The Supplement Industry is Mostly a Scam 

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The tangent counter is the best thing to happen. I now think about how long Simon will tangent throughout the whole episode. But don’t stop the tangents. The whole reason I watch this channel more than his others.

United States, where we have the best laws money can buy.

"I live in a basement!" More proof that it is, in fact, Simon being kept in the basement by his writers and editors.

I do believe RU-vid has reached its peak with Brain Blaze. It is fun, informative and contains 100% of suggested tangent daily intake.

The funniest thing to me is I got a midroll ad for supplements while watching this video that craps all over the entire supplement industry 😅

Brain Blaze contains 30% genuine Simon tangents*. *this statement not evaluated by the FDA.

I'm glad to see the comments are unanimous in their support for the timer.

I clean water for a living and design systems to do exactly that. Removing the pass-through supplements and pharmaceuticals so that they can not hurt others is the largest problem we have when dealing with waste water.

The shifting rant timer is fantastic 😂

Doctor: do you go outside? Simon: Have you heard of YT, I narrate it. I don't have time to go outside.

I'm Native American and government food, or commodity food (commods), was actually handed out when I was a kid. Tins of meat, 5 pound blocks of American cheese and butter, powdered milk, and to only my delight, powdered eggs. The government bought surplus goods from American farmers.

If we multiply the amount of tangents and categories of tangents (rants vs anecdotes) and divide these with the time of each tangent, we may be able to produce enough gigawatts to turn Simon’s lamp back on!

Not getting a joke right away is a sign of brain tiredness and there’s a vitamin you can take for that.

21:42 I always liked that about commercials: Take this supplement for this issue, and it will help, maybe even make it go away! Then at the bottom of the screen: Not intended to treat or cure any condition. 😂

Another little thing to know about the FDA is that their policy towards conflicts of interest of their governing board members is that it's limited to only a certain amount of conflicts of interest. As opposed to that being completely illegal ...

Ah the Tangent Timer has returned 👌👍

I live in the United States and I can tell you the mess we are in right now in large part grew out of the fact that we began allowing lobbyists in Washington dc. That's when our government became a government that was bought and paid for. And the greed grew and the rich kept getting richer and richer.

I appreciate the 'strength of a bear who has the strength of two bears' Sealab reference....stimultacs for life

The folks over at the Science-Based Medicine blog call the asterisk disclaimer on supplement labels the "Quack Miranda warning."

Appros of the scientist who was promoting vitamin C. He wasn't just some scientist as you put it. It was Linus Pauling, he had the Nobel Prize for Chemistry as well as a Peace Prize. He may have been wrong about vitamin C but he was someone that you had to take seriously.

i remember the food pyramid poster at school lunch, but all they served was pizza, hot dogs and iced buns. lol

Time to look into why Magic Spoon isn't in Europe. Pretty sure it is sold as a supplement and doesn't pass standards here

i'm in Amazon's vine voices program, where I get free products in exchange for writing reviews, and BS supplements are some of my favorite things to review. Like they send me shit for free expecting a positive review, only to have me absolutely rip them a new one for scamming people with overpriced nonsense. It's fantastic

I have to supplement some vitamins and minerals because of a gastric issue that disrupts/inhibits how I absorb them. I always ask my doctor to prescribe the supplements cause I absolutely do not trust the completely unregulated vitamin and mineral supplements that are on the market in the United States.

Commodities cheese was good. They passed it out in the 80’s to everybody. I remember being in line at the fire station with the entire town to get commodities.

2:25 - Mid roll ads 3:40 - Back to the video 3:45 - Chapter 1 - It seemed like a good idea at the time 9:25 - Chapter 2 - The key to a healthier life 15:10 - Chapter 3 - They may take our lives, but they'll never take our vitamins 22:30 - Chapter 4 - What could possibly go wrong 28:35 - Chapter 5 - Is there any reason at all to take supplements PS : The return of tangent timer......YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS !!! PPS: Daily reminder that physical culture from Macfadden; Desbonnet & Hébert can give you health & nice bods with no supplement...and that was from the 1910's

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has a lot to do with why the restrictions on supplements are so week. I'm pretty sure some supplements do have some benefit but which one or to what extent we don't know. We certainly need more testing but we also need to address the sketchy manufacturing practices too.

With the introduction of the " Tangent Timer ", the editor has now added hours of new videos..... " Just out of context tangents "

Tangent Timer was the real mvp this episode.

The irony of this vid being sponsored by a skin care supplement that has no scientific studies behind it.

The editing on this one is so chaotic and I'm here for it 😂 And yes, given how many recalls I recall from the 90s, lot of scary stuff ends up ends up out there, though some things are kind of worth the risk personally (lactaid/lactase enzyme being one for us lactose intolerant folks)

I take iron supplements against anemia, but thankfully I live in Sweden where we actually have regulations. Sure there are still "health stores" full of pills claiming to help your various issues, but at least their ingredients are what their labels say they are.

