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What Makes Food Delicious & The Fight Against Quackery

Something You Should Know

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Do Herbal Remedies Really Work?

The Health Supplement and Dietary Education Act of 1993 made it legal to basically sell anything as long as it was a natural product. Most herbal remedies fall into that category because they do occur in nature. But when someone suffers from congestive heart failure, they're not told to go out and graze in a field of fox-glove. Some of these are just made by taking various plants and grinding them up,. putting into a capsule and filling them without any significant trials.

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