Editorial standards
How we write the Knowledge Base
What you are reading, who wrote it and what every number is checked against. Worth two minutes if you are going to act on any of it.
The short version
These articles are written by the Protein Buddy team and sourced from published recommendations and peer-reviewed research, every one of which is named and linked, so any number here is one click from the paper behind it.
Who writes this
The Protein Buddy team. The same people who build the app, not a contracted content agency and not a freelancer paid by the word. Articles carry the team’s name because the whole team stands behind every one of them.
Every number in these articles is traced back to the paper it came from by a person before it is published, and nothing goes out on anyone’s say-so alone.
What we cite, and what we do not
Across 171 articles there are 828 citations. They come from:
- Position papers and consensus statements from expert groups: PROT-AGE, ESPEN, the International Society of Sports Nutrition.
- Official reference intakes: the Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes, USDA FoodData Central.
- Peer-reviewed trials and cohort studies, cited directly rather than through a news article about them.
- Primary platform documentation for technical claims, such as Apple and Android developer docs for how health data actually behaves.
What you will not find cited: supplement-company blogs, content farms, other apps’ marketing pages, or a summary of a summary. If we could not reach the original, we did not make the claim.
Every claim, one click from its source
Health information is only as good as the evidence under it, so we make ours checkable: named sources, linked, with inline markers so you can see which claim rests on which paper. If a number here matters to you, the source is one click away and you can judge it yourself.
Where we say “we do not know”
Stating the limits of the evidence is part of the standard, not a disclaimer bolted on at the end. The clearest example runs through the whole site:
There is no established protein target specific to GLP-1 medications. The 1.6 g/kg floor our calculator applies is an extrapolation from the weight-loss and resistance-training literature, not a guideline.
We repeat that anywhere the number appears, including on the calculator itself, because you deserve to know exactly where a number comes from.
This is not medical advice
It is general reference material. It cannot account for your medical history, medication or kidney function, and it is not a substitute for someone who can. Anyone taking a GLP-1 medication, living with reduced kidney function, pregnant, or managing a condition affected by protein intake should set their target with a clinician.
Updates and corrections
Every article carries the date it was last checked, and that date only moves when somebody actually re-read it against its sources. We do not refresh dates to look current.
Spotted something worth a second look? Tell us at hello@heyproteinbuddy.app. Corrections to a factual claim are made and the article re-dated. You do not need to be a specialist to write in, and we are always glad to hear from readers.
The app behind the articles
We make Protein Buddy, and these articles come from the same team. One rule keeps them useful: no article recommends the app as the answer to a question it does not actually answer. When you want to see how the trackers stack up, our comparison with other trackers lays them side by side.