Shivering?
The University of California, Davis, recommends boosting your vitamin D intake during the winter months by a factor of 5!
26 Jan
2010
26 Jan
2010
Seller Beware!
If a consumer loves your product and blogs about its wonders, be warned that a Federal Trade Commission ruling regarding endorsements may make you liable for false and misleading claims.
26 Jan
2010
Herbal Products Association Weighs in on Healthcare Reform
After ANH-USA succeeds in adding integrative practitioners to the Senate version of the healthcare reform legislation, Michael McGuffin of the American Herbal Products Association weighs in on the benefits to the herbal and dietary supplement industry.
26 Jan
2010
Vitamins, Minerals: Shouldn’t You Decide Your Dose?
Dr. Rob Verkerk, executive and scientific director of the Alliance for Natural Health International, has published a paper pointing to a fatal flaw in the model used by European authorities to determine the upper safe limits for vitamins and minerals used in dietary supplements.
19 Jan
2010
FDA Tiptoes Around BPA
The FDA’s failure to protect newborns and the unborn from BPA recalls the old joke “How many deaths does it take for the FDA to remove a drug from the market?” The answer (not all funny): all too many.
19 Jan
2010
Statin Drugs and Vitamin D Deficiency
The September 2009 newsletter of the Vitamin D Council weighs the scientific evidence pointing to a connection between the use of statin drugs (prescribed to lower cholesterol) and vitamin D deficiency. Are the drugs most often prescribed in the United States linked to vitamin D deficiency, known to affect up to 77 percent of all Americans?
19 Jan
2010
Preserve Structure/Function Claims!
Dr. Rob Verkerk, of ANH-Europe, weighs in on the threat to informed choice should such claims be axed.
19 Jan
2010
Warning! Heavy metals!
Lead is associated with high blood pressure and mercury with cardiovascular disease. Cadmium, which often is present in astounding amounts in children’s jewelry, is now linked to learning disabilities.
12 Jan
2010
CSPI Asks FDA to Abolish Food and Supplement Health Claims
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to abolish Structure/Function Claims and Qualified Health Claims. What does this jargon mean? Why is this so important?
12 Jan
2010
Thanks to All Who Took Action on Vitamin D Last Week. If You Did Not, Please Take Action Now!
Last week we highlighted the government’s complete silence about Vitamin D during this flu season, complete silence despite the scientific evidence supporting the use of Vitamin D to prevent or treat flu. Not a word has been said by our health authorities