Trump's pick for surgeon general sells supplement with ingredient banned by Pentagon
Source: The Guardian
Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general sells an herbal supplement that contains an ingredient prohibited by the US military and which health experts have warned can cause liver damage.
Dr Nicole Saphier’s record of selling dietary supplements, which are only loosely regulated in the US, has raised concern among doctors and consumer advocates, some of whom allege she sells “snake oil”.
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The first ingredient listed in Drop RX’s “Calm” formulation is kava kava root. Also called kava, the ingredient was added to the US Department of Defense list of prohibited dietary supplement ingredients in April 2024, “based on the possibility of impairment and subsequent threat to military readiness”, according to a spokesperson for the department’s health system.
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Kava can be legally sold in the US, but it has been banned or restricted in some countries, including the UK, France and Switzerland, due to concerns about liver toxicity.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/nicole-saphier-supplement-trump-surgeon-general
A snake oil saleswoman seems so on-brand for The Rapist and The Penis Collector. Profit AND a health risk.
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