ConsumerLab.com reviews herbal sleep supplements & iron supplements.ConsumerLab.com, White Plains, NY, found that five out of 13 valerian valerian, in botany valerian, common name for some members of the Valerianaceae, a family chiefly of herbs and shrubs of temperate and colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere; a few species, however, are native to the Andes. dietary supplements Noun 1. dietary supplement - something added to complete a diet or to make up for a dietary deficiency diet - a prescribed selection of foods vitamin pill - a pill containing one or more vitamins; taken as a dietary supplement failed recent testing due to low potency and/or contamination. Four products were found to contain only 20-40% of key compounds expected in valerian and one of these was contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. with lead. A fifth product was contaminated with cadmium cadmium (kăd`mēəm) [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.41; m.p. 321°C;; b.p. 765°C;; sp. gr. 8. , a heavy metal that is toxic to the kidneys. These results were confirmed in a second independent laboratory. In other news, ConsumerLab.com passed 15 iron supplements in a recent independent test but it cautioned that large differences among products require consumers to choose products carefully. Results revealed that individual needs for supplemental iron range from none to more than 200 mg per day and different forms may be better tolerated than others. Among the products tested, labeled doses ranged from 14 mg to 100 mg of iron daily from five different forms of iron and included capsules, liquids, time-release tablets, chewable chew v. chewed, chew·ing, chews v.tr. 1. To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. To meditate on; ponder: chew a problem over. v. tablets and plain tablets. |
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