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How Gingko and Ginseng May Actually Damage Your Health and Drain Your Wallet
Cooperman of Consumer Lab.com estimates that as many as 50 percent of herbal supplements have quality problems, such as too little or too much of the advertised ingredients, contamination by substances not listed on the label, or poor disintegration in the body, which prevents their absorption. Testing by some groups has found supplements contaminated with aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead.
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So they use weasel words like:"Supports the immune system:,which means nothing.
The billion dollar supplement industry has successfully lobbied their way out of any kind of accountability. The last big off the shelf inspection found that many of the supplements didn't even contain the drug it purported to contain. The FDA needs to crack down on these charlatans.
I totally agree.