| As more and more baby boomers begin to | | | | What you need to do? |
| consume health food, the need for more business | | | | In order to get a good quality vitamin supplement, |
| people opening up a vitamin supplement store | | | | that doesn't mean that the store has to be a |
| whether it is an online or brick and mortar location | | | | brick and mortar store in order to be considered |
| is ever increasing. | | | | safe. However, you can still do your homework |
| There is no distinct training or knowledge required. | | | | before you purchase from an online store. |
| If you order your supplements online, you could | | | | For one thing, if you can't find any phone number |
| be purchasing them from even a sixteen-year-old | | | | or physical address for that online store you are |
| in New York or even Vegas or from a | | | | surfing, just simply walk out of their virtual door! |
| seventy-year-old man on a wheelchair. | | | | That's simple and there goes for any online |
| Do not worry too and this should not concern | | | | company. There are no strings attached. |
| you? After all, it's safe as long as it's sealed, right? | | | | Any legal vitamin store company will definitely |
| Then again, it is wrong! | | | | display their contact information. In this way, not |
| There are many people who do not realize that | | | | only can you contact them, but you can do some |
| these vitamin supplements are not regulated like | | | | research about them. |
| drugs, but they are regulated like food. | | | | Why you need to check on them? |
| What that means is that unless and until a | | | | Once you know a vitamin supplement store's |
| problem arises, the only thing we're going to know | | | | name and physical address, you can check with |
| about the product is what the manufacture wants | | | | the Better Business Bureau in that city to see if |
| us to know. | | | | any complaints have been filed with them and if |
| Although the FTC and the FDA work together on | | | | so, if they have been resolved. |
| issues such as false claims, they usually don't get | | | | This way, it is also easier to search the FTC and |
| involved until after there's a problem. In addition, | | | | FDA websites for any disciplinary action when you |
| unlike drugs, vitamin supplements don't have to be | | | | have their contact information. |
| tested or offer any proof before marketing. | | | | Another reason is to shut them down virtually |
| What other stores are doing? Beware of them. | | | | when you are visiting a vitamin supplement store |
| There are some unscrupulous, unethical vitamin | | | | online is if they are making any ridiculous claims. |
| supplement stores whom have marketed dietary | | | | Claims such as this, "this cures everything, buy it |
| supplements that were actually fakes and not the | | | | now, it won't last," etc. is simply too good to be |
| product they claimed to be. | | | | true. |
| Also, there are others stores who had ingredients | | | | In fact, once a supplement claims to cure or treat |
| that were not disclosed on the label. However, | | | | an illness or condition, it ceases being marketed as |
| between 2002 and 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug | | | | a dietary supplement and has become marketed |
| Administration had seized more than nine million | | | | as a drug. That's when the FDA and FTC start |
| dollars worth of dietary supplements including | | | | sending out warning letters that can lead to more |
| vitamin supplements that were either labeled with | | | | serious legal action against these operators of the |
| false claims or were unapproved drugs disguised | | | | store. |
| as supplements. | | | | Please note that before making any purchase |
| There are even supplements that claims to be all | | | | from any vitamin supplement store, whether |
| natural, which can even interfere with medication | | | | online or brick and mortar, use your common |
| you are already taking or a medical condition you | | | | sense and do your homework to ensure your |
| have. | | | | safety. |
| Sometimes a vitamin supplement is necessary. My | | | | Check the FDA and FTC websites if you have |
| doctor has recommended certain supplements to | | | | further questions or concerns about vitamin |
| me. When he does however, he writes down | | | | supplements or the stores in which you purchase |
| exactly what they are and recommends the | | | | them. |
| same store every time, of which he has no | | | | Now, you may now know how to identify and |
| affiliation. | | | | understand why you need to know your vitamin |
| The most important thing I know and understand | | | | store when buying vitamins. |
| the vitamin health supplement store. I've gotten | | | | However, even we know how to choose a |
| to know the person who owns it and familiar with | | | | reliable vitamin store, but without a proper |
| the brands he or she is selling. There is a | | | | understanding of using and getting good vitamins |
| consistency there that helps me to feel safe | | | | to treat many chronic diseases, there will not be |
| when I shop there. | | | | much disease free lifestyle to crave for. |