supplements

Here's a good op-ed NYT piece about how vitamin supplements can cause health problems, and how the industry fought off regulation: "Don't Take Your Vitamins"

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-07-16/supplement-industry-romney-fundraising/56282928/1 Isn't this just *********** unbelievable? To stoop so low as to make common cause with people whose products have almost no basis in science, and which more often do harm to the consumer...

As Economy Is Down, Vitamin Sales Are Up Any chance that any of this money spent on supplements is having a positive effect on health? While the idea of preventive medicine is a nice idea, I'm skeptical that most supplements do what their makers would have you believe. I suppose there are...

Or so those pesky Danes say. It appears that high doses of the "antioxidant" vitamins A, E, and beta-carotene may shorten life span, and contribute to the diseases that "nutritionists" claim they can prevent, namely cancer and heart disease. High dose vitamin C and selenium had no detrimental...

I keep hearing ads for vitamins and supplements where claims are made that this product "supports" various things--immune system, memory, energy, etc. Is this something new, or has it been around a while and I'm just now becoming aware of it? Are they using "support" as a weasel word because...

My mother is insisting that I should be on an Omega 3 Fatty Acid supplement. I think she's most likely wrong (again) about my diet. I've been a vegetarian for the last 11 years (no meat/poultry/fish, dairy and eggs are in). I'm also generally very healthy, rarely sick and athletic. Every year or...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/woolworths-placed-on-notice-over-sale-of-suspect-diet-pills/2007/10/28/1193555533392.html Consumers and hospital fight back against useless and potentially harmful supplements with overblown fake claims. Awesomeness!

I stumbled across the following recipe today for what is essentially a nootropic smoothie: (From: Yttrx.net). As far as I can tell, all the ingredients are legal to possess (though one is banned by anti-doping bodies in sport), and have few toxic effects or associated problems. Nevertheless...

This is an informal poll to start a dialogue about sharks, cartilage, and the craze that many alties started over shark cartilage supplements. I was wondering if anyone knows/believes that sharks don't get cancer, especially chondroma.

You see lots of US companies making what look like medical claims for quack remedies they're selling, but then putting a 'these claims haven't been approved by the FDA...' disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Is this allowed: can you say whatever you want about the pills you're selling, so...

The FDA is gearing up to more closely regulate CAM products! PDF file of docket, although it's not the smoothest read ever. Page where you can comment on the docket (until April 30th). Seen via a dieting site, which referenced this Newstarget.com article (outraged, of course). I'm still...

There is an important new book concerning the herb/supplement industry: "Natural Causes":Death, Lies and Politics in America's Vitamin and Herbal Supplement Industry by Don Hurley (Broadway Books, 2006). The title “Natural Causes” refers to the illnesses and deaths caused by “natural”...

According to the ColdMD website (and commercial I saw a few minutes ago) ColdMD: Increases immune system resistance by 312 percent Helps you recover 94 percent faster Has clinically proven resultsIs this stuff for real?

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/16083483.htm With good advice! They discuss a supplement made by a 2nd grade school teacher with :eye-poppi With a flu kit at the local pharmacy that has vitamin C supplements, it's nice to see an article with sound advice and a critical look at supposed...

From this week's British Medical Journal (also a press release): Personal View: Shark cartilage in the water http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7578/1129 It’s a subscription-only article, but This Is London has given it some good coverage: ETA: The 'This Is London' link works if you copy...

I'm in the process of losing weight. I work out aerobically for an hour each morning, first thing, then do resistance training for one hour, three times a week. I've cleaned up my diet, and am taking in around 1700 calories. It sucks, but I'm paying the price for years of Mickey D's and...

They contain real ingredients and there is a good chance they'll actually work. We can't have that now, can we? :oldroll: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/13/impotence.supplement.ap/index.html

When is it necessary to take vitamin supplements? I've read that taking too many of some types, over time, may be detrimental to good health. But does anyone here take them just incase their diet is lacking? And what forms are best, if any? Liquid? Powder? And a few more questions, if I may...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20041021/hl_nm/supplements_eyes_dc "Many herbal remedies and nutritional supplements can damage the eyes, including some alternative therapies that are used by people trying to correct eye problems, new research reports."...

Do you think that supplements and diets that support eye health have a significant effect on macular degeneration? I found a topic under "The Edges of Healing" that was very interesting--Myopia and Nutrition. Dr. Garry D. Kappel is based in Oregon. http://www.iquestsight.com

The above quote is from the website for Gematria, a company founded by Dr. Todd. Dr. Todd claims he is an actual medical doctor and tours with Lee Carroll and the Kryon Flying Circus. He sets up little tables and sells vitamins. Not just ordinary vitamins, but vitamins that have somehow been...

I have been following the campaign by a group to stop the European Directive to get herbal and vitamin supplements registered for sale. Here are some links to the "Save our Supplements" campaign. Save our Supplements And an article by actress and advocate Jenny Seagrove which appeared in the...