It's about time I talk a bit about Chinese vitamins.

The supplementation industry is vast and, for the most part, unchecked. Whereas a typical prescription drug goes through roughly a decade of testing and 700 million dollars of research, a holistic medicine simply requires a bottle and a label. There are no standards and practices, thus there is a multitude of rip-offs, half baked ineffective supplements, and empty placebo vitamins online. There's so much vitamin information out there, and yet not enough to weed out the bad seeds (mixed metaphor).

The truth is, many ordinary vitamins come from contaminated Chinese sources. I won't argue that China has a reputation of contamination, but their vitamins aren't known to be the most pure.

So, if there is no way to tell if a vitamin is quality, how do you go about purchasing supplementation? The answer is in customer service. If you're thinking of buying vitamins from a company, give them a call. Find out if the salesmen know about the vitamins, where they come from, what the ingredients do. Good customer service is often representative of good product.

Also, I found a great post on a health website about abs on a high fat diet. Well worth reading.