Totally different issue. To sell a drug, you need to demonstrate therapeutic effectiveness. Someone demonstrated that beta blockers lower blood pressure, for e

Totally different issue. To sell a drug, you need to demonstrate therapeutic effectiveness. Someone demonstrated that beta blockers lower blood pressure, for example. But I can sell a jar of bone meal mixed some ramen chicken flavor, and say that cavemen ate soup made with bone broth, and some people have reported developing caveman strength by consuming bone broth. The loophole is that products have dual use or traditional use. For example, isopropyl alcohol isn’t a regulated “pesticide” for disinfecting surfaces because it predates the regulatory process. Or honey can help with a cough, but you can’t label honey as a cough suppressant. Scammers abuse that loophole.