23-06-2012, 06:34 PM
I don't know how they're getting away with it, but they are also selling Solgar PM Phytogen Complex. I would neither buy Solgar's, nor Nature's Answer's. I reviewed both products here:
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=11525&pid=47364#pid47364
Technically, the Solgar product is not "unsafe", but it's definitely bogus. It's a megadose vitamin B12 supplement, pimped with a homeopathically small quantity of PM. Last year, it contained 40,000 % of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin B12. After March 2011, regulations were tightened, and Solgar PM Phytogen Complex was promptly reformulated with the maximum dose of vitamin B12 that is accepted as safe in literature. It's still several thousands of percents of the RDA. The PM dose is in line with traditional Thai menopause doses, so in principle, the product can be registered in Europe as a traditional herbal medicine. But you would have to take 30 times the recommended daily dose. That would take you to 250,000 % of the RDA of vitamin B12. Interesting experiment
In the link above, I referenced some more informative links about Nature's Answer's PM. They are less open about it than Solgar, but in my mind, it's probably just inside the letter of the law too. It's up to you if you would want to try it in an NBE dose.
http://www.breastnexus.com/showthread.php?tid=11525&pid=47364#pid47364
Technically, the Solgar product is not "unsafe", but it's definitely bogus. It's a megadose vitamin B12 supplement, pimped with a homeopathically small quantity of PM. Last year, it contained 40,000 % of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin B12. After March 2011, regulations were tightened, and Solgar PM Phytogen Complex was promptly reformulated with the maximum dose of vitamin B12 that is accepted as safe in literature. It's still several thousands of percents of the RDA. The PM dose is in line with traditional Thai menopause doses, so in principle, the product can be registered in Europe as a traditional herbal medicine. But you would have to take 30 times the recommended daily dose. That would take you to 250,000 % of the RDA of vitamin B12. Interesting experiment
In the link above, I referenced some more informative links about Nature's Answer's PM. They are less open about it than Solgar, but in my mind, it's probably just inside the letter of the law too. It's up to you if you would want to try it in an NBE dose.