Sarah Gonzalez
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The company was claiming that their product was clinically proven to improve memory.
And the FTC said, there's one clinical trial and it did not show their supplement improved memory.
So now the label just says Prevagen.
For your brain.
Nice.
They promised there.
And listen, maybe synthetic lab-made glowy fish stuff is one thing, right?
Like maybe that feels totally different from, say, fish oil or collagen or herbal supplements like turmeric pills.
But Melanie says even the ones that seem all-natural or super familiar may not be what you think.
It's an extract made by bathing the tea leaves in a solvent, usually ethanol, to extract a particular antioxidant called EGCG, which is all the rage among influencers.
But high concentrations of lab-processed green tea EGCG extract is linked to acute liver damage and sometimes death.
Yeah, you're probably not going to want to hear this next part.
So I have these gummies, vitamin C, adult gummies C is what they're called.
It's like a little treat.
It's like a gummy bear, except maybe there's some vitamin C in there.
Good nutrition?
Is that what you... So there's nothing really bad you buy?
Sick burn, Marion.
Sorry.
So, yeah, no vitamin supplements for this true legend.