Affiliate Disclosure
Vitality Atlas currently has no active affiliate links, and future commercial relationships must be labeled clearly.
How this boundary works
Commercial boundaries are part of claim quality, especially for supplements, devices, and recurring purchases.
It keeps product pressure, cost, subscription framing, and influencer-style urgency from becoming the health answer.
It does not present paid placement, fake testing, fake expert approval, or product certainty.
When a page mentions a product category, compare the claim with evidence limits and lower-risk basics before buying.
Any product-led topic is reviewed for buying pressure, source quality, and whether a free everyday comparison would serve the decision better.
Private buying advice is not offered. Product and trend discussion stays educational, general, and easy to skip.
Sleep routines, supplement claims, device scores, cold/heat exposure, and local tools get extra wording around overstatement and stop-line clarity.
When official guidance is broad but a trend source is narrow, the page keeps the narrower claim, names the uncertainty, and shows the lower-risk basic first.
Higher-caution pages, product-cost pages, pregnancy/medication boundaries, and copy that could be mistaken for personal advice get tightened first.
Current state
Vitality Atlas does not include active affiliate links, sponsored placements, discount codes, paid reviews, or product ranking deals. Product mentions should not be assumed to be paid placements.
Editorial independence
A product, supplement, device, app, or service cannot receive a stronger evidence label because of a commercial relationship. Evidence labels, caution notes, and better-basic comparisons must be written before any future monetization is considered.
What must be labeled
If affiliate links, sponsored placements, display ads, discount codes, gifted products, or paid review relationships are added later, the relevant pages must label them in plain language near the affected content.
Reader-first rule
When a lower-risk basic habit answers the same need as a product, the page should say that before sending readers toward a purchase. A sleep cue, food habit, walking routine, or source check should not be hidden behind a product-first recommendation.
How this affects trend pages
Evidence Lab pages should keep cost, risk, and better basics visible even if a future page links to a product. A commercial link cannot remove a caution, hide a source limit, or turn a mixed claim into a recommendation.
No pay-to-strengthen claims
Commercial relationships must not change evidence labels, risk levels, source selection, or better-basic comparisons. A paid product cannot become more credible because it pays.
Product-first copy is a red flag
If a guide starts by pushing a device, supplement, app, course, or kit before explaining the claim and safer alternatives, it should be rewritten before publication.
Health boundary still comes first
Affiliate status must never change medical-disclaimer language. Symptoms, medication, pregnancy, chronic illness, injury, severe distress, or urgent care questions still belong with qualified care, not a product link.