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Are your Supplements Spiked?

[fa icon="calendar'] Oct 25, 2015 8:00:00 AM / by Dr. Isadora Guggenheim

GNC caught selling spiked supplements. We only partner with GMP companies.

Are your supplements spiked? Chances are they might be. GNC got caught selling spiked supplements with unnatural foreign drugs. The supplement industry is not regulated so consumers have to be extra careful. I partner with leaders in the industry who have GMP or good manufacturing processing and are manufactured in the U.S. They are tested by independent third party companies.

You want to read labels and see what is in it, where does it come from and where is it manufactured?

USA Today wrote a piece about GNC selling spiked supplements.
http://usat.ly/1LP8va4

According to the article, GNC "knowingly sold" fat burner supplements that contained picamilon - a prescription drug from Russia that is used to treat neurological conditions. GNC also sold weight-loss supplements that contained a synthetic amphetamine-like chemical called BMPEA or Beta-methylphenethylamine.

GNC is on the legal hot seat because of selling unlawful and unsafe ingredients from third party vendors.

 

Shareholders are not happy as the stock plunged 15%.

Buyer beware of supplements that contain unlawful ingredients, prescription drugs, or don't have stringent quality assurances of GMP manufacturing.

Another recent expose found that big box stores and well-known pharmacy chains were selling fake supplements. Over 50% of what was tested did not match the ingredient label. Consumers were spending big bucks on asparagus filler and wood pulp.

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Topics: Healthy Living

Isadora Guggenheim, ND, FNP, RN, MS, CNS, LMT, owner of Second Nature Naturopathic Care, LLC
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