Question:
What do you think? Which supplement brands are real and safe?
Which are fake and dangerous? Thanks!
I am asking because of this article:
If you’re like millions of health-conscious people, you probably take handfuls of supplements hoping they’ll boost your energy, sharpen your mind, and help you feel and look your best.
But what if those pills and powders aren’t actually helping you at all? Or worse, what if they’re undermining your health while they’re draining your wallet?
Groundbreaking new research reveals an uncomfortable truth.
Answer:
Hi John,
Without even reading the article, and the advertising of a brand that will surely be part of it, I can tell you I agree, for three reasons:
1. Generally speaking, about 85% of supplements on the market that are accurately tested for quality and accuracy fail. In other words, what the label says and what is actually in the bottle is accurate about 15% of the time. This has been proven many times over in the supplement market. It used to be proven in Canada before the govt. closed down taxpayer funded testing facilities about 20+ years ago.
This is the main reason I have used Nature’s Sunshine Products (NSP) since 1985, and used them as my primary source since about 1995. In the more than 10 years both before and after 1985, I used multiple brands, including those only available to professionals, such as Standard Process, Attogram, American BioTech Lab, and Nutri Pro. NSP achieved better results, were easier to access, and more affordable.
2. Having visited the NSP Research & Development labs; seen their Quality testing equipment in action; toured the Production plant and warehouse; plus meeting with Quality Control scientists, I understand the efforts and expense to produce in house quality supplements.
The Utah facility produces the products for every country that sells NSP in the world, meeting the regulations for each specific country, as no other country could afford this equipment and expertise.
3. As a professional educator and consultant, I have been fortunate to witness the healing power of QUALITY supplements since 1985.
As an aside, I am not a huge fan of vitamins and mineral supplements from any company. I prefer to get my vitamins and minerals naturally from herbs, which are the powerhouse of vitamins and minerals, in the natural form:
- From Nature to us.
- Not through isolation, identification, or reproduction or pharma processing, but as the whole plant, with its full spectrum of nutrients preserved by picking at the peak, drying or extracting at the right time, right temperature and humidity, and proper storage – all things NSP tests for, to name a few of the 600+ tests.
- IF YOU would like a chart of the vitamins & minerals contained in herbs, please just email me: Lorene@NaturalPathRemedies.com
Then there is the whole question – is there really scientific proof of vitamins and minerals? Or are they a story somewhat akin to the Covid “virus”? i.e. models of what people think they are? I know there is SOMETHING healing in herbs, but is it really vitamins & minerals, or is it energy, frequency, quantum physics…….? But that is the topic for another time.
I have 4 previous posts on Quality, which can be found here:
https://www.naturalpathremedies.com/blog/?s=nsp+quality.
The first one Quality by Design has a 3 min. video which expands on what i have said.
To your health!