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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside Vitamin D, there is not a lot of data supporting supplements. They are not regulated. You have no idea what you are actually getting. Eat a well-balanced diet with lots of fruits and vegetables.[/quote]

lol you have no idea what you are talking about. Like, pharma is “well regulated?” get out of here. [/quote]

Are you crazy? Yes, pharma is extremely tightly regulated. They can’t even do a clinical trial in the USA without scientific give regulatory review and approval let alone market anything.[/quote]

NP. Clearly you didn’t read Empire of Pain. It’s been pay to play for awhile, in many cases.

Re supplements: For 3 years I had hpv that wouldn’t clear, even after having leep. I started taking lysine for a year, and then magically the cells were cleared. So, we can say that supplements don’t work, or we can try them and re-test or see if symptoms improve. Or, we can say my experience was purely a placebo.

I agree with so many of you who are frustrated with care in perimenopause. [/quote]

Okay well your case of one who took a supplement for a year during which time an infection that tends to clear naturally cleared is definitely sound evidence that supplements work for HPV in a randomized controlled trial.

SMH.[/quote]

The problem is this I think - supplements can be effective for a number if conditions. The research on turmeric/curcumin, as an example, is pretty strong. But…the supplement industry really isn’t regulated, either in terms of approvals of products or in terms of manufacturing. Yes, there are problems with Pharma (and I’ve read Empire of Pain) but if it I take 20 mg of Lipitor I can be pretty confident that’s what I’m taking and the dosage amount is what it’s supposed to be. Supplements are a lot dicier. I saw a recent study of tests of a number of brands of melatonin and the dosage amounts were very different than represented, often way too high.

What I’d like to see is regulation of supplement manufacturing so it would be possible to feel more assured you are at least getting the product being sold in the dosage you think you are getting. Without that, I’m very cautious about taking supplements. I’ve tried things here and there for specific concerns but I mostly avoid them. [/quote]

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