Label Red Flags Card · Show Me The Receipts

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01The product

Product name

Brand / company

02Seven-point honesty screen

Check the ones this label honestly earns. Every unchecked box is a red flag, not a deal-breaker — the count and pattern is what tells you what to do.

Every active ingredient has an exact per-serving amount.Not "proprietary blend," not "%DV," not "as needed." No hidden proprietary blend covers the interesting ingredients.If the star ingredient is inside a blend, the amount is meaningless. The claims on the label match what the evidence supports."Supports" vs "cures" is not a rhetorical flourish — it's a legal wall. The serving size is a real dose, not marketing fairy dust.Compare the amount to the amount used in the trial the claim leans on. Cautions, warnings, and populations to avoid are clearly listed.A grown-up label admits who should not take it. Manufacturer, batch, and third-party testing information is visible.A COA link or lot number is a much better sign than a stock "GMP" badge. The company has a real address, real customer service, and real returns.If you can't find any of the three, that is a receipt.

03Eight-line label review

Write what the label actually says on each line — not what the marketing wants you to remember. Short answers are fine.

Exact per-serving amounts

Any proprietary blend? What's in it?

Exact claims made on the label

Serving size & matched trial dose

Cautions, contraindications, populations to avoid

Batch, lot, COA, third-party testing

Company: address, contact, returns

Fillers, dyes, additives worth knowing about

Verification notes (optional)

04Your sort

Given what you just wrote, pick one. This is the point of the whole exercise.

Keep reviewing.Honesty screen mostly passes. Move to Safety Gate and Receipts Ladder before deciding. Question it.Enough red flags that this doesn't earn a spot until specific things are answered. Drop it.Too many red flags to justify the money, the risk, or the shelf space.

Label verdict

Fill in the sections above

Honesty screen

0 of 7

Higher is better; low means red flags.

Suggested sort

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Based on the honesty screen.

Your sort

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This is what you commit to today.

What the label is telling you

Score the honesty screen and pick a sort. Your verdict updates here.

Your next move

Whatever your sort, log this label and the date. Ninety days from now you'll be able to see a pattern across the products you actually kept versus the ones you dropped.

Educational use only. The Label Red Flags Card scores label honesty, not product safety. It does not diagnose, prescribe, establish safety, or replace an appropriately licensed professional.

Show me the receipts. Or shut up and sit down.