News
July 26, 2011
Are the NDI guidelines the ultimate FDA tool to freeze dietary supplement innovation? A special report by Robert Verkerk, PhD, ANH-USA Scientific Director and ANH-Europe Executive and Scientific Director. Read more
News
July 1, 2011
Today, both the FDA and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) dropped policy "bombs" on those of us who use dietary supplements. Read more
News
May 13, 2011
Live in Europe? Get your herbs while they last. New rules put forth by the European Union (EU) will ban the sale of certain herbal remedies that have been used for centuries. Read more
Scientific Study
March 2, 2011
A study with rats finds a plant compound abundant in mustard, horseradish and wasabi stopped the growth of bladder cancer by one-third and completely prevented metastasis - the cancer invasion of surrounding muscle tissue. Additionally, the food... Read more
News
February 16, 2011
Consumers across Europe will be denied the right to use the majority of herbal remedies currently available in health food stores and on the Internet when a new European law is fully implemented on 1st May 2011, according to data published today... Read more
News
November 19, 2010
Naturally Occurring Standards (NOS) for food supplements means we should not use any synthetics sources of nutrient values such as synthetic vitamin potencies or the synthetic potencies of herbal actives. Read more
News
September 23, 2010
Beware of Senate bill 3767, the so-called Food Safety Accountability Act. This dangerous legislation, if passed, would criminalize nutritional supplement manufacturers who tell the truth about their products or link to published scientific studies describing the biological benefits of their products. Based on language in the bill, health proponents who sell supplements could be criminalized and convicted to ten years in prison.
The Life Extension Foundation recently published an important warning piece about this, complete with some call to action items for which we need your help Read more
The Life Extension Foundation recently published an important warning piece about this, complete with some call to action items for which we need your help Read more
News
May 31, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lost its bid to overturn a health claim for selenium”containing dietary supplements last Thursday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle ruled... Read more
News
April 13, 2010
In the latest volley of the US Food and Drug Administration's bizarre war on scientific freedom of speech, the FDA has sent a Warning Letter to the president and CEO of Diamond Foods stating that the firm's packages of shelled walnuts are “in... Read more
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