NM

[Wheres Toto]

Local raw honey made my allergies worse.  It almost sent me into a full blown asthma attack.  I can eat supermarket honey without a problem (although we are careful about the brands to make sure it's actually honey).

 

I will try and find an article, although it was a long time ago (like when my kids were teething), but I read about Hylands containing ingredients that weren't on the label.

 

The thing to keep in mind - homeopathy and supplements - very few are checked by any independent agency that they contain what they say they contain, or don't contain additional ingredients that aren't listed.  In the cases where homeopathy had a clear effect, the most likely answer is ingredients that aren't disclosed.

[sassenach]

Recently all natural male enhancement products were found to be loaded with Viagra.

Are you for real? That's hysterical.

[Lady Florida.]

Are you for real? That's hysterical.

 

Yep. All natural they said. No.

 

https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm465024.htm

 

I know this is Jezebel via Buzzfeed, but they reference the FDA warning.

 

http://jezebel.com/all-natural-erection-supplements-are-filled-with-viag-1690169597

 

Here's the Buzzfeed article.

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/azeenghorayshi/natural-sex-supplements-are-actually-spiked-with-viagra?utm_term=.xugeGNaLjV#.yljAlG9nW4

 

 

ETA: I didn't go looking for this information (until you asked of course). I first heard it on our local news broadcast. I promise I'm not researching all natural ED products.  :lol:

Edited March 17, 2017 by Lady Florida.

[IfIOnly]

Yes! I take Quercetin every day and it's amazing the difference. A guy at taekwondo suggested it to me because every year I start coughing in September and don't quit until March (Texas... our allergy seasons are timed weird). He told me about it in November and I started taking it and within about a month my cough was gone. It really helped when cedar season hit (mountain cedar which is really juniper and not cedar at all). Usually my cough gets worse during cedar season and my eyes burn. Super itchy and watery. I usually run my diffuser constantly in January with lemon, peppermint, and lavender in it and it would clear up my eyes amazingly (but not the cough). This year, even though it was a bad cedar year, I didn't need to do the essential oils at all. I had no eye or coughing issues thanks to the quercetin.

What dose are you taking, if you don't mind sharing?

[maize]

Recently all natural male enhancement products were found to be loaded with Viagra.

  

Are you for real? That's hysterical.

What it really is is frightening. People think something is "safe" because it is a natural herbal remedy (questionable thinking in and of itself) but they are actually getting a product loaded with unlabled pharmaceuticals they have no way of researching side effects and potential interactions for.

 

Really scary.

[Lady Florida.]

  

What it really is is frightening. People think something is "safe" because it is a natural herbal remedy (questionable thinking in and of itself) but they are actually getting a product loaded with unlabled pharmaceuticals they have no way of researching side effects and potential interactions for.

 

Really scary.

 

This is what irritates me when people rail against Big Pharma. The pharmaceutical industry definitely has problems, but why does no one complain about Big Supp (supplement)? Their lobbyists have made it so that we have no right to know what we're taking when we take a "natural" product. And what galls me even more is that the biggest government protectors of this industry are members of my political party.

[Butter]

What dose are you taking, if you don't mind sharing?

 

500mg