The most exciting and innovative advancement in medicine today is the field of medical testing. So why is the FDA strangling it? Action Alert! Natural medicine is said to stand on three legs: a natural diet, nutritional supplements, and integrative treatments. But an essential fourth leg is medical testing. It’s of crucial importance to natural […]
This is very good news for our campaign to save estriol, other bioidentical hormones, and many other compounded supplements and drugs from being regulated right out of existence. But much more work must be done to save these vital medications. Action Alert! ANH-USA worked hard with our allies for many months to get this provision […]
It’s amazing how much influence ten million dollars will buy. We recently told you about Coca-Cola’s pet project, the Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN)—a nonprofit that claimed to fund research into causes of obesity, but instead promoted the idea that lack of exercise, not bad diet, is primarily responsible for the obesity epidemic. GEBN used […]
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued three more final rules (with two more to come next year) for the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). And it’s pretty good news. When the FSMA was originally proposed in 2010, we and many other organizations were troubled. Small-farm and organic food advocates warned […]
Microbes in our gastrointestinal tract power our immune systems and keep our insulin and blood sugar in balance. Aspartame and other manufactured no-calorie sweeteners are killing them. Action Alert! Artificial sweeteners are among the most widely used food additives worldwide, regularly consumed by lean and obese individuals alike. Products containing artificial sweeteners bring in huge […]
It’s being spearheaded by a secretive, private, and powerful organization called the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). State-based Action Alerts! Don’t be deceived. While this is a federation of all seventy state and territorial medical and osteopathic boards, it is not terribly clear who is behind it—we are guessing it is the American Medical […]
Coke exec steps down after emails show the company was intentionally skewing the science about the health effects of its products. Last week, the Associated Press published emails showing close coordination between high-ranking Coca-Cola executives and leaders of the Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN), a nonprofit that claims to fund research into causes of obesity, […]
After initially receiving the agency’s rubber stamp, a dangerous pesticide has been removed, at least temporarily, from the market. Following a lawsuit filed by a coalition of groups led by the Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that it is revoking the registration of Enlist Duo, a combination […]