{"id":4472,"date":"2016-09-01T16:15:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2016-09-18T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T19:50:17","slug":"taking-supplements-is-like-charlie-brown-trying-to-kick-the-football-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"Taking Supplements Is Like Charlie Brown Trying To Kick The Football … Again."},"content":{"rendered":"
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All bottles of Chicago-based Ton Shen Health’s Life Rising DHZC-2 tablets were recalled last week after the FDA identified elevated levels of lead in product samples. (FDA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

FDA investigating high lead levels in supplements.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a quote; “I’m so surprised that there are high lead levels in dietary\u00a0supplements taken for better health,” said no one ever.<\/p>\n

How many reports have to come out about the irrelevance or outright harm that they can do? It doesn’t really seem to matter because\u00a0all the\u00a0Charlie Browns keep trying to kick the ball;\u00a0all\u00a0the Coyotes keep falling under the 2,000 ton anvil from Acme;\u00a0 and all the Elmer Fudds keep trying to catch that wascally wabbit.<\/p>\n

Taking supplements for your health may be cartoonish, but it’s not really funny because it keeps happening. People just keep purchasing bottles of whatever because it promises them\u00a0that it does whatever and there’s some beautiful woman with straight white teeth in the lotus position in\u00a0some Japanese garden with the sun slanting through sideways.<\/p>\n

Just stop. They are unregulated. That means that there’s no regulations. And THAT means that they can say crazy things on them like, “these things are great for you trust me” when they’re\u00a0actually irrelevant or harmful.<\/p>\n

Don’t kick the football. It’s not going to work this time either. #PillsAreForSickPeople<\/p>\n

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FDA investigating high lead levels in supplements.\u00a0 Here’s a quote; “I’m so surprised that there are high lead levels in dietary\u00a0supplements taken for better health,” said no one ever. 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