The supplement industry There are a tiny handful of supplements with evidence for efficacy. The vast majority either don't work or have no evidence of working, but that doesn't stop a huge industry (largely pharma-owned) from making 100s of billions yearly
The supplement industry There are a tiny handful of supplements with evidence for efficacy. The vast majority either don't work or have no evidence of working, but that doesn't stop a huge industry (largely pharma-owned) from making 100s of billions yearly
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@GidMK Which is why many alternative health care providers (functional doctors etc) produce their own because of this quality issue - then they are called grifters - laugh a minute for those obsessed with allopathic toxic medicines
@GidMK I genuinely believe that most of the supplement industry is good faith, but inaccurate. But good faith, I do think most just start from solving their own issues realising/thinking they found the ‘cure’ and want to share that with people in similar positions? Idk
@GidMK Many supplements are composed of equal parts of beach sand & lawn clippings.
@GidMK Which supplement industry are we talking about? The US? It’s wildly unregulated and companies get away with making wildly false claims of what their products do. In Canada? It’s regulated too much, but to receive an NPN you need to prove the product, it’s purpose, it works