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It always does.

Source?

I think that would be an excellent idea. I know of at least one supplement company that sends their products out to an independent testing facility to ensure the products are up to snuff. If I had to take a supplement I would more than likely use one of theirs.

Again, this is not about prescription drugs.

I am not asking for prescription requirements for supplements. I was jus trying to add on to what another poster had said. What I am saying is that I believe there needs some better regulations over the companies that do make the supplements so what a consumer is getting what they actually are paying for and better…

Has your friend fully recovered?

I agree. I think that is a big problem in the supplement industry.

I think it would depend on the age we are defining child as. Someone who is 14-18 I'm sure could find their way to the emergency room or urgent care. As for the younger children ( I'm just speculating here) were maybe unsupervised when the room what ever supplement it was and then the parents had to take them to the ER.

I can understand where you are coming from.

This thread is not about prescription medications. That is a topic for another thread.

I didn't realize I was kick starting an awareness campaign? Last I checked all I was doing was providing interesting information and studies to people on a calorie counting website. I wish people would be more educated about supplements and wish there was more regulations involved. I'm pretty sure that's all I've said, not…

I use beer for pulled pork: 1 pork shoulder (6ish pounds) 2 bottles of beer ( I used brown ales) 1 bottle BBQ sauce crock pot and throw in some garlic or herbs of choice Cook in crock pot for 6-8 hours, then shred the pork and put back in the crock pot after draining beer out. Add the BBQ sauce and cook for another 2…

Lesson learned :)

Yikes- I hope you are doing well after that.

Now I feel stupid :D

I actually wondered the same thing and tried to find information based on that, but couldn't. It wouldn't surprise me though if there are more cases of adverse reactions but people chose to see their primary care instead. But I have no stats to prove it.

I believe most European countries require a prescription for supplements also.

Can you post the link? When I google no articles can be found?

Who knows. But people are starting to pay attention now that new research has started to come out and that's a good sign.

Now I want live wire with sugar, I blame you! Kidding. But I agree the ones made with real sugar taste better to me at least. I can't get behind Diet mountain Dew though. I've tried and failed.

It depends honestly on your diet. IF you are getting a wide variety of fruits, veggies and whole foods you may not be deficient in something. But if you aren't getting those different foods in you could very well be deficient in something. when you are making food, look at the labels and look at the micro nutrition portion…

Agreed. And also can go hand in hand with using a regulatory body ensuring the safety of medications.

If thats your plan then fine, but lets say hypothetically, someone is taking Vit D which is a fat soluble vitamin, and they are overdosing themselves because they don't need to take it. They can cause a buildup of calcium in your blood (hypercalcemia), which can cause poor appetite, nausea and vomiting. Weakness, frequent…

Did I say with a prescription? But its a waste of money to take Vitamin C if you already getting enough from your diet. You will be flushing your money down the toilet, literally considering it is a water soluble vitamin. If that's what you want to do, I'm not going to stop you.

The using fillers and not listed ingredients in the supplements? I'm pretty sure it is, but there isn't really a regulatory body overseeing supplements so the suppliers can kind of do as they see fit unfortunately.

There are a lot of things that can cause acid erosion... It's not always soda. http://www.dental-professional.com/Conditions_AcidErosion.aspx

This is what I find also. I'm not a huge fan of the flavor of diet soda. Esp Diet Mountain Dew. I wan tto know what villain thought that one up.

Only take supplements when someone is actually deficient in something ( I mentioned this in the OP), education for people looking for quick fixes, and possible get some sort of regulatory body involved to ensure that that is listed as ingredients is actually in the supplement.…

Yes, that is what this thread is about.

MY only concern with your article is this: An allergic reaction is not something that is always preventable and can't be predicted. In any case, this thread is about supplements which are not regulated by the FDA not prescribed medications.