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Artefacts Concept I [Maca Goji B12 D2] is a bespoke supplement formulated using a unique combination of adaptogens and vitamins to provide a strengthening, enriching complement to our modern lives. Maca root from the Peruvian Andes and goji berries from Northern China form the anchor ingredients. Gojis protective, stabilising nature forms the supplements baseline, whilst the potent and versatile maca improves lifestyle dynamics, cognitive capacity and resilience, and Vitamins D2 and B12 are included to supplement dietary deficiencies. Made in Britain, the line is vegan and vegetarian friendly.

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Looking for a unique pre-workout or protein supplement? An ISU student-founded company offers unique products that may enhance the benefits of exercise.

A year ago, Devin Wilmott, senior in kinesiology and health, and Greg Arciniegas, senior in kinesiology exercise science, along with two other business partners, started their own nutritional supplement company, I Conquer Everything "I.C.E." Labs Nutritional Supplements.

The team of personal trainersWilmott at Train with Dev, her own online training business, and at AFP Training Studio, and Arciniegas at Premier Athlete Traininghad worked with supplements in the past and knew that many people could benefit fromthem collaborating.

After initially deciding to start the business in March 2016, the team beganrigorous planning to create and sell three different products a protein formula in two flavors and a pre-workout formula.

With the help of a pharmacist, the team created its own unique formula that offers various benefits beyond what a typical protein supplement offers, Arciniegas said.

"All four of us sat down and looked at the best products on the market that we have taken or that we've recommended to clients, and took pieces of ingredients from products that we all liked, and made a [combined] formula," Wilmott said.

The product offers more than just protein, with the addition of extra ingredients such as a higher dose of digestive enzymes than most other protein supplements, Arciniegas said.

By going above and beyond a typical protein supplement, they knew they could potentially lose money compared to other companies that offered separate products for each marketable benefit. However, they decided that offering a unique all-in-one formula made more sense for their customers, Wilmott said.

Our supplements are safe for anyone to take. You could do nothing and take protein protein is obviously a part of [everyday] nutrition," Arciniegas said. "But if youre working out and breaking down muscle, the [extra] protein is going to benefit you more because its going to help you build that muscle back bigger and stronger.

The formula for their protein supplement is a metabolic-enhancing formula that helps individuals recover after a workout, whether the goal is to gain muscle or lose fat.

"Basically what [metabolic-enhancing formulas] do is help you lean out the ingredients in the formula make you use your body fat energy,"Arciniegas said.

When starting their pre-workout product, Wilmott recommends beginners use a half scoop before a workout and work up to the full recommended dosage.

"Pre-workouts are tricky because they affect everybody different," she said.

For example, the beta alanine in the product may make some people feel a tingling sensation, while others may not feel it at all,Arciniegas said.

Both of the CEOs highly recommend that individuals do their own research before buying and starting supplements to know which ones are right for them.

They also recommend researching to avoid taking supplements that contain ingredients that are banned or that are simply fillers in the product.

In order to ensure quality within its own products, the I.C.E. team is currently in the process of getting its products third-party tested to prove label accuracy, and made sure to visit its manufacturing plant personallyto make sure it was up to its standards.

The manufacturing plant that the team chose is both NSF certified, which is a third-party health and safety certification that ensures quality in food-related products, and GMP, Good Manufacturing Practices, certified, which ensures that a product is produced following quality standards.

"If you're going to make an investment, you have to be smart about it," she said. The CEOs researched, analyzed trials and studies that have been done on the ingredients and visited the manufacturing plant to make sure everything was top quality before releasing their products.

Focusing on ensuring high-quality products, offering unique formulas and going above and beyond to create a strong brand has allowed I.C.E. to differentiate themselves from other supplement companies in the market.

"We want to build trust with our customers, and trust with our clients, and also accountability. We're not going to tell you that this product is going to change your life; we're not going to tell you that this product is going to make you lose weight or gain muscle, we're going to tell you that it's going to help," Wilmott said. "Supplements are to supplement what you're already doing. If you put in the work, our supplements can and will help you. If you don't put in the work, and you take our supplements, it will not help you,"

The company sells its products in two, soon-to-be three, retail locations, including AI Supplements in Ames, and online with international shipping as well as domestic.

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Day 1, Season 1. The fighters check out the gym. Theyre impressed. They check out the house. Theyre even more impressed.

And the place is well-stocked with alcohol. The producers thought of everything.

Almost.

They didnt realize how much food 16 fighters can put down, Kenny Florian said. I think they ran out of food the first day. They didnt realize how big of an order we needed as far as food, supplements and all that stuff.

And the cast had little idea what was to come. They reveled to all hours of the night, then got a 5 a.m. wakeup from coaches Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.

What that brutal wakeup call made clear was that the reality of The Ultimate Fighter wasnt just about the house. The antics of confined men alone wouldnt distinguish the show from The Real World, Big Brother or other reality-show knockoffs. The TUF reality is the collision of an unsupervised house with the disciplined atmosphere at the gym.

The tone was set right away in TUF 1 with a brutal test of endurance in the training center. Liddell admonished fighters not to beat each other up too much, but they wouldve been too exhausted from the cardio workouts to inflict too much damage on each other, anyway.

Dana White, not yet burdened by the murderous travel schedule he would keep when the UFC rapidly expanded, was in the gym and on camera for the early workouts, pushing the fighters through tough exercises and occasionally giving confessionals to reiterate how difficult everything is, selling the sport to a new audience.

Nobody trains as hard as these guys do, White insisted on the broadcast. Thats a fact.

For all the grappling and striking exercises, a treadmill test was the biggest obstacle. Fighters started running for five minutes at 5 miles per hour. Then five more at 6 mph. Then 7. Faster and faster for 30 minutes. Oddly enough, the fighter shown successfully completing the workout was Chris Leben, who spent the previous night getting wasted.

