Consumer Lab Reports Phony Joint Supplements

It does matter what brand you select when purchasing joint supplements. ConsumerLab reports " ...eight supplements for osteoarthritis failed ConsumerLab's testing. Four of had less than 8% of their listed amounts of key ingredients, including a "maximum strength" product that contained no chondroitin at all. Three others had only 52% to 75% of listed ingredients. One failed because it would not properly break apart to release its glucosamine and chondroitin."

Eight brands of twenty-nine tested did not pass their tests. The twenty-nine tested are:

Advocare	Nature's Plus
Bronson	NSI
Country Life	Nutri Vet
Cosamin	Pharmanex
Cosequin	Puritan's Pride
CVS	Rottapharm
Doctor's Best	Schiff
Drinkables	Symtec
HydraJoint	Swanson
GLC	TriMedica
Joint Max	Twinlab
Karuna	Vitamin World
Kirkland	Walgreens
Maxi Health	Weil
Nature Made

To find out more, visit http://www.consumerlab.com.

Tainted Pet Food Still On Shelves

It's being reported today that The Food and Drug Administration said it had inspected about 400 stores nationwide and still found some dog and cat food products affected by last month's recall by Canada-based pet food maker Menu Foods Income Fund and other manufacturers.

FDA officials have said the affected foods contained wheat gluten contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical used in plastics and fertilizer. But the agency is still investigating what caused the confirmed death of 16 cats and dogs. About 12,000 pets have been reported ill.

For more information, visit http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html