The FDA seems to be waiting for GMO soybeans to be ready before it follows through on its promise to ban the toxic fats. A new study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, available on the CDC’s website, shows that Americans are consuming much more trans fat than they realize. A federal loophole allows food companies […]
Now that Henry Waxman is retiring from Congress, it is clearly Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). State Action Alert! Sen. Durbin has long demonstrated a bias against dietary supplements. Here’s a taste of his career-long attempt to give FDA the power to sweep thousands of supplements off the shelves: In 2004, Sen. Durbin proposed an amendment […]
FACT: National conferences harshly criticized by nutrition leaders and media. The ADA’s recent Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo has been lambasted by media and nutrition leaders as a “corporate takeover by Big Food.” “Is the American Dietetic Association Attempting to Limit Market Competition in Nutrition Counseling?Forbes.com(2012) Michael Ellsberg. “Pesticides Are Good for You, Big […]
We’ve joined with two natural health powerhouses to argue that this action is illegal. Urgent Action Alert! We have been telling you about the FDA’s latest sneak attempt to ban another B vitamin—natural folate. Folate is the naturally occurring form of the water-soluble vitamin B9. It is found in foods such as black-eyed peas, chickpeas […]
We’ve joined with two natural health powerhouses to argue that this action is illegal. Urgent Action Alert!
Isn’t rotting meat and pizza as a vegetable bad enough? Do kids have to have a big dose of mercury too? Action Alert!
It wins first place on our list of Big Business’ Top Five sham “educational” websites.
Meanwhile, there are fresh victories (and challenges) in the battle to stop AND from monopolizing nutrition advice. State Action Alert!
Here’s how to spot Big Pharma’s spin on both supplements and drugs—and where you can get the truth.
There are improvements. But no unlabeled fluoride please! Action Alert!