Doctors raise the issue of strange animal products in Australian health supplements

Medical researchers have shed light on some of the strangest and deadly ingredients hidden in herbal supplements.

Heavy metals, arsenic and animal products are among the components found in nutrients sold throughout Australia, according to a new study from the University of Toronto. Adelaide.

The innovative badysis of more than a dozen supplements sold on Australian tablets revealed that over 90% "had a problem with them".

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Two Australian doctors have shed light on the deadly components of some herbal supplements. In the photo, Dr. Ian Musgrave and Roger Byard

Pharmacologists Ian Musgrave and Roger Byard recently conducted the first global study.

They discovered that herbal supplements and Chinese medicine products were contaminated with contaminants such as "heavy metals, such as arsenic, animal products".

& # 39;[We found] rats, dogs, cats, snow leopard, "said Dr. Byard at 60 minutes.

He added that his interest in the research was caused by two deaths related to contamination by health supplements.

Merrill Gemmell, a woman from New South Wales, was found to have liver failure 18 months after starting taking herbal supplement.

Some supplements and vitamins contain products derived from snow leopard, cats and dogs

A chemist had prescribed the drug to help him sleep, but instead offered him the prospect of a liver transplant.

"I was petrified. I thought I was going to die, she said.

Dr. Paul Clark, a Brisbane-based surgeon, discovered that one-third of Gemmell's liver cells were dead and that the supplement was probably responsible.

He shares the opinions of MM. Musgrave and Byard – a $ 5 billion industry regulation is becoming more and more necessary.

Seven out of ten Australians regularly consume vitamins or supplements.