Garbage in 2008 -Roger Mason

Today let's look at the nutritional supplement garbage that is being sold this year 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 big stories and lots of publicity behind them, so the public believes it. It's always about money of course.  
 
CHONDROITIN is the most successful of these made-up supplements. 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.

 
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.  
 
GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUES don't work. Do you really think a $39.95 OTC pill is going to raise your GH? Hopefully you're smarter than that. Chinese Jintropin ® or Hygertropin®is now down to $120 a month for 30IU/10 mg and it is possible to use this sublingually dissolved in vodka rather than inject it. (You need 1 IU daily). There is no such thing as oral GH. 
 
TRIBULUS TERRESTIS is still being sold to raise testosterone. This is just one of thousands of common Chinese herbs and has nothing to do with testosterone. You need transdermal or sublingual real presciption testosterone if your level is low. You can get this legally on the Internet from international online pharmacies by registered mail cheaply. Please read You Don't Need a Prescription in our library. 
 
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 to get any value. This includes Pygeum as well. Good luck. Buy a good brand of beta-sitosterol with 300 mg or more of mixed sterols per capsule.  
 
CORAL CALCIUM aka blackboard chalk aka calcium carbonate is still being sold. Anyone naive enough to buy that deserves what they get- expensive chalk. 
 
NONI JUICE just won't go away. Give me a big break please.  

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 and 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.  

OLIVE LEAF extract is just plain silly. 
 
CoQ10 PRODUCTS with low dose or ubiquinol. Coenzyme Q10 costs about $1,000 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. People who sell you 10 mg or 30 mg CoQ10 capsules are criminals. Companies that don't state the percent of CoQ10 in skin creams are crooks. Real Japanese CoQ10 is ubiquinone; unstable ubiquinol is a cheap scam. 
 
MODIFIED CITRUS PECTIN is a real laugh. Regular old citrus pectin is very effective and inexpensive, as is apple pectin. You sure don't need to "modify" a soluble fruit pectin just to raise the price exponentially. 

HYALURONIC ACID taken orally is broken down in the stomach. Useless. The

topical creams don't do anything but hydrate the skin. 
 
SPIRULINA and CHORELLA are more laughs. These algaes have been around for three decades and people are still buying them. Not one single valid study in all this time.  
 
COLLOIDAL MINERALS just won't die either. It would be nice if that pompous little fat butt promoter had gone to prison for pushing clay extract without any minerals in it.  
 
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.  

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

POMEGRANATE products have no value. 

MANGOSTEEN products don't either. 

ACAI and GOJI BERRIES are more garbage. 

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. 

NATTOKINASE has no value and no science behind it. Natto is a fine condiment,

but Westerners do not seem to like it at all. It is a fermented soy product. 
 
7-KETO DHEA is just too much! Like regular old cheap DHEA is somehow "dangerous" or something? If you prove your DHEA level is low just take regular, plain,

cheap, over-the-counter (OTC) DHEA tablets.  
 
MALE SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT products. Any man who buys these needs psychiatric care. Do you really think you'll regain your potency by taking some $39.95 OTC pill? Sexuality 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?  
 
HOMEOPATHIC remedies literally 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 and 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.  
 
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.  
 
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 Cholesterol Without Drugs". DIET is far more important than supplements here.

This has almost disappeared in 2008 fortunately. 
 
WHEY PROTEIN is almost always full of indigestible lactose. Whey is a waste product from cheese manufacturing and Americans already eat TWICE the protein they need in the first place. A low protein diet is proven to promote health and longevity. 
 
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. 

RESVERATROL- useless for your immunity; all advertising. A lot of this is being

sold and the outrageous claims get worse all the time. Useless. 
 
SUCRALOSE (aka Splenda®) should be banned for human or animal use. This is halogenated with chlorine and anything but a safe and proven alternative to regular sugars.  
 
VITAMIN D OVERDOSES of 4,000 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.  
 
There are only about 20 proven permanent endogenous (in your body and/or your daily food) supplements recommended in my books. If you are over the age of 40, you'd do well to take all of them. If you are under 40, there are only about 8 you should take. Please read the article Supplements for Younger People. We now offer a convenient pack of all eight supplements for those under 40. Also please read my ninth book The Supplements You Need.