FTC drops the supplement bomb
The Federal Trade Commission put the hammer down on supplement companies that make false claims on products, with fines totaling $25 million dollars.
The biggest hits were on the popular products: Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa.
All well known companies. All well known brands. Maybe even you have tried them based on the 'WOW' factor of the ad or commercial.
Nancy, and I and many others have long asked and educated our readers to be proactively conscious about what supplements they use. Its a jungle out there.
The biggest hits were on the popular products: Xenadrine EFX, One A Day Weight Smart, CortiSlim and TrimSpa.
All well known companies. All well known brands. Maybe even you have tried them based on the 'WOW' factor of the ad or commercial.
Nancy, and I and many others have long asked and educated our readers to be proactively conscious about what supplements they use. Its a jungle out there.
Labels: nutrition
posted by Comm's @ 3:05 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Outstanding! Good link, too. Thanks for posting that!
It's about time the government does something about it.
I'm a big naturalist when it comes to health. Iron Pol's weight loss supplement, air pills (otherwise known as shoveling less food down my throat).
I'm glad to see companies being held accountable to the truth. They can sell what they want (assuming they're safe). But if they're making false claims, that's unacceptable. Hopefully this will help people to see that their claims are simply playing to the Veruca Salt (I want it now) in all of us.
Great post!
Someday perhaps people will understand that there is no magic pill for weight loss. It took a long time to gain that weight and generally takes a while to get it back off.
A follow-up to Iron Pol & Spokane Al's comments: During the banter on a Canadian national morning show today in response to the news Comm's posted one of the personalities said, "We *know* there's no magic pill. We still *want* a magic pill."
I think it is very similar to many people going to the doctor and *wanting* to come away with a prescription. When the prescription is physiotherapy, exercise, or dietary I wonder how far the compliance rate drops ...
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