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Debate on homeopathy (1)

10 October 2007

A discussion ensues in the The Times newspaper (London) on the role of science as a means of validating homeopathy and other forms of complementary medicine...

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Whose Truth About Vitamins? (1)

10 October 2007

BBC2 broadcast its story last night on vitamin supplementation. Far from being fair and balanced, it took a heavy swipe at high dose vitamin supplementation and omitted discussion of the benefits of supplementation. See the joint ANH and Institute for Complementary Medicine press release below.

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US allows fatty acid claims (1)

10 October 2007

Just as Europe tries to push the onus for proving health claims on manufacturers via the proposed EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations, the US government offers another allowed health claim that will empower consumers.

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Lancet study attacks antioxidants (1)

10 October 2007

Dr Bjelakovic and colleagues have analysed 14 trials involving antioxidant vitamins and the mineral selenium. Their findings are damning, but cannot, in ANH's view, be applied to antioxidants in general.

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US HerbalGram article (1)

10 October 2007

Alex Schauss PhD offers his views in an informative article in the American Botanical Society's HerbalGram covering the impact of EU legislation.

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Schwarzenegger Attacks "Quackbusters"... (1)

10 October 2007

The "quackbuster" operation, run out of a New York ad agency, isn't doing well in California... to say the least. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined several citizen's groups in taking a formal stand against certain sleazy "quackbuster" activities. The Governor, along with a citizen's group, "Californians to Stop Shakedown Lawsuits (CSSL), is promoting California ballot Proposition #64, described by Schwarzenegger to accomplish the following:

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Do you recall the recent headlines 'The Deadly Vitamins'? (1)

10 October 2007

Antioxidant supplements, we were recently told and told and told, range from useless to slightly worse than strychnine. While some media outlets merely ran headlines like "Antioxidants Don't Fight Cancer," Forbes.com warned that "Vitamin Supplements May Boost Cancer Risk," while the London Daily Mail's headline blared: "The Deadly Vitamins." I saw NO headlines that weren't along these lines.

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