Herbal Supplements

[monster]

Generally, avoid anything from China. There is apparently one reliable brand made in China, the rest ...not so much. As for whether it's a real or placebo effect ....who cares if it does what people want it to do? Given the state of the RX industry here, a properly produced official placebo would probably cost more anyway

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's not bullshit, it's of no use to the buying public. The purpose was prod the industry and FDA to get their shit together, not rat them out to the public, but once the press caught wind of it the study spread like wildfire, and most of the links I found didn't even have a rebuttal from the industry trade guy. Even he admits it's a problem in their industry, but claims it's small. If these were the sales leaders it's more than small.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by monster

Generally, avoid anything from China.

Nothing from China makes it past me in our house.

As a resident of the state where country ham is a religion, I was deeply distressed to learn that Smithfield was purchased by a Chinese concern. This is not disclosed on any label (that a non-US entity owns the company). It killed me to scratch one of my favorite brands off the list - and, since its a "Virginia" company, many grocery stores here sell mostly Smithfield.

Google "concerns about pork from China" sometime. On an empty stomach.

Now if China was shipping some of its local pork to the US and shipping some of its US pork to China, who would know?