Episode 431

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26th May 2025

431: The Supplement Scam - FDA Special Agent Exposes the Fakes & Frauds - Gary Collins {REPLAY}

How to Avoid Counterfeit, Cheap & Dangerous Supplements:

After decades of experience in military intelligence, the U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, former Special Agent Gary Collins has a lot of opinions about supplements.

Gary blows the lid off of conventional "wellness" practices, and tells us what to avoid - and what to look for - when buying supplements. {REPLAY: Originally aired as episode 051}

What We Talk About:

- Bad vs. good vitamins and supplements โ€“ quickest ways to know

- What to never do when buying supplements

- What's wrong with buying online? โ€“ and how to do it right

- Network marketing/MLMs and the wellness world [spoiler alert: he's not a fan]

- Why your local health food store should be your new best friend

- What to look for to know that you're buying the real deal

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Ella Lucas-Averett

I'm Ella. In addition to podcast creator and host of On Air with Ella since 2015, I am Managing Partner of The Trivista Group, a strategic communications consulting firm that I co-founded in 2003. I'm a professional activational speaker, competitive age-group triathlete, and co-Founder of the women's non-profit ZivaVoices.com.

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