The producers followed the groggy, bewildered fighters as they recovered. Bobby Southworth said it was the hardest workout hes been through. Jason Thacker laughed as a leg cramp kept him from getting out of the van. Then the fighters took turns in an ice bath a recovery trick that in itself might be enough to dissuade people from pursuing careers in sports.

But the producers were hoping early on for a work hard, play hard environment.

"You'd think they'd learn, TUF 1 champion Forrest Griffin said on the UFCs Aftermath program during TUF 13. You'd think they'd maybe seen Season, I don't know, 1 through 12. This happens every year, always toward the end. Someone just gets drunk and makes a complete ass of themselves."

I wont say its encouraged, but lets just say if you drink, its good TV. - Rashad Evans

The tone was set right away in TUF 1.

I was kind of shocked that they provided us with alcohol, fighter Chris Sanford said on camera less than 10 minutes into the series debut. A full bar.

Leben had already found that bar and started serving. Sanford offered a gentlemanly toast. Leben got hammered. By the time he turned in for a couple of hours of sleep, he had also stolen pillows from neighbors beds and spritzed on Thackers bed.

Alcohol fueled a lot of the TUF 1 drama, including a blowout between Leben, Southworth and Josh Koscheck. And even in a calm cast like the TUF 13 crew, the merry drinking could quickly turn to angry drinking, with Tony Ferguson quickly alienating himself from the rest of the house.

TUF 2s Rashad Evans: On the show, they kind of want the antics and craziness to happen. So drinking is not shunned upon at all. I wont say its encouraged, but lets just say if you drink, its good TV. They didnt want guys sitting around to play cards all day. They want guys who drink in the rec room with each other. Thats when all the shit happens.

Yet TUF 2 was more cautious. On the first night in the house, the cast looked warily at the bar. And fighter Tom Murphy saw cautious producers as well:

They brought in serious athletes for our show. I think thats what they wanted. But I think what they found was the demographic of 18 to 25-year-olds that are watching the show wants to see people having ridiculous behavior. I remember Melvin (Guillard) threw a pillow in the pool one day, a couch pillow and they turned off the cameras, the producer called us in and said were going to cancel the show if you guys dont stop getting out of control. A couch pillow in the pool. So all of our guys were pretty serious athletes I think it was more of an idle threat to say, Guys, knock it off. But like I said, it was a couch cushion.

Aside from the caution, TUF 2 dealt with a group of fighters too worn out to party.

Evans: On our season, they trained us way, way, way too hard during the day. So when it came down to it, thats the last thing you want to do is drink. Because tomorrow, I know Im going to get my ass kicked in practice. I dont want to wake up hung over and have to do two hours of practice and get my ass kicked and have to do this twice a day. The next few seasons, it wasnt that hard. They didnt have a hell day like they had the first two seasons.

Alcohol in the house was a sticking point for UFC pioneer Ken Shamrock when he agreed to coach on TUF 3. He recalls:

They asked me to be on the first one, and unfortunately, I was tied up doing other things, so I couldnt do it. They ended up finding up two other guys. I watched the show, and I was a little bit disappointed. So I went on to the show, I sat down and talked with Dana White. I said, listen, if Im going to do this, you've got to promise me you're not going to put alcohol in the house. I saw the things that were going on prior to this. I was like you're putting these guys in a real bad situation. If you put alcohol in the cupboards, that's crazy you know they're going to get bored, you know they're going to get in mischief. I said, listen, I'll do it as long as there isn't alcohol in the house. He said there wouldn't be. I guess we all saw what that was all about.

The TUF 3 cast seemed to appreciate the alcohol. The first-night toasts turned into a long party and a lost eyebrow for Kendall Grove. (Rule #543 on living in the house: Dont pass out when someone else has the razor.)

TUF 6s John Kolosci had one of the most memorable drunken nights after his loss to Mac Danzig drinking to me getting my ass kicked, throwing a foosball table and more stuff into a pool, climbing a cabana, then head-butting a palm tree.

Koloscis memorable confessional: Its a lesson to all the little kids out there that you should not be drinking alcohol because its bad for you.

Getting a cast with the volatility to provide reality-show entertainment along with the fighting skills to make competitive matchups was a challenge early on.

In most seasons, would-be contestants go through a rigorous tryout and interview process. (More on that to come.) For the first season, the process wasnt so firmly established. UFC staff had to scour regional cards to find fighters like Florian.

My audition was actually Dana White showing up at a fight in Boston and watching me fight. He was the one that told me about the show and told me to send in an interview. I still wasnt that interested, but I just sent in a seminar DVD of me teaching (jiu-jitsu), and I got a call from the producers. For Season 1 and I think even Season 2, there were no tryouts. It was just based on your record and the whole interview process.

The UFC also got the word out at established fight camps such as American Kickboxing Academy, where they found Koscheck, Southworth and Mike Swick. But Swick says AKA fighters were confused at first.

They were in need of people. They didnt have enough. None of us from AKA had applied. They kept asking why we hadnt applied. We didnt really know the details. We thought it was for UFC fighters. We didnt know it was for fighters who werent in the UFC. They kept coming back. Basically, we sent in videos of our fights. We submitted it, and they called us back.

We didnt have a fight audition where we had to train or grapple. We just had an interview. They put us in a hotel room and locked the door. We couldnt leave for three or four days. They weeded us out. They made a final cut right at the end. A few people who thought they were in the show they got cut. We didnt really know what to expect. It ended up being three people from my team.

Despite all the questions about the show, TUF 1s talent was quite strong. Half of the 16 fighters went on to long UFC careers, and that didnt include Southworth, the most polished fighter at the shows outset. Plenty of fighters had decent resumes. Griffin had beaten Jeff Monson and Chael Sonnen. Diego Sanchez was 11-0 and a King of the Cage champion. Leben was 14-1 (Sherdog lists four of those bouts as amateur). Only Thacker, who seemed overwhelmed from the outset, was out of his depth.

