Consumer Lab Testing

How many times have we wondered if this or that vitamin really contains what the label says it should? And what about purity? How do we really know?

One answer to these questions is: Consumer Lab. They are independent lab testing many of these products. And the results are posted on their web site as well as newsletter. Some of the companies they double check get upset with their published results. How would we know whats in some of these bottles unless some professional would test them for us? Its understandable those that are found misleading would be unhappy.

We need services like this to help us sort things out. How would we know without someone testing? We would rather not swollow all the health supplement advertising. We prefer to know from an unbiased source just what this or that pill really contains.

So I want to share one of the places that has helped me. I make nothing from posting this. We all need to be informed about this stuff and appreciate professional independent testing labs like this one.

Here are a few subjects taken at random from their site this morning.

Problems Found with Eleven Multivitamins

21 Magnesium Supplements Tested — Two Fail

Key Ingredient Missing in Some Arthritis Supplements

June 20, 2005 — Quality problems widespread among ginseng products sold in Japan. — Nearly two-thirds of products fail ConsumerLab.com testing due to pesticide contamination and missing or substandard ingredients
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http://www.consumerlab.com/