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hosted at online.sagepub.com CAM Corner The June issue of Nutrition in Clinical Practice is devoted to controversies in nutrition support. This CAM Corner is the third installment in a series of articles that reviews the truth behind dietary supplements that are marketed as “weight loss” promoters. Thus far, the evidence is scant, and there are more yellow flags than green lights for using these products. Ephedra Ephedra is probably the most effective supplement for weight loss that should never be taken under any circumstances. There’s almost no question it will help you lose weight.1–3 Of all the supplements my colleagues and I recently examined in a systematic review of the existing weight loss supplements o