The Rise and Fall of the Dietary Supplement Industry

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A lot of these folks, they had this amazing self-image where they were going to change the world. And that's just such a seductive and beguiling thought. If you really had reason to believe that about yourself, wouldn't you buy into that narrative? A lot of it goes back to 1994 with this dietary supplement industry successful lobbying attempt to pass this thing called the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. It went from $4 billion a year to $18 billion a year.

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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