Kevin Trudeau
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 The American Association for Health Freedom says, "The book is a disturbing look at the political and financial agendas, media hype, and ulterior motives surrounding the wrongly accused supplement industry. A sound and thorough argument."
The book investigates every avenue from behind-the-scenes deals between lawmakers and pharmaceutical companies to using the media's ability to misinform the people. It explains how front PR firms are used, including the blatant dismissal of legitimate research supporting supplements safety. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 So when DSHEA came into being it was a great milestone nationally; it essentially legitimized the dietary supplement industry. Post-1994 with DSHEA there are very specific guidelines as a dietary supplement company that we operate within. So when DSHEA came into being, there were still people who said, "Dietary supplements just aren't regulated." Well, that's completely false. They are regulated. They fall within the guidelines of the FDA. There's page after page after page of recommendations. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 One company claims to have particle size so small that if they could actually produce those, they should be in the nanotechnology industry, rather than the nutritional supplement industry. There are no particles that small in silver solutions.
I'm doing more research on this, but in the meantime, one product I can recommend is by a company called Invision. It's called Silver 100, and you can go to the website http://www.silver100.com. This company makes an outstanding silver product that I have used and researched; I have checked out this company. |
Kevin Trudeau
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| Nobody in the supplement industry has ever heard of them outside of these studies. It's important here because it is this "association's" definition of natural vitamin E that forms the basis of the few negative studies done on vitamin E. The Natural-Source Vitamin E Association states that natural vitamin E can only exist in a chemically altered, esterified, form. It is this chemically altered form of natural vitamin E that is used in their studies. This form of vitamin E is known to have no antioxidant function in the body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 In fact, there are many hucksters and con artists in the nutritional supplement industry, just as there are in the pharmaceutical industry. So, my position has never been that all nutritional supplements are good and that all pharmaceuticals are bad. It's just that if you're looking for what's truly healthy you're only going to find them from the natural world and never from the world of manufactured, synthesized drugs. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
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 Willett points to the National Dairy Council advertising campaigns as the source of this myth, which has subsequently been expounded upon by the supplement industry pushing the latest and greatest source of calcium in convenient pill form.
"For starters, there isn't a calcium emergency. When it comes to calcium in the diet, the United States is near the top of the list of per capita calcium intake, second only to some Scandinavian Countries and parts of Latin America...," Dr. Willett states in this chapter. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Because greed is present across all industries, not just pharmaceuticals or modern medicine, but also in the health supplement industry. Some of these overseas companies say to themselves, gee, it's cheaper if we don't test for heavy metals. Or it's cheaper if we source low-quality ingredients. So there's an economic incentive and the exploitation of public trust for increased profits -- very much the same behavior that we see at Big Pharma.
Yet the FDA chooses to selectively attack herbs only. |
| Most supplement companies in the United States have stringent quality control standards, but what these herbal critics are trying to do is paint the whole industry with one brush and say that just because a few imported products were found on the shelves with toxic metals, therefore the FDA should have new oversight over the entire nutritional supplement industry. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Gerry: I certainly can, and you're right -- this is a new product into the human supplement industry, and we're very excited about it. Astaxanthin is a pigment found in a marine environment. As a matter of fact, it's the most prevalent pigment found in the marine environment, and it's what turns the flesh of the salmon pink or pinkish red, shrimp shells, lobster red, so it's throughout the marine environment. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 He added, "Another aspect of this problem is that some segments of the supplement industry have been able to capitalize on the confusion created by health claims for foods." Archer also admonished doctors, telling them not to recommend L-tryptophan to their patients for drug purposes.
Archer drew a distinction between doctor-prescribed L-tryptophan used in infant formula, intravenous administration, and feeding tubes, which the agency had deemed legal, and the over-the-counter variety, which they had not approved. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 British government and the dietary supplement industry voluntarily suspended its sale pending resolution of the question of hepatotoxicity (Woodfield, 2001); in early 2003, Kava sales were banned in the UK (MCA, 2002).
