Re: Hey, morons who believe in quack cures, read this


Mark wrote:
rander3127@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Apple Cider Vinegar? Or Just Acid?

Advertisements in magazines and on the Internet offer what seems like a
simple remedy for a range of health problems - apple cider vinegar
tablets. But University of Arkansas researchers have found that some of
these tablets may not contain apple cider vinegar at all and could be
hazardous to the taker's health.

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This comes as no surprise, since makers of herbal products or
"supplements" not only don't have to prove their products are safe,
they don't have to prove they are effective, and the products don't
even have to really contain any of what the label says is supposed to
be present.

You are sadly misinformed. FDA regulates dietary supplements compliant
with DSHEA, which is compatiable with FDA's position that such products
present no "unreasonable risk" to consumers. It's the law that dietary
supplements must be proven UNsafe. FDA oversight is constraining to
the addition of new ingredients, as well. Supplement makers have to
acquire approval prior to marketing products that contain novel
ingredients, if they are not already recognized as GRAS (Generally
Regarded As Safe.) In terms of marketing claims, FTC has enforceable
jurisdiction over false labeling of dietary supplements, both with
respect to scientific claims and claims as to content. (1)

(1) The FTC's authority derives from Section 5 of the FTC Act. In
addition, supplements have traditionally been regulated under Sections
12 and 15, which prohibit false advertisements, defined as those that
are "misleading in a material respect," for foods, drugs, devices or
cosmetics.

The real question is why FTC permits false advertising by your
sponsors, who are not required to explain that modification of disease
markers is not equivalent to reduction of disease. Try getting upset
about that.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dietsupp.htm

I could literally mow my lawn, collect the clippings, seal them in
little bottles and sell it as St. John's Wort, and I would have done
absolutely nothing illegal.

Thus has been the state of affairs in the US since 1994.

Mark, MD

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