For TUF 2, with heavyweights and welterweights, the process was still laid-back, with fighters able to get through even if they were a little reluctant. Murphy didnt watch the first season, and his sister prodded him to apply for the second. He borrowed a video camera and did one take of himself in a kimono describing his training with Carlson Gracie, taking care to drop TUF 1 runner-up Stephan Bonnars name as well. Then he went home for the second part of his clip:

I have a little wrestling room in my garage. My kids were running around. I said these are my toughest opponents I opened the door and showed my kids. The video took me about 15 minutes. I sent my application in, and the rest just happened.

At that time, we were locked in your rooms we couldnt even go to the stairwell and work out. You werent allowed to do anything at that time. - Tom Murphy

Still, producers had felt emboldened by the first seasons success to start challenging prospects such as mild-mannered welterweight Luke Cummo.

The producer told me he knew there was a New York asshole inside me and he wanted to find out what it would take to come out. During the second interview at the table with several producers, the head told me there were some real animals in the house, and what was I doing there? But I told him that I would fight them. I mean, what's the worst that could happen?

And they managed to bring in a few eccentrics some of whom, like Cummo, had considerable talent as well. Cummo pulled his mattress off his bed so his head could face north. When Mike Whitehead asked how he could be sure he was facing north, Cummo said he brought a compass.

They also tested how well fighters dealt with deprivation. Murphy said the prospects in his class were given medicals and then screen tests, then sent back to their rooms.

At that time, we were locked in your rooms we couldnt even go to the stairwell and work out. You werent allowed to do anything at that time. Then they call you back up and put you for an interview at a round table.

Then the interviews were befuddling. Murphy didnt make a great first impression.

Danas like, Look at you. Look at how fin small you are. I was like 230 at the time. His phone rings, he stands up and walks out of the room, and I never saw him again. Im thinking, Oh my God that was my interview. Dana White told me how small I was to be on a heavyweight show, and then he walks out of the room.

We just talked about home-schooling my whole interview. We didnt talk about anything else. No fighting, nothing. I went home, they called me up. I must have made an impression on somebody.

Evans also heard he was too small. The recent college grad had his nice little job interview routine down pat. Then Dana White quickly shook him out of it. Heres how Evans recalls it:

White: Youve gotta be fucking kidding me.

Evans: What?

Im fucking bigger than you.

OK.

What are you, fucking 5-foot fucking 7?

No, Im 5-11.

Bro, I just had guys that had to fucking duck down through the door to get inside here. And you fucking come in here, little and small. Listen, heres whats going to happen. Im going to let you come on my show, your fucking little ass is going to get held down for 15 minutes straight. You Cuba Gooding Jr.-looking motherfucker. Ive got a guy whos 6-4, 240 pounds, and he can move like a cat you think you can compete with a guy like that?

Evans had to regroup quickly.

I was so taken aback. I didnt know what to say. I went in there thinking it was going to be a proper interview. I had to think on my feet. So I thought, OK, Im going to play your game.

And so Evans drew upon a boxing analogy, right up the alley for longtime boxing devotee White.

When heavyweights were heavyweights, it wasnt about the biggest guy. You see Muhammad Ali, you see Joe Frazier, you see all the guys that were considered the greatest in boxing they werent cumbersome, big guys that you have now. Boxing was funner to watch back then because the guys werent so big and cumbersome. Guys were able to move, guys were able to put on more of a show because it wasnt all about the size. Thats what I am right now for this season Im the guy thats going to go in there and fight hard as hell and be one of the little guys. Its not going to be boring like you see most of these unathletic heavyweights now.

The interview ended, and Evans didnt think he was going to get picked. But he got one show of support.

One of the producers, Wayne Sampson, was like, I like your interview, I went to bat for you, they might give you a call back. Please do me one favor. If you get on the show, please dont get your ass kicked the first fight.

Evans won the TUF 2 heavyweight division and the UFC light heavyweight belt. Score one for Sampson.

A quick note on quotes: When quotes are taken from TUF broadcasts, books or other sources, they are attributed as such. Unattributed quotes are taken from first-hand interviews for the book Inside The Ultimate Fighter, which was never published. See the intro to this series to see what happened to that book.

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A Lafayette business has agreed to stop distributing several supplements when the U.S. Department of Justice filed an injunction alleging that the drugs were never approved by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration.

Theproposed consent decree, filed Thursday,permanently enjoins Pick and Pay Inc./Cili Minerals LLC and its owner and CEO, Anton S. Botha, to stop the distribution of what it calls "misbranded and unapproved new drugs, and misbranded and adulterated dietary supplements," according to a press release from the DOJ.

The complaint alleges that the companies violated the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by manufacturing, promoting and distributing numerous dietary supplementsthat had been marketed as intended to "treat, cure or prevent a variety of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis and other serious conditions."

The marketing effortswere a violation of the FDCA because the products had never been submitted to the FDA for approval, and had never been found to be safe and effective for medicinal uses, as the marketing claimed, the press release says. The complaint also alleges that the defendants violated the FDCA by failing to manufacture its products in accordance with FDA regulations for dietary supplements.

The products in question included ADD-East, Bone Structure, CilZinCo, Calcium, Boron, Potassium, Cilver, Sulfure and Geranium.

In conjunction with the filing of the complaint, the companies agreed to settle the litigation, and to cease all production and distribution of the supplements in question. The companies would be able to resume manufacturing the supplements with written approval from the FDA.

The complaint is currently awaiting judicial approval.

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Dietary intervention could benefit heart health in those with muscular dystrophy. That's according to new research published in Experimental Physiology. If these findings are confirmed in humans, it could mean that off the shelf supplements could improve health and life expectancy.

Scientists from Iowa State University, Auburn University and the University of Montana in the United States found that supplementing the mice's food with quercetin (a flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves, and grains) improved biomedical outcomes, providing an inflammatory and antioxidant effect. To the groups' surprise, they also found that the quercetin-fed mice were more active than the control group

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a severe type of muscular dystrophy that causes a decline in cardiac health resulting in premature death, at an average age of 26 years. Duchenne's predominantly affects males.

