Dietary Suspects: Extracting the Truth from Dietary Supplements with a Standardized Federal Testing Seal

By Nicholas A. Traver. 

Are you fatigued, lethargic, or forgetful? Do you find it difficult to lose weight? Would you like to reduce your odds of cancer or even reverse the signs of aging? Considering the variety of common ailments many face every day, how empowered would you feel if you could address these, all on your own, with products widely available off the shelf? Would you take a magic pill, powder, or liquid that intimated quick relief? “Wellness culture” is thriving, and chances are more than half of the readers of this Comment take at least one dietary supplement regularly. If this includes you, consider the following question: Do you really know what’s in your dietary supplement? Full Article.