CLAIM RULINGS · NAMED CONDITION

Can a supplement say “lowers cholesterol”?

No. “Lowers cholesterol” is a treatment claim for a diagnosed condition; the compliant version is “helps maintain cholesterol levels already within the normal range”, and dropping that qualifier is what breaks it.

SEVERITY WE ASSIGN
CRITICAL
STANDARD FAMILY
Named condition
ENFORCED BY
FDA, FTC, Amazon, Meta
§ 01 · WHY IT FAILS

The rule this runs into

Hyperlipidemia treatment claim.

We file this under named condition and rate it critical. It is enforced by FDA, FTC, Amazon, Meta, which matters because a single phrase can fail in more than one place at once: a listing suppression, an ad-account review and a warning letter are three different consequences of the same sentence.

§ 02 · WHAT TO SAY INSTEAD

The compliant version

This is the rewrite an audit ships for this phrase, in the words we would hand you.

THE RULING’S OWN REWRITE

'Helps maintain cholesterol levels already within the normal range'

CLAIMS THAT HOLD IN ITS PLACE
CARDIOVASCULAR
Helps maintain cholesterol levels already within the normal range

The qualifier is what makes it legal. Do not drop it.

Every structure/function claim on this page still needs the FDA disclaimer wherever it appears. That requirement has its own ruling.

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§ 03 · NEARBY RULINGS

Same family, same trap

CRITICAL · NAMED CONDITION
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CRITICAL · NAMED CONDITION
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CRITICAL · NAMED CONDITION
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