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Are Supplements the New Snake Oil?

Are Supplements the New Snake Oil?

There is little guarantee that a dietary supplement will actually contain what is advertised on the packaging and not have undeclared contaminants. In one of my videos a few years ago, I talked about how press releases on the latest science coming out of even top medical centers were filled with overstatements and omissions. Medical journal press releases suffered from similar problems, and press releases from the drug companies were no different, filled with hype and exaggeration. What about press releases issued by the supplement industry? (I’m not even talking about supplement manufacturers...

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