Consumer Reports Investigates Vitamins and Supplements: Ten Dangers That May Surprise You
August 5, 2012
Plus, advice for protecting yourself against hazards associated with vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutritional supplements
Yonkers, NY – In a new report in its September issue and online at www.ConsumerReports.org, Consumer Reports identifies ten hazards that might surprise the large swath of American adults—more than 50 percent—who take vitamins, herbs, or other nutritional supplements.
“Patients sometimes assume that supplements are safe because they are ‘all natural,’ but not all supplements are truly natural. In fact, one of the greatest safety hazards to consumers involves supplements that have been spiked with prescription drugs or toxic metals,” said Jose Luis Mosquera, M.D., medical adviser, Consumer Reports, and an internist who specializes in integrative health and medicine. [Read more]
