Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] B.C.A.A. Complex/nutraceuticals--long

That's not just true for animal supplements - it's also true for human 
supplements. There was a run a few years ago to bring the supplement 
industry under FDA testing requirements. Given the economic impact, the 
size of the industry and the mood of the general public regarding more 
Government regulation - especially considering the track record of FDA 
in some high profile cases of life threating side effects missed during 
the long FDA process, I would be surprised that the human supplement 
industry will be put under the FDA. If the human supplement industry 
dodges the bullet, I would believe the animal supplement industry will 
also- and they actually overlap in some cases. The supplement industry 
cannot claim that their supplement in fact does such and such. Some are 
very good a dancing aournd it and making you think it's the greatest 
thing since canned beer while still staying within the law.

As with anything, it is buyer beware.

Truman

Lisa Redmond wrote:

> I have a comment to insert here that is appropriate given what Truman just
> brought up:  Many of these supplements are nutraceuticals, which are NOT
> governed under the same testing rules as the veterinary drugs.  Actually,
> they are not required to be tested at all.  




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