Dietary supplements like those for weight loss and muscle building have become a multibilliondollar industry, even as health experts say that in many cases their efficacy and safety is unproven. We take a close look at the rules governing the industry and what might change under the Trump Administration especially as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be confirmed as Health and Human services secretary. Do you have a vitamin or dietary supplement question?
The Future of Dietary Supplements Under Trump’s FDA
We take a close look at the rules governing the industry and what might change under the Trump Administration especially as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be confirmed as Health and Human services secretary.
Fish oil vitamin with EPA and DHA. (Sasirin Pamai via iStock)
Guests:
Dr. S Bryn Austin, social epidemiologist and professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
Nicholas Florko, staff writer, The Atlantic
Marily Oppezzo, behavioral and learning scientist, registered dietician, Stanford Prevention Research Center