When you go to visit the supplement aisle, you'll visit the market's see tons of products geared towards athletic performance improvement, sleep, hormone regulation, immune health, and more.

To ensure that these supplements live up to their claims you must:

1. Look on the label for independent testing; and
2. Be cautious of big promises such as: "proven effective", or "pharmaceutical strength"

Supplements may be helpful to some, but they can come with drawbacks and may not have substantial evidence.

• Green tea
• White kidney bean
• Ephedra
• Yerba mate
• Licorice root
• Garcinia cambogia
• Mangosteen
• East Indian globe thistle

These are all dietary supplements that claim that they are able to aid for weight loss, however, apparently,...