Free speech in health science may become a reality

April 8, 2011

Hi everyone,

Here's some good news for the U.S.

With your help - Free speech in health science may become a reality

The Free Speech about Science (FSAS) Act, HR 1364, would change FDA regulations

so that legitimate, peer-reviewed scientific studies can be referenced without

changing the food's regulatory category to an unapproved drug. This will protect

access to scientific information, and will protect your right to know about the

healthy benefits of food and food supplements. The bill amends the appropriate

sections of current law to allow the flow of legitimate scientific and

educational information while still giving FDA and FTC the right to take action

against misleading information and against false and unsubstantiated claims.

Gretchen DuBeau of the Executive and Legal Director of The Alliance for Natural

Health USA (ANH-USA) says this legislation is critical because " current FDA

regulations prohibit dietary supplement manufacturers and food producers from

referring to any scientific studies on the health benefits of a food or natural

substance. "

In the FDA's view, even providing a link on a vitamin supplement manufacturer or

organic food producer's website to a scientific study converts a healthy food

into an unapproved drug. The FDA knows that natural products and supplements are

food, not drugs, and they do not fit into the drug regulatory model. The result

of this counter productive approach by the FDA is decreased access to safe,

natural approaches to staying and getting healthy. " This is what we call the

great Catch 22 of contemporary American medicine, the FDA, which is supposed to

guard and promote our health, is hostile to the kind of natural medicine --

based on diet, supplements, and exercise -- that represents the real future of

healthcare, " said DuBeau.

Go to the article for a link to send your message to congress:

The best in health, Bee

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