{"id":33,"date":"2020-03-10T15:31:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thcu.ca\/?p=33"},"modified":"2020-03-10T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:49:42","slug":"buying-your-supplements-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thcu.ca\/2020\/03\/10\/buying-your-supplements-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Your Supplements: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Supplements provide assurance to deprive ailments, enhance energy, improve metabolism, and many more. However, all of these are not safe for intake, because as the supplements\u2019 popularity grows, comes the growth of dangerous ones as well. Here is a guide to help you avoid bad supplements:<\/p>\n<h5>Be Careful with the Substances<\/h5>\n<p>You must be wary of supplements for weight loss and sexual enhancers. A few of these contain drugs similar to amphetamine, which is prohibited across Europe, United States and Asia.<\/p>\n<h5>Selective Shopping<\/h5>\n<p>Bigger pharmacies, being popular to the public, ensure that they pull out dangerous supplements faster than small-time drugstores.<\/p>\n<h5>China Products<\/h5>\n<p>Some supplements made in China might be contaminated due to its poor manufacturing procedure and lack of supervision.<\/p>\n<h5>Research<\/h5>\n<p>You may browse the Internet, and perform some background check about a certain supplement that may be suspicious for its safety and effectiveness.<\/p>\n<h5>Consult Professionals<\/h5>\n<p>You may inquire to a doctor or pharmacist. These experts can offer advice about supplements that are effective and safe for intake.<\/p>\n<h5>Avoid Suspicious Ingredients<\/h5>\n<p>You should be careful about doubtful ingredients that could harm you. Here are ingredients that have side effects:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bitter Orange<\/strong> \u2013 Can cause cardiac arrest and strokes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chromium<\/strong> \u2013 Can cause kidney failure and anaemia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contaminated L-tryptophan<\/strong> \u2013 Has neurotoxin that causes toxic reactions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kava<\/strong> \u2013 Can cause liver damage.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to take note of this guide for your own safety. It is better to be wary than to be unhealthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supplements provide assurance to deprive ailments, enhance energy, improve metabolism, and many more. However, all of these are not safe for intake, because as the supplements\u2019 popularity grows, comes the growth of dangerous ones as well. Here is a guide to help you avoid bad supplements:<br \>\nBe Careful with the Substances<br \>\nYou must be wary of supplements for weight loss and sexual enhancers. A few of these contain drugs similar to amphetamine, which is prohibited across Europe, United States and Asia.<br \>\nSelective Shopping<br \>\nBigger pharmacies, being popular to the public, ensure that they pull out dangerous &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-lifestyle-tips","category-skincare","tag-supplements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Buying Your Supplements: What you need to know - The Health Communication Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thcu.ca\/2020\/03\/10\/buying-your-supplements-what-you-need-to-know\/\" \>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buying your supplements: what you need to know - 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