GENERAL MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL DISCLAIMER
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Website and Substack Publication
Last updated: 19.07.2026
Please read this Disclaimer before accessing, reading, subscribing to, or using the Beyond One-Size-Fits-All website or Substack publication.
This Disclaimer applies to the website at https://beyondonesize.health, the Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Substack publication at https://beyondonesizefitsall.substack.com/, and all articles, quizzes, diagrams, visual materials, interactive tools, educational resources, and other content supplied through them.
The website, Substack publication, and their content are referred to below collectively as the “Materials.”
This Disclaimer should be read together with the Website Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. Specific paid products and resources may also be subject to additional product-specific terms and disclaimers.
1. EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY
The Materials are independent electronic educational and reference publications.
The Materials are provided solely for general educational, scientific-literacy, and informational purposes. They are intended to help readers understand research concepts, organise questions, compare possible interpretations, recognise uncertainty, and prepare for informed discussions with appropriately qualified professionals.
The Materials are not a healthcare service and are not intended to replace individual medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, screening, or professional judgement.
2. NOT MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE ADVICE
Nothing in the Materials constitutes or should be understood as:
(a) medical advice;
(b) diagnosis or differential diagnosis;
(c) treatment advice;
(d) nutritional or dietetic treatment;
(e) genetic counselling;
(f) personalised laboratory interpretation;
(g) pharmaceutical advice;
(h) prescribing;
(i) a supplement recommendation;
(j) a dosage recommendation;
(k) an instruction to order, repeat, avoid, or rely on a particular test;
(l) a recommendation to begin, stop, replace, combine, increase, or reduce any medication, supplement, diet, treatment, or healthcare intervention;
(m) emergency advice;
(n) any other regulated healthcare service.
The Materials do not determine what any individual should do.
3. STATUS OF THE PUBLISHER
The Materials are authored and published by Elene Gordeeva, trading as Beyond One-Size-Fits-All.
The Publisher is not a medical doctor and does not provide regulated healthcare through the website, Substack publication, quizzes, articles, or other Materials.
In connection with the Materials, the Publisher is not acting as a registered or licensed physician, dietitian or nutritionist, pharmacist, genetic counsellor, laboratory professional, nurse, or other licensed healthcare provider.
Any academic background, professional education, certificates, or areas of study disclosed on the website or Substack publication do not convert the Materials into a healthcare service and do not authorise the Publisher, through the Materials, to diagnose, prescribe, treat, or provide personalised interpretation of an individual’s health information.
4. NO PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
Accessing, reading, subscribing to, purchasing, or using the Materials does not create:
(a) a doctor-patient relationship;
(b) a clinician-patient relationship;
(c) a dietitian-client or nutritionist-client relationship;
(d) a pharmacist-patient relationship;
(e) a genetic counselling relationship;
(f) a laboratory consultation relationship;
(g) a therapist-client relationship;
(h) a fiduciary or other healthcare professional relationship.
The Materials do not include personal supervision, individual follow-up, review of medical records, review of laboratory results, or correspondence with the Publisher concerning the reader’s individual health situation.
5. NO INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OR INTERPRETATION
The Materials do not assess the reader and do not have access to the reader’s complete medical history, examination findings, diagnoses, medications, supplement use, diet, age, sex, pregnancy status, family history, kidney function, liver function, laboratory methods, sample conditions, or other information required for responsible individual assessment.
The Materials do not provide personalised interpretation of:
(a) symptoms;
(b) laboratory reports;
(c) genetic reports;
(d) raw genetic data;
(e) medical records;
(f) diagnoses;
(g) medication history;
(h) supplement responses;
(i) dietary responses;
(j) treatment history.
Information that appears relevant to a reader may not be applicable to that reader’s individual circumstances.
6. MEANING OF EDUCATIONAL PATTERNS AND FRAMEWORKS
The patterns and frameworks described in the Materials are educational and editorial structures created to organise scientific literature, pathway relationships, possible interpretive questions, and areas of uncertainty.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, pattern names, categories, and educational frameworks used in the Materials are not:
(a) recognised medical diagnoses;
(b) diagnostic classifications;
(c) laboratory diagnoses;
(d) proof of impaired biochemical function;
(e) proof of a nutrient deficiency;
(f) proof of a genetic disorder;
(g) proof that a pathway is causing a symptom;
(h) instructions for treatment.
