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True Athlete Training Formula

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True Athlete Training Formula

May 2013: The named plaintiff voluntarily dismissed this action When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled.. The reasons have not been disclosed.

April 2013: A class-action lawsuit was filed against Vitamin Shoppe for allegedly falsely advertising its True Athlete Training Formula as a pre-workout muscle building and performance enhancing product.  The complaint states that the company ignored all competent and reliable scientific evidence that the main ingredient — L-Arginine Alpha Ketoglutarate — doesn’t deliver the advertised benefits.  (Hodges et al. v. Vitamin Shoppe, Inc., Case No. 13-cv-2849, C.D. Cal.)

 


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Reservie Trans-Resveratrol Products

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BodyTech Dietary Supplements

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