date:Oct 15, 2018
safety is monitored by the same kind of adverse event reporting system that keeps track of medications after they are approved by the FDA, said Fabricant, who is a former director of the division of dietary supplement programs at the FDA.
Fabricant offered some advice on how to avoid tainted supplements.
There are some red flags, he said. If it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true. If it's promising great weight loss gains, or great strength gains or it says it's comparable t