A reader must not conclude that they have a described pattern merely because they recognise a symptom, laboratory value, genetic variant, supplement response, or other feature discussed in the Materials.
7. INTERPRETIVE TERMINOLOGY
Terms such as “limited,” “impaired,” “accelerated,” “preferential,” “blocked,” “trapped,” “dysregulated,” “low methylation potential,” or similar expressions are used to describe scientific mechanisms, research models, or interpretive concepts within defined contexts.
These terms do not constitute a diagnosis of the reader and do not establish that a pathway is clinically abnormal in a particular person.
A biochemical possibility is not the same as a confirmed individual clinical explanation.
8. LABORATORY INFORMATION
Laboratory information in the Materials is provided to explain research and interpretation principles.
The meaning of a laboratory result may depend on factors including:
(a) the laboratory and analytical method;
(b) reference intervals;
(c) units;
(d) sample type and handling;
(e) fasting status;
(f) recent food or supplement intake;
(g) medication use;
(h) age and physiological status;
(i) kidney and liver function;
(j) inflammation, illness, and other health conditions;
(k) relationships with other results;
(l) timing and repeatability.
The Materials do not determine whether a result is normal, abnormal, clinically significant, or causally related to a symptom for an individual reader.
A single laboratory value should not be used through the Materials to establish a diagnosis, pathway dysfunction, or treatment plan.
9. GENETIC INFORMATION
Genetic information discussed in the Materials is educational.
A genetic variant may indicate an individual difference or statistical association without proving:
(a) current biochemical impairment;
(b) nutrient deficiency;
(c) disease;
(d) the cause of a symptom;
(e) the need for a supplement;
(f) the appropriateness of a treatment;
(g) the clinical importance of the variant for a particular individual.
The Materials do not provide genetic counselling, clinical genetics assessment, reproductive counselling, or personalised interpretation of genetic data.
Readers should not upload private genetic files or raw genetic data to the Publisher unless a specific secure process and lawful purpose are expressly provided.
No individual review of genetic information is included through access to the website, Substack publication, quizzes, or other Materials.
10. MEDICATIONS, SUPPLEMENTS, DIETS, AND INTERVENTIONS
References to medications, nutrients, supplements, diets, biochemical compounds, or interventions are included to explain research context and do not constitute a recommendation or endorsement for individual use.
Do not use the Materials as a basis to:
(a) start or stop medication;
(b) change a prescription;
(c) change a dosage;
(d) combine medications and supplements;
(e) begin high-dose supplementation;
(f) replace conventional care;
(g) begin a restrictive diet;
(h) fast or undertake a “detox” protocol;
(i) treat an adverse reaction without professional assistance;
(j) provide treatment to another person.
Medications and supplements may have contraindications, interactions, adverse effects, quality differences, and risks that cannot be assessed by general educational Materials.
Consult an appropriately qualified healthcare professional before making health-related changes.
11. SYMPTOMS AND HEALTH CONCERNS
The Materials should not be used to explain away symptoms, delay assessment, postpone recommended screening, avoid follow-up, or replace treatment.
Similar symptoms may arise from many unrelated causes, including causes that require prompt professional attention.
Recognition of a possible research pattern or mechanism does not establish the cause of a symptom.
Seek appropriate professional care if you are concerned about:
(a) new or worsening symptoms;
(b) an abnormal result;
(c) an adverse reaction;
(d) a medication or supplement interaction;
(e) pregnancy-related concerns;
(f) a child’s health;
(g) a serious or persistent change in physical or mental health.
12. EMERGENCIES
The website, Substack publication, quizzes, and other Materials are not an emergency service and are not monitored for urgent health questions.
If you believe that you or another person may be experiencing a medical emergency, contact the emergency services in your location immediately.
In Portugal and elsewhere in the European Union, the emergency number is 112.
If you are outside the European Union, use the emergency number applicable in your location.
Do not wait for a response from Beyond One-Size-Fits-All in an urgent situation.
