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How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America's $36 billion supplement industry

  • Written by Conor Heffernan, Assistant Professor of Physical Culture and Sport Studies, University of Texas at Austin
imageMore than half of Americans regularly take supplements.James Keyser/Getty Images

Spend any time watching television or scrolling through social media, and you’ll inevitably see advertisements for pills, powders and potions that promise to grow muscle, shed body fat, improve your focus and resurrect your youth.

Most of us have used them. At...

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