Editorial policy
Libidiol sells two food supplements, Varomax and Libira, and publishes a blog about sex and sexual health. This editorial policy sets out who is behind the blog, where its facts come from and how we handle mistakes.
Who is behind the blog
Articles are published by the Libidiol editorial team. Libidiol is the shop on this site, so we have something to sell, and you should hear that from us first. Where an article describes Varomax or Libira, it says that this site sells them, and that what follows is our own description, not independent evidence.
We write in British English for readers anywhere. A term that may be unfamiliar outside the UK is explained the first time it appears, as in GP (your family doctor). UK services and rules may differ where you live.
We are not doctors
No doctor reviews our articles before they go live, so you won’t find “medically reviewed” on this site. What you read is general information, not medical advice and not a diagnosis. If something worries you, or keeps happening, see your GP or a pharmacist.
Where the facts come from
Health facts come from official health services, regulators and published research. Which one leads depends on the question:
- conditions, symptoms and when to see a doctor: the NHS website (the UK’s National Health Service) and NHS inform, Scotland’s health information service
- medicines: the patient leaflet inside the pack, and the MHRA, the UK medicines regulator
- official UK figures and rules: GOV.UK, the UK government’s website
- research: peer-reviewed studies listed on PubMed, the database of the US National Library of Medicine
Every article ends with a linked list of its sources. When we quote anything else, such as a dictionary or a charity, we say what it is. We open every study we cite and read at least its abstract. A small study is called small, with the number of people in it, and a single study is never presented as settled.
How a claim is checked
Before an article goes live, every number and factual statement in it is checked against its source. If we can’t source a claim, it comes out. The wording keeps three things apart: what official guidance says, what studies suggest and what we think. “According to the NHS” introduces only what the NHS actually says.
Varomax and Libira are food supplements, not medicines. No article says either of them treats, cures or prevents anything. Articles about the prostate carry no product block and no links to our products.
Dates and corrections
Each article carries a date: the day it was published or, once we have changed its content, the day of the latest update, marked “Updated”. If you spot a mistake (a wrong number, a broken source link, a claim that goes further than its evidence), tell us through the contact page. We check it against the source and, if we got it wrong, correct the article and update the date.
Money and links
Nobody pays to be mentioned in our articles. Links to other websites carry no affiliate commission. Depending on its section, an article may end with a separate block about our products: that is our shop advertising itself, kept apart from the article.