ed ra - cont aining ▁supp lement s ▁were ▁linked ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁serious ▁ad verse ▁events , ▁including ▁death s . ▁These ▁death s ▁caused ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Food ▁and ▁D rug ▁Administration ▁( F DA ) ▁to ▁ban ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁e ph ed ra - cont aining ▁di et ary ▁supp lement s ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁After ▁the ▁withdraw al ▁of ▁Met abol ife ▁ 3 5 6 , ▁a ▁con gression al ▁investigation ▁found ▁that ▁Met abol ife ▁had ▁received ▁thousands ▁of ▁reports ▁of ▁serious ▁ad verse ▁events , ▁many ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁young ▁and ▁otherwise ▁health y ▁people , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁had ▁conce aled ▁the ▁reports ▁and ▁acted ▁with ▁" ind ifference ▁to ▁the ▁health ▁of ▁consum ers ." ▁ ▁Prote in ▁supp lement s ▁A ▁class ▁action ▁law suit ▁was ▁launched ▁against ▁Chem ins ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁District ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Colorado ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁claim ants ▁who ▁had ▁purchased ▁the ▁company ' s ▁protein ▁pow der ▁supp lement s ▁market ed ▁under ▁various ▁brand ▁names . ▁The ▁suit ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁the ▁products ▁contained ▁approximately ▁half ▁the ▁protein ▁content ▁and ▁twice ▁the ▁car bo h yd rate ▁content ▁as ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁label . ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁concluded ▁when ▁Chem ins ▁agreed ▁to ▁pay ▁out ▁a ▁$ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁settlement ▁to ▁re im bur se ▁consum ers ▁for ▁the ▁full ▁cost ▁of