Posted 23 August 2017
A recent article in Business Insider is an encouraging sign that skepticism about the supplement industry is starting to go mainstream. The article hits all the main points – the supplement industry in the US is now $37 billion, is largely unregulated, and their products are largely worthless, make unfounded claims, and may even be harmful.They correctly point out the key factor that made the supplement industry go from bad to terrible:
“We’re regulating that with 26 people and a budget of $5 million,” [FDA spokesperson] Tave said.
Continue reading this insightful article by Steven Novella posted to Science Based Medicine on August 16, 2017
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