Be aware of dietary supplement knockoffs. A “knockoff” is defined as a cheaper copy of an expensive and/or popular product in other words, a fake or counterfeit. Buyers, looking for a good deal, can’t believe their luck finding what they want at a price that’s almost...
The FDA seizes $1.3M worth of Kratom included in dietary supplements alongside bulk dietary ingredients also containing Kratom. The Food and Drugs Administration’s announcement that U.S. Marshals seized dietary supplements containing kratom ignited a war of...
When it comes to cutting-edge ingredients, sports nutrition has a history of having questionable and sketchy ingredients in dietary supplements. Prohormones, 1,3-dimethyamylamine (DMAA) and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are infamous examples of...
This week the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) republishes an import alert for Kratom, providing guidance to its field personnel to detain dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients at U.S. borders. Also known as Mitragyna speciosa, kratom is a...
A number of weight loss and sports supplements were found to contain cocktails of banned and unapproved stimulants, including one dangerous stimulant FDA ordered manufacturers to stop using years ago. According to a study by Pieter Cohen, MD, of Harvard Medical School...
