Health Autonomy - Alliance for Natural Health USA - Protecting Natural Health

22 Jun 2010

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) wants to create a monopoly on state nutritional licensure. This organization—which lists among its corporate sponsors soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, cereal manufacturers General Mills and Kellogg’s, candy maker Mars, and Unilever, the multinational corporation that owns many of the world’s consumer products brands in foods and beverages—already has a stranglehold on who can dispense nutritional counseling at the state level.

01 Jun 2010

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Court Finds For ANH-USA In Stunning Victory Over FDA (Thank You Jonathan Emord!)

Free Speech, Supplement Regulation

This was a key federal case argued for ANH-USA and other plaintiffs by Jonathan Emord and the Emord law firm. It was a remarkable seventh victory for Emord over the FDA in the area of allowable health claims for food or supplements. Unless reversed on appeal, the decision restricts the Agency’s ability to place gag orders on the emerging science behind healthy foods and dietary supplements.

01 Jun 2010

49 Comments

Senate Hearing Headlines: The Media Gets It Wrong Again. Here Is Some Of What You Need To Know About Supplement Safety.

Congress, Environmental Health Risks, Supplement Regulation

In last week’s newsletter, we reported that the staff of the Senate Committee on Aging, led by Senator Kohl (D-WI), was preparing a surprise ambush of dietary supplements in a Senate hearing held last Wednesday. We were right. But we didn’t anticipate how seriously distorted the major media news stories would be.

11 May 2010

26 Comments

A BPA Ban In The Food Safety Bill?

BPA, Congress, Environmental Health Risks

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) is working hard to add an amendment to the Food Safety Bill that would ban BPA in food containers. We oppose the Food Safety Bill but welcome Senator Feinstein’s proposed amendment.

13 Apr 2010

211 Comments

Tell The FDA That Cherries—And Now Walnuts—Are NOT Illegal Drugs!

"Catch 22", Free Speech, Supplement Regulation

The FDA previously attacked cherry producers. It now says that if you tell consumers about the health benefits of walnuts, you turn walnuts into a drug. Please join us in protesting this attack on both common sense and free speech.

30 Mar 2010

8 Comments

Just How Broken is the FDA?

Big Pharma

The reexamination of a knee device and a campaign to extend the patent of a blood-thinning medication underscore the need for FDA reform.

02 Feb 2010

24 Comments

How Hard is it to Spell ‘D’?

Natural Medicine

Each week brings new studies confirming the benefits of vitamin D, and yet there is widespread vitamin-D deficiency in industrialized nations. Why is the government standing in the way of our addressing this public-health crisis?

02 Feb 2010

12 Comments

FDA ‘Powerless’ Re: BPA?

BPA, Environmental Health Risks

Despite beginning a process to retract their previous assertion that BPA (bisphenol A) is safe, the FDA claims to be “powerless to regulate BPA.” Give us a break!

26 Jan 2010

24 Comments

Shivering?

Natural Medicine

The University of California, Davis, recommends boosting your vitamin D intake during the winter months by a factor of 5!

19 Jan 2010

11 Comments

FDA Tiptoes Around BPA

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.