Toxic Chemical Being Sold as a Health-Conscious Sweetener
Splenda Essentials pretend to be health-supporting, when in fact they seem to have more in common with pesticides than with sugar.
Dietary Supplement Regulation Facts
The Food and Drug Administration This agency has significant authority to regulate the dietary supplement industry, including (but not limited to) the authority to: Stop a company from selling any dietary supplement that is unsanitary or unsafe. Stop the sale of any dietary supplement that makes false or non-substantiated claims on its labeling Stop the […]
Why Selling Natural Products is Such a Dangerous Business
Part Two of our recent article on the laws threatening integrative doctors and integrative medicine—one of our most popular articles last month!
Once Again, Your Activism Brings Swift Results
According to The Washington Post, last Friday the FDA—just days after you started contacting them in protest over their pregnancy drug Makena—has reversed their stance. Keep up the pressure!
New Government Report Says FDA Should Ask Congress for More Authority over Health Claims
Who should worry about this? And will consumers learn even less about what they are eating?
ANH Sues FDA Over Health Claims Censorship
ANH Sues FDA Over Health Claims Censorship ******** Action Alerts for This Campaign ******** Tell Congress to Restore Free Speech for Nutritional Supplement Companies! The Testimonial Free Speech Act, HR 2908, would allow the dissemination of testimonials “containing a consumer’s actual perception of the mitigative, preventive, or curative properties of any food or dietary supplement […]
Stop the FTC Power Grab
Stop the FTC Power Grab ******** Action Alerts for This Campaign ******** Ask the FTC to Grant ANH-USA’s Citizen Petition Take Action The Federal Trade Commission has recently created new and arbitrary requirements for ANY food or dietary supplement health-related claim—and is enforcing them—in direct violation of federal law. Please contact the FTC and ask […]
Supplements Still in Peril
Over the past year, we fought four different Congressional bills that would have affected your access to supplements. In our Action Alert, we need your help to educate our lawmakers, most of whom know little or nothing about existing supplement regulation or why supplements are not drugs.
Readers’ Corner
This week we answer questions about drug company contributions to senate campaigns, and learn that sometimes congressional offices don’t even know what their own members voted on!
Success! Waxman’s Anti-Supplement Measure Excluded From Senate “Wall St. Reform” Bill! But Fight Is Not Over
This victory was largely due to you, our supporters, who flooded Senate offices with thousands of emails and phone calls. But the fight isn’t over yet—and our new Action Alert has all the details.