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Posted by webmaster @ Nutrafitness.com on June 25, 2003 at 23:13:49:
In Reply to: ephedra issue posted by Olmy on June 25, 2003 at 23:07:10:
: What is up with Ephedra? Why is it being pulled?
One word: Liability. It seems most companies simply do not want to run the
risk of being sued. Ephedra itself has been deemed safe in countless studies,
published in countless respected medical journals,
such as the New England Journal of medicine (click here for one: http://www.nejm.com.
The problem comes from misuse or abuse of products with ephedra, ie., people
taking too many pills, people taking pills that should not (under age, heart
problems, etc). It is true, that there is a small percent of the population that
have 'adverse events', but the same can be said for anyone who takes iron
supplements, or even too much Vitamin C. It seems that
once again a few bad apples, mostly people taking too many pills 'to get high',
have ruined it for the rest of us. Look on the Diet Page and Herb Fitness page
for more information on alternatives to ephedra in the near future.