If the end goal of both the medical and nutritional fraternity fields is healthier, happier populations, it is difficult not to pour scorn on the latest work from te American College of Physicians (ACP) for slapping another clumsy brick into a dodgy, medically-biased wall of food supplement bashing.
Population well being = “Normal foods” + drugs when the food don’t work. Supplements don’t figure into this equation. It’s bonkers.
It should be remembered that the responsible supplements industry does not say supplements should replace food – it is more a pragmatic realization that foods simply do not cut the nutritional mustard for a great number of people and food supplements can help. It’s kinda simple really…
ACP’s analysis misses this point and should therefore be discounted as the irrelevant piece of work it is. If only it hadn’t done and garnered so much skewed attention…
Shane Starling, Senior Editor, NutraIngredients