Frontline documentary Flashcards
(17 cards)
Purity First
> capsules layered in 2 anabolic steroids > owner: Candice Tripp > found changes/side effects: - abnormal hair growth - female turning into male organs - male breasts in females
Paul Offitt
Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia
Only ___ employees that is part of the supplement division in FDA.
25
Jerry Kessler
Lobbyist
Dietary Supplement Health& Education Act
How many deaths are linked w/supplements?
160
OxyElite Pro
> liver failure among many Hawaiians
70 reported cases of liver problems
Cynthia Novida: yellow eyes due to OxyElite Pro; major and permanent liver damage
“_____-vitamins don’t hurt.”
Multi
Mega vitamins
HURT
increase chance of cancer
Vit. D
do not go over 4,000 IU/day
higher risk of Cardiovascular Disease if too much taken
83% of _____ ____ supplements were under regulated levels.
fish oil
60% of ingredients are (included/not included) in tested supplements.
not included
Vitamins ___ and ___ are antioxidants.
C, E
Vit. E
1000 units = 1,670 almonds
increase prostate cancer
GNC
DNA barcoding to label their supplements
Dietary Supplement studies
found to be non-beneficial
Why people are so offended by supplements getting taken away?
generational/traditional/cultural attachment
Daniel Fabricant
Director in Div. of Dietary Supplements