Between the 19 sixties and the 19 eighties, the supplement market became a booming industry that was worth over a billion dollars. There's no medical school in the centary united states that teaches a good course on nutrition. You've got people like linas pauline and adel davis who were totally convinced that megadoses of vitem in s would lead to health and longevity. And kind of crazy ways.
Millions of Americans take dietary supplements — everything from vitamins and minerals to weight loss pills and probiotics. But because supplements are loosely regulated in the US, their makers don't have to prove that they work, or even that they are safe.
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