Are nutritional supplement labels accurate?
Nutritional supplement labels are accurate most of the time; but you need to do some research, and make sure you avoid products only sold on the internet. Watch consumer healthcare expert Tod Cooperman, MD, explain some guidelines to keep in mind.
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You shouldn't trust the manufacturer to tell you what the dosage is that you want to take. So do a little homework first.
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Nutritional supplement labels, or dietary supplement labels, are accurate most of the time.
But we find that there's a problem with about one out of four supplements, particularly with very popular supplements like Garcinia cambogia.
In general, first, you want to know what you're looking for on the label. You want to know what ingredient it's supposed to be in there, what the dosage should be.
You shouldn't trust the manufacturer to tell you what the dosage is that you want to take. So do a little homework first.
Then look at the products, look at the supplement facts labels and go through them, and see that it has the dose that you want.
If it's an herb like Garcinia, that it's standardized properly, say, in this case, to 50% to 60% HCA.
So these are important things to look for. And in terms of the brand, if it's something that's only being sold on the internet,
I would stay away from it. We have found at Consumer Lab testing Garcinia supplements that the majority actually don't have what they claim,
particularly if they're only sold on the internet. [AUDIO LOGO]
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