I’m Glad I’m Living in the 21st Century
Among other things, living in the 21st century means there are some standards in place for diet supplements. At least they don’t contain ingredients like this (click to enlarge): How common were such “supps?” Tough to say… according to Snopes.com: As unlikely as this must sound, there might be some reason to believe tapeworm diet pills were once marketed in the United States between 1900 and 1920. A number of...
Another Day, Another Adulterated Sex Supp
From today’s FDA press release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use Man Up Now capsules, marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, because they contain a variation of an active drug ingredient found in Viagra that can dangerously lower blood pressure. Man Up Now claims to be “herbal” and “all natural,” and consumers may mistakenly assume the product is harmless and poses no...
FTC Goes After Rexall-Sundown & NatureSmart Over DHA Deception
This is yet another case where front-of-package labeling was used to deceive consumers. The FTC charged NBTY, Inc. and two subsidiaries, NatureSmart LLC and Rexall Sundown, Inc., with making deceptive claims about the amount of DHA – an Omega-3 fatty acid – used in their line of Disney- and Marvel Heroes-licensed children’s multivitamin gummies and tablets. The companies also made unsupported claims that a daily serving of the...
What Do Sweet Foods Taste Like When You Can’t Taste Sweetness?
Salon.com’s Francis Lam decided to find out. He used Gymnema sylvestre – an herb used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat diabetes. Known as “Sugar Destroyer,” it can also alter the perception of sweetness when applied to the mouth/tongue. So what did Lam discover? Here’s a sample: Sugar: Like melting sand! The sensation of sugar crystals dissolving on the tongue with essentially no taste means we’re...
Supplement Ingredient or Drug?
Since I’ve been in e-book-land, I’ve fallen a bit behind the times w/respect to bodybuilding supps and ingredients. But I’m starting to make up for lost time… I’m currently working on a review of iForce Nutrition Maximize V2, which is a pre-workout stimulant product. While digging through the list of ingredients, I discovered something interesting about one of them, methyl synephrine, which is also an...
The Healthy Skeptic on Green Tea
Chris Woolston, “The Healthy Skeptic,” is a man after my own heart: someone who approaches claims with a skeptical eye, but is capable of evaluating them fairly. In today’s LA Times column, he provides an overview of green tea for weight loss. A sample: But even modest weight loss can be a positive step, says Arpita Basu, assistant professor of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Basu...
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