One of the most popular and most advertised over-the-counter dietary supplement, Hydroxycut, is being recalled by government health officials. Once again a product that is supposed to be safe has been found to be the cause of liver damage, including jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, to liver failure. One person received a transplant and another has been place on a waiting list to receive a new liver. There has been one death also attributed to Hydroxycut.
Did you know there are 14 Hydroxycut products available out there? I did not realize that there were that many different products with that name. And at least 9 million packages were sold last year as they are readily available all over in grocery stores and pharmacies.
The product has been advertised as being made from natural ingredients. Even so, one of the problems is that, according to health officials, the formulation been changed several times and so it has been difficult to determine which Hydroxycut ingredients are potentially toxic.
Once again we see how our culture is so into how we look we put our health in jeopardy by not really knowing what we are putting in our bodies. How many of us really read the labels? And even if we do, do we really know what any of the ingredients on there are? And don't forget,
we are buying into what the big corporations are telling us forgetting possibly that their goal is to mainly make money. The FDA doesn't come in until after a problem has been found.
The big question again - Who do we put our faith and trust in to rely on keeping us informed and safe?
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