•Cod Liver Oil and Multivitamins
3 for 2 offers and
linked sales can lead to excess retinol intake
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•Unnecessary Repeat Sales
vitamin A, selenium and
manganese, which can easily accumulate
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•Controlling Information
Holland and Barrett no
books for sale. Healthnotes on Line US not UK data
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•Marketing via non-Experts (Opticians) of very high
dose product
ICAPS Supplement for
AMD [Alcon] Mn10 mg, Zn 60 mg, Cu 4 mg
per day
Formula now amended with
greatly reduced content (2010?)
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•Medical Endorsement
Healthspan - articles by
seven doctors with scant mention of safety
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•Nutritional Practitioner Education
Minimal/no safety data
provided to practitioner who profits from sales
Results in “Incentivised Risk”
similar to UK banking crisis
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•“Good Manufacturing Practice = Safe”
GMP = Quality
Manufacture. It does not mean safe for every consumer