Comment · Tue, July 18, 2023 · ND Owner
Independent Lab Testing Results Of Supplements On The Market
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 204 points
Hey everyone, I saw a new research study today that I wanted to bring up. It highlights why my main mission over the past 10 years has been to not only advance the lab testing and quality control standards of the industry, but also to educate consumers on what to look out for, and how things work in the background. We are all ingesting these products! We are putting them into our bodies, so it's crucial that companies selling them do everything necessary to ensure they are what they claim to be, and are pure and free from contaminants. That is unfortunately the vast exception to the rule. Many of you may remember my post about turkesterone results from last year.
That whole situation blew way up, and every jabroni on YouTube was making videos about it. Some were saying I was a liar and fraud, and just trying to sell products. Some were saying I was in for massive lawsuits. Most were just doing it to get their 5 minutes of attention on a controversial topic. Here we are are 13…
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RarageInTheGarage · 14 points
Moreover, the very existence of this industry is on the line. If the companies in this industry don't get their shit together, the governments of the world are going to step in... and none of us are going to like the outcome of that. That's the author Pieter Cohen's position on all this, that the government needs to step in.
I can't say I disagree with either your nor the author's opinions about gov't intervention. I just think if the FDA were bothered to get the resources to enforce cGMP and ISO certification label claims industry wide - which they are already delegated the authority to do so! - that'd be a pretty ideal solution, but I'm also too bitter and jaded to expect ideal solutions.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Truthfully, I think it's going to require a mixture of industry pressure and government intervention. I think it's going to be a middle ground between both stances. There are not enough resources in the FDA to go after all the bad actors. We need consumer pressure, industry change from within, and more government enforcement.