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Posted 7/4/2017 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
There has been a lot of discussion here if late on diet and supplements, areas I have a fairly high level of interest in. I was speaking with a friend this weekend who has an equally high (actually higher) interest, and he pointed me to this website and I think it might be of interest to many here....

www.consumerlab.com

The link is to the home page, go to the "about us" page, which discusses their activities, offerings and methodologies. For some reason the link to about us page did not work when pasted in here.

It's a paywalled site, I've decided to subscribe, it's not expensive.

There is tons of information, and the biggest feature seems to be their independent testing of hundreds of supplements and brands. It seems more extensive, and more rigorous than USP.

Post Edited (Pratoman) : 7/4/2017 1:16:05 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 7/4/2017 10:04 PM (GMT 0)
I think all this outfit does is test food supplements to see if the actual product in the container matched what is described on the container. In other words, are you getting what the package says you are getting..But they don't try to substantiate claims that third party authors and writers make about the supplement, sometimes claiming miraculous health benefits that the manufacturer links to in an effort to prove the supplement has some health benefit that really has never been proven..It's usually just one quack reinforcing the the views of another quack without any of them producing one shred of hard evidence that any of it does anything......If this stuff really worked, they would put Big Pharma and half the doctors out of business in a month...We would all be dancing for joy as our health problems faded away.....
Posted 7/4/2017 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Fair wind, I respectfully disagree about the quack statement. The reality is that just like nobody knows if a given supplement does provide a solution to a given problem, nobody knows for sure that it doesn't either.

The point of my post wasn't to restart that debate, it was too call the website to the attention Of those who are interested in a way to determine that they are taking what they think they are taking.
Posted 7/5/2017 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
Pratoman thanks for the info but OMG will you run the risk of getting Tommy C or not Tommy C back with us .just kidding
Posted 7/5/2017 1:46 AM (GMT 0)
Lolol Wings, I forgot about that. But if it happens, we will just lay the blame on Fairwind. If Tommy had seen his post, it would be WWIII 😫

Just kidding Fairwind.
Posted 7/5/2017 5:00 AM (GMT 0)
I have made ref to consumerlab before, and subscribed to get their results of testing. However, unlike consumer reports ( who also occasionally test supplements for what they contain), there is some question about how they get their money. Suggestions that they might be financially tied to the manufacturers. Something worth checking out.

Post Edited (BillyBob@388) : 7/5/2017 3:07:09 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 7/5/2017 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
Yes they do accept advertising on their site, but from what I've seen it's minimal. They state that the advertising is paid but that there is no effect on test results. Who knows. I don't believe anybody anymore.
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