DENVER — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning against the use of weight loss supplements labeled as tejocote root after they were found to be tainted with a toxic plant. According to ...

FDA tests revealed that capsules labeled as tejocote instead contained yellow oleander, a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America. Photo courtesy of FDA Tejocote weight-loss supplements ...

The FDA has been investigating certain supplements since September and has found some tejocote root products to be substituted with toxic yellow oleander, which can cause serious reactions and death.