dietary supplements

I am hoping this is the proper Topic to post under (mods feel free to move). Okay, so my mom is relatively desperate for work. Without giving away too much information, she has serious health problems that don't allow her to work physically anymore (tough for a former professional athlete and...

We've been watching Le Tour, and among the advertisers this year is this product.... Or scam... http://www.ripfire.com/ The marketing claims it "increases nitrous oxide" in the blood, resulting in fat-burning and muscle-building as well. They'll send you a free bottle. Of course, once they...

There is this bill that McCain is proposing that is basically to make steroid use in sports illegal, but it includes in it, pork, which also illegalizes dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and even herbs and spices. If that's the case, wouldn't that mean you'd need a prescription to...

My mom has been historically duped by a friend to purchase expensive supplements. Her friend was one of those electronic microscope woos who looked at your blood and recommended what BS supplement they could sell you. Now she has targeted my nephew (for reasons I'm uncertain but he does have low...

This is a pretty good reason why dietary supplements need more oversight: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17742469/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15592587/ So makers of these scam products are making buckets of money (primarily from lower-income people, according to the survey), and, if one considers this a representative sample, two-thirds of Americans wrongly believe that the products have FDA approval and...

I saw a special about it on 20/20. The scientists behind it seem fairly reasonable, and the explanation of how the substance works seems plausible too. Fountain of youth in a pill or woo-woo?? http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/Health/story?id=814805&page=1

I can't find the article on npr.org, but Morning Edition had a great piece on the dangers of Ayurveda diet supplements. So, doctors in the piece went around buying supplements and found the 1in5 had dangerous levels of heavy metals, mercury and lead for instance. One poor patient had a lead...

I saw an ad on TV for a product called Hydroxycut, a weight loss supplement that is supposed to work wonders in achieving significant results in shedding pounds. (Obviously this is only one of many products toting such wonders.) http://www.hydroxycut.com What really cracked me up is their...