[Smogger]

Linked to 155 deaths? Compared to the millions of people that take supplements containing Ephedera? More people probably OD on asprin.

Nevertheless, it just means more of you fatty's will be going to the grave early now that being fat has replaced smoking as the number one preventable cause of death.

I wonder how the number of deaths linked to dietary supplements compares to the number of deaths linked to being a fatty? hmmmm...

[Fierce Allegiance]

The ephedra was a short-term kind of thing with a linkable cause/effect, where as my expanding waistline is a lifestyle, hence the ephedra was an easy target.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Linked to 155 deaths? Compared to the millions of people that take supplements containing Ephedera? More people probably OD on asprin.

FYI. There were 250 deaths last year due to peanut allergies.

So what do the feds do? Ban ephedra.

[tdadams]

Ephedra was linked to 155 deaths over ten years. Compare that to 427 deaths attributed to Tylenol in just one year (1999).

There is no justification for the ban on ephedra. It is effective, safe, and cheap. My cynical side tells me there was a lot of lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry to shut it down.