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05/26/2022
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By Cassie B.
NAC supplement ban may not be enforced, FDA suggests
One of the more unsettling effects of Big Pharma’s COVID-19 cash grab was the demonization of supplements with a long record of safety and efficacy. Zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D, quercetin and other supplements that doctors and researchers identified as being helpful in preventing or treating the disease were quickly targeted by articles warning of […]
05/24/2022
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By News Editors
Will NAC become a banned supplement?
Following the FDA’s 2020 attack on NAC, excluding it from the definition of dietary supplements, new draft guidance suggests the agency isn’t going to enforce the ban and may restore this beneficial compound to its prior supplement status. Story at-a-glance The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suddenly cracked down on NAC in 2020, claiming it […]
04/26/2022
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By Ethan Huff
NAC found to protect kidneys against VENOM damage (no wonder FDA wants to ban it)
A 2014 study published in the journal Toxicon shows that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) is a powerful remedy against animal venom poisoning. Researchers from Instituto Butantan in Brazil studied the effects of NAC on mice injected with Bothrops jararaca (a highly venomous pit viper snake) and Crotalus durissus terrificus (tropical rattlesnake) venoms. Since NAC is a well-known […]
07/30/2021
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By Ethan Huff
While they scare you with “variants,” Congress wants to make dietary supplements prescription only – TAKE ACTION NOW
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is once again attempting to eliminate your freedom to access dietary supplements, this time by slipping his own hidden bill into the upcoming appropriations bill, which is expected to be voted on at some point next week. In an emergency announcement, Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show warned his listeners […]
08/21/2020
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By Ethan Huff
Use N-acetylcysteine? The FDA is trying to make it illegal because it could help treat COVID-19
As a favor to drug companies that are studying it as a potential “drug” treatment for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going after N-acetylcysteine, a natural compound that the agency is suddenly claiming no longer qualifies as a legal dietary supplement. Reports indicate that the FDA has sent […]
02/11/2020
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By Ethan Huff
The FDA is changing its tune regarding the safety of soy protein: Recent studies have the agency proposing the revocation of manufacturers’ rights to make health claims
When they first started becoming popular back in the 1980s, soy products were hailed by many as being the healthy alternative to dairy, meat, and various other foods that people have been safely consuming since the beginning of time. But we now know that soy is a major detriment to human health (especially when it’s […]
06/18/2018
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By Carol Anderson
DSM files an FDA petition suggesting that brands use simpler vitamin names instead of their chemical ones
Purchasing vitamins and supplements can be hard, especially for people who do not have a background in medicine. This is due to the complicated and unfamiliar names of vitamins and nutrients printed on packaging. According to DSM Nutritional Products, the long, hard-to-pronounce names are scaring consumers away, specifically because they don’t know exactly what they […]
06/12/2018
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By Cassie B.
GMO “golden rice” over-hyped nutrition claims dismantled by none other than the FDA
Golden rice was once touted as a miracle food that would save the world from vitamin A deficiency and the health problems it can cause. Two decades later, the rice has failed to deliver on its promises – as many predicted – and the future for this GMO rice isn’t looking too bright, either. In […]
05/14/2018
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By Tracey Watson
A form of vitamin B6, pyridoxamine, could be back on the market after being unavailable for years to protect its potential use in pharmaceuticals
Did you know that in the United States, if a pharmaceutical company can prove to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that an ingredient was not marketed as a dietary supplement prior to 1994, and that it was first investigated by a drug company, that said ingredient can be placed on a list that […]
05/17/2017
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By Tracey Watson
Interesting quiz reveals the truth behind what’s really “healthy”
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last year that it was considering revising its criteria for what constitutes “healthy,” and which foods could, therefore, make that claim on their packaging. And thank goodness for that, because their outdated thinking about fats and other nutrients previously meant that even really unhealthy foods could be labeled […]
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