Jane Black
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Consumer Labs found that more than two-thirds of elderberry supplements sold on Amazon did not contain authentic elderberry at all.
According to a 2017 study, 20% of liver toxicity cases were tied to herbal and dietary supplements.
Marion says there are some supplements on the shelves that are maybe more trustworthy than others if they're marked with
An NSF or USP, that indicates that they've been third-party tested, that the supplements do contain the ingredients listed, and that the amounts are accurate and not at harmful levels.
Remember Frank, our supplement maker?
His supplements are NSF certified.
I mean, to be honest, that kind of surprised me.
I mean, Marian Nestle, woman of science, you would think would be rabidly anti-supplement.
Honestly, she's kind of like...
Do whatever you want, people.
Marion wrote the history on this.
She knows that even when people see the science, it rarely makes them throw out their supplements.
Yeah, we were surprised that some of the experts we talked to, experts who advocate for supplement regulation and are well aware of all of these problems,
They still take some supplements, too.
Yeah, but it's not necessarily because their ingredients actually do what they say they'll do.
Just cross your fingers, Jane.
Thank you so much, Marianne.
I'm feeling good about this.
I'm feeling really good.
Yeah, probably not.