Posted April 4, 2018
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We scan major advocacy news sites to keep you informed about important legislation that impacts your health choices. The only emails we send are Action Alerts!
We scan major advocacy news sites to keep you informed about important legislation that impacts your health choices. The only emails we send are Action Alerts!
Not Just for Baking: Baking Soda Hacks That Will Change Your Life
So you just bought some beautiful, fresh produce, and you need to remove the remaining dirt, but soap is not an option and water just won’t cut it. Here’s where baking soda steps in. Read more.
What Grocery Stores Don’t Tell You About Stickers on Produce
You know those little stickers that come on your produce and seem to stick to everything when you pull them off and cause more irritation than anything? Those little stickers actually have more to say than you might think. Read more.
The Double-Edge Sword of Stress
This week is International Stress Awareness Week. In recognition of the ever-increasing, and seemingly overwhelming, burdens that so many are shouldering as social, political, economic and environmental systems become ever more unstable, we offer our top take-homes to help you refocus and bring what the Swedish refer to as ‘lagom’ into your life. Read more.
Is COVID Over — Or Is There a Looming Apocalypse?
Is it time to hunker down, or resume our normal lives? Read more.
Maintain Sex Drive Naturally — Health from the Ground Up #7b
How to use natural medicine to address imbalances in stress and sex hormones. In the first part of our coverage of endocrine health, we discussed how to take an integrative approach to restore balance with regard to insulin resistance and thyroid health. This article will look at restoring balance to sex and stress hormones. Read more.
FDA Flip Flops on Fatigue Supplement
The FDA has said that an important supplement that is on the cutting edge of lifespan and health span research can no longer be sold as a supplement because it is being studied as a drug—another gift to drug monopolists! Action Alert! The FDA pulled a similar reversal a few years ago with vinpocetine, now it is happening again with β-NMN (beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide, or simply NMN), an important supplement for anti-aging. We must protect access to this important supplement. Read more.
Big Corps on a Supplement Co. Buying Spree (video)
Why Can I Eat Bread in Europe, but not at Home?
Some people who avoid gluten in the US report being able to eat pasta and bread in Europe without the same issues. What’s going on? A recent article unpacked some of the reasons why Americans traveling in Europe are able to eat gluten abroad, but not in the US. Experts don’t know for sure, but possibilities include differences in the type of wheat used, a higher presence of chemicals in US foods, and lifestyle factors when you’re travelling. Read more.
Legislative Update: Bad Supplement Policy Still a Threat
Senator Durbin’s (D-IL) efforts to institute mandatory product listing for dietary supplements is still a very real threat. Action Alert! Over the last year or so, we’ve been keeping you up to date on Sen. Durbin’s efforts to pass into law a bad supplement policy that would limit your choices in dietary supplements. We recently scored a major victory when mandatory product listing for supplements was kept out of the legislative package to reauthorize FDA drug user fees. But we are not out of the woods yet. Read more.
Big Pharma Buying Up Supplement Companies
Major shifts are, and have been, occurring in the supplement industry. Here’s how they could affect your access. Over the last few decades, mega-corporations have been increasingly investing in the supplement sector—especially during the last few years, which has seen a boom in mergers and acquisitions. Since 2017, over $20 billion has been invested in supplement companies by the likes of Bayer, Nestle, Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, and Clorox. Read more.
