First it was fish, now it's supplements

gouf78
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:52:13 +0000

No,lergnom, I change my mind quite often given a decent reason. I take back that seemingly blanket statement–it wasn’t an end all. And it was maybe a new study with a very old conclusion.

Prescription drugs have to go through extensive testing but how great they are as to their effectiveness over cheaper herbal remedies is NOT studied. It’s simply too expensive and not worth the time for big pharma to do the studies without capital gain. You’ll probably never know if a cheaper or better herbal alternative exists unless you try it and it works for you personally. The study info will be “x company producing y at this time has a product that gave z results to w people”. You unfortunately are your own guinea pig.

Just like dietary changes that can make major changes in weight and metabolism I believe there are supplements that can make changes in cholesterol, blood pressure, weight and mood that improve health overall without taking prescription meds.

But not every manufacturer is the same. Like in gossip–consider the source.