Reply #53: The FDA goes after Cheerios, but is mute on all the supplements sold...

[Thor_MN]

You can make up whatever story you want, saying your product contains a vital molecule that your body needs and as one ages, the supply of this fantasy molecule diminishes. Taking your tablets will increase one's health and vitality. Perfectly legal and all you have to do is put a minute disclaimer in barely readable print saying that your product is not reviewed or approved by the FDA. The FDA doesn't give a rat's ass if you sell clay and dye pressed into tablets with absurd health claims as long as you call it a supplement, but if you call it food and make a health claim, it becomes a drug?