The researchers used several mouse models for muscular dystrophy, carrying out experiments in parallel. By doing this they were able to replicate muscular dystrophy in humans as closely as possible.

Dr John C. Quindry, the corresponding author, said: "A currently available dietary intervention could benefit those with muscular dystrophy. We gave the mice a quercetin dose that was proportional to those that could be given to humans. This allows the scientists to make the best possible connections between animal and human research findings."

Explore further: New target may slow disease progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Debbie Pace, 59, sits on the front steps of her Albuquerque home last week. Pace is on a fixed income and receives $33 per month in food assistance.

Debbie Pace says she cries when she goes to the Smiths grocery store because she cant afford anything.

Pace, 59, of Albuquerque, says she receives just over $730 a month in Supplemental Security Income from the federal program for the disabled and others with little income. She also receives $33 in monthly food stamps.

The $33 in food stamps goes quick, she says. So, she goes to a local church for free food.

Now, Pace, like thousands of other New Mexicans who live on fixed incomes, is faced with having her food stamp benefits cut.

Thats because of the state budget crunch and a proposal to kill a $1.2 million annual state program that supplements federally funded food stamp benefits.

Pace is among some 12,800 New Mexico residents who receive what is known as minimum assistance under the food stamp program, known officially as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Unlike other individuals and families living in poverty, who can receive anywhere from a few hundred dollars to more than $1,100 each month in food stamps, Pace and others on fixed incomes who are disabled or who are 60 or older qualify for the minimum of $16 per month in federally funded food assistance.

Nearly a decade ago, the state began supplementing that assistance, bringing the minimum benefits to between $25 and $30 a month. But with the state grappling with a budget crisis, the Legislative Finance Committee, made up of Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, has recommended doing away with the state supplement.

While the cut may not seem like much, to people living on slim margins, every dollar counts.

Pace says its appalling that some state officials would even think of cutting the food stamp program for those who cannot work because of disabilities.

She says the state told her she qualifies for only $25 per month in benefits but continues to pay her $33 per month.

The proposal to slash the state supplement to federal food stamp benefits underscores the difficult choices lawmakers face trying to find solutions for the states fiscal crisis, which has been exacerbated in recent years by declining oil and gas revenues.

Over the past decade, New Mexico has been dipping into its general fund to increase the minimum food stamp benefit for residents on fixed incomes, said Ruth Hoffman, director of Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-New Mexico, who helped state officials develop the program in 2007.

Gov. Susana Martinez opposes the LFC proposal. A competing budget proposal by the governor would keep the funding in place.

She championed it, Hoffman said of the governors advocacy for the program since she took office in 2011.

Kyler Nerison, a spokesman for the state Human Services Department, said the program provides important benefits and that the governors budget proposal calls for state government to live within its means not force the most vulnerable New Mexicans to tighten their belts.

Hoffman said many seniors receiving monthly Social Security benefits didnt believe applying for food assistance was worth the trouble if they would receive only $16 per month. But applications for food assistance by those on fixed incomes increased after the state hiked the minimum benefit to $25 per month, according to Hoffman, who said the extra money may not seem like much but can buy eggs, meat and other items.

Sovereign Hager, staff attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said the proposal to cut the program is a direct result of the state not raising adequate revenue to fund government while giving tax breaks to corporations.

Food insecurity among New Mexicos elderly, which is among the worst in the nation, has decreased in the past decade with the states funding of the program, she said.

We do not want this to backslide, Hager said.

Christine Boerner, senior fiscal analyst at the Legislative Finance Committee, said the state was able to use federal stimulus money to launch the program in 2008 during the recession.

Boerner told the Senate Finance Committee this month that the Legislative Finance Committee recommended cutting the program because the state budget crisis makes it difficult for us to supplement that for the general fund when its a federal program, and the federal government has decided what the minimum SNAP benefit would be for these folks who have relatively higher incomes.

Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, said the $1.2 million the state pays for the program is really not a large amount considering the number of seniors it serves across the state.

You know, with $25 a month, I think we could do better, Rodriguez said. Cutting them with that respect doesnt seem like the right thing to do. There are priorities here.

Contact Justin Horwath at 505-986-3017 or jhorwath@sfnewmexican.com.

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Consumers are unknowingly at risk from herbal supplements that can contain unlisted pharmacological ingredients.

Consumers are being put at risk from herbal supplements available over the counter that contain pharmacological ingredients not listed on the product label, according to research published in the Journal of the Association of Public Analysts[1] (2016;44:051-066). Unlisted ingredients included medications used to treat erectile dysfunction, stimulants and banned substances used in diet pills as well as unauthorised food ingredients.

A group of British food and biomolecular scientists with a special interest in food safety sought out evidence of illegal ingredients discovered in supplements by reviewing cases reported to the European Unions Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), along with enforcement reports and recalls issued by the US Food and Drug Administration between 2009 and 2016.

When they considered the EU database, the researchers found that the most reported pharmacological ingredients in food supplements were: sildenafil (including analogues) (68 cases); sibutramine and derivatives (63); 1,3-dimethylamylamine (DMAA; 58) synephrine, phenethylamine and derivatives (37); yohimbine (30) and tadalafil (29).

When they examined the FDA database the findings were similar: sibutramine (16 cases); sulfoaildenafil (13); sildenafil (10); tadalafil (9); hydroxythiohomosildenafil (5) and dimethylsildenafil (3).

The researchers also found evidence of food supplements containing permitted food additives in excess of their limits, unauthorised food ingredients, unauthorised nutritionally-related compounds, excess vitamins and one case of the poison strychnine.

The researchers warn that their findings mean that consumers were unknowingly being put at risk.

Many people consume large quantities of food supplements without knowing the potential interactions with other supplements or drugs that they may be taking in parallel, the researchers say in their paper. Food supplements are regulated as foodstuffs and not with the same pre-sales rigour as medicines. Hence, the safety of food supplement consumption is often questionable.

