A good place to start online to find information on nutrition supplements is at www.nutritionalsupplements.com a place for in-depth unbiased consumer reviews. Here you can find unbiased information and your favorite nutrition supplements and prescription drugs too. They have reviews, and a place for questions and comments from consumers who do not have an interest in the supplement or medication industries. Consumers keep it simple: they put in their information or question in a plain manner such as, “I used this and it worked or did not work,” or it can be more complicated which would include descriptions like consumption patterns, how they heard about the product, the results they achieved, any side effects they experienced, studies that were done, cost of the product or more. There’s a link here to join a real-time discussion forum to discuss nutrition supplements.
There is a scroll-down menu here under the title of “supplements”. Click here to access certain items. Once you choose your item, for example, aspirin, or bee pollen, you can see consumer reviews and questions and answers concerning the supplements. I clicked on bee pollen and reviews came up which included such things as “bee pollen works better than vitamin C and Echinacea in easing my kids’ cold symptoms” and “bee pollen gave me huge red bumps as if I had been stung by a bee,” or other interesting topics. The questions and answers section included a question on side effects.
NutritionalSupplements.com recommends visiting The NutritionalSupplements.com Bible. It brings together the best of the content that they have collected and presents it in an organized way that is easy-to-read. They say, “Get the book the supplement manufacturers don’t want you to have.”
I went to the live forum to have a look. The nutrition supplements were listed in alphabetical order with the number of topics listed, the posts and the last post. Ginseng was listed here with 19 topics, 47 posts, and the last post was on July 10 th, 2004. Other interesting supplements were here too, such as Matabolife, or St. John’s Wort.
Besides nutrition supplements, you can get information on prescription drugs from consumers. Some of the products included Allegra, Celebrex, Claritin, and more.
This site also includes the top 10 most popular topics. Some of these are concerning potential side effects of Creatine Monohydrate/Citrate, if ripped fuel is dangerous, what is Serotril and does it burn fat, the best buy on protein powder, and one that states, “I am bigger than most people in the gym and I am all natural. My routine will work for you if you can handle it.” Lots of interesting topics are here. I looked at the last one. It was good but a bit brief. People responded to that one with helpful information of their own.
Be careful when you plan to take nutrition supplements. They can really help, but not all are made for every person. You should get all the information you can get first, and always discuss them with your doctor. You don’t want a bad mix with other things.
By Laura Hogg