The laissez faire world of dietary supplements

There needs to be better enforcement of existing laws but this author is using DMAA as an example and it this isn’t the issue. There is nothing wrong with DMAA and most studies have shown this. Whether it is DSHEA compliant or not is a different subject. It is being used as a scare tactic just as ephedra was a decade ago. The biggest issue in the US market is not that people’s lives are in danger because of rogue ingredients, it’s because many supplements are under-dosed from what is listed on the label or are adulterated with the wrong substance that many times is virtually inert. When companies outsource product creation to China, they don’t always run in-house testing on the raw powders they receive due to cost. Now prescription drugs, that is a serious issue.