Your Supplements are a Lie

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In poor countries it's called corruption, in the USA it's called lobbying. I love the "developed" world.

Dr. White was my cardiology and drug information professor in pharmacy school!!! He’s an expert on the (lack of) FDA regulation of dietary supplements in addition to health economics outcomes research and cardiology trials. And he’s hilarious. What a guy.

As a South American who thought supplements and vitamins from the USA were much better than the ones we could obtain in my country, this is eye opening.

I appreciate this so much. You could even go deeper into this. Specifically pre workouts. There is a lawsuit for companies like C4 and Jack3d that were putting DMAA into pre workouts. A local news reported a US soldier died during PT due to these supplements. Germany and most of Europe bans these. Yet places we trust like GNC still sell them. One of my friends had a seizure and I myself developed 6 years of neurological heart issues. You could have a whole episode on pre-workouts alone….

This is so fascinatingly insane. Anything healthcare related in the us is so convoluted

When I was on deployment (I'm german), we shared a camp with the US forces. For our deployment in-brief we were actively warned by our medical staff officer about the supplements from the American PX. We knew that they potentially contained very harmful substances that are simply illegal in Europe (for a reason!).

My grandfather had the first vitamin and health food store in Middle Tennessee. He was in business for 42 years. It was called Len Rossi Health Foods. He always did a lot of research on the vitamins he bought and sold and made sure they were top-notch quality. He had 4 stores at one point, but through the years, everyone started selling vitamins. Wal Mart, grocery stores, even gas stations, and it really hurt his business towards the end. He only had 1 store but worked until he was 90 and passed 2 years ago. He knew the vitamins the big box stores were selling then were all really crappy quality, and he preached quality in his store. He was also smart enough not to tell people that you can replace medicines with these supplements. He would say it's a compliment to whatever else you have to take medically.

It has always been hard to articulate to others of why I do not take pills or supplements. This goes into such great detail on that. Thank you.

Just stopping to thank you Johnny for interviewing a pharmacist about this topic, and recognizing their status as Doctors in their field. Often I am perceived by the public as more of a service industry worker and less of a healthcare team member. Thank you for showing that pharmacists are valuable knowledge sources about drugs and supplements!

I remember going to the doctors a few years ago and told them I take Centrum and he said "stop taking those, they are snake oil cons with a lot of money. Eat healthy instead!" Amazing work JH! Keep going!

The 90s? I remember taking Flintstones vitamins when I was a kid in the 80s. It was hard candy back then and loved the taste. And during that time, bottles didn't have child proof caps so I was taking them more than I should've. My mom would get puzzled that the bottle's already empty. Those days 😂.

You helped me with this idea for my school research poster project and the sources are great!

AG1 reached out to Johnny for sponsorship. Instead Johnny did a whole hit piece on them. Love it!

Only Johnny casually goes from talking about Switzerland's obsession with guns to health supplements

I do take vitamin D in the winter. It's cheap. And not enough sunshine in the day. What can I say?

Love the effort that went into this video, particularly the visuals.

It would be cool if you did a video on how toxic the food industry is too. I feel like the supplement industry and the food industry go hand in hand with profiting from consumers instead of actually caring about our health.

Also, if you plan on taking a supplement, the best way to ensure it is safe is if it has USP or NSF labels. These are private testing labs that validate dosage, check for contaminants, etc.

I’m really curious to see if this also applies to countries with stronger health regulations (like any within the EU).