New Rules for Nutritional Supplements

Walk into a General Nutrition Center and there are flashy looking bottles containing pills and powders that claim to do anything from helping you lose weight, to preventing a cold, to making you stronger. The number of these nutritional supplements has exploded in the past 15 years thanks to legislation passed by congress in the mid 90s. These products have long made many doctors uncomfortable because of the FDA's lack of oversight. But the agency has drawn up new rules that would provide more oversight to an industry that's had relatively little supervision. ideastream's Eric Wellman spoke with Dr. Susan, Joy, director of womens sports health at the Cleveland Clinic.