The Strange History of Dietary Supplements

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In 2015, 23,000 Americans went to the emergency room after taking a bunk dietary supplement. So I'm just wondering what's as a, the book is great. There's a chance to sort of sum up everything here. What do you think we go from here with this strange part of our history when it comes to these dietary supplements and scientific method?

At the peak of COVID-19, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling set out to write a book about the widespread pushback against masks and vaccines as away to discuss the rise of the medical freedom movement in America. But after meeting a series of people within that movement his efforts took a sharp turn into the motivations, tribulations, and personal lives of the people who sell miracle cures and dietary supplements, skirting the law when they can, and heading to jail when they can't. The book is titled, If it Sounds Like a Quack, and it is a deep dive into the marketplace of snake oils and magical procedures sold by people who each claim to have found the one true cure for any and everything that could ever ail you.

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