A Whey to Explain

127 Supplements.
One page each.

10 earned an A.
28 earned a D or an F.
Every grade comes from human trials.
With the dose, and what it costs a day.

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127 Supplements Explained, front cover

185 pages · 127 entries · one supplement per page

Look inside

9 pages, exactly as printed.

These are not mockups. Each one is rendered straight out of the file you get.These are not mockups.
Straight out of the file you get.

Eight sections, and where each one starts.

Both contents pages. All 127 entries, grouped and graded.

Contents, page 1 of 2. All 127 entries, grouped and graded.

Contents, page 2 of 2.

Entry 001 of 127. The same 14 fields on every page.

One of 10 goal pages, for muscle and strength.

The Waste List. The 28 that earned a D or an F.

Check it yourself. How to verify any grade in the book.

The A to Z index. Every name and every alias, linked.

The sixty‑second label check, designed to be printed.

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The distribution

This is what 127 supplements look like once you grade them.

The rest sit somewhere in between, which is an honest picture of a field where most things do a little, some do nothing, and a handful do quite a lot. Every grade is assigned against the same rubric: the quantity, quality and direction of human trials on the specific claim the product is sold for. Not on whether the ingredient is interesting. Not on whether it works in a dish.

A
B
C
D
F
A
10
Proven
B
41
Supported
C
48
Mixed
D
21
Weak
F
7
No support

Every entry, the same shape

14 fields, in the same order,
on all 127 pages.

You learn the layout once, then read by position. Two sentences at the top and one at the foot decide it in a shop.

The verdict
One sentence. The whole answer, before anything else.
What it actually does
The mechanism in plain language, and where it stops.
What the research shows
Trial counts, effect sizes, and who the effect does not apply to.
Dose used in studies
Reported from the protocols. Hold it against the tub.
Timing
Whether it matters at all, which is usually no.
Cost per effective dose
What the dose that worked in the study actually costs per day.
Worth it if
The specific situations where the money is well spent.
Skip it if
The specific situations where it is not.
Label red flags
What on the panel tells you this particular tub is a bad buy.
Side effects & interactions
Including the drugs, the liver signals and the banned‑in‑sport status.
Also sold as
Every alias and trade name, so you can find it by the word on the tub.
See also
The siblings and the cheaper version, linked. The book reads sideways.
Bottom line
One sentence at the foot. What to do with all of the above.
The grade
A to F, against the same rubric as the other 126.

The other half of the book

The Label Decoder

Ten techniques a label legally uses to look like more than it is. Once you can name them, you stop needing the book to spot them.

  1. Proprietary blends, and why the order of the list is the tell
  2. Protein spiking with cheap free‑form amino acids
  3. Fairy dusting an active ingredient far below the studied dose
  4. Serving size games that hide the real cost per day
  5. Why claims are worded the way they are, and the law behind it
  6. Percent daily value on ingredients that have no daily value
  7. Clinically studied ingredient, which is not clinically studied product
  8. Third‑party tested, and what it does and does not certify
  9. Patented forms, trademarks, and what a trademark actually proves
  10. The sixty‑second label check, as a page you can print

Also inside

Built to be used standing up

A reference is only worth anything if you can find the page in ten seconds. Five separate ways in.

  • The Short List. The fifty‑one that earned an A or a B, on two pages.
  • The Waste List. The twenty‑eight that earned a D or an F, and what they were sold on.
  • By Goal. All 127 sorted into the ten things people actually buy supplements for.
  • Where the book says be careful. Every drug interaction, liver signal and banned‑in‑sport status collected in one place.
  • A to Z index. Every name and every alias, linked, because people search by the word on the tub.
  • A one‑page label check designed to be printed on its own and kept in a wallet.

Before you buy

Who this is for, and who it is not for.

Buy it if

  • You already spend money on supplements and suspect some of it is wasted
  • You want to be able to read a label and disqualify the tub in seconds
  • You want the dose the studies used, not the dose the tub contains
  • You are tired of every recommendation online having a discount code attached
  • You want one reference you can keep on your phone and check in the aisle

Do not buy it if

  • You want to be told exactly what to take. This book reports, it does not prescribe.
  • You want a training or nutrition program. There is none in here.
  • You want steroids, SARMs or peptides covered. They are not in the book.
  • You want a personalized stack. That is not what a reference is.
  • You are looking for a brand recommendation. No product is named as good.

What this is not

Educational, not medical advice. It does not tell you what to take. Doses are reported from research protocols, never prescribed. Nothing here diagnoses, treats, cures or prevents anything, and nothing here replaces a conversation with your doctor or pharmacist, particularly if you take prescription medication.

The grades are a reading of the published human evidence at the time of writing. Evidence moves. Where a grade rests on thin or conflicting work, the entry says so rather than hiding it behind a letter.

Questions

The ones worth asking.

Are you paid by any supplement company?

No. No brand paid for placement, no entry is sponsored, and there is not a single affiliate link in the book or on this page. The book has nothing to sell you except itself, which is the only reason its grades are worth reading.

What exactly do I get?

One PDF, 185 pages, bookmarked by section, with every name in the A to Z index linked to its entry. It reads on a phone, a tablet, a laptop and most e‑readers. The download arrives immediately after checkout.

Does it name specific products to buy?

No. It tells you the form, the dose and the price per effective dose, which is what you need to judge any tub on any shelf in any country. Naming products would date the book in a month and would put a thumb on the scale.

Is 127 everything?

It is everything sold at scale for the ten goals people actually buy supplements for. Steroids, SARMs and peptides are deliberately out of scope. If something is missing it is because almost nobody is being sold it.

What if I do not like it?

Seven days, no questions, refund through Gumroad. You keep the file, because taking it back is not technically possible and pretending otherwise would be theatre.

Who wrote it?

The same person behind A Whey to Explain on YouTube, where the same evidence gets explained with worse jokes and better animation.

51 of 127 earned an A or a B.

The book tells you which, what the rest are actually doing, and how to read the panel on any tub.

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