How we publish

Editorial policy

How Balance selects, writes, reviews, updates and corrects PCOS nutrition content.

Last updated: 2026-08-15

Topic selection

We prioritize questions that are useful to people with PCOS, supported by genuine audience or search demand, and meaningfully different from pages we already publish. We consolidate overlapping wording into one canonical resource.

  • A clear reader question and search intent
  • A defined role in a topic cluster
  • Enough reliable evidence for the claim
  • A useful next step beyond a generic answer

Writing and review

Every page must distinguish established evidence from early findings and uncertainty. Automated tools may assist research, translation and drafting, but they do not replace source checks or required medical review.

  • Low-risk pages receive editorial validation.
  • Medium- and high-risk pages remain unpublished until an assigned human review is recorded.
  • Translated pages must preserve the meaning, cautions and evidence of the canonical content.

Updates and corrections

We monitor search performance to find unclear or incomplete pages, but rankings do not determine medical conclusions. Substantive changes are retained in revision history. Pages that are outdated, duplicative or unhelpful may be consolidated, marked noindex or retired.

To report an error, email team@pcosfriendly.app with the page URL and the claim in question.

Commercial independence

Product relevance may influence which useful topics we prioritize, but it does not change the evidence standard. App links and calls to action must not be presented as clinical proof.