Gary, you big Naysayer! How did I know you were going to find this post and then rain on my parade?

Good points sir about the unregulated billion dollar industry (over $21 billion) being full of it's fair share of charlatans and people just trying to make a buck. Also on the fact that some brands do not have the amounts that are labeled on the packaging, which is why I'm really glad for Consumer Reports. They did a study on what brands to buy and found that Discount Store brands (WalMart and Costco) were the best route to go. They were the cheapest and matched the vitamin contents listed on their packaging. Thank you Consumer Reports.

Let's remember while these fat (statistically speaking of course) and out of shape real Dr's who know little about nutrition, are telling you to eat a well balanced diet (which I'm all for) they are also prescribing drugs like Vioxx (linked to over 40,000 deaths) that don't have the long term science behind them either. So let's not fall into the thinking that because these people have medical degrees that they are in complete understanding of the human body. Modern medical science is still a very young science with a lot more questions then answers at this point.

Now as there are typically "0" deaths in any given year from vitamins, I think I'll take my chances with them. I'm wondering how many deaths per year prescription drugs cause due to side effects even under a physicians care? I'm going to wager more then 0.

Good points Gary...and magnets? Have you been vaping? Of course not, there's no hard science about the benefits of that...no deaths either...hmmm...ponderous.


Eric