Have you heard of a new diet that allows effortless weight loss, or an herb that will prevent a certain disease, or a natural product that will reverse the aging process? It may sound too good to be true but you are tempted to try it anyway. What have you got to lose? Maybe your health along with your hard earned money.

The price of nutrition misinformation can be high. Following questionable advice may not only cost money, but can result in malnutrition, toxic overdose, nutritional imbalances and delay in obtaining proper medical care. Don't be fooled into thinking you are buying health and wellness. Chances are you are just lining the pockets of a quack.

Quackery, or health fraud as it is called in modern times, is the promotion of a medical remedy that does not work or has not been proven to work. It is an age old business that costs Americans billions of dollars each year. As Americans become more aware of the relationship between diet and health, they also become more susceptible to nutrition fraud.