Dr Nina Patel
pharmacologist
Precise; ask for the evidence
The Supplement Shelf
Every label sounds convincing and every influencer swears by something. Tyrone learns to evaluate evidence, cuts what does not work, and confronts a product that is not merely useless but unsafe.
Planned · not started yet
Science & evidence in everyday life Money under pressure Ethics & integrity City life Lightly witty Bracing
The premise
Every label sounds convincing and every influencer swears by something. Tyrone learns to evaluate evidence, cuts what does not work, and confronts a product that is not merely useless but unsafe.
The protagonist
Tyrone Hollander-Bates — Gym-goer spending a third of his wage on supplements
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Dr Josh Oyinlola
sports-nutrition scientist
Practical; food first
Dr Clara Weiss
regulatory scientist
Exact; regulation is limited
How the story moves
Testing claims one product at a time; a contaminated product raises the stakes, and Tyrone becomes the gym’s reluctant evidence checker.
What readers take away
- How to evaluate health evidence
- Common supplements and their evidence
- Supplement regulation
- Safety and contamination risks
- Marketing tactics
- Food first versus supplements
- Reading labels
- When supplements make sense
- Check for third-party testing of supplements
- Understand dose and timing evidence
- Recognise interactions with medicines
- Report adverse reactions
The books
- 1The shelf Planned
- 2The evidence Planned
- 3The cut Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.