Previous reviews of kava safety did not include evidence suggesting the potential for hepatotoxicity. A peer-reviewed assessment of the safety of kava concluded that "when used in normal therapeutic doses, kava appears to offer safe and effective antianxiety and muscle relaxant actions without depressing centers of higher thought. |
| Herbal Ecstacy® and Ultimate Xphoria®) raised significant concerns among various state health authorities, health professionals, and responsible members of the herb and dietary supplement industry (Blumenthal and King, 1996). |
Kevin Trudeau
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 The return rate of the product was one of the lowest in the entire dietary supplement industry. There were virtually no complaints, and everyone seemed to like coral calcium. Unbeknownst to me, the FTC was conducting a secret investigation into the sale and promotion of coral calcium and were coordinating their efforts with the FDA. During the entire investigation, the FTC never called us or requested any information from us at all.
Suddenly, without warning, the FTC filed a major lawsuit against me, my company, and the author I interviewed. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 Florida, Texas, Arizona), mainly for the production of "Aloe vera gel," which is used in cosmetic preparations and in beverages of the dietary supplement industry (see also: Phytomedicines).
Constituents: Mosdy 1,8-dihydroxyan-thracene derivatives with 25—49% aloin (according to Ph.Eur, not less than 28% expressed as barbaloin). Aloin is a diastereomeric mixture of aloin A and B. Aloin A with 10S,l'S configuration is produced biosynthetically and converts secondarily to aloin B with 10R,l'S configuration [1—3]. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| In the area of genetically engineered food regulation, the 'competent' agencies rarely if ever (know how to) conduct independent research to verify or supplement industry findings."
"One possible reason for this lapse is the FDA's avowed 'cheerleader' role in promoting biotechnology. Since a proper assay would more likely turn up an allergy 'problem,' perhaps FDA chose the easy course of reliance on Aventis to avoid making trouble for the industry it openly promotes. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 Malus domestica (apple)
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58-263 ppm
Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry)
Fruit
100-250 ppm
The Use and Abuse of Quercetin
Quercetin has gained the attention of the supplement industry, and is now widely promoted as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant magic bullet. This has the effect of confusing both the public and practitioners as to the difference between whole plant and active ingredient herbalism. |
Mark Blumenthal
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| The industry label warning for ephedra, currently being suggested as an official national standard by a group of dietary supplement industry trade organizations in a petition to the FDA, is as follows: "WARNING: Not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. Do not use this product if you are pregnant or nursing. |
Nicola Reavley
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 It helps dispel many of the myths that are propagated by the zealous sectors of the dietary supplement industry who may ply their wares on tenuous grounds.
Nicola Reavley has produced a book that is a must for any consumer who seeks a valid reference to the application of dietary supplements for health benefits. It presents appropriate cautions in some circumstances and reinforces the important notion that just because something is natural does not necessarily mean that it is safe. |
The Complete Book of Alternative NutritionSelene Y. Craig, Jennifer Haigh, Sari Harrar and the Editors of PREVENTION Magazine Health Books
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| Since there is no proof, only speculation, to support claims for DNA/RNA, many people are simply listening to proponents in the supplement industry. Makers of supplements have been infusing everything from nutritional supplements to face creams with these life-giving molecules and marketing the nucleic acids through health food stores. Not surprisingly, they often claim miraculous results.
The bottom line from experts, however, is that we need much more research before we can justify using them in anything. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 For many manufacturers this is not about a new age or greater patient autonomy, it's about money. The supplement industry in this country was a $12 billion enterprise in 1997. With that kind of money at stake you can bet that both scrupulous and unscrupulous companies will be attracted to the market. Some of the information on Internet newsgroups has its origin in people who are part of multi-level marketing schemes to sell supplements. Well-intentioned as they may be, clerks in health food stores are not reliable sources of information either. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 Recent changes in the herbal medicine and supplement industry have led to the creation of independent third-party certifications. We will discuss the system, started by the National Nutritional Foods Association (the industry's largest trade association), in more detail when we talk about safety.