13. HIGHER-RISK SITUATIONS
Professional guidance is especially important before making health-related decisions if you:
(a) are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding;
(b) are under 18;
(c) are making decisions for a child or dependent adult;
(d) take prescription or non-prescription medication;
(e) have kidney or liver disease;
(f) have cardiovascular, neurological, endocrine, metabolic, gastrointestinal, psychiatric, or other diagnosed conditions;
(g) have a history of severe allergy or adverse reactions;
(h) are preparing for surgery or a medical procedure;
(i) are receiving cancer treatment or other specialist care;
(j) have multiple or unexplained abnormal results.
This list is not exhaustive.
14. EVIDENCE, UNCERTAINTY, AND EDITORIAL GRADING
The Materials use scientific publications, reviews, professional guidance, pathway research, and other sources considered relevant at the time of editorial review.
Some aspects of one-carbon metabolism and related biochemistry are well established.
Other claims may be:
(a) context-dependent;
(b) supported but limited;
(c) emerging;
(d) preliminary;
(e) inconsistent;
(f) disputed;
(g) based partly on indirect or mechanistic evidence;
(h) not confirmed for routine clinical application.
Evidence labels and grades used in the Materials represent the Publisher’s editorial assessment of factors such as study design, directness, consistency, replication, relevance, and limitations.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, evidence labels used in the Materials are not formal clinical guideline grades and should not be treated as such.
A finding can be biochemically plausible without being clinically established.
15. CURRENT RESEARCH AND REVISION
Scientific knowledge, laboratory methods, professional recommendations, terminology, and interpretation can change.
The Publisher may revise the website, articles, quizzes, diagrams, educational frameworks, and other Materials to correct errors, update references, clarify uncertainty, improve explanations, or reflect developments in the evidence.
The date of the latest editorial review or revision may be displayed within the relevant Material.
The Publisher does not guarantee that:
(a) every relevant source has been identified;
(b) every source is free from error;
(c) every statement will remain current indefinitely;
(d) later research will not modify or contradict an interpretation;
(e) all professionals will agree with the editorial assessment.
Readers undertaking academic or professional work should consult and independently evaluate the original sources.
16. NO GUARANTEE OF OUTCOME
The Publisher does not guarantee that use of the Materials will:
(a) identify the cause of a symptom;
(b) resolve a health concern;
(c) confirm or exclude a diagnosis;
(d) explain an individual laboratory or genetic result;
(e) identify an appropriate treatment;
(f) improve health;
(g) prevent an adverse event;
(h) produce a particular educational, professional, or financial outcome.
The educational value of the Materials does not depend on them confirming a reader’s existing theory or preferred explanation.
17. THIRD-PARTY SOURCES AND LINKS
The Materials may cite or link to third-party publications, journals, databases, institutions, laboratories, websites, platforms, products, or tools.
A citation or link is provided for transparency and further study.
It does not imply endorsement of:
(a) every statement in the external source;
(b) the author or institution;
(c) any product or service;
(d) the source’s commercial practices;
(e) the source’s privacy or security practices.
Third-party content may be corrected, changed, moved, restricted, or removed without notice.
The Publisher does not control third-party websites or platforms and is not responsible for their availability or subsequent content.
18. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATED TOOLS
The Materials should not be used as a substitute for professional assessment through a chatbot, artificial intelligence system, automated genetic report, symptom checker, laboratory interpretation tool, or similar service.
AI-generated material may omit context, combine incompatible evidence, overstate preliminary findings, or produce inaccurate citations and conclusions.
Uploading medical, laboratory, genetic, or other sensitive information to a third-party AI system may create privacy and data-protection risks governed by that provider’s own terms and policies.
The Publisher does not endorse or accept responsibility for conclusions produced by third-party AI or automated systems using terminology, frameworks, or content from the Materials.
19. PROFESSIONAL READERS
Healthcare, research, education, and wellness professionals who use the Materials remain solely responsible for:
(a) acting within their education, competence, registration, licence, and lawful professional scope;
(b) complying with applicable ethical and legal duties;
(c) independently reviewing original sources;
(d) obtaining appropriate supervision where required;
(e) distinguishing educational material from individual clinical assessment;
(f) avoiding claims not supported by evidence;
(g) not presenting an educational pattern or framework as an individual diagnosis.
