M. Callahan

Reads the papers, writes the protocol guides, and corrects the dosing tables when readers catch them. Not a doctor. Doesn't play one online.

Background

M. Callahan is a science writer with a background in supplement-industry reporting and long-form science journalism. The work here is editorial: summarizing published research, named clinician-authored protocols (like the McCullough Base Spike Protein Detoxification Protocol), and the long-COVID literature in a format that doesn't require a biology degree to read.

This is not a clinical practice. It is not "the Spike Protein Detox Institute." There is no medical advisory board with stock-photo doctors. There is one editor, who reads, writes, and is reachable for corrections.

Beats

• The McCullough Protocol — what it actually says, what the evidence base looks like, where the published research stops and supplement marketing starts
• Nattokinase, bromelain, curcumin, quercetin, NAC — what each compound has been studied for, what dosing the trials used, what the safety record looks like
• Long COVID — clinical syndromes, working-hypothesis mechanisms, and what's currently in trials
• Supplement-label literacy — third-party testing (USP, NSF, ConsumerLab), proprietary blends, FU vs mg measurement

How I source

Primary sources first: PubMed, journal-published trials, government health bodies. Named-author clinical protocols cited to the original publication. No anonymous blog posts, no "studies show" without a citation, no AI-generated paragraphs sneaking in as evidence.

If a claim on this site doesn't have a source you can click through to and verify, that's a bug. Tell me about it.

What I won't do

• Diagnose, prescribe, or claim a supplement cures a condition.
• Pretend to be a physician or claim a credential I don't have.
• Quote a study I haven't read.
• Recommend a product because the affiliate payout is high — I link to the formulations that match the dosing in the published research, full stop.