How We Work

Sources#

We build articles on primary sources: peer-reviewed studies, official guidelines, product labels and data we collect ourselves. Every factual claim that isn't common knowledge gets a numbered source at the end of the article. When a study is small, old or funded by a company with a stake in the result, we say so in the text.

Our own data#

When we publish original research, we publish the data with it as a CSV file under a CC BY 4.0 license, together with a "How we did this" section that explains how we collected and coded it, and where its limits are. The analysis code is kept in our repository and is available on request.

Health topics#

We write about training and nutrition for healthy adults. We don't give medical advice, and nothing here replaces a doctor, a registered dietitian or a physiotherapist. Articles on health topics are checked by a reviewer with relevant qualifications before they go live. The reviewer is named on the article.

Money#

The site is funded by affiliate links on our protein picks: when you buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Brands do not pay for coverage, do not see articles before publication (when we report on a brand, we send it our findings and ask for comment) and cannot buy a place in our picks. Journal articles are researched first. If a product recommendation follows from the research, we link to it afterwards. Articles that compare or test products contain no affiliate links to the products they examine, and if one of those products is also on our picks list, the article says so.

Corrections#

If we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated note at the end of the article describing what changed. Spotted an error? Write to us.

Who we are#

Role Model Protein is an independent site. The domain once belonged to a discontinued product called Bikini Model Protein. We have no connection to that product, its makers or any YouTube channel.