Just had an idea. Why don't we run for office!
---- Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > I bet we could build a big soap box - I have a feeling there are more like > us out there....somebody's got to protect what we eat! > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:38 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > 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 ). > > > > 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??? > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
