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Study Warns of Diet Supplement Dangers Kept Quiet by F.D.A.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nelson Vergel" data-source="post: 17130" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Popular weight-loss and workout supplements on sale in hundreds of vitamin shops across the nation contain a chemical nearly identical to amphetamine, the powerful stimulant, and pose dangers to the health of those who take them, according to a new study. The Canadian health authorities in December called the chemical, BMPEA, “a serious health risk,” and pulled supplements that contain it from store shelves.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]1292[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Food and Drug Administration documented two years ago that nine such supplements contained the same chemical, but never made public the names of the products or the companies that made them. Neither has it recalled the products nor issued a health alert to consumers <a href="http://www.fda.gov/iceci/enforcementactions/warningletters/ucm392485.htm" target="_blank">as it has done with other tainted supplements.</a> The F.D.A. said in a statement that its review of supplements containing the stimulant “does not identify a specific safety concern at this time.”</p><p></p><p><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/04/07/study-warns-of-diet-supplement-dangers-kept-quiet-by-f-d-a/?_r=0&referrer" target="_blank">http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/04/07/study-warns-of-diet-supplement-dangers-kept-quiet-by-f-d-a/?_r=0&referrer</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nelson Vergel, post: 17130, member: 3"] Popular weight-loss and workout supplements on sale in hundreds of vitamin shops across the nation contain a chemical nearly identical to amphetamine, the powerful stimulant, and pose dangers to the health of those who take them, according to a new study. The Canadian health authorities in December called the chemical, BMPEA, “a serious health risk,” and pulled supplements that contain it from store shelves. [ATTACH=CONFIG]1292[/ATTACH] The Food and Drug Administration documented two years ago that nine such supplements contained the same chemical, but never made public the names of the products or the companies that made them. Neither has it recalled the products nor issued a health alert to consumers [URL="http://www.fda.gov/iceci/enforcementactions/warningletters/ucm392485.htm"]as it has done with other tainted supplements.[/URL] The F.D.A. said in a statement that its review of supplements containing the stimulant “does not identify a specific safety concern at this time.” [URL]http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/04/07/study-warns-of-diet-supplement-dangers-kept-quiet-by-f-d-a/?_r=0&referrer[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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