Just one more reason to believe that our government is as stupid as we
think it is.
But who am I kidding? We elected most of them. Time to vote em ALL out
and start over.
=^..^= Terri, Siggie the Tomato Vampire, Guinevere, Travis, Dori and 6
furangels: Ruthie, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth, Alec, Salome and Sammi
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lynda Wilson<mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FDA fooling with supplements and foods
It seems common sense is non-existant. Thanks for this valuable
information/lesson!
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorrie"
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FDA fooling with supplements and foods
> Natalie, I hope everyone in the group appreciates this off topic
> information as much as I do. I agree with you 100% on all of this.
>
> You and I could both spend a lot of time up on our soap
> box.
>
> Thanks..........
>
> Lorrie
>
>
> On 07-26, Natalie wrote:
>> Dear Reader,
>>
>> Let go of that stem and back away from the cherry.
>>
>> It's for your own good.
>>
>> You see, that cherry is officially an unapproved drug, at least
according
>> to
>> the Einsteins at the FDA.
>>
>> Obviously, that makes no sense. But it lead me to ask: If cherries are
>> unapproved drugs, what does that make potato chips?
>>
>> Also compliments of the geniuses at the Food and Drug Administration:
>> Heart
>> healthy, of course!
>>
>> Fortunately, there may be a way out of this government-inflicted
>> insanity.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Over-the-counter cherries
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Cherries contain antioxidants and other anti-inflammatory components.
The
>> scientific evidence behind that statement is irrefutable. But when
owners
>> of
>> cherry orchards made those claims and backed them up with links to the
>> evidence, the FDA ruled that the claims "cause your products to be
>> drugs."
>>
>> Needless to say, none of the orchard owners had submitted their
cherries
>> for
>> approval as drugs, so they were not allowed to continue the claims.
>>
>> Crazy? Oh...we're just getting started.
>>
>> Last year, Dannon settled a dispute with the FDA by paying out $21
>> million
>> to several states where they had advertised their Activia yogurt and
>> DanActive dairy drink. In those ads they said the products, "help
>> regulate
>> your digestive system...naturally."
>>
>> That claim is based on what we know about the benefits of living
cultures
>> in
>> probiotics.
>>
>> But the FDA decided that Dannon was actually claiming that "Activia
>> provided
>> consumers with bowel movements at fixed, uniform or normal intervals."
>> Clearly, that was not the case, but the agency's absurd decision ended
up
>> costing Dannon millions.
>>
>> And FDA officials were just as picky and difficult when it came to
>> walnuts.
>>
>> They told walnut distributer Diamond Foods that multiple studies
showing
>> heart health benefits of walnuts were not sufficient to allow such
claims
>> on
>> the Diamond Foods website. Again, the FDA ruled that the health claims
>> classified walnuts as drugs.
>>
>> Now...if all that seems completely bat-house crazy, brace yourself --
>> seriously -- because here's what the FDA allows Frito-Lay to say about
>> their
>> products...
>>
>> "You might be surprised at how much good stuff goes into your favorite
>> snack. Good stuff like potatoes, which naturally contain vitamin C and
>> essential minerals. Or corn, one of the world's most popular grains,
>> packed
>> with thiamin, vitamin B6, and phosphorous -- all necessary for healthy
>> bones, teeth, nerves and muscles."
>>
>> Potatoes and corn -- two of the WORST foods you can eat, even before
the
>> processing begins! But wait -- there's more...
>>
>> "Our all-natural sunflower, corn and soybean oils contain good
>> polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats, which help lower total and
LDL
>> 'bad' cholesterol and maintain HDL 'good' cholesterol levels, which
can
>> support a healthy heart."
>>
>> So you CAN'T say cherries provide antioxidants that benefit health,
but
>> you
>> CAN clearly tell customers that corn chips help keep bones healthy and
>> potato chips cooked in soybean oil "can support a healthy heart."
>>
>> That is true lunacy! In any rational world we'd be able to storm FDA
>> headquarters and take them all away in straitjackets.
>>
>> As I said earlier, there may be a way out of this government-inflicted
>> insanity. But to do it, we have to go through the government.
>>
>> Two members of Congress recently introduced the Free Speech about
Science
>> Act that will require the FDA to let food producers and supplement
makers
>> state health claims when they're backed up by sound, science-based
>> evidence.
>>
>>
>> You can help this important effort by contacting your representatives
and
>> senators through "Thomas," a Library of Congress website (
>> www.thomas.loc.gov<http://www.thomas.loc.gov/> ).
>>
>> Let your Congressmen know how vital it is to change these absurd FDA
>> regulations that withhold essential health information and cause
>> companies
>> and growers to spend millions defending ridiculous charges.
>>
>> I mean, really...aren't there other "unapproved drugs" that are
currently
>> putting us at greater risk than walnuts and cherries???
>
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