CCTV investigates that online shopping for health food can not only lead to panic but also lead to death.

　　CCTV News:With the improvement of living standards, health foods claiming to regulate human functions are increasingly favored by people, especially elderly consumers. However, after eating the "health food" bought back, Mr. Li from Chengde, Hebei Province always feels flustered and unwell. What’s the matter?

　　Mr. Li is over 60 years old and has been suffering from diabetes for more than 10 years. According to Mr. Li, when chatting with friends, someone introduced a health food called "Renhe Yibao", which has hypoglycemic function and is very suitable for diabetics.

　　After returning home, Mr. Li immediately went online to inquire and really found this online shop selling Renhe Pancreatic Treasure on an e-commerce platform.

　　However, after eating for a while, Mr. Li felt obviously unwell.

　　It is claimed that the main ingredients include nearly 20 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines such as American ginseng, Cordyceps sinensis and Ganoderma lucidum, and the health food labeled "pure Chinese medicine, green and healthy" has an abnormal reaction after eating it. Mr. Li felt that something was wrong with the Renhe Pancreatic Treasure he bought, so he came to Chengde Food and Drug Administration for consultation.

　　Professionals told reporters that phenformin is a chemical that was used to treat diabetes in the early days. However, medical practice has found that phenformin can cause lactic acidosis during its use, which can even lead to death. Therefore, as early as 2012, when the former State Food and Drug Administration issued the List of Substances that May Be Illegally Added in Health Foods, it listed metformin hydrochloride and phenformin hydrochloride among them. In November 2016, it was clearly pointed out that phenformin can cause lactic acidosis after evaluation, with high incidence, limited clinical value and greater use risk than benefit, so it was decided to stop the production, sales and use of phenformin bulk drug and its preparations in China.