The Effect of Tariffs on Supplement Prices
9/8/2018Make no mistake: imposing tariffs on dietary ingredients, as currently proposed, will result in a significant financial burden for consumers...
Read MoreDEATH BY POKEMO
9/17/2016People walking off of cliffs, getting injured, facing arrest, even getting killed…all in pursuit of Pokemon monsters. Say what? Learn...
Read MoreGive the FDA a Piece of Your Mind
9/3/2016The FDA is looking for public comments on its revised draft guidance for supplement ingredient notification. This will impact your...
Read MoreFluoride and Diabetes
8/30/2016Throughout our childhoods, most of us grew up seeing advertising about the benefits of fluoride. We could only have strong,...
Read MoreRoundup Follies
6/16/2016Of the 32 glyphosate (Roundup) studies evaluated by the EPA in declaring it safe, 27 were paid for by industry,...
Read MoreGetting Your Meat from a Lab
4/5/2016A team of scientists has successfully created the first laboratory-produced burgers that taste remarkably similar to traditional burgers.
Read MoreRadiation Soars, and Cures
3/22/2016over five million people still live in areas contaminated by radiation from the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters.
Read MoreThe Secret War against Supplements
12/5/2015A coincidental, opportunistic lining up of forces and events is about to significantly impact your ability to purchase the supplements...
Read MoreHuman Genetic Engineering Research Forges Ahead
11/24/2015Scientists in China are continuing DNA experimentation, pushing the boundaries of what many around the globe consider ethical.
Read MoreFukushima, Four Years On
10/10/2015When all is said and done, it looks like the world dodged the proverbial bullet at Fukushima. There is no...
Read MorePolitics and Nutrition Don’t Mix
7/18/2015Politicians should not be legislating what we eat; instead, they should be ensuring our transparent access to information about what's...
Read MoreEric Schneiderman and Vanilla Beans
6/20/2015The new tactics being employed by the NY Attorney General could not only raise the cost of your supplements, but...
Read MoreGMO Labeling Is Coming…Sort Of
6/6/2015If you rely on certain sites exclusively for your information on GMO, you have probably come to believe that the...
Read MoreSmokers Stigmatized
6/4/2015A recent study out of the University of Colorado discovered that smokers are 60 percent less likely to vote than...
Read MoreGenetically Modified Humans?
5/28/2015In Chinese laboratories, scientists are playing with the possibility of genetically modifying humans.
Read MoreWhat the Attack on Dr. Oz Is Really All About
5/2/2015In mid-April, a group of doctors called for the removal of Dr. Oz from the Columbia faculty because of his...
Read MoreThe New York Attorney General’s Attack on Supplements
4/18/2015The New York Attorney General accuses major retailers of selling herbal supplements that do not contain the labeled substance, or...
Read MoreShould Powdered Booze Take a Powder?
3/21/2015Palcohol powdered alcohol mix was just officially cleared for sale in the US by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and...
Read MoreVaccines: Good or Bad?
2/7/2015Once you begin to treat each vaccination on its own terms, it becomes clear that not all vaccinations are the...
Read MoreForce-Feeding Health
12/6/2014Since implementation of Michelle Obama's school lunch plan, the press has been carrying reports indicating that children don't like the...
Read MorePharmaceutical Payouts
10/11/2014In the five-month period from August through December of last year alone, pharmaceutical companies paid at least $3.5 billion to...
Read MoreGruesome Images, Smoking, and Australia
6/19/2014Back in 2011, legislation was proposed that would have required US tobacco companies to put graphic warning labels on cigarettes,...
Read MoreA Plethora of Food Recalls
5/27/2014China may get all the headlines for tainted food, but there were five separate, large-scale, tainted food recalls in just...
Read MoreCan You Trust Your Supplements?
4/12/2014Despite its costs and deficiencies--and they are large and many--being cGMP compliant for supplement manufacturers, retailers, and testing laboratories is...
Read MoreStatins for All
3/29/2014Proposed new guidelines would have 87 percent of all men between the ages of 60-75 on statins, and 53 percent...
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