Posts Tagged ‘fda’

Do medicinal mushrooms have detoxification & antioxidant properties great enough to measure clinically?

Your Ad Here I’m thinking about adding various mushrooms to my daily supplement/herb regimen because of how good they are for your immune system and how you can take most of them long term safely. BUT I don’t want to take them if they also don’t have clinically proven, measurable antioxidant/detoxification properties to them (I [...]

Is there any regulation for green tea supplements?

Is there any regulation for green tea supplements? I’m doing a report on green tea supplements and wanted to know if a certain percentage of its chemical makeup has to be present in the supplement to call it a green tea supplement. Example: I don’t want to classify a green pill made of caffeine as [...]

Are Herbal supplements safe?

When I was in Whole Foods, I noticed a plethora of not only vitamin supplements, but supposedly all natural herbs and antioxidant supplements. Some examples include Acai/Blueberry/Cinnamon extract, goji berry, milk thistle, kava kava, saw palmetto, and antioxidant complex supplements, and the list goes on. How safe are these supplements? I have heard that they [...]

Vitamin supplements?

I just read recently that vitamin supplements aren’t approved by the FDA and aren’t required to be tested for safety. I was just wondering what the actual risks are of taking them since right now I am taking Men’s One A Day. Antioxidant Sites Should I Take Multi-Vitamin Health Supplements? Help Wanted: FDA Advisors, No [...]