FDA Sued Over Qualified Health Claims
I’ll be curious to see how this one plays out… The Food and Drug Administration is being sued. (Not for the first time.) This time, it’s by supplement companies who don’t like the way the agency denies or waters down the “qualified health claims” they can put on their wares. …You can see why the companies don’t like the way the FDA alters the qualified claims they allow. One claim cited...
Oops, They Did it Again…
Hell will freeze over before I shed any tears for Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals. The company and its execs just don’t seem to “get” that producing questionable supplements, making deceptive claims and committing outright felonies might not be the best way to run a business. The latest problem? Supps adulterated with prescription drugs. [Posted 06/19/2009] FDA and Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals notified patients and healthcare...
“I Love it When They Take the Time to Learn a Little About Us First”
That’s what Paul wrote on the e-mail he forwarded to me this morning. He was being sarcastic, of course, but I could hardly blame him. Here’s the message he received: I would like to introduce UltimateFatBurner.com, and your valued customers, to Cellulean, the most effective Active Cellulite Solution on the market. I believe Cellulean is a perfect complimentary product to be utilized with all your weight loss and fat...
A Supplement for Summer
Nice little article from “The Healthy Skeptic” on a supplement called “Heliocare”, which is a photoprotective extract from Polypodium leucotomos. No supplement could ever replace the need for sunscreen, but the idea of sun protection in a pill isn’t as far-fetched as it may sound, says Dr. John Murray, a professor of medicine in the dermatology department at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham,...
Where Did the Clenbuterol Come From?
According to this Orange County Register review of the case, it’s a mystery… World-record-setting swimmer Jessica Hardy kept a decidedly low profile in the months after a positive drug test knocked her out of the 2008 Olympic Games. Neither Hardy nor her family spoke publicly about the case in which the Orange native was banned from competing for two years after testing positive for clenbuterol. Which is why Hardy said she...
Who’s Telling The Truth? The Explosion Of Supplement “Review” Sites On The Net
I published this article in a recent newsletter. It is of sufficient importance that it warrants a reprint, here on the blog. Enjoy! Just a few years back, I could count the number of prominent web sites entirely dedicated to reviewing supplements on one hand. Now, a search for just about any product – especially those dedicated to weight loss – brings up dozens of sites. Many have names like “consumer-something or...
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