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Hydoxycut is being withdrawn from sale on the orders of the Food & Drug Administration for fear of liver damage. CBS' newly-arrived in-house physician Jennifer Ashton appeared on the Evening News for the third time this week (here and here on the Mexican swine 'flu) to point out that "just because something says it is natural does not always mean it is necessarily safe." Hydroxycut, made in Canada by Iovate, is a caffeinated herbal supplement that is marketed for weight loss. NBC's Tom Costello reminded us that its "ads are everywhere from cable TV to the pages of beauty magazines."
NBC's Costello then launched in on the law that prevents the FDA from regulating supplements before they are put on the market: "Amazingly the FDA cannot prescreen products if the ingredients existed before 1994…With 114m adults taking some type of dietary supplement--from vitamins to energy drinks--health experts argue FDA oversight before products come to market is long overdue."
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