standards change. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.