CR list of supplements you should avoid

[Riprorin]

There is an article in this months Consumer Reports about dangerous supplements.

If you take supplements, you may want to be sure that they don't contain the following:

Definitely hazardous:

Aristolochic acid

Very likely hazardous:

Comfrey
Androstenedione
Chaparral
Germander
Kava

Likely hazardous:

Bitter ornage
Organ/glandular extracts
Lobelia
Pennyroyal oil
Scullcap
Yohimbe

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
Pennyroyal oil

Is that like Pennyroyal Tea?

"Sit and drink pennyroyal tea
Distill the life that?s inside of me
Sit and drink pennyroyal tea
I?m anemic royalty"

 

[Bootprint]

And here I thought it was going to be a rant from CorporateRecreation.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
And here I thought it was going to be a rant from CorporateRecreation.

I could arrange that

 

[Riprorin]

Bitter orange is in Xenadrine EFX, Metabolife Ultra, NOW diet support. It's ingredients have effects similar to those of the banned weight-loss stimulant ephedra.

Since there was a thread on diet pills, I thought that this would be the most likely one people here would be taking.

 

[Silverbullet28]

Is there an online version of this article? I would like to read it.

 

[Riprorin]

Originally posted by: Silverbullet28
Is there an online version of this article? I would like to read it.

I don't think so. I believe that you have to be a subscriber to get the articles on-line.