According to a recent study, vitamin fudge chewing does not provide adequate nutrients to the body. Despite the sweetness of these fudges, the tests found that many fudge nutrients and minerals did not match the label. Consumer laboratory of the american nutrition product assessment agency (co)Nsumer lab has recently tested 50 common combinations of vitamins, including five fudge complex vitamins, four of which contain nutrients and minerals that do not match the label, including a well-established product with a well-established brand name in the united states。
Although many have replaced their tablets by chewing fudge to supplement the nutrition needed for one day, nutritionists have warned that these fudge garments may be more bad than good。
As of the time of the press release, there had been no response from the united states consortium。
Research findings
Some vitamin products do not match labels
In the consumer laboratory (co)Of the 50 composite vitamin products tested in nsumer lab, vitamin a, vitamin d, folic acid, calcium content in 12 dietary supplements does not correspond to label levels, ranging from 24 per cent of the labeled volume to 157 per cent of the labeled volume and above the maximum allowable intake, which may pose some potential health risks。
Vitamin fudge problems are particularly acute, with five types of tests, four of which are unsatisfactory, 10 vitamins for adult complex vitamin flavour (successful) and nine vitamins for naturemade (ten-uymé) and vitafusion (pumpy sugar). The adult complex vitamin fudge of smarty pants does not contain vitamin b1, vitamin b3, vitamin k, iron, magnesium, copper, selenium, and chromium, which are common in complex vitamins。
Vitafusion
In addition, the test results showed that the four vitamins were too high。
According to the researchers
Vitamin fudge is usually free from poor diet. Su
In this connection, the law and order evening journalist has been connected to the consumer laboratory (co)Todd cooperman, managing director. Todd described vitamin fudge as a dietary supplement in the united states as a subcategory of food. Unlike vitamin tablets, chewable vitamin fudge is easier to decompose. Because of good taste, people are more likely to take vitamins voluntarily. The problem, however, is that this type of fudge usually does not contain bad nutrients, such as iron, which may be one of the reasons why the fudge label does not match its actual content。
Smarty pants adult vitamin fudge
Consumer laboratories (co)Nsumer lab has tested hundreds of brands since their creation in 1999. Because of its objectivity and impartiality, its findings have been widely cited by many research institutions and the media。
Products tested by consumer laboratories are purchased randomly from the market and are not accepted by manufacturers. The laboratory uses a blind check, i. E. Only the number of the samples tested, without the name of the manufacturer and the brand, and then reverts to each brand against the original code after obtaining the results. If the product fails to pass the test, it will be sent to the second laboratory for re-examination. The entire testing process is subject to expert supervision by consumer laboratories。
China drop point
Same product sold domestically
A search by the rule of law evening opinion reporter for a fishing website found that the united states complex vitamins mentioned in the report had been sold on the amazon overseas purchase site at a cost of approximately $154 for freight and taxes. And nature made's sales price for skycat international is at $200。
On the other hand, there are four non-qualified vitamin fudges that are sold online. Among them, adult complex vitamin fudge, known as gentrum, and smarty pants, sell between $1,200. Vitafusion, which was cited as nine non-compliant vitamins, was sold in several shops, one of which showed 123 successful recent transactions and 425 reviews. The buyer commented, “this sugar is delicious and i don't know if it's okay to eat more than 20 a day.” in the description of the store's products, however, the recommended amount of consumption and risk tips were not indicated。
Expert analysis
High lipid soluble vitamins can cause poisoning
In an interview with the legal late-night newspaper persistence journalist, the nutritionist tanya said that high fat soluble vitamins were susceptible to poisoning. Four sections of vitamin a with high levels of vitamins are lipid-solsolar vitamins, including vitamins d, e and k, which do not eat as much as water-soluble vitamins as they excrete, and those with high levels of fat-soluble vitamins accumulate in their bodies and cause poisoning。
For example, overdose in vitamin a can cause acute, chronic and teratogenic toxicity, and over-ingestion can lead to symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, headaches, blurred vision, etc., although chronic toxicity is more common due to prolonged accumulation, with common symptoms such as headaches, reduced appetite, loss of hair, muscle pains, liver problems, etc., and increased risk of foetal malformations if vitamin a is over-ingestioned in the early stages of pregnancy。
Gentrum (successful) adult vitamin fudge
Add sweet substances, increase the risk of tooth decay and obesity
According to valin, fudges add sweet substances such as white sugar, gravy syrup, malt syrup, corn syrup, etc., compared to tablet vitamins. Although different brands indicate the recommended daily amount, it is easy to over-eat, especially for sweet children. Adding to the concern of many parents that children lack composite vitamins and minerals, they are often paid for without knowing if they are missing, and in order for the children to be willing to eat, they choose flexible combinations of vitamins and minerals, so that there are other health risks even if vitamins are not overweight。
For example, refined sugar increases the risk of tooth decay and obesity. In the case of a brand of vitamin fudge, for example, recommending two sugars per day gives 6 grams of white sugar, and if it is not carefully eaten, more sugar is consumed, which not only increases the risk of obesity, but also the risk of tooth decay, which, for children, is not conducive to the development of light eating habits。
Valeline points out that fudge can be added to the tablets with food additives such as pigments, fragrances, chromosomes and gum, and that there is a potential health risk for children with incomplete development of dirty organs if they are overingestion. Over-ingestion of artificial synthetic pigments has been found to increase zinc loss in children。
Expert recommendations
Food supplements are no substitute for drugs or food
According to the nutrition expert, dietary supplementation is neither a substitute nor a substitute for food, and a balanced diet should be the preferred route to full nutrition, and the choice of dietary supplementation is recommended only if the diet does not meet nutritional needs。
In the united states, where dietary supplements are managed by food products, where the content, validity and safety of the various components of the product are guaranteed by the company itself and can be marketed without the approval of the u. S. Food and drug regulatory authority, it is inevitable that small companies may even have a safety problem by stealing from their workers. For example, in this laboratory of consumption, four tablets of compound vitamins were taken later, one of them being fully absorbed by the human body (3 hours) five times the time required。
Naturemade
The country's composite vitamins and minerals are attributed to health-care foods, under the supervision of the general authority for the supervision of food and drug products, which must be certified by a health-care food registration and inspection agency prior to their listing. However, it also does not exclude the problems of illegal companies, such as job losses and illegal additions, so the choice of a large brand is still recommended。
It is also recommended that consumers pay attention to product health claims. In china, dietary supplementation requires that the product be packaged in such a way as to indicate that “this is not a substitute for drugs; it is not appropriate to eat more than recommended or at the same time as the same nutrient supplement”. In the united states, dietary supplements require packaging to indicate that “the product is not used for the treatment, prevention, treatment or prevention of any disease”. Thus, if there is a table of dietary supplements marked for blood pressure, resin, sugar, etc., this means that the dietary supplement is not exclusive。
Finally, valingan advises consumers to focus on quality markers, some of which apply for us pharmacology quality certification (usp), which will be on the packaging of a certified dietary supplement, which will primarily test whether the dietary supplement is contaminated, whether labels are regulated, whether the production process is in compliance with good practice (gmp) and whether the dietary supplement is metabolicly normal in the body。
