RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration does NOT regulate nutritional supplements unless they find a product to be harmful to the public (i.e. they banned the previous formula of Hydroxcut 5.1.09 because they linked it to one death & heart/liver/kidney damage).

Since none of it is controlled by the FDA, these companies can make any "miracle body changing" claims about their products & can alter the nutrition facts on the label (i.e. Muscle Milk by Cytosport lists a lower fat content than what is really inside, and lists a higher protein content than what is inside).

Choose reputable companies (Nature's Best, Optimum Nutrition, BSN, EAS), and avoid bad companies (CellTech, MuscleTech, Cytosport, Gaspari).