A bit dicey...
.<br />New to the supplements industry is forskolin extract, said to help increase energy and metabolism to burn fat.<br /><br />This Nature is Best brand offers a daily 250 mg serving (2 capsules) of standardized 20% forskolin extract. The two capsules are taken one each, 30 minutes before a meal. The 60 capsule bottle lasts 30 days.<br /><br />Like so many manufacturers of supplements, Nature is Best makes what I would call some inflated claims. For example:<br /><br />  *This brand offers &#34;the best and purest 100% Forskolin available in the market.&#34; Maybe, maybe not.<br />  *The product description calls this supplement a &#34;premium formula,&#34; but there is no formula here, just an herbal supplement.<br />  *The product description refers to &#34;Nature's Best 125mg 20% standardized Forskolin.&#34; First, a serving actually is 250mg (divided into two doses). Second, the name of the manufacturer is not Nature's Best, but &#34;Nature is Best.&#34; Nature's Best is a mega-wholesaler of whole foods that likely wouldn't appreciate this confusing description.<br />  *While they're usually just humorous, product descriptions written by persons for whom English is not a native language (or for whom high school English class was an occasion for napping) can cause confusion. Like this one: &#34;APPROVED BY THE EXPERTS---This amazing dietary supplement is made in the USA in top Utah laboratory and it is approved by FDA.&#34; The writer apparently intended to say that the facility in which the supplement is manufactured, not the supplement itself, is FDA approved. This is an important distinction. The FDA neither reviews nor approves supplements. I would like to think this particular product description is a syntactical error, rather than a flat-out attempt to deceive.<br /><br />Regarding that last concern,I erred in ordering this brand because it doesn't meet a hard-and-fast rule I have for every supplement I ingest--production in a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)-certified facility. While this brand might be produced in an &#34;FDA certified&#34; facility, it says nothing about a GMP certification. Perhaps worse is that it makes no mention of third-party testing, which has become a gold standard for supplements in the U.S.<br /><br />Having said all that, I will say that this product does help me with cravings and appetite control. Notice that I said it &#34;helps me,&#34; not that it does it &#34;for me.&#34; It's a tool in my arsenal against a lifelong tendency to overeat. For that I'm giving it three stars. But I won't be reordering it because of the dicey product description and apparent lack of GMP certification.<br /><br />I recommend shopping around.
Rating: 3 stars