When considering the Food and Drug Administration’s adverse event reporting (AER) system being in place for dietary supplements, and the amount of counseling both physicians and pharmacists are required to undertake on all things that interact with cardiovascular medications, if there was a verifiable increased risk, data would exist that that clearly points to such. Without such data, any article of this nature is as scientifically significant as Chicken Little’s assessment of the [...]
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GMO Foods Already On The Market Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Addresses the School Nutrition Association, Issues Call to Action for Child Nutrition Stakeholders Vilsack Urges Enrollment in USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge WASHINGTON, March 3, 2010 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the School Nutrition Association and [...] U.S. consumers spent $739 million on fish and animal oil supplements in 2008, making it the eighth most popular dietary supplement on Nutrition Business Journal’s list of the top 100 selling supplements in the United States. Since most fish are already contaminated with PCB’s, consumers need to know what the toxic levels are to make an informed decision versus the overwhelming scientific evidence in support of fish oil [...] It may be that we’re finally beginning to make the connection that hunger and obesity are [...] Kids taking ADHD drugs to get high or increase alertness may not realize that misuse of the drugs can cause serious, sometimes life-threatening symptoms, including agitation, rapid heartbeat, extremely high blood pressure. [...] |
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