Garbage Supplements in 2012 -Roger Mason

Let's look at the nutritional supplement garbage that is being currently sold (in no particular order). 90% of the natural health industry, unfortunately, is made up of whores, liars, thieves, criminals, charlatans, and psychopaths, to put it politely. These people actually INVENT supplements that have no value, and put out lots of stories and publicity behind them, so the public believes it. It's always about money of course. They make used car dealers look good.

RESVERATROL is the biggest scam going. Instead of feeding grape skins to pigs they are now being sold to people at high prices. There is no science at all behind this, but there is endless advertising. The claims get more outrageous every year. Worthless.

UBIQUINOL is junk. It is unstable and has no shelf life. No, there is no way to stabilize it yet. Real Japanese coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinone) costs about $800 a kilogram, and you need at least 100 mg a day. Skin creams or toothpaste need at least 0.5% or more clearly stated on the label. Ubiquinol is not CoQ10, is unstable, has no shelf life, and no reputable company will sell it. All those newsletter doctors are crooks.

CHONDROITIN is another massive scam. Chondroitin has no value, as it cannot be absorbed by the intestines. If a surgeon injects USP chondroitin into your aging joints it will have benefits, but not orally. No surgeons do this though.

ASTAXANTHIN is a minor caretenoid with no science behind it at all. Junk.

POLICOSANOL is just octacosanol in new clothes, with a new name. It will not lower your cholesterol no matter how much you take. The "studies" are paid ads from Cuba. Please read my book Lower Cholesterol Without Drugs.

ACAI and GOJI BERRIES are more garbage. Just crap for fools sold by criminals.

GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUES don't work. Do you really think a $39.95 OTC pill is going to raise your GH? Chinese Jintropin ® or Hygertropin® are no longer available. Real GH costs about $3,600 a year and must be injected.There is no such thing as oral GH.

KRILL OIL has very low percentage of omega-3 fatty acids, is expensive, and almost never refrigerated, as it must be. Flax oil is the real deal.

TRIBULUS TERRESTIS is still being sold to raise testosterone. You need transdermal or sublingual real prescription testosterone if your level is low. Please read my book Testosterone Is Your Friend.

SAW PALMETTO is still being sold for prostate health. The berries contain a mere 1 part in 3,000 of beta-sitosterol, so you'd have to eat about 3,000 capsules a day.

CHELATION, oral or injected, is a scam. Try Heavy Metal Magnet™ for six months.

NONI JUICE just won't go away. Yes, people really are that stupid.

CHRYSIN doesn’t lower estrogen levels or do anything else beneficial.

COLLOIDAL SILVER is still around as well. Colloidal silver does have EXTERNAL antiseptic properties, but is useless when taken internally.

MSM is still being sold by the ton. Folks, this doesn't work, never did work, and never will work. Please read our free article, Treating Bone & Joint Problems Naturally.

LYCOPENE is useless as proven by published blood serum studies in tens of thousands of men. Anyone who sells you lycopene is a liar, a fool, or both. Read the articles in our library on lycopene. Another massive scam.

ORAL SOD is worthless and comes from melons!!! You would have to inject or use a nasal spray with read superoxide dismutase. Neither are available. Real SOD is stated in PIU (pyrogallol inhibition units), not mg, IU, or any other way.

MODIFIED CITRUS PECTIN is a real laugh. Regular old citrus pectin is very ef-fective and inexpensive, as is apple pectin. You sure don't need to "modify" a soluble fruit pectin just to raise the price exponentially. More crooks.

HYALURONIC ACID taken orally is broken down in the stomach. Useless. The topical creams don’t do anything but hydrate the skin. That’s why we don’t sell one.

SPIRULINA and CHORELLA are more laughs. These algaes have been around for three decades, and people are still buying them. Not one single valid published study.

COLLOIDAL MINERALS just won't die either. This is just clay extract without any minerals in it. All Your Minerals® has 20 elements in the amounts you need.

BEE PRODUCTS have been around since Abe Lincoln ran the country. If it comes from a bee, don't buy it. Bee pollen, bee propolis, bee jelly, bee whatever...

MACA ROOT is a barely edible turnip fed to livestock in South America. Useless. Selling it as "Peruvian ginseng" should result in a substantial prison sentence.

