supplement skepticism

[razzle]

since this issue (how skeptical should we be about various claims made about all these supplements Atkins and others recommend) has been coming up a lot here this past week (and it's always somewhere in the back of my mind), I thought I'd post a new thread about it. I'm sure we've dealt with it before, too, and someone with more time this week could do a search and give the links to the best past conversations about the topic, perhaps. :)

Starting to do some research on line, I got some good hits searching internet for "supplements skeptical claims"--I'll fiddle with this some more next week when work calms down for me.

one site:

http://www.hcrc.org/

[doreen T]

Quackwatch.com (http://www.quackwatch.com/)

Supplementwatch.com (http://www.supplementwatch.com/index.asp)

Healthwell.com (http://www.healthwell.com/healthnotes/index/Supp_index.cfm) .. science-based information, and will state if research doesn't support the claims

Doreen

[tamarian]

Note that hcrc and quackwatch websites, while possibly informative :), they are not science based, but politically based. If the government said something, and research said something else, they'll go with the government. (including their views on low-carb) IMHO

Wa'il

[doreen T]

My thoughts exactly. However, for the sake of skeptical views, it's worth a look. ;)

Doreen