Okay, so just to "keep information accurate and clear" I decided to gather some information for this thread.
Tell me, who do you trust...The American Heart Association, The Consumer's Union, and the United States General Accounting Office's testimony to various Congressional Subcommittes or Butthead?
And here are some links for 'ya:
http://www.americanheart.org/present...tifier=3010678
http://www.consumersunion.org/supple...SMJephedra.pdf
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031042t.pdf
Quote:
FDA Has Determined That
the Adverse Event Reports
and Scientific Literature
Indicate That Dietary
Supplements Containing
Ephedra Pose a Significant
Public Health Hazard
From the adverse event reports it has received and the scientific literature
it has reviewed, FDA concluded in March 2000 that dietary supplements
containing ephedra pose a significant public health hazard that primarily
involves consumers who are young to middle-aged and can result in
adverse cardiovascular and nervous system effects.13 It further concluded
that many of the adverse events were serious, resulting in morbidity and
mortality that would not be expected in a young population and that could
further compromise the health of more vulnerable older adults or those
with underlying conditions.
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http://www.consumersunion.org/products/sb1418-303.htm