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Nutrition YMYL Content
YMYL standards for nutritional therapy content — named BANT/CNHC authorship, evidence-based claims with accurate representation of evidence strength, scope-of-practice caveats, and supplement claim compliance.
Definition
Nutrition YMYL content standards: (1) **Named authorship**: all condition-specific nutrition content must be attributed to a named, BANT/CNHC-registered practitioner — anonymous nutrition content fails YMYL quality assessment; (2) **Evidence strength accuracy**: peer-reviewed research citations are valuable; crucially, the strength of the evidence must be accurately represented — "some preliminary research suggests" vs "the evidence shows" vs "NICE recommends" represent very different evidence quality; misrepresenting preliminary findings as established fact is a YMYL failure; (3) **Scope caveats**: nutritional therapists complement, not replace, medical care — every condition-specific page must include a recommendation to consult a GP or relevant specialist for diagnosis and medical management; (4) **Supplement claim compliance**: EFSA-approved health claims define what can be said about supplements in the UK/EU regulatory context; making therapeutic claims about supplements beyond approved claims violates CNHC Code of Conduct and ASA advertising rules; (5) **IgG testing representation**: IgG food sensitivity tests are not validated by mainstream immunology for allergy diagnosis — represent accurately if discussed; (6) **Sensitive conditions**: fertility, mental health, and oncology nutrition have elevated YMYL stakes — cite primary research and be explicit about scope limitations.
Why it matters for SEO
Nutrition content directly affects health decisions. Evidence misrepresentation is both an ethical failure and a quality rater YMYL flag. Supplement claim compliance protects both clients and the practitioner from regulatory issues.
How DeepSEOAnalysis checks this
DeepSEOAnalysis validates named MBANT authorship in MedicalBusiness employee schema, checks Article schema datePublished on content pages, and confirms server-rendering on nutrition condition guides.
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