This is very good news for our campaign to save estriol, other bioidentical hormones, and many other compounded supplements and drugs from being regulated right out of existence. But much more work must be done to save these vital medications. Action Alert! ANH-USA worked hard with our allies for many months to get this provision… Continue reading Congress Sends Strong Warning to FDA
Month: December 2015
Kids, Eat All the Junk Food You Like— Just Go Jogging for Three or Four Hours Every Day!
It’s amazing how much influence ten million dollars will buy. We recently told you about Coca-Cola’s pet project, the Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN)—a nonprofit that claimed to fund research into causes of obesity, but instead promoted the idea that lack of exercise, not bad diet, is primarily responsible for the obesity epidemic. GEBN used… Continue reading Kids, Eat All the Junk Food You Like— Just Go Jogging for Three or Four Hours Every Day!
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Your Family’s Meat—Will You Know Where It Comes From?
A powerful international body is overriding laws passed by Congress that tell you what country your meat comes from—and Congress is letting it happen. Action Alert! Last week’s World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling is pushing some members of Congress to cave in to Big Food. The international body ruled that the United States’ country-of-origin labeling… Continue reading Your Family’s Meat—Will You Know Where It Comes From?
Big Food Wants to Sneak a BAN on Mandatory GMO Labeling into the Budget Bill!
Some in Congress are fighting this dangerous rider, but to be successful, they need citizens to flood their legislators with angry letters! Action Alert! Last week saw further developments in Congress regarding GMO labeling. Five prominent Democrats in the Senate—Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT)—publicly… Continue reading Big Food Wants to Sneak a BAN on Mandatory GMO Labeling into the Budget Bill!
GM Chicken Approved “For Medicinal Purposes”! Are Humans Next?
The floodgates are open for more genetically modified animals—possibly even humans. Last week saw the approval of another genetically modified animal— this time a chicken genetically altered to produce a drug in its eggs. The drug is designed to replace a faulty enzyme in people with a rare genetic condition that prevents the body from… Continue reading GM Chicken Approved “For Medicinal Purposes”! Are Humans Next?
GMO Fraud Revealed
A French court has found that fraud and defamation were employed to discredit a study linking GMOs to cancer in rats. Dr. Gilles-Éric Séralini, a French molecular biologist who studies the health effects of GMOs, recently won two court cases against those who had sought to ruin his reputation after he published a study that… Continue reading GMO Fraud Revealed
Big Food vs. Big Medicine: One Fluid, the Other Frozen
As consumers demand safer and more natural foods, the market is starting to comply. So why doesn’t Big Medicine do the same? Action Alert! Consumers, according to the New York Times, have been leaving Big Food in droves, and are increasingly buying organic (not to mention free-range, cage-free, grass-fed, and/or locally sourced) foods. After years… Continue reading Big Food vs. Big Medicine: One Fluid, the Other Frozen
Small and Organic Farmers Survive Latest Round of FDA Food Rulemaking
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued three more final rules (with two more to come next year) for the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). And it’s pretty good news. When the FSMA was originally proposed in 2010, we and many other organizations were troubled. Small-farm and organic food advocates warned… Continue reading Small and Organic Farmers Survive Latest Round of FDA Food Rulemaking
Artificial Sweeteners Contribute to Diabetes
Microbes in our gastrointestinal tract power our immune systems and keep our insulin and blood sugar in balance. Aspartame and other manufactured no-calorie sweeteners are killing them. Action Alert! Artificial sweeteners are among the most widely used food additives worldwide, regularly consumed by lean and obese individuals alike. Products containing artificial sweeteners bring in huge… Continue reading Artificial Sweeteners Contribute to Diabetes