Supplements are a booming business -- and they are not regulated by the FDA (because they are neither food nor drugs). There is lots of talk about the effectiveness of any given supplement but what about their safety? Are they doing you more harm than good?
"Of the more than 54,000 dietary supplement products in the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, only about a third have some level of safety and effectiveness that is supported by scientific evidence," says Consumer Reports.
And yet, reports from Nutrition Business Journal say the US spent $26.7 billion in 2009.
The key? Do your homework. Where are your supplements being manufactured? In the US? China? Mexico? Have there been rigorous scientific studies done?
And perhaps, lastly, if you are eating a varied and nutritionally dense, whole food based diet, do you really need supplementation???
For more information on real-food eating, check out the book In Defense of Food.
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