Online Public Relations Thoughts

The dietary supplement and vitamin industry is a case of belief trumping science.   Experts say there is no clear evidence that supplements help in preventing heart disease and cancer but people take them anyway --  just in case.  The industry makes bogus claims to bolster belief and so far, has not been stopped.  This is just one more case in which perception twists reality, even among people with abundant common sense.  The industry is worth billions.  It would be difficult to shut it down, so it continues for now, a modern example of the 19th Century medicine man with his patent cures.