Vitamin X
The wild and unregulated west of dietary supplements.
Explain It to Me · Vox
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Show Notes
Today on The Weeds, we are sharing an episode of another Vox podcast, Unexplainable, that originally aired in June 2022.
Millions of Americans take dietary supplements — everything from vitamins and minerals to weight-loss pills and probiotics. But because supplements are loosely regulated in the US, their makers don't have to prove that they work, or even that they are safe.
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