Ratings on vitamins and supplements

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imagineit2010
imagineit2010 Member Posts: 152 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Does anyone have a FREE source for ratings on supplements? A dietician I spoke with warned me to be very carefull with vitamins and supplements because there are many bogus kinds on the market. I checked 2 websites that evaluate and rate these things but they both have membership fees and while they aren't much ($25.00 to $50.00 per yr.), I figured I would check to see if anyone knew of any "reputable" sites that had free info first. One site I checked mentioned some supplements that had extremely high amounts of lead in some of their products and another brand contained only a small portion of the beneficial ingrediants they claimed was in their's. This inconsistency could easily explain why some people see benefits from supplements while others don't. Also, if not free, what source for recomendation of vit. & supps do you use (website, dietician,nutritionist,doctor,etc..)...
Thanks

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  • abrub
    abrub Member Posts: 2,174 Member
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    Understanding Herbs and Botanicals in Survivorship - from MSKCC
    If you have the patience, watch through these videos - lots of good information, including what to look for on the labels of vitamins and supplements to tell you that they are good.


    http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/96363.cfm


    Or, if in doubt, you can contact the Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Ketterig Hospital, and they will answer questions. There are contact links on the web pages.
  • nudgie
    nudgie Member Posts: 1,478 Member
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    I use
    www.webmd.com

    Very good source
  • PGLGreg
    PGLGreg Member Posts: 731
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    I suggest you rely on self-policing, which should work for large national/international companies. A news story revealing a contaminated product would very, very bad for business, for a large firm selling many millions in vitamins or supplements annually, so it has a strong motive to be super careful about quality control.

    --Greg

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