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Quote[/b] (Spencer @ Jan. 01 2003,2:19)]...i am puzzled as to why so few manufacturers have caught onto the benefits of fish oils....
It's all about profits. Because fish oil isn't "new" and because you can't try to patent it, or claim to be the only company selling it, small companies won't sell it.
This is something that people should understand about supplement companies. You see, small companies can't compete with the big guys by selling "nutritional" supplements like vitamins, minerals, protein, creatine, or fatty acids. That's because they are so widely available. Only the huge companies that you see in all the grocery stores and everywhere else can sell a high enough volume to make the profits they want.
Smaller companies (with the acception of HSN) will always focus on selling what are called "exotic" supplements. These are products with "made up" drug-like names and
extreme claims about effectiveness. The company will also claim to be the only company who sells it.
Because exotic supplements have not been tested, and likely never will be, they can charge outrageous prices for them, and reap huge profits. In fact, most supplement companies don't want tests performed on these exotic products...because they would fail the tests and they would be cought in a lie. That may sound a bit harsh on my part but for the most part its true.
Here are the reasons why HSN won't sell "exotic" supplements. 1) They have not been shown to be effective by independant researchers in peer reviewed journals. 2) HSN won't sell products that don't work. 3) I, being the formulator of all HSN products, refuse to sell anything that I wouldn't personally use.
I hope this doesn't sound like a rant...it's just the facts.
