Stay Healthy Vegan

Methodology

This page documents how Stay Healthy Vegan researches and writes. We update it as our process evolves.

Sources we cite

For nutrition, ingredient, and health-claim content, we cite from this list:

  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics — position papers on vegetarian/vegan diets
  • American Heart Association — plant-based diet statements
  • EAT-Lancet Commission — sustainable food systems + planetary health diet
  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — Nutrition Source articles
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH) — Office of Dietary Supplements — fact sheets on individual nutrients
  • PubMed-indexed peer-reviewed journals — meta-analyses preferred over single studies
  • World Health Organization — global nutrition guidelines
  • Veganhealth.org (Jack Norris, RD) — vegan-specific nutrition synthesis

Editorial review process (Felix)

Every article that touches a nutrition claim, supplement claim, or health framing passes through Felix review:

  1. Banned-word check — cure / heal / fix / detox / boost / superfood / toxin are banned in nutrition contexts
  2. Every nutrition or health claim cross-checked against the source list above
  3. Unsupported claims rewritten with citation or removed
  4. Felix signs off — article carries felix_reviewed: true in frontmatter

Articles that don’t pass Felix don’t publish.

Recipe development process

  1. Test the recipe. We cook every recipe before publication. If a recipe doesn’t work, we reword it or pull it.
  2. Photograph it. Hero photo on every recipe — either from the original site archive or shot fresh.
  3. Annotate substitutions. Plant milks, flours, sweeteners are not interchangeable 1:1. We say what works and what doesn’t.
  4. Nutrition framing only when cited. If a recipe has a nutrition claim (“high in iron”), we cite the basis or remove the claim.

Product review process

  1. Category survey. Map the full category before reviewing individual products.
  2. Verified-purchase aggregation. Read 30-50+ verified-purchase reviews per major product, weighted toward detailed reviews with context.
  3. Manufacturer spec cross-reference. Compare claimed nutrition labels, certifications, ingredient lists.
  4. Listicle ranking. Rankings reflect editorial weighting of fit-for-purpose, value, ingredient quality, customer-reported reliability. Not commission rate.
  5. Single-product review framing. Each review states: who the product is for, what we’d use it for, real pros + real cons, a verdict, the price band.
  6. Felix nutrition-claim review for any product touching supplements, protein powders, fortified plant milks, or anything claiming a nutritional effect.
  7. Refresh cadence. Listicles every 6 months. Single-product reviews sanity-checked every 12 months. Last-reviewed date on every article.

What we don’t do

  • We don’t claim physical testing we didn’t perform. Where we make a claim about a product, we cite the source.
  • We don’t fabricate testimonials, expert quotes, or doctor recommendations.
  • We don’t change rankings based on commission rate.
  • We don’t run paid product placement.
  • We don’t diagnose nutrition deficiencies or prescribe supplementation. Information, not medical advice.

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YMYL discipline

Nutrition is a YMYL (Your Money Your Life) category in Google’s quality framework. We respect that. Every nutrition-content article carries the disclaimer:

This article is for educational purposes only. It is not medical or nutrition advice. If you have specific dietary concerns, consult a registered dietitian or healthcare professional.

It is not boilerplate. It is the truth. We are an information publication, not a clinic.

Editorial corrections

If you spot something we got wrong, email contact@stayhealthyvegan.com with the article URL and correction. We update within 3 business days for verified corrections.