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!
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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???
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