Thousands of Americans die every year from taking prescription drugs, and millions more are hospitalized. This isn’t an aberration; it is a feature of a crony medical system in which the agency that is supposed to evaluate and approve drugs is beholden to the pharmaceutical industry. ANH is launching a campaign to remove cronyism from […]
Behind the approval of the plant-based burger that will be hitting store shelves soon. Action Alert! Plant-based meat products seem to be all the rage. They are billed as a healthier, more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional meat, and the fad is catching on. Fast-food giant Burger King has announced the “Impossible Whopper,” a meatless version […]
Plus, poison provisions removed from final bill. Action Alert! The last few weeks of 2018 have seen some rapid developments for the Farm Bill, the huge piece of legislation that gets passed every four years and allocates almost a billion dollars over ten years. For natural health advocates, there are some good provisions in the […]
The 2018 Farm Bill is currently being created from the House and Senate versions. We must make sure bad provisions are eliminated, and good provisions stay in the final bill. Congress is in the process of completing the 2018 Farm Bill, and it is imperative that we ensure that bad provisions that would increase the amount […]
Will we let FTC bureaucrats decide what “science” is, and how it can be interpreted? Action Alert! The legal claims that supplements can make are repeatedly attacked and restricted by federal regulators. This is a great situation if you’re a drug company selling expensive, dangerous drugs, but if you’re an individual trying to manage your […]
Pyridoxamine (vitamin B6) was banned as a supplement—but you can help bring it back. Action Alert! The FDA has provided a back channel by which nutrients that the human body needs can be turned into drugs, and many natural compounds are at risk. If a drug company files an investigational new drug (IND) application on […]
This time directed at Joseph Mercola, MD. Mercola.com is a key natural health resource on line. We couldn’t recommend it more strongly for advice on every imaginable topic. And it is free. Dr. Mercola recently released a new book, Fat for Fuel. This cutting-edge book focuses in particular on how to optimize mitochondrial function, but […]
Why we need both Obamacare and a new consumer-led system. The following appeared as an ad in the back page of Roll Call on June 7, 2017. Obamacare has doubled premiums and doubled deductibles while restricting doctor choice. It has failed. Even so, it isn’t necessary to repeal it totally. If Congress would just end the […]
Balancing your stomach acid eliminates rosacea for many. It also improves over-all health by significantly improving digestion and absorption. Stomach acid appears to inhibit small intestinal bacteria associated with rosacea. So far, neither researchers nor practicing physicians have found the cause for every disease there is, but both groups know that if we can find […]
Biotin, often called vitamin H and sometimes vitamin B7, can actually reverse disabling multiple sclerosis symptoms, according to research scientists. It takes a number of months for biotin to do its work, but the improvements are long-lasting. Researchers saw the biggest improvements in spinal cord involvement and vision. Relatively recently reported research[1] (2015) tells us […]