Andrew Huberman· PhD
The supplement industry is kind of a wild west of different brands, different levels of quality and stringency. It can be very complicated and what's on the bottle is not always what you're getting.
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The supplement industry is kind of a wild west of different brands, different levels of quality and stringency. It can be very complicated and what's on the bottle is not always what you're getting.
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One issue in the supplement industry is that many supplements don't contain what's listed on the bottle.
One issue with supplements and the supplement industry as a whole, is that the quality and amounts of supplements often varies tremendously.
One issue with supplements, however, is that what's listed on the bottle of various supplements isn't always what's included in the bottle and the quality of ingredients varies tremendously across different supplement manufacturers.
They'll say, you know, supplements aren't regulated. They are regulated. There is variety of qualities across brands and even probably even supplements within brand.
these are not as controlled as they should be and not all tested
the problem is the whole supplement world's kind of a show so unregulated