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• Select Arsenic in Herbal Kelp Supplements: concentration, regulations, and labeling: doi:10.1289/ehp.10360

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  Arsenic in Herbal Kelp Supplements: concentration, regulations, and labeling: doi:10.1289/ehp.10360

  Author:Daniel FabricantFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 115, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20071,101 words Report 1480L"Case Report: Potential Arsenic Toxicosis Secondary to Herbal Kelp Supplement" by Amster et al. (2007) is fundamentally flawed, both scientifically and with regard to the regulation of dietary supplements. Amster et...
• Select CODEX & CAFTA alarms

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  CODEX & CAFTA alarms

  Author:Jule KlotterFrom:Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients (Issue 268) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2005222 words Brief article Before the passing of CAFTA in August 2005, panicky messages that the bill would reduce access to nutritional supplements sped throughout the internet. A statement from Alex Schauss, distributed by the supplement...
• Select Nonvitamin nonmineral dietary supplements: Issues and findings from NHANES III

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  Nonvitamin nonmineral dietary supplements: Issues and findings from NHANES III

  Authors:KATHY L. RADIMER, AMY F. SUBAR, and FRANCES E. THOMPSONFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 100, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20004,416 words Article ABSTRACT The Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels encourages nutrition professionals to become knowledgeable about all dietary supplements. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1995 (DSHEA) expanded...
• Select Botanical supplements: weeding out the health risks

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  Botanical supplements: weeding out the health risks

  Author:David A. TaylorFrom:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 112, Issue 13) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20042,665 words Article For the past decade, the U.S. medical establishment has been adjusting to the rising popularity of herbal remedies and other dietary supplements. The 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) created a...
• Select Dietary supplements

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  Dietary supplements

  From:The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update (Vol. 11, Issue 3)

  Mar. 2000 Article
• Select The SkepDoc: Dietary Supplements and Deception.

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  The SkepDoc: Dietary Supplements and Deception.

  Author:Harriet HallFrom:Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Vol. 26, Issue 3)

  Summer 20211,363 words Column 1250LAT LEAST HALF OF AMERICANS (MAYBE as many as two-thirds) take dietary supplements. They assume the government will guarantee safety, efficacy, and truthful advertising. They couldn't be more wrong. The very term dietary...
• Select "The sky is falling, the sky is falling" (maybe some of it is)

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  "The sky is falling, the sky is falling" (maybe some of it is)

  Author:Al CzapFrom:Alternative Medicine Review (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20111,441 words Editorial 1620LOn July 2, 2011, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an 86 page draft document--Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues--for a ninety day comment period in the...
• Select What lies beneath: an examination of the underpinnings of dietary supplement safety regulation

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  What lies beneath: an examination of the underpinnings of dietary supplement safety regulation

  Author:Dana ZikerFrom:American Journal of Law & Medicine (Vol. 31, Issue 2-3) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer-Fall 20057,487 words Article 1. INTRODUCTION In response to the increasing attention to the link between health and nutrition, a wealth of information--and misinformation--is becoming available, especially via the Internet. Consumers are advised...
• Select Dietary Supplements: What Is in the Public's Best Interest?

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  Dietary Supplements: What Is in the Public's Best Interest?

  Authors:John N. Hathcock, Shawn M. Talbott, and Steven H. ZeiselFrom:Science (Vol. 286, Issue 5448) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 17, 19991,065 words Article In his Policy Forum "Regulation of `nutraceuticals'" (Science's Compass, 17 Sept., p. 1853), Steven H. Zeisel discusses the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) and proposes additional regulations for...
• Select Over-the-Counter Adrenal Supplements: More Than Meets the Eye

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  Over-the-Counter Adrenal Supplements: More Than Meets the Eye

  Authors:Ryan T. Hurt and Manpreet S. MundiFrom:Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 93, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2018948 words Editorial 1880LA large number of patients (some estimates are as high as 115 million people) are currently consuming over-the-counter (OTC) dietary supplements to relieve symptoms of chronic disease and illness. (1) Sales of OTC...
• Select Lessons from nutritional labeling on the 20th anniversary of the NLEA: applying the history of food labeling to the future of household chemical labeling

