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Much of the billion dollar ‘supplements’ industry is exploiting women’s health issues with false, dodgy, borderline or just unproven claims. 1/6
The field is chockers. People with no medical qualifications ‘create’ products & Insta-ready photos of ‘nutrients’, ‘greens’ ‘elixirs’ & ’organics’; ’natural’ supplements take up pharmacy aisles, unsupported by any peer-reviewed double-blind studies with a placebo. 2/6
A company claims its pricey food extracts powder is ‘vital to enhancing your fertility, promoting blood flow and enriching your egg quality,’ & will ‘alkalise’ the body which ‘aids conception’. (Ask a doctor or dietitian not selling the product about that!) 3/6
Another company wants to “partner” with me, alongside ‘women’s health experts’ - a naturopath calling herself ‘Doctor’ and a ‘homeopath and minerals therapist’ - to help sell herbal pills they say, without any evidence, will ’assist’ menopause symptoms. I shan’t. 4/6
Advertisers don’t have to prove ‘food supplement’ products work: they state a common problem or issue and use words like “natural”, “organic”, “support”, “assist”, “health”, and “hormones” and “aims to”. It doesn’t mean the product is good, or it has the effect you want. 5/6
We can’t assume if it’s sold online or in a pharmacy it must be safe & the claims for it must be true. Most of these products just turn into expensive wee. But women’s health can still suffer, while they’re being misled & ripped off. End of rant. Happy weekend! 6/6
