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...haven't slowed the run on sex-enhancing nostrums, from herbal supplements like horny goat weed to topical Viacreme, many of them sold on the Web. How good are they? Probably not much better than the monkey testicles worried men had sutured onto their own testicles in the 1920s. ConsumerLab, a White Plains, N.Y., testing firm, found when it sampled Web-peddled human growth hormone (HGH) supplements that they contained no more HGH than a hamburger...
...wasn't, to put it mildly, a stellar day for the booming supplement industry, whose U.S. sales have ballooned to more than $14 billion a year. ConsumerLab, a small, independent laboratory in White Plains, N.Y., is trying to position itself as the Consumer Reports of the supplement industry. According to the report, some of the country's favorite natural health additives may be downright unhealthy...
...root of a Chinese plant that some believe will do everything from boosting energy to combating immune-system disorders like colds, flu and respiratory infections. Eight of the 21 brands tested were found to contain high levels of pesticides, and some also harbored significant amounts of lead. Unfortunately, ConsumerLab did not name the brands that had problems, although it did list nine brands that passed its review (see www.consumerlab.com...
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