Supplement scams.(MEMO FROM MFJ)
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Publication Title: Nutrition Action Healthletter
Format: Online
Author: Jacobson, Michael F.

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Dietary supplements are as popular--and notorious--now as patent medicines were 100 years ago. Alleged panaceas in the form of vitamins, herbs, enzymes, extracts, and amino acids are offered for a weak immune system, digestive disorders, failing memory,lethargy, obesity, and almost every other imaginable malady. In 2006, Americans spent an estimated $22 billion on dietary supplements, according to Nutrition Business Journal.

Our article on page 9 exposes a few of the imaginative marketing gimmicks that supplement makers...



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