Tadalafil and sildenafil are usually prescribed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and if taken with other drugs that contain nitrates can lower blood pressure drastically. Yohimbine, used as an aphrodisiac, can cause bronchospasm and a lupus-like syndrome; the product can also increase blood pressure and induce anxiety, the researchers warn. And studies that have examined the effects of sibutramine have indicated that the drug could be associated with adverse effects such as panic attacks, memory impairments and psychotic episodes, they add.

The researchers go on to say that in order to protect consumer health, adequate methods to be able to analyse these illegal and potentially toxic products in food supplements need to be put in place.

They suggest that the first choice for screening food supplements for the top six pharmacological compounds discovered by their review, should be high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and mass spectrometry (MS). They suggest that if nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry is available this could be an excellent first-line method of control for herbal food supplements.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the government body that regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK, says that it is aware of the study. While food supplements are the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency, the MHRA investigates the sale and supply of undeclared pharmaceutical ingredients that may be added to food supplements.

An MHRA spokesperson comments; The Internet offers access to a vast number of websites offering a wide range of products marketed as slimming pills or male enhancement. Many make attractive claims and offer quick-fix solutions; others offer natural products. But natural doesnt always mean safe.

The reality is many of these pills will be untested. That means theres no way of knowing whats in them or what they might do to your health in the short term or long term. Chances are they simply will not work but they may contain potentially harmful ingredients. The consequences can be very serious.

The MHRA is running a #FakeMeds campaign that highlights some of the dangers around food supplements. Consumers can identify a legitimate supplier by looking for the distance selling logo, adds the spokesperson.

Citation: The Pharmaceutical Journal, PJ February 2017 online, online | DOI: 10.1211/PJ.2017.20202308

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Unlike FDA-approved medications, makers of dietary supplements are not required to demonstrate that their products are safe or effective. That shouldnt stop independent researchers from doing their own tests to find out if a product works or is dangerous, but when one Harvard professor tried to do just that, supplement makers tried to shut him up..

STATnews has an in-depth profile of Dr. Pieter Cohen, a researcher and industry watchdog who has been digging into dietary supplements and so-called all natural ingredients for years.

That includes an amphetamine-like substance called beta-methylphenethylamine (BMPEA) that has been found to send blood pressure and heart rate soaring in dogs and cats, notes STAT, pointing out that the chemical has been linked to at least one stroke, and that Canadian officials have called BMPEA a serious health risk.

In 2014, Food and Drug Administration scientists found BMPEA in nine purportedly all-natural supplements instead of the Acacia rigidula plant listed on the label. However, the FDA stayed mum as to the products named or the manufacturers that made them.

That prompted Cohen and his colleagues to try to replicate those findings and publicize the specific brands using BMPEA. In the resulting study published in the scientific journal Drug Testing and Analysis in April 2015, his team says they chemically analyzed 21 popular supplements, made by various manufacturers, all labeled as containing Acacia rigidula. Eleven of those were positive for BMPEA, in some cases at potentially dangerous levels.

Consumers of Acacia rigidula supplements may be exposed to pharmacological dosages of an amphetamine isomer that lacks evidence of safety in humans, concluded the 2015 paper, noting that the data strongly suggested this BMPEA was not naturally occurring, but was being added to spike the final product.

The same month that report was released, the FDA issued warning letters to makers of dietary supplements, including a company called Hi-Tech, whose products had accounted for a majority of the supplements that tested positive for BMPEA in Cohens study.

BMPEA is a substance that does not meet the statutory definition of a dietary ingredient, the agency notes. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines a dietary ingredient as a vitamin; mineral; herb or other botanical; amino acid; dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combination of the preceding substances. BMPEA is none of these, rendering misbranded any products that declare BMPEA as a dietary supplement.

A few days later, the FDA continued the crackdown, notifying the makers of products to stop sales.

On that same day, April 28, Hi-Tech filed a lawsuit [PDF] in U.S. District Court in the companys home state of Georgia against Cohen and the studys three co-authors for $200 million. Cohen says he didnt know he was being sued until he came across a report of the lawsuit in a supplement industry trade publication.

Hi-Techs owner and CEO Jared Wheat blamed Cohen for costing the company an immediate $14 million in lost business. Wheat says he received hundreds of supportive calls and emails in relation to the lawsuit, from people hoping that we were able to silence this guy.

A judge in Georgia dismissed that lawsuit in the spring of 2016, however, because Cohen didnt do any of his work in that state.

Nothing in Plaintiffs allegations would show that Defendant Cohen wrote the article or made any additional statements with the purpose of directing them at Hi-Tech, the Georgia Plaintiff, the judge wrote in that decision. The alleged offending article relates only to -methylphenylethylamine (BMPEA) and whether it is a substance that occurs naturally in Acacia rigidula.

Hi-Tech then refiled the lawsuit [PDF] in Massachusetts, dropping the studys co-authors as defendants and nixing the demand for $200 million in damages.

Last summer, a federal judge ruled that Hi-Tech had a 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. That required Cohen to turn over hundreds of pages of his notes, peer-review feedback, and his written correspondences with the journal, coauthors, and journalists.

At the trial, which started in October, Hi-Tech accused Cohen of ignoring fundamental canons and methods of scientific investigation, and of making allegedly false statements about BMPEA. The company maintained that the BMPEA in its products occurred naturally, counter to Cohens contentions.

In the end, the jury wasnt buying it. On Nov. 1, 2016 they ruled in Cohens favor, putting an end to this legal ordeal for the researcher.

He is now back to work: Days after he won the trial, he submitted a new study for publication, and has three new projects in motion this year. In his view, the arrival of the Trump administration means its more important than ever to hold the FDA responsible for enforcing the law.

My experience has really reinforced to me why it is so important to not only continue the research were doing but to be very aggressive about speaking out about it, Cohen says, adding that if one research paper could lead to an exhausting trial, it could have a chilling effect on others in his line of work.

Wheat, the CEO of Hi-Tech, hopes thats the case, he tells STAT.

