The Future of Dietary Supplements Under Trump’s FDA

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dietary supplements like those for weight loss and muscle building have become a multi-billiondollar industry, even as health experts say that in many cases their efficacy and safety is unproven. We take a close look at the rules governing the industry and what might change under the Trump Administration especially as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to be confirmed as Health and Human services secretary. Do you have a vitamin or dietary supplement question? Guests: Dr. S Bryn Austin, social epidemiologist and professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health Nicholas Florko, staff writer, The Atlantic Marily Oppezzo, behavioral and learning scientist, registered dietician, Stanford Prevention Research Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:31.3	Coming up on forum, supplements have become a multi-billion dollar industry with little oversight,
1:38.6	leading to health risks and concerns about their safety.
1:42.8	And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling for less regulation in the name of alternative health.
1:48.0	We talk about what actually works and what doesn't and what the future of supplements could look like under RFK's leadership.
1:55.0	That's next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Leslie McClurg. I'm in today for Mina Kim. And every morning this time of year, I pop a handful of vitamins.
2:19.8	They're supposed to be good for my immune system. They're expensive, and I honestly don't have any
2:24.2	idea if they actually work. Apparently, I'm not alone, though. 75% of the country take supplements,
2:31.5	and the nation's likely top health official says he takes a fistful every
2:35.7	morning. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a big fan of nutraceuticals, and he's really not so worried
2:42.1	about the evidence. So does that mean that a lot of snake oil is going to fly off store shelves?
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