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> It means the supplement was in fact reviewed/approved by the FDA The FDA does not "approve" supplements, period. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-upda

by ebg13 7y ago

> It means the supplement was in fact reviewed/approved by the FDA The FDA does not "approve" supplements, period. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/it-really-fda-approved https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/it-really-fda... "FDA doesn’t approve dietary supplements." (from ^) FDA approval means, specifically, that "the agency has determined that the benefits of the product outweigh the known risks for the intended use." (from ^) And the FDA makes no such determination for dietary supplements. (from ^)

eganist 7y ago
Touche, wrong word choice ("supplement") on my part. Taking GP at their word, whatever it was was FDA approved. If the FDA doesn't approve supplements, then whatever GP represented couldn't have been a supplement, which gets back to my original question: Why is "FDA approved" being treated here as a boogeyman by the parent?
- ebg13 7y ago
  > Why is "FDA approved" being treated here as a boogeyman by the parent? Only because they assume that the original commenter said something untrue. The original commenter never said anything about supplements.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
    It is difficult to imagine what would be marketed over the internet like this that requires FDA approval and isn't at least a bit slimy. If there's something obvious thing that fits in that category that isn't, no one has mentioned it yet.
    - ebg13 7y ago
      > It is difficult to imagine what would be marketed over the internet like this that requires FDA approval and isn't at least a bit slimy Except that actually getting FDA approval suggests to me that it isn't slimy at all.
      - AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
        That depends, does marketing anti-depressants on TV count as slimy? I would say it does.