Archive for April, 2008

Rebuttal on Latest Attack on Dietary Supplements

By now, you have probably read the headlines such as “Vitamins May Shorten Users’ Lives,” “Vitamins may increase risk of death,” or “Vitamins A, C and E are ‘a waste of time and may even shorten your life.”
 
These biased articles are based on the latest Cochrane review which more or less copies the JAMA paper [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

More on Calif Prop 65

PRESS RELEASE
California Targeting Safe Supplements
Don’t Let Them Succeed
ACT NOW
March 24, 2008
 
CALIFORNIA‘S PROPOSITION 65 AFFECTS EVERYONE
California – ever known for its luscious beauty, endless energy, and general wackiness – is on the verge of stepping off the edge of the cliff yet again.  A trial balloon is being floated by California’s Office of Environmental Health [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

California Prop 65

The State of California plans to regulate supplements in a way that seems opposed to the intent of the DSHEA legislation passed about 12 years ago.  On the surface, the proposals would seem to protect California consumers, however it will likely be used to apply more restrictive legislation to supplements than are currently applied to [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments