Those of us who are health conscious know that nutritional supplements work. However, we also know that this is a totally unregulated industry and there is always the possbility that a nutritional supplement could actually be dangerous to our health.  Consumer Reports has released the 12 Most Dangerous Nutritional Supplements, compiled from a list prepared from FDA data. 

The dozen are aconite, bitter orange, chaparral, colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, country mallow, germanium, greater celandine, kava, lobelia, and yohimbe. The FDA has warned about at least eight of them, some as long ago as 1993.

Take a look at your vitamin shelf, and if you see any of these there, throw them out. Also, look at all of the nutritional supplement labels, many of these ingredients may be contained in supplements that have been renamed from branding purposes.

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