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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Nutrition, Products & Supplements Info => Topic started by: johnnyx on September 29, 2009, 11:53:23 AM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_supplements (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_supplements)
Will this become the beginning of a new set of rules for "all" supplements ??? The rights of supplementation slowly going away...
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Part of me likes the idea if it includes confirming that active ingredients match label claims. Keep the companies honest.
However, that costs money, and I presume this proposed investigation/testing would be limited to detecting the presence of banned substances in OTC supplements.
The law is the law, and banned substances are banned substances, but I have a feeling that this type of crackdown will get the ball rolling for other, bigger, stupider things – i.e. the day may soon come that we DO need a Rx to simply purchase multi-vitamins. >:(
PA’s Arlen Specter is a big proponent of the proposed regulation.
I also remember Hillary barking about nutritional supplement restrictions a few years back. In fact, that’s when some folks started alluding to the “prescription for vitamins” speculation.
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Well they better start with prescriptions for alcohol and acetaminophen.
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I have mixed feelings about it.
Sometimes the government can be overreaching in this area (I still don't get why they banned andro and Nor-andro but let DHEA remain legal).
Then again, the law about selling expired supplements has been a good one to me!!
;D
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I can see you walking around a store you’re “casing” making a list of all the sh!t about to expire, even advising other customers to buy something different since “the day after its expiration a product no longer works.”
Then next week on “Super Tuesday…”
;)
But I agree the govt. oversteps its bounds with this consumer regulation stuff.
And every new restriction/regulation they successfully implement makes preceding (and unnecessary) ones easier.
Imagine this scenario:
"Sorry Mr. Smith, you've exceeded your limit for vit C and micellar protein powder. You can't purchase more for at least 60 days."
Sound silly?
So is a Rx for Zinc.
Little difference between the two.
The bigger difference is between stricter "supplement" regulation & the way things are now.
Once that step is taken, everything else is relatively easy to accomplish.
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Part of me likes the idea if it includes confirming that active ingredients match label claims. Keep the companies honest.
However, that costs money, and I presume this proposed investigation/testing would be limited to detecting the presence of banned substances in OTC supplements.
I would agree with the Feds tigtening up the system to make sure label claims are met, it only helps the consumer.
Im not sure anything else will happen. I think the companies will start stepping up to offer product that is gauranteed clean, to steer more athletes to their supplements. I know CNP professional does this. It will help them get business, otherwise coaches will instruct their guys not to use anything and if the players get nailed on a test, its their own fault and they pay the consequence.
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I can see you walking around a store you’re “casing” making a list of all the sh!t about to expire, even advising other customers to buy something different since “the day after its expiration a product no longer works.”
Then next week on “Super Tuesday…”
;)
"Super Tuesday" is soooooooo late 90s/early 2000s!!! Now, it's the first week of the month (and sometimes, it's the first 10 days). ;D
But, you're partially right! There are times when I do look at the marked-down items at GNC. If it's really cheap, I'll buy it on the spot (if I think the price is so low that it won't be there during Gold Card Week). But, I don't have to case the store but simply look for those orange stickers.
Otherwise, I'll wait until then. That way I get the 20% off the markdown price. That's how I get items like Anabolic Leucine Stack (GNC's powdered answer to MuscleTech's Leukic) for $12 or less; the cheapest I've ever bought it is $6.
For the most part, I get protein powders, bars, and RTDs. But, I also get to try other supplements, most recently MuscleTech's Apoldan for $14.
As for expiration, the bottle of LG Sciences' Methyl Masterdol is supposed to expire October '09 (which is why I got it for $10.19 in late August). The question, though, is it Oct. 1 or Oct. 31? ;D
But I agree the govt. oversteps its bounds with this consumer regulation stuff.
And every new restriction/regulation they successfully implement makes preceding (and unnecessary) ones easier.
Imagine this scenario:
"Sorry Mr. Smith, you've exceeded your limit for vit C and micellar protein powder. You can't purchase more for at least 60 days."
Sound silly?
So is a Rx for Zinc.
Little difference between the two.
The bigger difference is between stricter "supplement" regulation & the way things are now.
Once that step is taken, everything else is relatively easy to accomplish.
It does sound silly, especially considering that DHEA is still legal.