Editorial standards
Editorial Policy
Food and health overlap, so we try to be clear about what our recipes can and cannot promise. Here is how we work.
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1. Sourcing & translation
Our recipes are adapted from an established body of traditional Cantonese home-cooking and food-therapy writing. Every dish is genuinely cooked and photographed; each recipe is translated, clarified and restructured for accuracy and readability while keeping the original ingredient wisdom intact.
2. Tradition is not clinical proof
We describe what a dish is traditionally made for, and we keep that separate from what research shows. Where human studies exist for a key ingredient, we show them next to the recipe — including studies that found no benefit — and we link each one to its PubMed record. These come from our Research Library (75 studies on 28 ingredients, updated 8 October 2026).
- We prefer systematic reviews, meta-analyses and randomised trials in people over animal or cell studies.
- Every study entry states its design, population, size, the form and dose tested, and at least one limitation.
- Research summaries are drafted with AI assistance from the abstract, and every number is automatically checked against the PubMed record; entries that fail are removed.
3. Compliance-first language
We describe foods as traditionally used for, commonly associated with or may support. We do not claim that a food can cure, treat, reverse, heal or prevent disease, and we do not promise results. If you find wording on our site that breaks this rule, please report it — we will fix it.
4. Safety notes
Every recipe carries a Safety first panel directly above the method, including on member-only recipes. It lists who should check with a doctor first, and — where a recipe contains an ingredient with known cautions (for example licorice root, ginseng, goji with blood thinners, ginkgo nuts, apricot kernels, honey for babies, alcohol or liver in pregnancy) — a short note that paraphrases a public-health source and links to it. Current sources: NIH NCCIH, Memorial Sloan Kettering, European Food Safety Authority, NHS. Safety notes were last reviewed on 8 October 2026.
5. Clear separation of food and medicine
Nourilo is a culinary and lifestyle resource, not a medical service. Our content does not replace diagnosis, treatment or advice from a licensed healthcare professional, and we cannot answer personal medical questions.
6. Corrections
Anyone can report an error using the form on any recipe page or on our contact page. Every report is reviewed. When a correction changes the meaning of a page — a wrong amount, a misstated study, a missing safety caution — we fix the page and record it below with the date.
Correction log
No reader-reported corrections have been logged since this log started on 8 October 2026.
7. Independence
Editorial decisions are made independently of any commercial relationship. Nourilo earns money from optional one-time memberships that unlock full recipe methods; this does not affect which recipes we publish or what we say about them. Any future sponsored or affiliate content will be clearly labelled.
8. Who is responsible
The Nourilo editorial team is responsible for the content published on this site. Our food-therapy adviser is introduced on Who writes our recipes, and you can reach the editors through our contact page.