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ON AIR WITH ELLA | Women's Wellness

051: Supplements Fakes & Frauds - Former FDA Special Agent Gary Collins

ON AIR WITH ELLA | Women's Wellness

Ella Lucas-Averett

Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

5 β€’ 704 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 October 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

How to Avoid Counterfeit, Cheap & Dangerous Supplements

After decades of experience in military intelligence, the U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a Special Agent, Gary Collins of Primal Power Method has a lot of opinions about supplements.

Gary joins us to blow the lid off of conventional "wellness" practices, and tells us what to avoid - and what to look for - when buying supplements.

What We Talk About:

- Bad vs. good vitamins and supplements – quickest ways to know

- What to never do when buying supplements - What's wrong with buying online? – and how to do it right

- Network marketing/MLMs (multi-level marketing) and the wellness world [spoiler alert: he's not a fan]

- Why your local health food store should be your new best friend

- What to look for to know that you're buying the real deal

All resources mentioned can be found in the show notes at onairwithella.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

You'll spend six months researching your big screen TV, but you'll go online and buy supplements from anyone.

0:05.7

We just buy whatever's the cheapest or seems like the best deal or has the best marketing scheme.

0:12.6

Welcome, you're on air with Ella, where we share simple strategies and truths from people who are doing something better than we are.

0:20.4

Whether it's wellness or fitness and fat loss to just living better and with more energy

0:25.2

or changing your mindset to accomplish more in your own life and succeeding however you define

0:30.9

it. This is where we share the best of what we're learning from the experts and we're learning

0:35.2

more every day. Live better. Start now.

0:41.0

Hey guys, it's Ella.

0:42.3

Before we jump in, I just wanted to tell you that I come back on at the end of this interview

0:46.8

to share my own takeaways on everything that Gary says.

0:50.1

So stick around for that, as well as some other updates.

0:53.1

So we'll jump into Gary first and then stick around for a little bit more Ella.

0:57.7

Here we go.

1:01.2

Hey everyone, you're on air with Ella.

1:03.6

And today's guest is unlike any guest I have had before.

1:08.1

My guest today is Gary Collins.

1:10.3

And he comes to us with a background from the

1:12.5

U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and time with the FDA

1:17.8

as a special agent. Gary's got some pretty strong opinions. It's going to blow the lid off

1:23.5

of the supplement world for us. So without further ado, let me introduce Gary Collins. Hey,

1:30.2

Gary, how you doing? Great. Thanks for having me on. Gary is an author. He was a college professor.

1:36.2

He advises high-level organized sports programs, athletic teams. Gary, I can't even begin to do your background justice. Can you please attempt to

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