Supplement Regulation and Side Effects: Efforts to Suppress the Truth
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-08-22

How well are supplements regulated? There is little guarantee that a dietary supplement will actually contain what is advertised on the packaging and not have undeclared contaminants.

The video I mentioned is Spin Doctors: How the Media Reports on Medicine (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/spin-doctors-how-the-media-reports-on-medicine/).

I’ve covered the shady and unregulated nature of the supplement industry before. Check out:
• Dietary Supplement Snake Oil (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dietary-supplement-snake-oil/)
• Heavy Metals in Protein Powder Supplements (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/heavy-metals-in-protein-powder-supplements/)
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/some-dietary-supplements-may-be-more-than-a-waste-of-money/)
• Black Raspberry Supplements Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/black-raspberry-supplements-put-to-the-test/)
• Dangers of Dietary Supplement Deregulation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/dangers-of-dietary-supplement-deregulation/)

STAT is the medical journalism site I referred to. You can see it here (https://www.statnews.com/).

How well are supplements regulated? There is little guarantee that a dietary supplement will actually contain what is advertised on the packaging and not have undeclared contaminants.

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