STAXMAXXX INDEX
The evidence, graded.
15 entries across vitamins, supplements, practices, and the clinical lane. Each one gets the same treatment: what it is, how it works in plain language, where the human evidence actually stands, and what the law says about it. One rubric grades all of them, including the things we sell and the things nobody should sell you.
No dosing. No protocols. No affiliate math behind a verdict. When the honest answer is “see a licensed provider”, that is the answer printed on the page.
STRONG
Consistent human evidence at the highest tiers. This works, within its lane.
MODERATE
Real human evidence with real caveats. Useful, not miraculous.
EMERGING
Early human data. Interesting, unproven. We say so.
INSUFFICIENT
The human evidence is not there. Whatever you have heard, it has not been shown.
LOOK
Body, skin, hair, grooming, presence.
- GLP-1 Receptor AgonistsReal drugs. Real evidence. Really prescription-only.ClinicalSTRONG
- RetinolThe one skincare active with decades of receipts.CosmeticMODERATE
- Collagen PeptidesEarly data, loud marketing. We grade the data.SupplementEMERGING
- Grooming ConsistencyNo trials. No citations. Still obviously true.PracticeINSUFFICIENT
PERFORM
Training, recovery, energy, output.
- CaffeineThe performance aid you already take. Graded anyway.SupplementSTRONG
- Creatine MonohydrateThe most-studied performance supplement in existence.SupplementSTRONG
- Progressive OverloadThe only muscle-building mechanism that has never been debunked.PracticeSTRONG
- Zone 2 TrainingThe aerobic base is settled science. The branding is newer.PracticeMODERATE
- BPC-157The forum favorite with almost no human evidence.ClinicalINSUFFICIENT
- GH Secretagogues (Ipamorelin / CJC-1295 Class)Sold everywhere, proven almost nowhere.ClinicalINSUFFICIENT
LIVE
Sleep, consistency, routine, environment.
- MagnesiumA real nutrient gap. A modest sleep aid. Not a sedative.MineralMODERATE
- Omega-3 (EPA / DHA)Good nutrition, oversold as medicine.SupplementMODERATE
- Sleep RegularityThe intervention every supplement is pretending to be.PracticeMODERATE
- Vitamin D3Essential to correct. Overrated to megadose.VitaminMODERATE
- ZincEssential, useful at the margin, ruined by hype.MineralMODERATE
Every source on an entry is typed and weighted: meta-analyses, position stands, clinical guidelines, and regulatory approvals carry the most; randomized trials next; cohorts and fact sheets less; preclinical work least. Small, industry-funded, or indirect studies are halved. Studies whose primary endpoints came out flat are halved again. Sources that establish legal status rather than efficacy carry no grade weight at all — they are truth about the law, not about the effect.
The grade printed on an entry is computed from that arithmetic every time the page is built. It is not a house opinion, and nobody can raise one by writing better copy.
- STRONG
- Weighted score of 6 or more, at least one undiscounted anchor source, and human interventional evidence.
- MODERATE
- Weighted score of 3 or more with human evidence behind it.
- EMERGING
- Weighted score of 1.5 or more with human evidence. Early, and labelled early.
- INSUFFICIENT
- Everything else — including compounds with a great deal of animal data and no human trials.
THE CLINICAL LANE
3 of these entries cover compounds that require a licensed provider — prescription medicines and unapproved research compounds. They are here, in full, because pretending they do not exist is how the people asking about them end up reading a storefront instead. They carry no dosing, no protocol, no source, and no way to buy anything from us.
Rubric index-rubric.2026-08-15.1 · Registry last reviewed 2026-08-15 · Reference only, not medical advice
WHAT TO DO WITH THIS
Knowing what works is the easy half. Knowing which two of these matter for you this month — and which twelve are noise — is the part people get wrong. That is what the house is for.