When melamine triggered a strong earthquake in China’s dairy industry, it was predicted that if a second melamine incident occurred in China, it would be in the health care industry. In reality, however, a powerful paradox plagues the Chinese health care market: mention health care products and people will draw a question mark over their credibility, but remain unaffected in terms of purchasing power. The phenomenon of indiscriminate supplementation has become one of the most serious problems in consuming health supplements, and one of the biggest concerns of experts. The painful lesson caused by indiscriminate supplementation: “From ancient times to the present, the downfall of indiscriminate consumption of health care products is alarming.” In the case of ginseng, I heard that a particularly filial son gave the ginseng he found to his elderly father at home from a long distance. The old father thought it was a good thing and ate half a catty at once, and before long, he bled out of his seven orifices and died from it. In clinical practice, indiscriminate supplementation of health care products has also become a case encountered by many doctors. A female patient in her 50s has been taking an oral liquid that claims to care for women since she was in her 20s, and although she has fewer wrinkles and postponed menopause, she was found to have ovarian cancer. The test result was that the supplements she was taking contained estrogen, and the long-term supplementation in large quantities eventually led to the lesion. They are regarded by their parents as the jewels of their eyes, and they take supplements such as royal jelly and other health supplements since childhood. As a result, some of them were surprised when they reached about 7 years old and kept yelling about chest pains, as well as breast augmentation and early development. “After giving them hormone and other tests, it was found that the health supplements were probably to blame. It took two or three months after stopping the royal jelly for the problem to be alleviated.” More harm than you can imagine: “For drug abuse, everyone pays attention to it because everyone knows that ‘it’s medicine three times poisonous’; but for health care products, many people habitually think that eating more and more, how to eat will not have side effects.” In fact, for men and women, young and old different groups of people, indiscriminate consumption of health care products is more harmful than you can imagine. Children: early sexual development and obesity. Many health supplements contain estrogen, which, if supplemented in large quantities, will affect the secondary sexual characteristics of girls, most typically breast development and early menstruation, while boys will have early bone development, affecting normal growth. In addition, hormones can cause children to increase their appetite and cause obesity problems. A lot of research shows that obesity is a health “untimely bomb”, which can lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Some nutrients can be excreted in the urine, while others are stored in the body, which can affect the normal development of children if not taken in the right amount. Women: increased risk of gynecological tumors. 30 – 50 year old women, who are in the high incidence of cysts, also have a strong need for anti-aging and weight loss, so they are most likely to indiscriminately take several types of health supplements such as weight loss, beauty and detoxification, which contain the most hormonal ingredients. If you have uterine fibroids, breast enlargement and other problems, you should be careful taking health care products. Some gynecological tumors, such as cervical cancer and ovarian cancer, are closely related to estrogen levels, so taking them blindly will increase the risk of disease. Men: It is easy to delay the disease. In Wu Xue Yan’s opinion, sexual health care products are the most easily abused by men. The most common problem is that some ED patients do not go to the hospital when they have erectile dysfunction and believe in the advertisements of sexual health products that “work once eaten”, but they do not even know the real ingredients, which eventually delayed to the late stage and increased the difficulty of cure. The elderly: most likely to be “fooled”. The elderly are the largest consumer group of health care products and are the most likely to be “fooled” by advertisements, with the most serious phenomenon of indiscriminate supplementation. The elderly have a delicate spleen and stomach, and those who have chronic illnesses themselves, there are more contraindications to taking them, but very few people will seek expert advice before eating supplements. After the indiscriminate supplementation, it not only has no effect, but also leads to fire, diarrhea, worse appetite and many other problems. The right supplement according to age: how to take the right health care products, according to the age of the supplement is the biggest “trick”. Children: If there are no obvious symptoms before the age of 7, there is no need to take any supplements. If developmental abnormalities occur, you need to go to the hospital first to rule out disease before taking expert advice and taking targeted supplements. Women: if everything is normal, no supplementation is needed before the age of 30, and calcium should be supplemented after the age of 30. after the age of 45, if there are no uterine fibroids and no breast enlargement, soy isoflavones and soy products can be supplemented in moderation. Men: So far, there is no scientific evidence to show which product can quickly solve the problem of sexual performance, and a healthy lifestyle and diet is more important. Men can eat more pumpkin seeds and tomatoes before they are 45 years old, and after that they can take some lycopene supplements to prevent enlarged prostate. The elderly: for calcium, vitamins and other nutritional supplements, the elderly can be supplemented in doses; products that claim to have the effect of lowering blood pressure and improving immunity can also be eaten, but be sure not to pin your hopes for a cure on them. Also, be sure to buy regular products, take them for the right symptoms, and don’t just stop taking them.