Remembering a titan in the field of cardiology. On June 19th, 2022, Stephen Sinatra, MD passed away following a brief illness. Dr. Sinatra was a pioneer in integrative cardiology. In particular, he recognized the importance of supporting the heart’s energy needs as one of the few organs that functions continuously. His protocol for healthy heart […]
From Environmental Health Symposium While we were distracted with Covid-19, lockdowns, mask mandates, and other conundrums, manufacturers of artificial food were busy at work creating the “new food economy.” Since the strategy for getting pesticide-intensive GMO crops onto your plate or your backyard is failing (see Kellogg Commits to Phasing Out Glyphosate by 2025 and […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO Thoughts, emotions and a variety of environmental factors play into the manifestation of violence, but mental illness by itself cannot account for the massive rise in mass murder — unless you include antidepressants in the equation. Yet even when mental health does enter the mass shooter discussion, the issue of antidepressants, […]
Sweden’s supplement restrictions show why mandatory registration for supplements in the US is such a disastrous idea. Action Alert! For a while now, ANH-USA has been reporting on Senator Durbin’s (D-IL) efforts to limit access to dietary supplements. We’ve said that this legislation brings us closer to a European-style system in which high-dose supplements are […]
When flunking the paper’s supplement quiz shows you know more than the authors of the questions. Action Alert! A recent article from the New York Times titled “How Useful are Supplements?” does more to obfuscate and confuse than to educate, so much so that real knowledge about the science of supplements would lead you to […]
From GMOScience.org The following article summarizes the recent publication, GMO Myths and Facts, by Claire Robinson. For the past several decades, the public has been fed the rhetoric that genetically modified (GM) crops and foods are needed to feed the world’s growing population and to meet the challenges that farmers face, including climate change as well […]
From Ronald Hoffman, MD We were recently regaled with headlines like these: “Melatonin Poisonings in Kids Jumped 530% in 10 Years” (Medpage Today) “Pediatric Hospitalizations Due to Accidental Melatonin Overdoses Spiked in Last Decade, CDC Says” (People) “Melatonin Supplements Are Poisoning Children” (Gizmodo) This is in the context of a Congressional campaign to place onerous requirements on […]
From Moms Across America A historic win today! From the Center for Food Safety: Today, in a historic victory for farm workers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker and conservation clients by overturning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision […]
Supplement restrictions are moving forward in Congress. Lawmakers need to hear that this is a bad idea. Action Alert! This week, the Senate HELP Committee voted to approve its FDA user fee bill with mandatory dietary supplement product listing attached. Requiring supplement companies to register all of their products with the FDA sounds innocuous but will have […]
A study found that common drugs contain PFAS “forever chemicals”, and the EPA is working hard…to protect these drug makers. Action Alert! More than 131 million Americans—66 percent of adults—take a prescription drug. Most of these drugs come with substantial side effects, but you probably didn’t know that many of them also contain PFAS “forever” […]