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Originally Posted by Alice  ADA aside, there needs to be some protection of people who throw money into hope. It's my personal option to wait and review research and testing before giving someone my money. I find fault with ADA for many things (lack of public education for one...related to my issue with supplements)... but they are at least a body working, with all their faults, toward filtering some of this mis-information that permeates our community.
Those that say they benefit from a supplement are also using other methods that can reduce glucose...such as meds, exercise & diet.
To say that a supplement has magically reduced someones glucose level is very misleading and dangerous.
But, in the US, people can hand their money to whatever hope they wish for...
Diet supplements, muscle-building supplements...I think it's a cagey business. My opinion...but I have a hard time watching these forums fill up (not just DF) with ads for supplements via postings. Not suggesting that's what the original poster is doing, but without expressing my opinion on the lack of regulation, a lot of people only get the "sell"...not the caution. |
I don't think anyone can be quick to judge unless they have tried something and it did not work. To spend $10.00 on a supplement to see if it works and the claims are true or false is something after getting as much information as I can I think myself and others have the right to do.
My goodness what happens if something actually works will you continue to deny it or wait for the FDA to okay it in 10 years?
They okayed saccharin and what happened there? And what about thalidomide?