What has the government done about regulation so far?
In 1994 Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), regulating labeling and sales of herbs and other supplements. |
Dr Bernard Jenson and Mark Anderson
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 His processing techniques remain the natural supplement industry standard long after his patents have expired. Lee's inventions were credited for advancing weapons control and guidance systems for the Pentagon during World War II. His genius for simplification of electronic design was relied on extensively by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Lunar Guidance Systems and their motor control design.
But his first love was nutrition where his applied talents invented and patented the cold process method for making whole-food nutritional concentrates. |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
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 In fact, according ro the Council for Responsible Nutrition (the professional branch of the supplement industry), as many as 50 percent of Americans are popping nutritional supplements—that makes supplements the most popped pills in America. One out of every two nonsupplementers would pop a vitamin pill if they were convinced it would do some good.
Every day at health food stores, grocery stores, pharmacies, and discount department stores people face a wall of vitamin and mineral supplements. |
Barrie R Cassileth, Ph.D.
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 These bottled promises, despite the fact that they do not work, have created a multibillion-dollar business out of the supplement industry.
Osteoarthritis Remedy?
The combination of dietary supplements glucosamine and chrondroitin is said to reduce joint pain and produce greater joint flexibility. Anecdotal reports await substantiation by scientific studies,
Where to Get It
Newsletters produced by many major medical centers and respected organizations provide detailed, objective information about dietary supplements. These include:
? Harvard Health Letter, P.O. |
| Nutrition experts say we consumers have been taken in by the food supplement industry, buying vitamins and minerals in excess of need or when high doses may be harmful. the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The reviews produce updated food guides, most recently a modified food pyramid shown in Figure 8 (page 57). The pyramid indicates the amount of each type of food required to meet the recommended RDAs.
What It Is
Vitamin supplements are purchased by up to 80 percent of U.S. |
| Although the public needs the protection provided by accurate labeling, proof of safety, and evidence of benefit, the food supplement industry effectively prevented legislation from passage in the U.S. Congress in 1994. It accomplished this with a successful multimillion-dollar campaign urging Americans to "Write to Congress today, or kiss your supplements good-bye! |
Gale Maleskey
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 Although the authors were cautiously optimistic about the herb's benefit, the news made big waves in the American medical community and the nutritional supplement industry. Currently, St. John's wort can be found in gut»i*iJEiwiEfr -snapshot_[
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Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum; also known as hypericum.
May help: Mild to moderate depression, binge-eating disorder, anxiety, nervous disorders, and HIV.
Origin: Native to Europe and Asia; now grows well in parts of California and Oregon. |
| Whether DHEA is important in that decline is unknown, although the dietary supplement industry suggests that it's a causal relationship. We don't know that it is. We're not trying to say that DHEA has no effect, but we do think that there is significant risk that has not been explained to the consumer."
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Also known as: Dehydroepiandrosterone.
May help: Lupus; may slow or reverse aging, but any beneficial effect of DHEA use in humans has not been established by scientific studies. |
Elaine Feuer
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 This "establishment" newspaper asserted that the dietary supplement industry was using scare tactics and misinformation to "rally thousands of health-minded Americans to support legislation that would actually deprive consumers of reliable health information"—when, in fact, it was the FDA and mainstream media who were responsible for deliberate deceptions and inaccuracies. |
Marion Nestle
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 This achievement was hailed as a tremendous victory by the supplement industry. As one of its lobbyists gloated, "DSHEA stands for the unusual precedent that the FDA was wrong. . . . [Tjhis is one of the first times where an agency got not just publicly slapped on the wrist, but, in a congressional setting, they lost power. The agency lost big for the first time."9 To explain how this "victory" was accomplished, this chapter and the next review the contentious history of dietary supplement deregulation. |
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