NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Natural Health Product, Horsepower, Jargon
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Look for a drug identification number din or usp identifies it is not contaminated and contains what it says it does. Different health food stores were tested for recommendations to fake customers. Natural health products (nhp: ephedra ingredient now banned in canada, was in diet supplements before ban, t. Joh(cid:374)"s wort tested and found to contain none or less than 10% of ingredients listed: echinacea no difference found between the use of echinacea vs. the placebo. What is their intent: credentials, does good science support the products claim.
