{"id":2203,"date":"2010-12-17T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/really-expensive-pee-buyer-beware.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:18:07","slug":"really-expensive-pee-buyer-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2203","title":{"rendered":"Really Expensive Pee: Buyer Beware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dietary Supplements (a.k.a., “really expensive pee”) are so commonly spiked with ingredients that aren’t even on the label, that the FDA has put them on notice. <\/span><\/p>\n

(please forward this to anyone who takes “really expensive pee”)<\/span> \"Bookmark<\/a> <\/span>
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Here’s the problem.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Over 300 cases of those supplements that you buy because you want to get all healthy, shopping in the, quote, health food store for pills that have skinny smiling people sitting in the lotus position beside a screen-shot of a water fall, sunset, Buddha or something … over 300 incidents of product adulteration have been flagged by the FDA.  <\/span><\/div>\n
And those are the only ones they know about. <\/span><\/div>\n
Are these tainted pills bad for you? What do you think? The FDA has received reports on well over 100 products that have led to serious injuries, even deaths. The dead people never made it onto the packaging label. <\/span><\/div>\n
Listen To This<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
“<\/span>These tainted products can cause serious adverse effects, including strokes, organ failure and death<\/i>,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
So the FDA is going to the 5 major trade associations that sell the expensive pee, to inform them that it is “<\/span>their legal obligations and their responsibility to prevent tainted products from reaching the US market<\/i>.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>The FDA’s own laboratory tests revealed a variety of undeclared active ingredients in products sold as dietary supplements like <\/span>anticoagulants<\/b><\/i>, drugs that prevent blood from clotting and <\/span>nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs<\/b><\/i> or NSAIDS, that prevent inflammation and pain. They also found supplements that contained <\/span>active drugs <\/span>that had been taken off the market <\/b><\/i>as a safety precaution.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The Bottom Line<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner, FDA says it’s buyer beware. “<\/span>We want consumers to be aware that there are products masquerading as dietary supplements but pose significant dangers. Warning signs include products that claim to be alternatives to FDA approved drugs, products marketed primarily in a foreign language, marketed though mass E-mails, or sexual enhancers that boast rapid affects<\/i>.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Need a rule to follow?<\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Pills are for sick people. Your best nutrition comes from your food. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

 For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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