MANY VITAMINS FLUNK TESTING

Buyer Beware!

 

From MSNBC.com

 

MSNBC: Vitamins

Can Be Harmful

Nutrition:

The New Medicine?

Choosing

Supplements

 

"Normal" is

NOT HEALTHY

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BREAKING NEWS:

New York targets Walmart, Target, Walgreens and GNC for selling

deliberately misleading supplements with no active ingredients

GNC, NatureMade, Twin Labs, RiteAid, CVS and others named in lawsuit over PCBs in contaminated fish oil. FDA issues Hydroxycut Recall - deaths caused by Liver Damage.

Consumer Reports:

"Dirty Dozen"

12 herbs you should avoid.

Consumer Reports:

Is tap water safer than bottled water?

BeachBody's Shakeology found in violation of Prop 65 (lead contamination) for 3 years+. 

 

And they are not alone:

20% are mislabeled and/or contaminated.

New York Times reports: Herbal Supplements are often not what they seem. ConsumerLabs finds 31% of protein powders and drinks FLUNK quality tests. Popular ice creams have up to 68% more calories than listed on the label.