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>>> HOSPITALS SELL THEM, DOCKS
RECOMMEND THEM BUT DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS ARE LARGELY
UNDER-REGULATED AND CAN BE
DANGEROUS AND IN SOME CASES
DANGEROUS WITH HELP OF A
INDEPENDENT GROUP OF DIETARY
SUPPLEMENT RESEARCHER, CONSUMER
REPORTS HAS IDENTIFIED 15 WIDELY
AVAILABLE SUPPLEMENT INGREDIENTS
THAT ARE POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AND
CARRY SEVERE MEDICAL RISKS.
CONSUMER REPORTS BEST BUY DRUGS
DEPUTY CONTENT EDITOR LISA GILL
JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT THE
DANGEROUS SUPPLEMENT
INGREDIENTSES WILL SOME I'VEER
ALTERNATIVES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I WANT TO START BY ASKING, HOW
BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS?
>>> A RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORT
TELLS US OVER 6,000 PEOPLE HAVE
HAD SOME SORT OF TROUBLE.
THEY HAVE HAD MEDICAL INJURIES,
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN DIED AS A
RESULT OF TAKING SUPPLEMENTSES.
IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
>>> HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO REACH
STORE SHELVES?
>>> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO
FDA OVERSIGHT IN THE SAME WAY
THAT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE
REGULATED.
MANUFACTURE EVER CAN BASICALLY
CREATE A PRODUCT, THEY DO NOT
NEED TO PROVE WHAT THEY'RE
SELLING THAT THEY SAY THEY'RE
SELLING IS IN THE BODEL --
BOTTLE.
WHEN YOU GO TO PURCHASE ONE OF
THESE PRODUCTS, YOU'RE ON YOUR
OWN.
>>> THAT IS REALLY FRIGHTENING
BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THERE ARE
SEVERAL BOTTLES IN OUR HOUSEHOLD
RIGHT NOW AND I'M SURE THE
PEOPLE WATCHING IT IS THE ACT
SAME THING.
I KNOW THERE ARE 15,000 DIETARY
SUPPLEMENT MANUFACTURERS OUT
THERE.
YOU DID THIS BIG
INVESTIGATIONING INTO THESE
INGREEDIENTS COMMONLY FOUND IN
THESE SUPPLEMENTS AND THERE ARE
SOME THAT YOU GUYS FOUND SHOULD
BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS TELL EME
WHAT THEY ARE.
>>> A LIST OF 15 AVAILABLE FOR
FREE, BUT I'LL GIVE A FEW, THAT
INCLUDES RED YEAST RICE, KAVA,
YOHIMBE, GREEN TEA EXTRACT,
ASSOCIATED WITH SOME SERIOUS
RISK.
A FEW OF THEM HAVE BEEN PUT YOU
AT RISK FOR KIDNEY FAILURE OR
LIVER FAILURE SOME MAY HAVE BEEN
IMI IMPLICATED IN SOME DEATHS.
SOME HEART PROBLEM, HEART
PROBLEM, ANXIETY ATTACKS AND
OTHER SERIOUS CONDITIONS.
>> YOU'RE FINDING THESE INSIDE
OF PRODUCTS WE FIND ALL OVER THE
PLACE, WAL-MART COSTCO, CVS.
ANY TIME YOU WALK INTO A GROCERY
STORE AS WELL.
>>> THERE ARE OVER 9 US TO
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON DRUGSTORE
SHELFS AND ON THE INTERNET TODAY
WHICH IS A HUGE EXPLOSION IN THE
LAST TWO DECADES.
WE ALSO SENT OUT SECRET SHOPPERS
JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO PURCHASE ONE OF THESE
AND FOUND AN ALARMING LACK OF
INFORMATION AMONGST SALES STAFF
INCLUDING PLACES LIKE GNC WHERE
YOU WOULD EXPECT MORE
INFORMATION TO COME OUT.
CVS, COSTCO, MANY DID NOT THE
SAFETY INFORMATION OR CONCERNS
ABOUT OTHER MEDICATIONS TAKING
OTHER OTHER CONDITIONS OUR
SECRET SHOPPERS MIGHT HAVE HAD.
YOU REALLY ARE ON YOUR OWN.
>>> THIS IS REALLY ALARMING, SO
YOU DID COME UP WITH SOME OTHER
ALTERNATIVES AND THINGS PEOPLE
CAN DO IN PLACE OF TAKING SOME
OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT MANY
CLAIM TO TREAT THINGS LIKE JOINT
PAIN OR INSOMNIA MAYBE ANXIETY
OR DEPRESSION, THESE SHOULD GET
YOU TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE NOT
THE DRUGSTORE TRYING TO FIND
SOME CHEAP QUICK CURE.
THESE CAN BE INDICATIVE OF MORE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE CHAMPLE FOR
JOINT PAIN, FISH OIL, ARE THREE
COMMON SUPPLEMENTS THAT PEOPLE
PURCHASE TRYING TO REDUCE
INFLAMMATION IN THEIR JOINTS,
BUT RESEARCH TELLS US THAT
ACTUALLY EXERCISE IS MORE
EFFECTIVE OR CAN BE EQUALLY AS
EFFECTIVE THAN ALL THREE OF
THOSE THINGS.
AND PUTS YOU AT NO RISK OF
HAVING A SUPPLEMENT PROBLEM OR
INTERACTION EXERCISE IS BETTER
IN MOST CASES THAN COMMON
OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN RELIEVERS
LIKE ADVIL, ALLEVE.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US, WANTED TO MENTION TO
ETCH AT HOME TO PREVENT AND CURE
COLDS IS BETTER JUST TO SKIP THE
ECHINACEA AND VITAMIN C AND JUST
WASH YOUR HANDS REGULARLY, WHICH