Posted on 4/20/2015
by Dr. den Boer
Categories: supplements
Tim Minchin is a clever man. In the pictured quote, he’s trying to shed some clarity on the notoriously controversial world of alternative medicine. It all seems very obvious; what works, works. What doesn’t work, doesn’t work.
However, I would argue that Mr. Minchin is laboring under a false assumption about medicine....
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Posted on 3/31/2015
by Dr. den Boer
Categories: budget, supplements, vitamins
When staring down bottle labels at the pharmacy, how do you determine which supplement is the best? This is a question we often get from patients, and clearly, checking each supplement for the diligent quality control steps mentioned in our last article (insert link) is a difficult task for the average consumer! Even doctors and other healthcare practitioners often balk at the task; naturally, they may prefer to spend their time researching which herbs or formulas are likely to be effective in the first place rather than worrying about manufacturing procedures or product purity. Unfortunately, without strong government oversight in the industry, the burden is upon the consumer (you!) to find trusted brands and/or trusted doctors and retailers that watch out for your health and safety....
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Posted on 3/13/2015
by Dr. den Boer
Categories: supplements, vitamins
In our last
post, we learned about the very poor state of the American supplement and nutraceutical industry, as well as some of the underlying quality issues with the largely unregulated industry. Now that we’re able to better identify poor quality supplements, how do we detect “good” quality supplements? What is involved in making a supplement of the utmost efficacy and consumer confidence?
Let’s answer the latter question first with an example....
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Posted on 2/20/2015
by Dr. den Boer
In a follow-up to their
article about the New York supplement withdrawals, the New York Times published another
article detailing exactly what the Attorney General’s lab tests found....
Posted on 2/9/2015
by Dr. Adrian den Boer
Categories: supplements
On Monday, February 2, 2015, the
New York Times reported that the New York Attorney General ordered several major retailers - including Walmart, Walgreen’s, Target, and GNC - to remove a wide variety of herbal supplements from their shelves after finding that almost none of them contained ingredients claimed on the label...