Tell The FDA That Cherries—And Now Walnuts—Are NOT Illegal

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Tell The FDA That Cherries—And Now Walnuts—Are NOT Illegal

Posted by: " mizar590 " tom@...   mizar590

Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:22 am (PDT)

April 13, 2010

Has the FDA lost its mind–again?

In the latest volley of the US Food and Drug Administration's bizarre

war on scientific freedom of speech, the FDA has sent a Warning Letter

to the president and CEO of Diamond Foods stating that the firm's

packages of shelled walnuts are " in violation of the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act. "

Why? As Bill Faloon, co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation,

explains in a powerful new investigative article, Diamond Foods, a

processor and distributor of nuts, dared to list some of the health

benefits of walnuts on its website. The FDA says that the walnuts are

being " promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these

products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and

treatment of disease. "

In other words, if you say that a food is healthy and may help protect

against heart disease, or ease arthritis or inflammation, your words

have magically changed that food into a drug, and that's illegal.

Life Extension magazine has published no fewer than fifty-seven articles

that describe the health benefits of walnuts, each article supported

with copious scientific references. Yet the FDA says the walnuts " are

not generally recognized as safe and effective, " that the manufacturer's

" unauthorized health claims " have caused the walnuts to become

" misbranded, " which makes them subject to government " seizure or

injunction " !

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-Tom