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  • FDA Warns of Supplement Containing Steroid

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week warned consumers against a dietary supplement named Mass Destruction. The bodybuilding supplement has been found to contain a synthetic anabolic steroid.

    The FDA warning came on the heels of a death that is being blamed on the product. According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, a 28-year-old man was seriously injured by Mass Destruction. After using the supplement for what the FDA calls “several weeks” the man required a liver transplant due to liver failure.

    According to the FDA, liver injury is a known possible side-effect of steroid use. Other side effects of steroid abuse include testicle shrinkage, infertility, breast enlargement, and increased risks for heart attack and stroke.

    The FDA is advising anyone using Mass Destruction to stop doing so immediately. In addition, anyone believing they are experiencing side effects from the supplement is advised to see a doctor. Possible side effects include fatigue, abdominal pain, back pain, discolored urine, and unexplained health changes.

    Though Mass Destruction is marketed by the Blunt Force Nutrition company, the manufacturer of the supplement has not yet been identified by the FDA. The agency is also continuing to analyze the supplement to determine its ingredients.

    “Products marketed as supplements that contain anabolic steroids pose a real danger to consumers,” said Howard Sklamberg, director of the Office of Compliance at the FDA. “The FDA is committed to ensuring that products marketed as dietary supplements and vitamins do not pose harm to consumers.”

  • Kirstie Alley Sued by Angry Dieter Over Supplement Claims

    Kirstie Alley is kind of like the yo-yo of celebrity weight loss. She’s up, she’s down, up, down — her weight could rise and fall at the drop of a hat. Alley has struggled to maintain her weight for years, which, to be fair, is a problem a lot of us are experiencing at the moment. However, most of us don’t feel the need to sue the “Cheers” alumni because the supplement she uses didn’t work for us. That’s just silly.

    Marina Abramyan, who is obviously among those who want to lose pounds without doing any real work, is kind of irritated that Alley’s wonder supplement Organic Liaison didn’t cause her excess weight to magically disappear. Although Alley has said the pills helped her lose pounds — the key word being helped — Abramyan did not experience the same results. So, like many Americans who are irritated about one thing or another, she’s decided to sue poor Kirstie for engaging in a “healthy deception”.

    According to the lawsuit, Marina claims that Alley’s weight loss was the “result of hours and hours of dancing every day for several months”. No kidding. Abramyan adds that she purchased and followed the Organic Liaison Weight Loss Program to the letter, only to discover that she weighed about the same as she did when she began. Poor thing.

    To be fair, Organic Liaison does use before and after photos of Kirstie Alley from DWTS in their marketing campaign, but only someone lacking a lifetime’s worth of common sense would believe that a supplement could help you lose that much weight without a proper diet and a hell of a lot of exercise. Then again, I suppose that’s all the legal system is good for nowadays: helping folks feel less moronic about putting their faith and money into a miracle pill.

    Organic Liaison and representatives from Kirstie Alley’s camp have not commented on the lawsuit as of this writing.