Editor’s note (7/12/2022): This article was originally published in May 2022. Sen. Durbin’s bill is still alive; a version of it has also been added to a piece of legislation that must pass by the end of September this year, S. 4348, the Senate’s FDA user fee reauthorization legislation. We have to keep up the […]
From Ronald Hoffman, MD Multivitamins containing most of the essential vitamins and minerals at doses that provide greater than 100% of the RDA are the most commonly used dietary supplements; approximately 1/3 of US adults takes one or another formulation. But the bloom is off the rose with major press outlets declaring: “Multivitamins are a […]
Watch ANH-USA’s Executive and Legal Director, Gretchen DuBeau, talk about the threat to our supplement access with the Organic Consumer Association’s Alexis Baden-Mayer. WATCH VIDEO
Skeptics often dismiss and criticize natural approaches to healthcare, claiming that there isn’t evidence to support their effectiveness. Here’s why they’re both wrong and right (for the wrong reasons). Action Alert! Mainstream critics have been calling natural medicine “snake oil” and “quackery” for years. The essence of this argument is that there isn’t any evidence […]
As the FDA dangles the axe over homeopathy at the federal level, states are (and have been) getting in on the action to restrict access. Action Alert! Recently, the Center for Inquiry filed a lawsuit against Boiron, one of the largest homeopathic manufacturers in the country, under Washington, D.C.’s consumer protection laws, alleging the company […]
By Joseph Mercola, DO According to a 2020 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 34.1 million U.S. adults had diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes in 2018. There were slightly more men than women, and more white, non-Hispanic people with diabetes than Black, Asian or Hispanic people combined. Just two years later, these numbers […]
In banning higher dose vitamins, regulators ignore benefits and exaggerate risks. Action Alert! For a while now, we’ve been telling you about the threats posed by mandatory product listing (MPL) for supplements, a policy championed by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). We fear that, if MPL gets passed, the US will start restricting vitamin doses as […]
From ANH-International Last week we announced we’d analyzed a sample of the survey data from over 300,000 people in 175 countries who had elected to not receive covid-19 vaccines as part of an initiative of the Control Group Cooperative. We uploaded the 41-page, entirely transparent report to the preprint site ResearchGate. The report included 21 pages of survey findings, […]
The march toward a yearly COVID shot for young children continues. The FDA has amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccination to include children aged six months to five years. We believe the campaign to get young children vaccinated against COVID is really about getting COVID shots added to the CDC’s Childhood […]
Do liposomal vitamins deliver on their promises? We weigh the evidence. Liposomal vitamins have been hailed as a “breakthrough” for supplement delivery, promising consumers higher absorption than regular oral vitamins. For this reason, liposomal vitamins cost significantly more than normal vitamins, costing as much as three times more. Are these supplements worth the extra cost? […]