Supplement safety? My understanding is that the FDA doesn't regulate supplements,

[MannyGoldstein]

1. It's a little tricky

Supplement makers have to abide by the FDA's rules, but the FDA only gets involved if they have reason to believe their rules aren't being followed. Supplement makers get in trouble if the FDA finds that the rules have been broken.

There are a couple of issues here: do the supplements contain the ingredients they claim to contain, and do they help the conditions the claim to help? On the first question, the larger supplement makers are probably fine, because it's pretty easy to do the right thing and the consequences of not doing the right thing are pretty high. On the second question - don't trust 'em, do your own research.