First it was fish, now it's supplements

garland
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:31:47 +0000

One of the disturbing aspects of this is the fact that so many have no or little of the intended ingredient, yet people are presumably buying them, and in many cases, presumably claiming that they work.

It’s an industry that makes either overt or hinted health claims, with no independent verification required. And people buy them, and buy into them, because it’s not Big Pharma (but it is Big Herbal, or Big Placebo). Not in all cases ,but in many.