Exactly. Because otherwise you have exactly the same credibility as the person making the countering argument… zero (reminds me of Monty Python’s “The Argument”). And besides, it’s not showing a whole lot of respect for your visitor.

There are a couple of “supplement-detractors” who operate primarily online and whose main argument is “they don’t work.” They don’t bother to explain why, and in doing so, they are doing their customers a huge disservice.

It takes effort and time to do so, but it has to be done. You can’t simply discard all supplements-even those with ingredients backed by clinical data-without explaining the reasoning behind your argument. Because more often than not, there is a “germ” of truth behind the claims for many of the supplements on the market.

That’s why it takes time to prepare the materials presented on this site… there’s a lot of research involved!

Great post, Elissa!