Is an ephedra supplement dangerous if used in a diet heavy in MSG?
I eat a lot of packaged lunch meat to get
lean protein throughout the day, but it's loaded with salt and I noticed that MSG is listed in the ingredients. I don't believe ephedra deserves the rap it's gotten [see below for why] but I am concerned about MSG and Ephedra every day in my diet. Am I at risk?
Also, anyone know the "real" story on the Ephedra ban. I have a friend that's a nutritionist at a supplement company that asserts that the ephedra ban is an 'end around' by the big pharmacutical companies to take back the money they were losing in prescription diet meds. According to my pal, ephedra is no more dangerous than aspirin...and that the number of people who have suffered
adverse effects from taking it, are relatively the same number of people that have severe reactions to aspirin every year. Can anyone with a learned perspective confirm or deny?