Supplements: No Benefits?

The opinion piece in the journal article was titled “The Supplement Paradox: Negligible Benefits, Robust Consumption” (1). The author is a well-respected physician who has written often about what he feels are the problems in the dietary supplement industry. He used the article I talked about Tuesday as a basis for his latest thoughts. Why would supplement use stay the same when research demonstrates that there are little to no benefits?

He raised three points. First, he suggests that people haven’t heard about the negative studies. I would debate that based on the questions I get about science . . .

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