Category: Regenerative Health

Nominee for FDA Commissioner Clears Another Hurdle

Dr. Robert Califf has deep ties to the drug industry—and he’s one step closer to becoming the new FDA commissioner. We must stop this. Action Alert! He recently cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and is now headed for a full floor vote. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Ed… Continue reading Nominee for FDA Commissioner Clears Another Hurdle

FDA: Your Own Cells Are a Drug!

To protect Big Pharma, the FDA is coming after stem cell therapies. Don’t let the agency classify your body as a pharmaceutical drug. Action Alert!  In the next few months, the FDA will hold a public meeting to discuss its recent actions to clamp down on the use of autologous stem cell treatments. This is… Continue reading FDA: Your Own Cells Are a Drug!

Who Will Give Us Trustworthy Diet Advice?

Not the government. Not most doctors. This is why we need to protect health coaches. Action Alert! The government’s advice is completely tainted by special interest influence, politics, and a refusal to admit mistakes. This was illustrated again by last week’s report from the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA), “Dietary… Continue reading Who Will Give Us Trustworthy Diet Advice?

Medicine’s Future: Will the FDA Let It Happen?

The most exciting and innovative advancement in medicine today is the field of medical testing. So why is the FDA strangling it? Action Alert! Natural medicine is said to stand on three legs: a natural diet, nutritional supplements, and integrative treatments. But an essential fourth leg is medical testing. It’s of crucial importance to natural… Continue reading Medicine’s Future: Will the FDA Let It Happen?

Congress Sends Strong Warning to FDA

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

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!

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