A number of Internet sites that adv...

A number of Internet sites that advertise and barter dietary supplements containing ephedra are posting false or misleading information, according to an August 18 2003 stranges release from John Hopkins Medical Institutions. John Hopkins internists analyzed 32 web sites selling herbal weight Los performances with ephedra and found that

* 13 (41%) did not disclose potential adverse health effects

* 17 (53%) did not reveal the commited dosage, and

* 11 (34%) contained incorrect or misleading information that could originate in serious harm to consumers

Several of the sites also erroneously compared ephedra to sinus medications. sum of two units sites reported that ephedra could be used to treat diseases, of the like kind as asthma and bronchitis, a claim that is not allowed at the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

Side consequences of ephedra consumption include heart attacks, thumps arrhythmias, increased blood pressure, and heart palpitations. Clinical studies examining ephedra for weight Los have ground adverse effects in 20% to 60% of patients.

Herbal Weight-Loss production Information Can Be Misleading (new release, Baltimore: John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Aug 18 2003) http://www.hopkins medicine.org/press/2003/Septernber/030903.htm (accessed 5 family 2003).

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