I loved getting a snake-oil supplement ad at the end of this for magically improving eyesight using bs that the eye-care industry doesn't want you to know

I don't know about Keeps, so this is not aimed at them specifically, but "Clinically Proven" is not a label that in of itself means anything.. at all.. unless you happen to be in a country where that is a regulated classification

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole. If you get this obscure reference, you survived the 80s.

I know that Mr. Rogers cutaway was just for the bit, but I really needed to hear that today.

For some reason, this made me think of the Vitameata-Vegamin skit from I love, Lucy. ❤❤

I have seen the American advert during Man Utd football matches of all things that keep shouting about these penis enlarging tablets and i'm like please stop America, please stop lol.

Love the tangent timer. I like when Simon goes off seconds into the vid and Kevin I think you've got the record because he had a tangent 13 seconds in. Well done. Cheers from Tennessee

I find it hilarious that a skin care line is sponsoring this particular video

I don't take recommendations of consumable products ( food, drinks, vitamins etc) from anyone that isn't a Dr who has done blood work on me. I would never add or cut out any food, beverage or nutrient without knowing it was appropriate for ME. I also avoid making those recommendations to others. I tell everyone who has the ability to see a Dr, to have a Dr evaluate if a particular change would benefit them. Ive had 2 dr's test me for very specific dietary changes that they then recommended for me, but we all agreed are not appropriate for the average person, but have been ruined by mainstream dieters trying and then destroying their bodies because it wasn't good for them.

Orrin Hatch was senator for Utah. The majority of supplement manufacturing is in Utah.

The harvey birdman diddle iddle ee made me laugh to myself so much that i had to rewind a bit. Thanks for that.

Have to say, I greatly approve the sharp increase in Venture Bros. memes in the recent videos

I was born with Enamel hypoplasia which is a defect that results in inadequate enamel. It can affect both baby teeth and permanent teeth. In severe cases, no enamel forms on the teeth, and in standard cases, the tooth enamel is thin and weak. By time I was 16 I had no teeth. Looking at others in my family, my father, my grandfather, and great grandfather all seem to have had the same problem as all of them lost there teeth around the same age as me. Simon, would you rather have no hair or no teeth? I had dentures and was never able to wear them because I was unable to chew food. So, I just don't wear dentures, but I can eat most food. I have no problem chewing even a steak that's as tough as leather. Basically I don't give a F##K what people think.

I love watching your show when I am stoned.

"Shown in studies" the billion dollar legal loophole.

I havent taken any vitamins or other supplements for nearly 20 years, ever since being diagnosed with diabetes. I am always told by doctors to not take them, and that I should consume what I need naturally, through food and drink. I take some heart medications that can cause my potassium to go low, but I have bloodwork done every other week and when my potassium is low, I just take a few pills over the course of a few days. I also have to limit how much sodium I consume daily, so sometimes my sodium levels are low, but for that I just eat more salty foods. Simple.

17:28 the bloke timer had me rolling😂

7:28 You’re given a gift card that is only good for food items. Some disreputable shops will somehow let you use the funds for non-food items.

It's one thing to know that politicians are selling their votes, and quite another to know how cheaply they were bought.

Getting so creative with the Trolling Timer!

When you take creatine, most of it will end up in your muscles. Your muscles will change it into phosphocreatine by adding phosphoric acid to it. By taking a creatine supplement, such as creatine monohydrate, you can change the amount of phosphocreatine and creatine in your muscles. The extra creatine can help your muscles make more adenosine triphosphate faster as you use it to fuel your cells during high-intensity exercise. One reason your body builds more lean muscle tissue when you take creatine is that your muscles will hold more water. The pressure from the water in your cells causes your muscles to swell. This water and swelling can also make cells grow. Used a lot in pre workout with things like caffeine for "focus" and beta-alanine for stamina.

I used to work at a supplement company in the US. Our sales, especially new customer sales, were primarily by phone, because people are largely unaware the supplement exists, and don't know what it's supposed to do. We were not allowed to say it does (diagnose, treat, or cure) anything. We were allowed to quote legitimate research, explain what it affects and how it does it. We had our product blended with common popular supplements and vitamins too. We were not allowed to make a recommendation because that would constitute "prescribing" and none of us were doctors. However we COULD say for example, "many of our customers who experience allergies take the Allergy Formula." Yes, all the products were given very obvious names so none of the customers should have needed to ask. But the point is that anecdotal stories of what customers said it did for them, and "herd mentality" logic and actual research were the only things we were allowed to say, lest the FDA get wind of it and shut us down. That was in the mid-2000's so maybe things are not quite as Wild West in the supplement industry as this video claims. Also, btw, I think that not only supplements but actual medicines are not allowed to say they diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure ANY disease. E.g. Ibuprofen manufacturers can't put that it treats a headache on the bottle. Maybe that's not an FDA thing, maybe that's a lawyer thing.

Well there go the AG1 and Keeps sponsorships 😂

When money talks, integrity walks.

The title of this video could read 'pharmaceutical industry' and still be identical in regards to lobbying and conspiracy.

Government cheese in the US in the '80s was seriously tasty. Made the best grilled cheese ever.

