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Carlon Colker
Carlon M. Colker, M.D., FACN (born June 21, 1965) is an American physician and dietary supplement industry consultant. He runs a private practice and consulting company in Greenwich, Connecticut (Peak Wellness, Inc.), and served as chief medical officer and executive vice president for the dietary supplement company Atlas Therapeutics (now doing business as MYOS Corp.). He has also served as 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 2003, Colker sparked media controversy by attempting to defend the safety of ephedra-based supplement products, which he had previously been involved in researching on behalf of various manufacturing companies,〔〔〔〔〔 and 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’s research and radio commercials for V-Factor, a dietary supplement that was claimed to enhance male sexual performance, were the focus of a false advertising complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which resulted in the manufacturer, Vital Basics, Inc., paying out a $1-million settlement.〔〔〔
In 2007, Colker appeared as a guest physician and trainer on the ABC reality TV program ''Shaq's Big Challenge''. 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.〔〔〔〔
==Early life==
Colker was born to parents of Russian Jewish and Lithuanian descent. Both of them were artists. His father, Edward Colker, was a graduate of New York University, a noted lithographer, a maker of rare hand-bound books, and a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient.〔(International Print Collectors' Society Newsletter ) January 2005, Vol II, Issue III〕 His mother, Elaine Galen, was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and an abstract painter. As a child, Colker grew up around the diversity of his parent’s art world while being exposed to their penchant for healthy living, organic foods, and vitamin supplements.
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