I spent a lot of money, but hopefully it will deter others from going out there and making baseless allegations, Wheat said. His advice to other academics: Think twice and do better research, knowing you can get sued if you do this.

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A leading dentist claimed sugary foods and supplements are wreaking havoc on the dental health of thousands of nursing home patients.

Dr Anne Twomey said people who have held onto their teeth for 80 years are now losing them in three months.

She accused the HSE of reneging on its duty of care to 27,000 patients by failing to meet their dental health needs.

Dr Twomey, who is vice president of the Irish Dental Association, said the unregulated use of fortified high sugar food supplements is causing untold damage.

She said: Fortified oral nutritional supplements can be effective in increasing a patients calorie intake but one of the consequences of constantly sipping these high sugar content drinks is the very negative effect they have on oral health.

When you add in all the gifts of sweets and soft drinks which patients receive you have a recipe for disaster. Dr Twomey said her practice was contacted recently by a nursing home to say an elderly patient with end-stage Parkinsons disease, urgently needed dental care.

On the first visit, she said she could see there was overwhelming halitosis and sadly her grandchildren were refusing to hug her. Staff had rubbed the 75 year-olds teeth twice daily with a sponge but she hadnt had her teeth brushed in two years.

Dr Twomey said she had to remove four of the womans upper incisors, while the remaining teeth were in such poor condition phased extractions were essential.

She pointed out that because of the medication a significant number of patients like this woman suffer from dry mouth and this accelerates dental decay.

She said: Very often the situation has reached crisis proportions by the time Im called in and I have to take out 15 to 20 teeth over a short period of time.

Although these patients are among our most vulnerable citizens, they have little or no access to oral hygiene.

In addition dentists are generally not included in the multi-disciplinary teams which care for them.

Dr Twomey highlighted this issue in a recent edition of the Journal of the IDA.

She has urged the HSE and HIQA to step up to their obligations and added: These patients did not reach old age with their original teeth on a high-sugar diet.

As well as carefully monitoring high-sugar supplements, family and carers should be encouraged to provide low-sugar treats. Patients bedrooms often resemble a sweet shop.

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But the company pushed back hard, insisting its product is safe and calling the FTC is a "lame-duck" federal agency with heads who are about to be replaced by the incoming administration of president-elect Trump.

It's the latest battle in an ongoing war between the federal government and the Wisconsin-based Quincy Bioscience. In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration filed a warning letter to Quincy, saying it was making medical claims for a product that had not gone through the formal drug approval process.

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"The extensive national advertising campaign for Prevagen, including TV spots on national broadcast and cable networks such as CNN, Fox News, and NBC, featured charts depicting rapid and dramatic improvement in memory for users of the product."

The capsules, which sell for anywhere between $40 and $90 for a bottle, supposedly contain a protein called apoaequorin, which is made by some jellyfish that luminesce.

The company tried, but failed, to show it can help people, the FTC says.

"Defendants primarily rely on one double-blind, placebo-controlled human clinical study using objective outcome measures of cognitive function. This study, called the Madison Memory Study, involved 218 subjects taking either 10 milligrams of Prevagen or a placebo," the charge alleges.

"The Madison Memory Study failed to show a statistically significant improvement in the treatment group over the placebo group on any of the nine computerized cognitive tasks."

The Alzheimer's Association didn't want to weigh in on Prevagen in particular but the organization's science officer Maria Carrillo noted that there's no product out there that's been proven to help memory.

"The Alzheimer's Association has serious concerns about people using dietary supplements as an alternative or in addition to physician-prescribed, FDA-approved therapies in an attempt to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease or other dementias," she said.

"First and foremost, the effectiveness and safety are unknown. In addition, the purity of the product is unknown. Finally, dietary supplements can have serious interactions with prescribed medications."

Nonetheless, the company said the study did show the product works.

"Defendants, however, do not have studies showing that orally-administered apoaequorin can cross the human blood brain barrier and therefore do not have evidence that apoaequorin enters the human brain," according to the charge.

It doesn't actually matter, because Prevagen is marketed as a supplement.

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), passed in 1994, specifically exempts vitamins and supplements from FDA's pre-marketing scrutiny, although the agency can warn against products found to be dangerous.

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And the FTC, as well as the Justice Department and state officials, can act against misleading marketing practices.

"The marketers of Prevagen preyed on the fears of older consumers experiencing age-related memory loss," said Jessica Rich, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "But one critical thing these marketers forgot is that their claims need to be backed up by real scientific evidence."

The suit seeks to fine Quincy and force it to pay back consumers who bought the pills.

However, the company said it will fight the charges.

"We vehemently disagree with these allegations made by only two FTC commissioners. This case is another example of government overreach and regulators extinguishing innovation by imposing arbitrary new rules on small businesses like ours," it said in a statement.

"There is no reason for a short-staffed and lame-duck FTC to rush this complaint through."

Members of Congress often defend companies. The FDA has frequently complained that DSHEA allows supplement makers to sell useless and often harmful products to trusting consumers, but Congress has failed to revise the legislation.

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For as long as you've been able to swallow pills, the procedure for taking vitamins has gone like this: Intend to tip out a single tablet; scoop up the 73 that clatter out onto floor/under the fridge. (The nutrients cancel out the non-existence of the five-second rule, yeah?) Place one on tongue, then chase aggressively with water before the coating dissolves, but the mini tsunami sends it down the wrong pipe. Thirty minutes later, intestines turn into a Tilt-A-Whirl. Think: This is how it ends.

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To recap, it's only ever gone downhill since that first gritty Flintstone chewablebut thanks to a new line of supplements, this particularly unpleasant part of a larger, mostly unpleasant experience (looking after your health) no longer has to be so...unpleasant.

Launching on Net-a-Porter today, The Nue Co. produces organic, food-based supplements with zero additives or sugarjust straight-up, highly efficient protein, probiotics, and prebiotics that are easier for your body to digest and absorb than traditional isolated vitamins. (Who even needs 500 percent vitamin C?) For example, one tablespoon of the brand's plant- or milk-protein blendsblended into a smoothie or stirred into water and taken as a shot, as founder Jules Miller preferscontains the same protein as two eggs.

