![]() ![]() According to Plexus Worldwide’s website (accessed on February 19, 2014), each 5.0 gram serving (1 stick pack) of Plexus Slim® contains the following ingredients. ![]() “Plexus Slim®” is a weight loss supplement manufactured by the network marketing company Plexus Worldwide, Inc. Nevertheless, let’s take a look at the ingredients listed on the Plexus label and try to answer these important questions about the supplement’s safety. First, are the ingredients in Plexus Slim® product safe to consume at the recommended dosage level based on human studies? In other words, has each individual ingredient in Plexus been tested in human studies for safety? Second, if no human studies on the individual ingredients have been done, have there been any animal or laboratory toxicity studies done on Plexus Slim’s® individual ingredients? And third, does Plexus contain what it says it does and nothing more/nothing less? In other words, Plexus could be unsafe if what is listed on the label does not reflect what is actually in the product because of contamination or adulteration.Īs you might expect, none of these questions about the safety of a supplement like Plexus Slim® are easily answered, nor are the answers black and white. Since no published, human clinical studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of Plexus Slim® seem to have been conducted, there are some additional important questions that must be asked when evaluating its safety. ![]() A search of all the general databases for published medical research, including PubMed and Google Scholar, does not turn up any citations for studies on Plexus Slim® or on any product containing its proprietary blend of ingredients. On the web page for Plexus Slim® ingredients, Plexus Worldwide states, “Its effectiveness has been clinically proven.” However, they do not reference this claim and they do not provide any additional information on their website to support it. While this level of research certainly exists for many supplements and natural ingredients, it was not done for Plexus. Ideally, for evaluating safety, it would be best to see that Plexus itself has not only undergone testing in humans, but that the testing was done in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in which both safety and efficacy were evaluated and the results were published in a peer-reviewed medical journal. When evaluating the safety of a dietary supplement like Plexus, it is important to know whether the supplement itself has undergone any testing and if so, what kind(s). Is Plexus safe based on testing and research? Read The FDA’s Warning Letter To The Owner Of Plexus SlimĪ number of people who have seen advertisements and anecdotal reports for Plexus Slim®, a weight loss supplement, have been smartly asking, “Is Plexus safe?” To answer this question, this article briefly reviews the known information about Plexus Slim®, including the ingredients, their amounts, and what research has been done on either Plexus itself or on its individual ingredients. ![]()
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