Author: Dr. Stephen Chaney It's really hard to know who to trust in the food supplement industry. Everyone claims that their product is backed by solid science. But most companies rely on "borrowed science" or "marketing science" to back their product. What do I mean by "borrowed science"? Simply put they are citing references that show that an ingredient in their product has a desired effect. They aren't actually doing studies with their product. Why is that important? In some cases the reports are simply wrong. There have been several times that Shaklee's Scientific Advisory Board have recommended that Shaklee do their own studies before marketing the product. Shaklee did. The product didn't work, and they never marketed it. Examples include chromium picolinate and policosanol. In each case studies showing that those ingredients didn't work were eventually published. In the meantime many other comp...
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