Along with the assurance that you won't get that old-fashioned churn-y feeling in your stomach from taking these, The Nue Co. also delivers three boosters for de-bloating, pretty skin, and energy, the trifecta of Millennial Concerns. (The youths will be all over the turmeric-smelling complexion one, you can bet your aa bowl on it.) On top of that, each Soil Association-approved power comes in a glass jar like that which you might find at a 20th-century druggist's shop, where your birth control would be handed over with a blush and a white paper bag. Very Top Shelf-ready.

But don't let the trimmings, including an upcoming travel-inspired range, distract youthese guys *will* fill the gaps in your grudgingly responsible, occasionally alarming diet. And they won't make you barf.

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When founder Katerina Schneider started her vitamin company, Ritual, she was shocked to find out most vitamin D3 came from sheeps wool. I would never willingly eat sheeps wool, so why would I eat a vitamin that contained something like that?

Now Schneider is set on sort of blowing the whistle on what exactly is hidden in vitamins and supplements. (Ritual coins itself as a company thats for skeptics, by skeptics, and the brand aims to be a reliable resource of expert information when it comes to all things vitamin-related.) People are starting to care more and more about what they are putting in and on their bodies. Its becoming a lot more common for restaurants to highlight farms that produce, fish and meats are coming from and the same is true with skin care. Its only a natural progression that with something we are ingesting each and every dayaka vitaminswe are now thinking more and more where the ingredients are coming from.

Simplicity and the idea of going back to the basics will be a theme we will see in 2017. Our industry in the past has been plagued with pseudoscience, health fads and half-truths. Consumers are more aware than ever and expect real science and transparency.

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Its that transparency trend that Eve Kalinik, nutritional therapist and ambassador for Lumity, a supplement system that targets the causes of aging, says has created a shift when it comes to consumers thinking about supplements. Just like people have become much more conscious about their food, they are also discerning with the supplements that they are buying and really want full transparency and quality in what they are buying. I think they are starting to understand that it really is worth investing in well-researched and scientifically formulated products rather than trying to find cheaper alternatives.

Both women also point out that, even though consumers may be getting smarter about asking whats in their supplements, theres still a lot of misconceptions swirling around the topic. A lot of people seem to think that in order for supplements to be effective, you have to take a bunch of them and/or research high and low to find obscure, trendy nutrients, which usually have little scientific backing, Schneider says. Vitamins dont have to be complicated.

People think theyre going to change their body overnight, Kalinik says. The best things come to those who wait and sometimes it takes a little bit of time to see those changes. Many of us expect a quick fix when it comes to supplements and thats very rarely the case.

Kalinik also stresses that when it comes to vitamins and supplements its always best to take a less is more approach. Avoid pill-popping and instead choose supplements that work for you and your body. There is a tendency to overdo it and people think that that is a good thingwhen in fact, you can end up oversupplementing or just canceling them out. And nothing can supplement a bad diet, so start with food first and foremost.

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More People Are Getting Suspicious About Their Supplementsand for Good Reason - NewBeauty Magazine (blog)

The fruiting body of the Taiwanese fungus Antrodia camphoratapossesses anti-skin cancer, antioxidant and anti-melanogenic properties, according to new research.

Antrodia camphoratais a highly valued mushroom that is endemic to Taiwan. It is rare and cannot be cultivated because it grows only on the evergreenCinnamonum kanehirai.

The fruiting body ofA.camphoratahas been traditionally used as a medicine to treat food intoxication and liver disease by the Taiwanese.

However, since the traditional medicinal uses ofA.camphorataare not fully investigated and its other effects have not been clarified, as part of our continued search for novel bioactive natural food, we investigated the antimelanogenesis, antioxidation effect of the ethanolic extract ofA.camphoratafruiting body (EE-AC), as well as its antiproliferation effects in B16-F0 mouse melanoma cells, wrote academics in the journal Plos One.

This study is the first to explore new applications ofA.camphorata, which provides valuable information about the development of potential depigmenting agents such as skin-whitening cosmetics and a multifunctional healthy food for skin cancer prevention.

The researchers said a wound-healing assay test on B16-F0 melanoma cells showed EE-AC supressed cell migration better than a common chemotherapeutic agent.

Melanoma is a highly malignant tumor with a high metastatic rate. Hence, wound healing assay was performed to evaluate cancer cell migration ability. We compared EE-AC with the negative control group (0.1% DMSO) and the positive control group (10 M cisplatin).

The results demonstrated that EE-AC significantly suppressed the migration of B16-F0 cells in a time-dependent manner, and its inhibitory effect was even more significant than that of cisplatin, a common chemotherapeutic agent for solid malignancies.

In terms of its antioxidant potential, the DPPH radical scavenging activity of EE-AC was compared with vitamin C.

It was found to be highly effective with 82.98% activity, which was almost as great as the 88.12% activity of vitamin C (0.5 mg/mL).

It is considered that EE-AC acted as a direct free radical scavenger in the antioxidant activity, stated the researchers, led by Chu-l Lee fromFooyin University inTaiwan.

They added that EE-AC displayed hypo-pigmenting action, making it a good candidate for skin-whitening materials.

The study concluded that that the inhibition of cell migration and viability results imply that EE-AC is a potential anti-cancer agent for skin cancer.

The results may provide new insight and deepen the understanding of the chemopreventive properties of EE-AC, they wrote.

Moreover, these results offer the possibility of developing theA.camphoratafruiting body into healthy food supplements for effective chemopreventive treatment for skin cancer.

Nevertheless, further research on the effectiveness of EE-AC treatment in melanoma cells is still necessary, they added.

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Antimelanogenic, Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Effects ofAntrodia camphorataFruiting Bodies on B16-F0 Melanoma Cells.

Authors: Chu-l Lee, et al.

