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Jun 21, 1965 New York, United States 59 years old
American physician
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About Carlon Colker
- Carlon M.
- Colker (born June 21, 1965) is an American celebrity doctor and dietary supplement industry consultant.
- He is the founder of Peak Wellness, Inc., a private practice and consulting company in Greenwich, Connecticut, and was the chief medical officer and executive vice president for the dietary supplement company Atlas Therapeutics (doing business as MYOS Corp.).
- He has also been a researcher, product developer, and spokesman for other supplement companies including LifeVantage, ITV Ventures, Cytodyne Technologies, Muscletech Research and Development, Metabolife International, and Vital Basics. In the early 2000s, Colker was criticized for his research and commentary in relation to dietary supplements including ephedra-based products, amongst others.
- He was a defendant named in lawsuits filed in multiple U.S.
- states alleging that research he conducted on behalf of the ephedra supplement manufacturers Cytodyne Technologies and Metabolife was fraudulent; that he had altered test results, and that he had attempted to hide dangerous adverse reactions suffered by research subjects.
- In 2004, Colker appeared in radio commercials for V-Factor, a dietary supplement that claimed to enhance male sexual performance, which were the focus of a false advertising complaint against Vital Basics, Inc.
- by the U.S.
- Federal Trade Commission.In 2008, Colker made news headlines after advising actor Jeremy Piven to prematurely withdraw from David Mamet's Broadway play Speed-the-Plow due to concerns of alleged mercury poisoning from consuming excessive amounts of sushi and Chinese herbal supplement products.
