Type of site Wiki, database Industry Nutrition, Supplements Alexa rank 19,251 (Sept 2016) Founder Sol Orwell | Available in English Website Examine.com Launched 2011 Founded March 2011 | |
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Examine.com is a Canadian company that runs an online encyclopedia focused on health, nutrition, and supplementation. The website's goal is to collate scientific research on supplementation and nutrition using evidence-based practice methodology. The Examine.com team includes scientists, editors, and peer reviewers from multiple academic and research institutions. Though originally focused on supplementation research, the company's growth has allowed it to expand into direct analysis of nutrition research.
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- Interview with kamal patel of examine com red meat aspartame omega 3 s
- The best fat burning and muscle building advice ever with dr kamal patel from examine com
- History
- Philosophy
- References
The best fat burning and muscle building advice ever with dr kamal patel from examine com
History
Examine.com was founded in 2011 by University of Toronto alumni Sol Orwell and Kurtis Frank, a dietetics graduate from the University of Guelph, to serve as an evidence-based compendium on supplementation and nutrition.
In 2014, the company began reviewing nutrition research directly by publishing the Examine.com Research Digest. The digest is meant for the "serious enthusiast or professional," and reviews recent nutrition studies. The same year, Men's Fitness named Sol Orwell a 2014 Game Changer because he "recognized the need for hype-free, science-sourced information that was relatable to the masses," and for his work on Examine.com. In 2014, Examine.com accused the authors of a paper published in Nutrition & Metabolism of plagiarizing a section of the Examine.com page on alcohol. The paper was withdrawn by the journal and a retraction was issued.
In 2015, Forbes interviewed Orwell about his "seven-figure business," and Fast Company recognized Examine.com as one of the top 10 innovative companies in fitness
As of Sept 2016, the website said that it had over 50,000 references.
Philosophy
To ensure an unbiased viewpoint, Examine.com has no affiliation with any supplement company and reviews only research and supplement ingredients, not individual products. Remaining neutral is core to the site's function and mission statement. During the initial research that led to Examine.com, co-founder Sol Orwell realized "outlandish claims with 'supporting' evidence, a.k.a rat studies and/or petri-dish studies, were muddling the waters" of nutrition and supplementation, which led to the site's philosophy of evidence-based analysis. Examine.com sometimes publishes critiques of popular stories in the media and rebuttals to exaggerated marketing of nutrition and supplementation products.
Co-founder Kurtis Frank believes "a database is a magnitude better than a blogroll or a news feed, which disregards past evidence." His long term goal for Examine.com is to create "the largest database of supplemental information that is both accurate and digestible."