Is the FDA really concerns about our health?

Question: If so why not give a go signal to those who sell food supplements that can really help an individual? Why not make the testings of this so called supplements in public? Are they afraid that there drugs are no match with food supplements? And that food supplements are no side effect at all? Besides both drugs and food supplements are all no cure. Some get help some dont so whats the problem with food supplements?

Or why not make a comparison between how long you been taking this drug or food supplement and how fast you got healed? If you got healed from food supplement are you going to lie about it?

How many who got help from this food supplement? Is it not important? What can the FDA says to those people who got help from food supplement?

Answers:
u r right...fda seems to be avoiding to deal with this growing and huge market. it totally needs some control...but i think they're not taking action because these food supplements have not obviously caused harm/death.
recall that fda was created and started to monitor drugs because of such incidences like death from ethylene glycol (basically antifreeze) that was added to some pediatiatric elixir (kids died!) and death from diptheria vaccines.
i think that the fda just made sure that no one really dies from these food supplements and did not take the initiative to see if it really works (like it does for medicines).
the questions about food supplements that u ask r too general and one answer will not be correct for all of them...at least not now with the lack of fda regulations.
what could go wrong with food supplements/herbal products?
i wouldn't worry too much about the vitamins/minerals/protein supplements, but the herbal products is highly variable.
because...: 1) variable manufacturing practices- different quantities of the active ingredient between different lot numbers and even within the same lot number
2) possible high levels of toxins like pesticides...(example- herbs could have been grown with a lot pesticides sprayed on them, or poor manufacturing processes that leave some chemicals behind in the finished product.)
3) used the wrong part of the plant (example: gingko biloba's active ingredient is only in the leaves...some company could use the stems/roots and claim it has gingko biloba in it (which is true), but the active compound won't be there...or it will be there in very, very low amounts.)
4) quantity needed for effectiveness- unsure exactly how much of it is necessary, and how much is too much/toxic...and how different types of individuals could need different amounts.
5) poor studies- many herbal products have not actually proven clearly that they really work...they have studies that suggest they may work, but usually the studies are flawed plus poor manufacturing of the pills contribute to lack of evidence.
6) high prices do not necessarily mean better products

so we just take a chance whenever we buy herbal products.
vitamins/minerals r little more established...and there r better studies showing their effects.

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It sounds like you have already done the testing and found that there are no problems with these products

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