Love love LOVE the Tangent Timer! It brings me great joy 😂

Love the rant timer ⌛

Cheers to the editor for showing that you can be unhinged and subtle at the same time.

It's unfortunate that the few legitimate supplements get lumped in with all the crap filling the shelves at most supermarkets.

I take one cause i was told to by my doc cause i tend to be lacking some vitamins in my diet. But unless you were told to by a doc cause of nutrition probems you dont really need one.

thank you for those Ventura bros parts Mr new editor Julian sir

Loving the tangent timer and how it switches format

Love Simon's rants!! I know it's extra work, but I absolutely love the rant timer!! ❤️

This is one of the funniest videos I've seen you do. Both the script and your personal responses to it. 10/10

7:44 😂nutritional food is cheap? Visit the USA again, friend! 😭😭😭

Love the edits! The timing was great

Sorry if I ruined everybody's day with this!

I think Julian and Lorelei should have a meme battle; like a rap battle but with memes. They both have such good taste

Whomever is editing this and putting in these PERFECT Venture Brothers clips I love you ❤❤😂

Oh shit was AG1 the sponsor? Oh nope it was skin care, damn that would have been hilarious!!!

Congrats to the editors!! This is grand!!

Love the tangent timer. Hopefully they keep up with it in future videos.

My mom, an APRN, has always told people to only use prescribed vitamins as they are the only ones that actually work and are geared towards exactly what you need

Great writing, great editing. Amazing presenting as always.

Vitamin D is too low in almost everyone with a modern lifestyle and plays an important role in the immune system. If you don't eat fish everyday and live outside of 30 degrees from the equator or don't go out in the sun daily, get it checked out or just take the daily allowable safe dose of 3000 to 5000 IU and take some vitamin K for good measure (K is often sufficiently included in multivitamin pills which invariably include way too little vitamin D).

Simon you don’t work in a basement… your writers work in a basement. Unless this is a conspiracy iceberg and there’s a basement in the blazement….

This one was edited really well, thank you.

My father, born in 1920, grew up during the Great Depression but his parents had enough money for food and he was varsity athlete in high school. He was sure that the draft board would reject him for his bad eyes, but everything else was too good to pass up.

Love seeing the tangent timer is back. I love the tangents as much as the written content

Love the tangent timer. This is the information we should be interested in!

I love how Simon just reads Kevin’s words regardless of what’s written then gives his own response to the words he just said

Love the tangent timer, loved even more the wingdings(?) font used at one point!

I can't even put into words properly what the timer does to me. It just makes me happy.

The tangent timer going bonkers around half the video was priceless. It reminded me of one of the "everything wrong with" fast and furious videos (I belive #8) where the sin counter explodes half video in 🤣👌🏻👌🏻

That facedesk anime meme is such a mood. The editors are on fire and/or nose candy today

Yay! The "Tangent Timer" is back!!!

The United States commodity food program was actually a good thing. It artifically provided a way to remove excess items from the supply stream, aka commodities, from the food supply. This had the effect of bolstering up pricing on these items. So, items like milk, cheese, butter, corn, syrup, peanut butter, ham, and similar could be maintained as a scarcer commodity and keep pricing uplifted. At the same time, these items were being subsidized by the US federal government, so that farmers would be able to keep a high standard of living based on the sale of these items. The US federal dollar was being inflated by the exchange of these items on the stock market and provided a backing for the US dollar. When the commodities were short coded, aka about to expire, they would be given as a type of welfare to citizens as foodstuffs. Everyone won in this exchange. The farmer, the seller, the transporter, and the end user. The commodity foods program was one of the rare times the US government actually did good by its citizens. Just some perspective.

I used to use creatine. As a bodybuilder, it's the one supplement I actually got results from. It especially helped reduce my recovery time between sets. But eventually, I found I'd trained myself to a condition that required little rest between sets, and I phased out the creatine. Now I just take a daily multivitamin.

This just changed last year here in Canada 🙏 had been well over a decade of trying to get this through.

I do love how Simon isn't afraid to laugh at himself 👍🏻

This is my absolute favorite Simon channel! Long live the tangent counter!

The Return of the Tangent Timer!!! Brilliant!!!

SUPPLEMENT SECRETS I've done industry labels for a long time. I know it sounds boring but it's easy money if you are really fast at art programs. Anyway, 85% of the digital label industry I've done is new supplement companies. Here's the secret: they all buy pre-packaged imported "who knows what" from the same companies in China and the Far East. They always say they know what's in there, but they never know the quality nor if the contents mislabeled might even be illegal in the USA. They just put a new label on it and sell it. This is why you see crazy bombastic artwork on giant jugs of mundanities like "WHEY" and things like clay end up on the mix. ONLY buy all USA ingredients in all supplements. China exports a lot of stuff that is illegal to sell to Chinese citizens in China. So... don't be stupid.

American GIs getting hooked on nicotine. Wehrmacht: hold my meth

Thank you for bringing back the tangent timer: this must be part of every brain blaze video