Herbalife Products: A Lead Risk?

Dan Frith

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Do you know someone who takes Herbalife products?   Herbalife is global nutrition and weight-management company, whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.  If you know someone who is taking Herbalife products... you had better sit them down and share this information with them. 

The Fraud Discovery Institute (FDI) based in San Diego, California has released an alert warning of dangerously high levels of lead allegedly found in six common Herbalife products. The study was reviewed by Christopher Grell, co-founder of the Dietary Supplement Safety Committee and lawyer specializing in dietary supplement litigation. The alert can be viewed at the Fraud Discovery Institute's website.

The products at issue include: Herbalife's Thermogetics; Herbalife's Shape Works Cell Activator;  Herbalife's Multivitamin Complex;  Herbalife's Tang Kuei Plus; Herbalife's Shapeworks Protein Drink Mix;  and Herbalife's Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake Mix. 

The sign and symptoms which can be indicative of lead poisoning in adults may include:

. Pain, numbness or tingling of the extremities
. Muscular weakness
. Headache
. Loss of appetite
. Abdominal pain
. Memory loss
. Mood disorders
. Reduced sperm count, abnormal sperm
. Fatigue
. Depression
. Heart failure