• Stern@lemmy.world
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    a product sold as a honey-based, male sexual enhancement supplement

    The agency warned consumers not to buy the product in October, noting it contained “the active ingredient in Cialis.”

    On one hand, I get it, on the other, we know it 100% works at least, unlike when they put oyster or horny goat weed or whatever in that stuff.

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    Uhuh. I’m going to need the exact name of this product so I know what to avoid exactly.

    You think it’s sold on Amazon? You know so I don’t buy it.

    How much is it? I just want to complain about the price.

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    Shit like this is why I refuse to consume any protein powder or supplement type stuff. That world is sketchy. At least I know what harm hot cheetos are doing to me

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      At least I know what harm hot cheetos are doing to me

      Assuming you live in a country with strict ingredient labeling standards and have an encyclopedic knowledge of additives and what they might do to you.

      If you want something harmful where you KNOW what’s in it and why it’s harmful, just grab a bag of sugar and a spoon 😉

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    Hang on, I like honey, and I like getting an erection… I’m just saying there could be a market for this, let’s not do anything hasty.

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      Its being marketed as ED medicine, so I doubt it was an accident. A lot of the virility pills in gas stations are a mix of boner meds and discontinued anti-depressants.

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          Yeah they usually have an animal on it with vague claims of what it will do. Here are some examples

          Dont even get me started on feelfree.

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              Its a “botanical product” that is an extract of Mitragynine from Kratom and Kavalactones from Kava.

              Now I have no problem with either of those or even 7OH products being legal. They are way safer than most street drugs. My problem with them is the labelling, or lack of.

              It looks like an energy shot and doesn’t say what’s in it clearly, and doesn’t even tell you what the effects are supposed to be. Many people try it thinking it’s another 5 hour energy competitor and get addicted by accident.

              I also have concerns about the liver when it comes to taking both of those simultaneously. Kratom alkaloids are processed by the liver, and although it seems safe enough on its own Kavalactone is known to have hepatoxicity. I worry combining them might exacerbate Kavas hepatoxicity.

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    Reminds me of all the “natural viagras” being sold in turkey. Every fucking fruit or preserved fruit based dessert is sold as an aphrodisiac.

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      Apples are a traditional aphrodesiac now that you mention it. For men. Licorice is for woman. That is real though, the licorice, the apple is a bit questionable.

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      Maybe Turkish people just REALLY like fruit to the point that all of it becomes de facto afrodisic? Is that a word? It is now!

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        Is that a word? It is now!

        all of those are words except afrodisic. It’s “aphrodisiac” from “Aphrodite”