Clicker Beware:
Six Warnings if you Buy Supplements Online
March 2, 2015
If you're buying herbal or other dietary supplements, the Internet is a dicey place to shop, according to David Schardt, senior nutritionist at the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest.
In the March issue of the group's Nutrition Action Healthletter, Schardt identifies six things that people shopping for supplements online should be wary of.
"Dietary supplements are all too often deceptively marketed, ineffective, and loosely regulated, even when it comes to the pills sold at major brick-and-mortar retailers," Schardt said. "Online, fly-by-night supplement sellers operate with even less scrutiny from regulators, propping up fake stories on fake news sites citing fake testimonials. The charges that will hit your credit card, however, are real."
Three of the six ruses that Nutrition Action flags are:
The full article is here. Nutrition Action Healthletter has about 900,000 subscribers in the U.S. and Canada and is advertising-free. Print and electronic subscriptions are available at NutritionAction.com.
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