“It took people getting sickened by it — having bleeds in their heads, dropping dead… that finally moved the FDA to get DMAA off the market.” For years we’ve been warned about the failure of the Feds to regulate the supplement industry. But the industry keeps growing. Harvard researcher Pieter Cohen: “With supplements, we accept it’s okay to take these pills, even if they might lead to a heart attack or stroke. To me it’s mind boggling that we accept this.” (Maybe his mind would be a little less boggled if he tried a little Ginkgo biloba.)

+ MoJo: Are your chicken nuggets ruining your antibiotic ointment?