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Current Supplement Industry Status The current status of the nutritional supplement industry is, from my perspective, one of disarray, as is the case with the medical profession.  Literally, every drug and supplement is designed to treat a symptom.  Normally when you go to see a doctor, it is to get assistance in correcting a problem. Read More

In the August 2, 1998, New York Times Magazine, reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg described the world’s first case of vancomycin intermediate-resistant staphylococcus, or VISA, which appeared in New York in March 1998. “In recent years,” wrote Stolberg, “it has become fashionable in the media to warn of the exotic new infectious diseases percolating in otherRead More

Evidence of Harm Winner of the 2006 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award by David Kirby (A brief introduction) Does mercury in vaccines cause autism in children? A definitive answer has so far proven elusive.

Bone Support and Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is not a lack of calcium or vitamin D. Contrary to popular belief, calcium is replete in our food supply and our bodies make vitamin D. There is now research which shows that excess calcium intake may even increase bone loss. Bone is about 20% calcium and 80% collagen withRead More

Vitamin E Study Misleads Consumers Vitamin E Meta-analysis Misleads Consumers The following release is made by the ANH in the wake of a raft of negative publicity on Vitamin E following the meta-analysis released by Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Cautious interpretation is essential The meta-analysis to be published next January in the Annals of InternalRead More

74th Congress 2nd Session: Verbatim Unabridged extracts. Our physical well-being is more directly dependent upon the minerals we take into our systems than upon calories or vitamins, or upon the precise proportions of starch, protein or carbohydrates we consume.” “Do you know that most of us today are suffering from certain dangerous diet deficiencies whichRead More

Strong Bones or Osteoporosis – Beware of Too Much Calcium The Key Roles of Silica, Magnesium & Other Nutrients by Earl Staelin Well Being Journal Vol. 15, No. 2, March/April 2006 (Reprinted here with permission from The Well Being Journal) Americans have been taught that they need lots of calcium, especially post-menopausal women who frequently developRead More

Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in Non-Organic Chicken Consumers Beware: Dangerous Levels of Arsenic Found in Non-Organic Chicken From: Institute for Agriculture; Trade Policy PRESS RELEASE April 5, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press contact: Ben Lilliston (612) 870-3416 or email: blilliston@iatp.org Arsenic Widespread in Chicken, Testing Finds Avoidable arsenic commonly added to chicken feed;Read More