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The Future of Dietary Supplements Under Trump’s FDA

2025/2/7
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Dr. S. Bryn Austin
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Leslie McClurg
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Leslie McClurg: 我认为膳食补充剂行业缺乏监管,导致存在健康风险。虽然很多人都在服用,但大多数人并不确定它们是否真的有效。而且,RFK Jr.对FDA的态度非常负面,这让我对未来该行业的走向感到担忧。 Marilee Oppezzo: 膳食补充剂的范畴非常广泛,几乎所有不是药物的药丸都属于这个范畴。人们通常通过朋友或社交媒体的推荐来决定是否服用补充剂。然而,这些补充剂缺乏监管,无法在上市前进行安全审查,这确实是一个问题。我认为缺乏监管的原因是研究和审查耗时过长,无法跟上产品更新的速度。 Nicholas Florko: 我认为FDA对膳食补充剂的监管非常宽松,主要关注产品是否危险和宣传是否合规。FDA成立的初衷是保护公众免受“蛇油”产品的危害,但现在RFK Jr.对FDA的态度非常负面,这与FDA的初衷背道而驰。我认为RFK Jr.在食品和补充剂监管上的立场是矛盾的。 Dr. S. Bryn Austin: 我认为RFK Jr.对膳食补充剂的立场是混乱的,他误导了公众。膳食补充剂行业已经申请专利并从中获利,RFK Jr.的说法是不实的。1994年的《膳食补充剂健康教育法》使FDA无法对补充剂进行严格的上市前审查,这使得美国人成为了补充剂行业的“实验鼠”。我认为政府应该加强对儿童的保护,禁止销售减肥和增肌补充剂给未成年人。

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This chapter defines dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal products. It also discusses the lack of stringent FDA regulation compared to medications, highlighting the absence of pre-market review and the challenges in removing unsafe products.
  • Many products are considered supplements, including vitamins, powders, and drinks.
  • Dietary supplements are not regulated like medications; there's no pre-market review.
  • The FDA can remove dangerous supplements from the market and regulate false claims.

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Dietary supplements like those for weight loss and muscle building have become a multi-billiondollar industry, even as health experts say that in many cases their efficacy and safety is unproven. We take a close look at the rules governing the industry and what might change under the Trump Administration especially as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be confirmed as Health and Human services secretary. Do you have a vitamin or dietary supplement question?

Guests:

**Dr. S Bryn Austin, **social epidemiologist and professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health

**Nicholas Florko, **staff writer, The Atlantic

**Marily Oppezzo, **behavioral and learning scientist, registered dietician, Stanford Prevention Research Center