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You know the thing about supplements is very simple: Don't take them unless a doctor recommends it. I recently found (but have not verified this) that the burde
by rokhayakebe 11y ago
You know the thing about supplements is very simple: Don't take them unless a doctor recommends it. I recently found (but have not verified this) that the burden is on the FDA to prove a supplement is not safe. With drugs the burden is on the manufacturer. The FDA just does not have the resources to prove tens of thousands of supplements are safe to use.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoIts more complicated than that, actually. Even if a doctor tells you to use it (and doctors aren't immune to quackery) there is still a problem, you have no idea if the bottle of Vitamin D actually contains Vitamin D or just sawdust, or worse. This was actually the case here, the bottle of "herbal Viagria" was actually just Viagria. Weight loss/bodybuilding supplements are also known to contain prescription stimulants. You also can't know if the dosage is what it says on the label. Frontline showed an example where the Vitamin D content of a pill was double the stated dosage on the label.