Don’t Fall for This Health Scam
Miracle Mineral Supplement (MMS) has been marketed under several names, but all forms of the solution are industrial disinfectants that are far from healthy to consume. Users can suffer nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. MMS consumption has also caused acute liver failure in some cases.
It goes by a handful of names, and its reported benefits are many, but nobody should be concentrating the actual product in their diet. Let’s take a look at this dangerous health scam.
‘Miracle’ Claims
The FDA has received numerous complaints on MMS and other “miracle” solutions that market to people seeking alternative treatments to often serious conditions. These products have been sold as cures for everything from cancer and HIV/AIDS to autism, although they haven’t been proven safe or effective in treating any of the above.
We’d like to think we would be aware every time someone tried to sell us an illegitimate or dangerous product, but it can be easy to lose sight of every angle when we’re desperate enough for solutions. These products sell because modern medicine doesn’t always feel much better, especially in cases where we’re still looking for real cures. But this one could really hurt.
Severe Reactions
MMS is a solution of 28% sodium chlorite and distilled water. Manufacturers direct users to mix drops of their wares with compounds containing citric acid, like lemon juice (some products come with their own “activator” solutions), which turns the sodium chlorite into chlorine dioxide. That’s chlorine bleach in layperson’s terms, the same chlorine bleach many of us spend good money to filter out of our drinking water.
While this industrial cleaning agent works well for disinfecting large water sources, it's not meant for human consumption. It’s inadvisable to concentrate it in our diets. The CDC warns that high enough concentrations can irritate the mouth, esophagus and stomach lining. MMS use has reportedly caused nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure (a result of severe dehydration) and acute liver failure in some users.
MMS and products like it might sound amazing, but remember what they say about anything that seems too good to be true. Scammers are everywhere, circling like vultures over the rest of us, just waiting for the right moment to swoop down and take all they can. We can help the FDA stay on top of bleach peddlers and similar fraudsters by reporting them as we see them. And we can protect ourselves by always checking with the FDA before starting any new supplement or product.
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