The Top Seven Supplement Myths Debunked

New York, NY, November 29, 2014 --(PR.com)-- With all of the conflicting information swirling around the news about diet and nutritional supplements – their effectiveness and their safety – Integrative Physician Dr. Ronald Hoffman tackles some of the most common myths about supplements in his recent article, Debunking the Top Seven Supplement Myths.

In his article, Hoffman goes in-depth on these seven mistaken notions:

1. If you eat a healthy diet, you don’t need to take supplements.
2. Taking supplements give people a false sense of security to engage in unhealthy lifestyles.
3. If supplements were so great, mainstream doctors would recommend them.
4. The supplement industry is unregulated.
5. Supplements are dangerous.
6. “Stop all your supplements!”
7. “Natural” supplements are better than “synthetic.”

Hoffman tackles each of these myths with a “recommended daily allowance of facts,” including outlining the FDA’s arduous approval process, which is skewed toward expensive profitable, patentable, synthetic compounds, rather than those that are naturally-derived; summarizing the bias against supplements on the part of MDs; and the wide range of regulations supplements are subject to.

Dr. Ronald Hoffman is a pioneering complementary medicine practitioner, director of the Hoffman Center for Integrative Medicine based in New York City, and host of the popular and long running syndicated weekly radio program and podcast “Intelligent Medicine.” He cautions that it is important to take the recommended supplements in the right amounts, under the care of a medical professional. Read the full article at the Intelligent Medicine website.