About herbal supplements, please keep in mind that if used correctly, most herbal supplements are just fine. They've been around for hundreds of years.

Big Pharma is spending TONS of money to either get herbal supplement usage outlawed in the USA (Codex), or to scare people so badly about herbal supplements that they don't want to use them anymore.

Big Pharma also hires scientists to write biased reports against herbs/supplements that are hurting their profit margins.

Also, the FDA is bought off more often than not by Big Pharma. Unfortunately, the FDA does not work for the citizens any more - they are owned by the corporations that pay the FDA to approve their drugs.

To find the truth, you must follow the money...

The big, greedy pharmaceutical companies make their money by scamming us to take more and more of their crappy, overexpensive drugs, a lot of which cause more problems than they cure. If we decide to take herbs instead, Big Pharma makes less money (poor buttheads!)

The bad stuff you're hearing about herbs could just be Big Pharma scare tactics...