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: Read more.
Archives for July 2022
New Bill Threatens Jail Time for Supplement Companies
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 pressure in Congress opposing this bill. Over the last few months, we’ve been reporting on the serious consequences of enacting mandatory product registration for supplements—for example, the major threat to higher-dose supplements and to supplement choices more generally. Read more.
CBD’s Uncertain Future
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 safety concerns with CBD that prevent the agency from devising a regulatory structure for these products on the marketplace. Read more.
Get Prepared with Shelf-Stable Foods
It appears we’re in a phase where global systems of food and energy production are being intentionally dismantled in an effort to force into effect what the World Economic Forum (WEF) calls The Great Reset1 and the Rockefeller Foundation calls Reset the Table. Read more.
Why You Should Never Put Petroleum Jelly On Your Skin Again
Petroleum Jelly, the main ingredient in Vaseline®, is often used in beauty products and even on its own to moisturize skin. It’s cheap. It’s unscented. It seems to work well for softening skin, so what could be the problem? Read more.
Organic Eggs: Exposing the Fraud of Grocery Store Eggs
To reap all the benefits chicken and eggs have to offer, it’s important to realize that not all chickens and eggs are the same. It all depends on how they were raised. I strongly advise sticking with free-range organic varieties. Read more.
Autism Rate now 1 in 30 Among American Children
A new study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found that the number of children and adolescents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States has risen to 1 in 30. The study, which was conducted by public health researchers at Guandong Pharmaceutical University in China, looked at data from the annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It estimated there was a 52 percent increase in ASD diagnoses among children and adolescents in the U.S. during 2017-2020. Read more.
What to do with Rose Petals — 12 Ideas from the Kitchen to the Boudoir
The fabled rose—queen of the plant kingdom. While the Wild Roses, Rosa rugosa, are considered the true queen of roses for medicinal purposes, all roses lend their soothing and nurturing support in myriad ways. This said, did you know that there are over 100 species of roses? Read more.
Food Additives or Carcinogen? The Growing List of Chemicals Banned by EU but Used in US
There’s a hidden ingredient used as a whitener in an array of foods, from candies and pastries to cheeses and gum. It’s called titanium dioxide, and while commonly used in the US, it’s being banned in the EU as a possible carcinogen. The additive, also known as E171, joins a host of other chemicals that are banned in foods in the European Union but allowed in the US. Read more.
Journalist Commissioned by Agency to Ghostwrite Articles Defending Glyphosate and Attacking IARC
In an article for the French political magazine Fakir, the journalist Julien Fomenta Rosat tells how he was commissioned by a shadowy agency to write numerous articles to influence public opinion. These included articles aimed at discrediting the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) after it classified glyphosate as a probable carcinogen. The agency, iStrat, acted as a middleman for unknown clients whose anonymity was carefully concealed. Read more.