date:Oct 15, 2018
.S. laws allow a company to say anything it wants and it's up to the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission to stop it from saying it. In Canada the rules are different. Health Canada has to approve the claims that are on the label.
When it comes to supplements that promise to aid in weight loss, muscle gain or libido enhancement, it's the Wild West, said Dr. Lawrence Appel, director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions i