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April 13, 2010
The FDA Food Modernization Act (S. 510), also referred to as the “Food Safety” bill, has been modified to exempt dietary supplements from language that otherwise creates a slippery slope toward U.S. harmonization with Codex Alimentarius. ANH-USA... Read more
Scientific Study
March 25, 2010
A study just published in a leading peer reviewed journal explains how the European Commission's proposed approach to limiting maximum doses of vitamins and minerals in food supplements across Europe is not scientifically rational. Read more
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January 15, 2010
A critical study published in the scientific journal Toxicology casts serious doubts over the methods being considered by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Commission to limit dosages of vitamin and mineral food... Read more
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November 18, 2009
Report on the outcome of the Senate HELP Committee's "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" (Food Safety) mark up hearing to decide whether to amend the dangerous Codex provision, a decision that would have momentous impact on the future of dietary... Read more
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Warrior Diet
Vitamins are readily available and sold in many different formulations, they're also added to common foods such as dairy, cereals, nutritional shakes and baking flour. We were taught to believe that vitamin supplements are beneficial and indeed... Read more
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July 19, 2009
The biggest problem with nutritional supplements is lack of disclosure. Now that TV documentaries have announced that lycopene extracted from tomatoes have been found to be more effective than some statins, at the same high doses, bottles of... Read more
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June 9, 2009
In 2005, an up-and-coming pharmaceutical company made a big mistake: they invested millions of dollars into developing a drug only to discover that the only active ingredient of the drug, pyridoxamine, was really a common, naturally occurring substance that has been sold for decades at low cost to consumers in the form of a dietary supplement, and has always been available in commonly consumed foods such as chicken and brewer's yeast.
We're taught as children that when you make a mistake, you should own up to it and face the consequences. Apparently the pharmaceutical company in Read more
We're taught as children that when you make a mistake, you should own up to it and face the consequences. Apparently the pharmaceutical company in Read more
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April 22, 2009
Leading scientists, including Dr Shiv Chopra, ex-Health Canada whistleblower, and Dr Robert Verkerk, from the Alliance for Natural Health, were among several speakers at last weekend's Total Health Show 2009 in Toronto to call for urgent reform of governmental policies on the global food supply.
Dr Chopra stated that the removal of just 5 groups of products from the food supply, namely antibiotics, hormones, slaughterhouse waste, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides, would transform the safety and sustainability of the food supply. These products, claimed Dr Chopra Read more
Dr Chopra stated that the removal of just 5 groups of products from the food supply, namely antibiotics, hormones, slaughterhouse waste, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides, would transform the safety and sustainability of the food supply. These products, claimed Dr Chopra Read more
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Citizens for Health
We predicted late last year before, during, and after the election that 2009 would begin a time of change and challenge for dietary supplements. It looks like the first shoe has dropped: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented a report to Congress last week, titled Dietary Supplements: FDA Should Take Further Action to Improve Oversight and Consumer Understanding.
A link to the full 70+ page report appears at the end of this article. Here are a few highlights:
1. The PlayersThe GAO is known as "the investigative arm of Congress." It's self Read more
A link to the full 70+ page report appears at the end of this article. Here are a few highlights:
1. The PlayersThe GAO is known as "the investigative arm of Congress." It's self Read more
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February 10, 2009
(NaturalNews) A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine claims that multivitamins are useless at preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease in women. The mainstream media has predictably picked up on this story, gleefully running it as "proof" that nutrition is worthless and only pharmaceuticals can enhance your health.
What they're not telling you, though, might shock you. Here's the truth about this so-called "scientific" study on multivitamins:
• No multivitamins were even used in the study! The women followed in this study weren'
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