5 Aug 2019

Are natural supplements safe?

From The Panel, 4:45 pm on 5 August 2019

A pharmacist has warned about the danger of natural products and health foods.

In Stuff today Andrew Brown says Kiwis often think natural products are safer and healthier than anything synthetic but the truth is that they're often not tested.

St John's Wort, brazil nuts, turmeric, tea-tree and eucalyptus oils, and vitamin A all can be harmful if taken wrong. We talk to Niki Bezzant, Editor-at-Large of the Healthy Food Guide, about the issue.