Government Regulation and Supplement Industry

[chillin408]

This following is just my opinion, and it may be utterly false and inaccurate reasoning. The information may also be false and inaccurate, and everything in this post is for only for entertainment purposes.

Well, I think that the problem with giving the FDA anymore power is a high probability of supplements being banned all together.

It may sound appealing to ban bogus supplements claims, but the biggest fear I have is that along with banning such claims accompanies a total banning of what are now legal supplements. I would rather have it the way it is now than to be a criminal for purchasing a bottle that says creatine on the label without bogus claims made by the company.

If the government's main objective was to insure that food and drugs are pure, then why did the early 1900's pure food and drug act turn in to the unreasonable dictation of drugs that exists today.

I assume the FDA already does have many powers to regulate supplements since they have issued warning to supplement companies who make bars with glycerine without labeling them in accordance to FDA.

It could be that this who notion to "regulate supplements" is just a way to give the FDA whatever total power that they do not already posses.

 

[Handsome Pete]

caveat emptor.

I think this is a fascinating issue, and I have mixed feelings about it.

Personally, I think that my personal health has benefitted greatly as a result of deregulation of the supplement industry and the products I've had access to. However, I've also spent a great deal of time doing research to determine what supps are legit. Average Joe doesn't have time to do the research and thus can easily fall prey to slick marketing.

I think that the threat of litigation is enough to prevent companies from marketing truly dangerous supplements. If I were a manufacturer, I'd be much more fearful of a class-action lawsuit than government regulation.

In that sense, then, the supplement industry isn't totally "unregulated".