Marion Nestle

It's a hormone that you get from exposure to the sun.

I wouldn't take it because I don't know what's in those packages.

What it says on the label is not what's in the package.

Your turmeric supplement may or may not have turmeric in it.

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't have to have in it what it says on it.

But nobody has the resources to check and see whether those supplements have in them what it says on the label unless somebody sues the company.

If there's no lawsuit involved, there's nobody minding the store.

No, that will be accurate.

lead, arsenic, or other heavy metals.

This is true of every supplement.

Well, maybe not every, but... I can't think of a single supplement...

that Consumer Lab has investigated where it hasn't found wide variation.

Some of them are harmful, and that's a problem.

But most of them are not particularly harmful.

So there's a little risk, but it's not a big risk.

You know, this is like religion.

You don't argue with people about religion.

There's no evidence that they make healthy people healthier.

But if people believe that these things are doing them good, I'm not going to argue with that.