The Materials do not certify competence, grant professional authority, or authorise any regulated activity.
20. USE FOR CHILDREN OR OTHER PEOPLE
The Materials are intended for adults.
They must not be used to diagnose, test, treat, or make healthcare decisions for a child, dependent adult, family member, client, patient, or any other person.
A person responsible for another individual’s care should seek advice from an appropriately qualified professional who can assess that individual directly.
21. READER RESPONSIBILITY
The reader is responsible for:
(a) using the Materials only for their stated educational purpose;
(b) seeking appropriate professional assistance;
(c) not treating the Materials as personal advice;
(d) independently checking information before relying on it for academic or professional work;
(e) not making health decisions for themselves or others solely on the basis of the Materials;
(f) complying with the Website Terms of Use and any product-specific terms applicable to a paid resource.
The Materials are intended to support better questions and more informed discussion, not to replace individual professional judgement.
22. LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITY
Nothing in this Disclaimer excludes or limits:
(a) a mandatory consumer right;
(b) liability that cannot lawfully be excluded;
(c) liability for fraud or intentional misconduct;
(d) responsibility for failure to supply or lack of conformity where a mandatory remedy applies.
Subject to mandatory law, the Publisher is not responsible for harm or loss resulting from:
(a) treating educational content as personalised advice;
(b) self-diagnosis or self-treatment;
(c) changing medication, supplements, diet, testing, or treatment on the basis of the Materials;
(d) using an isolated symptom, marker, genetic variant, or supplement response as proof of a mechanism;
(e) delaying or avoiding appropriate healthcare;
(f) using the Materials outside their stated purpose;
(g) applying the Materials to another person;
(h) relying on third-party sources, websites, laboratories, AI tools, platforms, products, or services;
(i) professional use outside the reader’s lawful competence or scope.
Any limitation applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law and must be read together with the Website Terms of Use and any applicable product-specific terms.
23. PERSONAL DATA AND UNSOLICITED HEALTH INFORMATION
Accessing the website, subscribing to the Substack publication, completing a quiz, purchasing a resource, or contacting the Publisher does not include individual review of personal health information.
Do not send unsolicited medical records, laboratory reports, genetic files, identification documents, detailed health histories, or other sensitive information to the Publisher.
Where personal data is processed for website operation, subscriptions, account access, payment, support, security, or legal purposes, it is handled in accordance with the applicable Privacy Policy.
24. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PERMITTED USE
The Materials include original electronic publications, texts, diagrams, visual systems, educational frameworks, quizzes, interactive materials, and digital resources supplied under a limited personal-use licence.
Access does not authorise reproduction, redistribution, publication, translation, systematic extraction, resale, creation of substantially similar commercial material, or upload of substantial content from the Materials to an AI or shared knowledge system.
Detailed intellectual-property and permitted-use conditions appear in the Website Terms of Use and, where applicable, in the terms governing a specific paid product or resource.
25. CONSUMER RIGHTS
This Disclaimer explains the purpose and limitations of the Materials.
It does not remove or reduce any mandatory consumer right concerning the purchase, supply, conformity, or accessibility of paid digital content or electronic publications.
If a provision of this Disclaimer conflicts with a mandatory legal right, the mandatory right remains unaffected.
26. CONTACT
Questions concerning the website, publications, educational Materials, paid access, or the meaning of this Disclaimer may be sent to:
Elene Gordeeva, trading as Beyond One-Size-Fits-All
Email: support@beyondonesize.health
Website: https://beyondonesize.health
Substack publication: https://beyondonesizefitsall.substack.com/
Do not send individual health questions, medical records, genetic files, or requests for diagnosis or treatment.
27. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
By accessing, reading, subscribing to, purchasing, or using the Materials, you acknowledge that:
(a) the Materials are educational electronic publications and resources;
(b) they are not a healthcare service;
(c) they do not provide personalised medical or treatment advice;
(d) no healthcare professional relationship is created;
(e) individual health decisions require appropriately qualified professional assessment;
(f) scientific interpretations may be uncertain and may change.