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The undeclared substances are being used in products classified as food supplements. Photograph: Alamy

Many herbal supplements, including for obesity and erectile dysfunction, contain hidden unlicensed pharmaceutical ingredients that could endanger peoples health, experts have warned.

The research team, from Queens University Belfast, Kingston University in London and the life sciences testing company LGC, concluded that not only do such supplements often make unverified claims as to their benefits but some have illegal ingredients which could pose a threat potentially causing low blood pressure or an increased risk of heart attacks.

The substances are unlicensed medicines as they are appearing in products classified as food supplements. Among the most common substances identified was sibutramine, according to the study, published in the Journal of the Association of Public Analysts.

Sibutramine was licensed as the medicine Reductil until 2010, when it was withdrawn across Europe and the US due to an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes associated with the use of the drug.

Tadalafil and sulfoaildenafil were among the most frequently undeclared ingredients in products for erectile dysfunction. When taken with other medicines containing nitrates, they can lower blood pressure drastically and cause serious health problems.

Emeritus professor Duncan Burns, from Queens Universitys Institute for Global Food Security, said: We have found that these supplements are often not what customers think they are they are being deceived into thinking they are getting health benefits from a natural product when actually they are taking a hidden drug.

These products are unlicensed medicines and many people are consuming large quantities without knowing the interactions with other supplements or medicines they may be taking. This is very dangerous and there can be severe side effects.

The research team analysed adverse findings recorded by the European Unions rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) between 2009 and 2016 inclusive. The database is designed to inform member states who can then take appropriate action locally. Consumers can access the database but, unlike authorities in member states, they often cannot see the product names.

The experts believe the pharmaceutical ingredients are sometimes added accidentally but on other occasions deliberately in an attempt to enhance products.

They identified 63 instances of food supplements containing sibutramine between 2009 and 2016, including 47 after 2010, when Reductil was withdrawn. There were 29 instances of tadalafil being found in food supplements in the eight-year period examined and 68 of sulfoaildenafil and chemical substances similar to it.

People suffering from conditions such as diabetes and hypertension are frequently prescribed nitrate-containing medicines. Erectile dysfunction is often associated with these conditions, raising the prospect that patients may be tempted to try herbal supplements, which they do not know contain tadalafil or sulfoaildenafil, which can interact negatively with the nitrates.

Burns said: People who take these products will not be aware they have taken these substances and so when they visit the doctor they may not declare this and it can be difficult to determine what is causing the side effects. It is a very dangerous situation.

Another common substance was yohimbine, found in 30 supplements, which has been said to have aphrodisiac-like effects but has been known to increase blood pressure and induce anxiety.

Burns said the RASFF list was unlikely to be comprehensive unless they went to every health food shop and every herbalist in the country.

He advised consumers: Be cautious about supplements you buy and use reputable websites. Discuss any concerns with your GP and always tell them what youre taking.

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Dog food recipe that is designed to be simple to make and healthy for your dog.

NOTE:In an effort to simplify the dog food recipe I have incorporated the use of supplements. Without the supplements the dog food recipe would need an additional 10 to 20 ingredients. Unfortunately, our current agricultural practices yield foods with a fraction of the nutrient content of wild counterparts.

That said; this dog food recipe is deficient without the two supplements that are essential to the recipe:Dinovitesupplement andLickOchopsomega fatty acid supplement. Feeding this recipe without the supplements will result in multiple nutritional deficiency diseases.

Approximately 40 cups of dog food.

This dog food recipe can be halved or doubled to accommodate the size of your dog or for multi-dog households. Do not feed this dog food recipe without theDinoviteandLickOchopsdog supplements as it will cause this dog food recipe to be deficient.

Place 2-3 days worth of the dog food recipe in zip lock bags or plastic freezer containers. Store them in your freezer.

I personally prefer the freezer containers because they are easy to fill, thaw and serve. There is never any mess. I take one out and let it thaw on my counter. Feed my dogs and store the unused portion in my refrigerator. When its empty I wash it and it is ready for the next batch. Mix up some more of the easy cooked dog food recipe and Im ready to go. It works well.

NOTE:Remember you are handling raw meat so use common sense when making this dog food recipe. Use the same precautions you would use when handling raw meat for your family.

*Special note: These are general guidelines, we are not trying to land a man on Mars. If your dog is losing a little weight and this is not desired, increase the amount you are feeding. If your dog is gaining weight on the serving size then cut back a little. In short, adjust the serving size depending on your dogs age, weight and activity level.

*Special Note: If you add the supplements to the whole batch when making the dog food recipe it is not necessary to add them with each serving. Use whichever method you find easier.

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Please follow this introductory method, your dog will be fine. Your dog will not starve or hate you. Rapid diet changes can cause vomiting and diarrhea. A horrendous mess all over your house!

***Important Note:Do not mix kibble and the Easy Cooked Dog Food together! Doing so will GREATLY increase the chances of digestive upset for your dog!

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Easy Cooked Dog Food Recipe - Homemade Dog Food

FDA regulates both finished dietary supplement products and dietary ingredients. FDA regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering "conventional" foods and drug products. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA):

Manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements and dietary ingredients are prohibited from marketing products that are adulterated or misbranded. That means that these firms are responsible for evaluating the safety and labeling of their products before marketing to ensure that they meet all the requirements of DSHEA and FDA regulations.

FDA is responsible for taking action against any adulterated or misbranded dietary supplement product after it reaches the market.

This section provides detailed information about:

Products & Ingredients Information on selected dietary supplement products, ingredients, and other substances.

Information for Consumers Tips for dietary supplement users, including older supplement users.

Information for Industry Resources and links for applications, forms, guidance, and other items of interest to industry members.

Report an Adverse Event Learn how consumers, health care providers, and others can report a complaint, concern, or problem related to dietary supplements. Includes links to guidance for dietary supplement manufacturers, packers, and distributors.

New Dietary Ingredients Notification Process Background information for industry, instructions for submitting premarket notifications, and links to relevant guidance and Federal Register documents.

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Dietary Supplements - Food and Drug Administration