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A Health Canada alert for two products sold as dietary supplements.
Total Body Formula, and Total Body Mega Formula are made in the U.S. only certain flavours are affected. The problem is the products contain chemicals that can be toxic if consumed in high doses. They have not been sold in Canada, but are available on-line.
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Total Body Formula (Tropical Orange flavour and Peach Nectar flavour)
Total Body Mega Formula (Orange/Tangerine flavour)
Date of alert May 30, 2008
Source of Alert US Food and Drug Administration
Product Names Total Body Formula (Tropical Orange flavour and Peach Nectar flavour)
Total Body Mega Formula (Orange/Tangerine flavour)
Manufacturer / Place of Origin Total Body Essential Nutrition/Atlanta, GA
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Product Description Total Body Formula is sold in eight-ounce and 32-ounce plastic bottles. Total Body Mega Formula is sold in 32-ounce plastic bottles. The affected flavours of Total Body Formula are Tropical Orange and Peach Nectar, and the affected flavour of Total Body Mega Formula is Orange/Tangerine. Both products are marketed as dietary supplements.
Reason for Warning Selenium and chromium are minerals essential to the human body at low doses, but can be toxic when consumed in high doses.
Possible Side-Effects Possible side effects of consuming excessive amounts of selenium include significant hair loss, muscle cramps, diarrhoea, joint pain, deformed fingernails, and fatigue.
Possible side effects of consuming excessive amounts of chromium include kidney failure, liver dysfunction, and rhabdomyolysis (rapid breakdown of muscle tissue).
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