Companies selling dietary supplements containing lead have convinced a California Superior Court judge that chemicals occurring naturally in foods do not count as chemical exposure for consumers and are exempt from Proposition 65’s warning label requirements. Continue reading
Category Archives: Dietary Supplmts.
Supplements exempt from Prop 65 rules in California
Posted in Dietary Supplmts., Precautionary principle
Research pours cold water on alleged benefits of sports products
Study reveals there is a ‘striking lack of evidence’ to back up claims made for trainers, drinks and supplements Continue reading
Ian Reid: Can calcium supplements cause heart disease?
People taking calcium supplements to mitigate their risk of developing bone disease (osteoporosis) may be doing more harm to their health than good. That’s because a growing body of research shows the supplements confer little benefit and increase the risk of developing heart disease. Continue reading
Calcium supplements ‘double risk of heart attack’, study finds
Doctors dispute results but advise people not to take supplements unless required for medical condition Continue reading
Posted in Dietary Supplmts., Health, Risk assessment
Josh Bloom: When Is a Drug a Drug?
“Dietary supplements” aren’t necessarily drug free or safe, let alone “nutritional.” Continue reading
Secret science: Researchers refuse to provide data in vitamin E-prostate cancer study
What does Dr. Eric Klein of the Cleveland Clinic have to hide? Continue reading
Posted in Dietary Supplmts.
Vitamin E increases prostate cancer risk?
Will a new study end vitamin E as a dietary supplement for men? Continue reading
Posted in Dietary Supplmts., Vitamin E
Multivitamins kill older women?
Will One A Day® make grandma have fewer days? Continue reading
Posted in Dietary Supplmts.
