You may be asking yourself why store shelves are filled with so many supplements in the form of pills, powders or tonics claiming to be anti-inflammatory or “detoxing” if they’re not all effective at what they claim. Here in the U.S., supplements are largely self-regulated under loose post-market oversight, whereas in other places, like the European Union, dietary supplements face the same kind of scrutiny as food—ingredients and health claims must be proven safe and authorized before they hit the market. This means the responsibility for judging what’s safe or effective often falls to the consumer—and, ideally, an informed doctor.
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