STEVIA is not a safe alternative to using sugar, honey, and other simple sugars. Using stevia and other sugar substitutes cause the same damage as natural sugars. Just get over your sugar addiction and stop trying to cheat.

MUIRA PUAMA will not help your sex life or anything else.

POMEGRANATE and MANGOSTEEN products are just promotional junk.

CINNAMON overdoses for diabetes don’t work. Cinnamon is a great spice though.

WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCTS like hoodia cactus are all worthless. None of them work, or obesity would be cured. Billions of dollars every year wasted on this stuff. You lose weight by making better food choices; diet, exercise, and lifestyle will keep you slim.

NATTOKINASE has no value, and no science behind it. Natto is a fine condiment, but Westerners do not like it. It is merely a fermented soy product.

7-KETO DHEA is another scam. If you prove your DHEA level is low just take regular, plain, cheap, over-the-counter DHEA tablets.

MALE SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT products. Any man who buys these needs psychiatric care. Do you really think you’ll regain your sexual potency by taking some $39.95 OTC pill? Good sex depends on GOOD HEALTH and good relationship.

FEMALE SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT products. See the above. Good health, good relationship, and good psychological and emotional balance are the keys here.

CMO, or cetyl myristoleate, has no value for your arthritis. Why does something like this keep selling decade after decade? How stupid are people anyway? Read the article Treat-ing Bone & Joint Problems Naturally.

HOMEOPATHIC remedies contain no actual ingredients whatsoever. That's a scientific fact, and readily admitted to by proponents of homeopathy. These delusional fools have had over 100 years to prove their case. They have failed miserably. You buy little bottles of plain water at fancy prices. What a deal!

VITAMIN C MEGADOSES will make your blood acidic and ruin your health. Take no more than 250 mg of vitamin C, which is 400% of what you need. Linus Pauling was a well meaning, but very misguided person. The road to Hell is paved with such good intentions. Overdoses of anything are harmful including oxygen, sun, food, water, fun, sex, or religion.

ARGININE is still popular after all these years. In the past 20 years there are no published studies showing any value whatsoever for taking arginine supplements. All the “studies” are done with poor, heavily overdosed, injected rats.

TONGKAT ALI is another testosterone raising scam. Anyone who advocates this should be shot in the public square. Yes, people really are that stupid to buy things like this. Please read my book Testosterone Is Your Friend- A Book for Men and Women.

RED RICE YEAST is not the way to lower your cholesterol. Please read my book Lower Chol-esterol Without Drugs. DIET is far more important than supplements here. This has almost disappeared in 2012 fortunately.

WHEY PROTEIN is almost always full of indigestible lactose. Whey is a waste product from cheese manufacturing. Americans already eat TWICE the protein they need in the first place. A low protein diet is proven to promote health and longevity. High protein diets ruin your kidneys and promote cancer, especially animal proteins like this.

BILBERRY has no value at all for vision- or anything else for that matter.

MGN3 and AHCC are made up names for supplements that don’t work.

SUCRALOSE (aka Splenda®) should be banned for human or animal use. This is a halogenated toxin with chlorine. It is anything but a safe and proven alternative to regular sugars. It is not “made from sugar” at all, but it a synthetic and harmful chemical.

VITAMIN D OVERDOSES over 1,200 IU. The RDA is only 400 IU, we recommend 800 IU, and elderly sickly people could even push it to 1,200 IU. This is a fat soluble hormone (it’s not a vitamin) that is stored in the body. High doses are toxic.

CANOLA OIL was never meant for human consumption and comes from rapeseed. There are no "canola" plants. This contains toxic erucic acid. Do not use canola oil.

There are only 20 proven permanent endogenous (in your body and/or your daily food) supplements recommended in my books. They include beta glucan, CoQ10, beta-sitosterol, lipoic acid, NAC, PS, ALC, vitamin D, vitamin E, beta carotene, a complete vitamin and mineral supplement, flax oil, acidophilus, FOS, quercetin, soy isoflavones, DIM, glutamine, and glucosamine.

If you are over the age of 40, you'd do well to take all of them. This is in addition to the hormones you would need personally. If you are under 40, there are only about 8 you should take. Please read the article Supplements forYounger People. We offer a convenient pack of all eight supplements for those under 40. We offer a pack of 20 supplements over 40 as well. Please read my booklet The Supplements You Need and the article Serious Supplement Program. For hormones read the article How to Balance your Hormones.

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