From the Environmental Health Symposium The human microbiome, often referred to as the driver of human physiology, has crucial roles in many systems of the body: stimulating immune system development and homeostasis, maintaining the integrity of the gut barrier, retrieving otherwise inaccessible nutrients from the diet, synthesizing essential vitamins and neurotransmitters, altering the production of […]
From Moms Across America Moms Across America is thrilled that the staff at the CDC have decided to follow through with important glyphosate testing. We commend their courage to address the reality of the contamination of glyphosate, despite any corporate pressure they may be experiencing. There are massive ramifications to finding (once again) that the […]
The FDA continues refusing to provide a pathway for CBD supplements, all in an effort to protect drug industry profits. We need to force their hand. Action Alert! Last month, the FDA’s Science Board conducted a hearing concerning the safety of CBD in dietary supplements. After almost four years, the agency is still pointing to […]
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 […]
From Joseph Mercola, DO Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that vitamin D played an important role and could help reduce incidence of positive tests, infection severity and the risk of hospitalization and death. The evidence of benefit was so clear, I published a scientific review in the journal Nutrients at the […]
Join us on a journey looking at how to achieve whole-person health, naturally. Today, we’re introducing a new series called Healing from the Ground Up. This series will demonstrate a different model of healthcare in which drugs and surgery are the last line of defense, rather than the first and only option. This model will […]
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 a key contributor to the leading cause of death among adults, getting blood pressure under control is of critical importance—here are some natural ways to do so. Let this sink in: high blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for dying prematurely, and 90 percent of Americans are predicted to develop it […]