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  Lessons from nutritional labeling on the 20th anniversary of the NLEA: applying the history of food labeling to the future of household chemical labeling

  Author:Tobias J. GillettFrom:Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (Vol. 37)

  Summer 201141,747 words Article 1640LSunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants ... --Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1) I. INTRODUCTION An average consumer looking to purchase a household chemical product (2) and seeking to evaluate the safety...
• Select S.O.S. from the FDA: a cry for help in the world of unregulated dietary supplements

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  S.O.S. from the FDA: a cry for help in the world of unregulated dietary supplements

  Author:Joseph K. DierFrom:Albany Law Review (Vol. 74, Issue 1)

  Fall 201015,186 words Article 1850LI. INTRODUCTION The above-quoted mission statement of the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") highlights several duties that the Agency must juggle. First, it must protect the nation's health. Second, it must do its...
• Select FDA guidelines to the CAM products industry

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  FDA guidelines to the CAM products industry

  Author:Marcus A. CohenFrom:Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine (Issue 289-290) Peer-Reviewed

  August-September 20071,165 words Article 1490LA few weeks after I submitted my first column on nutraceuticals (Townsend Letter. July 2007; 288), I clicked on Townsend Letter's website, where a boxed item under the headline "FDA Seeks to Regulate All Food...
• Select The First Amendment and diet industry advertising: how "puffery" in weight-loss advertisements has gone too far

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  The First Amendment and diet industry advertising: how "puffery" in weight-loss advertisements has gone too far

  Author:Jennifer E. GrossFrom:Journal of Law and Health (Vol. 20, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 200614,229 words Article 2320LI. INTRODUCTION In May 2001, Florida businessman Jody Gorran began the Atkins Nutritional Approach, a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that he followed until October 2003. (1) Instead of spending money on clothes...
• Select FDA statutory authority to regulate the safety of dietary supplements

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  FDA statutory authority to regulate the safety of dietary supplements

  Author:Peter Barton HuttFrom:American Journal of Law & Medicine (Vol. 31, Issue 2-3) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer-Fall 20058,105 words Article I. INTRODUCTION For almost a century, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has regulated nutrients and other dietary supplement ingredients and products (1) under the food provisions initially of the Federal Food...
• Select Dietary supplement safety & efficacy

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  Dietary supplement safety & efficacy

  Author:Jule KlotterFrom:Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients (Issue 267) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2005779 words Article "Benefits and Safety of Dietary Supplements," a 2004 white paper distributed by Metagenics, Inc., reviews the science and regulation of supplement use in the US. The paper was written by Miriam G. Zacharias, MS; Jeffrey...
• Select Interviews with Stephen DeFelice, MD, and Antonio Martinez II, Esq, on nutraceuticals, the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, and the nutraceutical research and Education Act

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  Interviews with Stephen DeFelice, MD, and Antonio Martinez II, Esq, on nutraceuticals, the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, and the nutraceutical research and Education Act

  Author:Marcus A. CohenFrom:Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine (Issue 288) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20073,992 words Interview 1380LIn the aftermath of the 2006 Congressional elections that put Democrats in control of both houses of Congress after twelve years of Republican rule, rumblings emanated from Capitol Hill about "revisiting" the Dietary...
• Select Use of herbs among adults based on evidence-based indications: findings from the National Health Interview Survey

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  Use of herbs among adults based on evidence-based indications: findings from the National Health Interview Survey

  Authors:Aditya Bardia, Nicole L. Nisly, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Brian M. Gryzlak, and Robert B. WallaceFrom:Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20074,164 words Article 1600LOBJECTIVE: To examine the extent to which US adults use herbs (herbal supplements) in accordance with evidence-based indications. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: The Alternative Health supplement of the 2002 National...
• Select Act affects only newer supplements

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  Act affects only newer supplements

  Author:Stephan DorlandtFrom:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 42, Issue 13)

  July 1, 2009196 words Brief article, Lette... 1390LThe article "GAO Calls for More Regulation of Supplements" (May 15, 2009, p. 46) repeated an inaccuracy that has been repeated so often that it is accepted as fact. The article states that "the FDA lost its authority to...
• Select FDA issues plan to ban sale of ephedra products: linked to deaths

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  FDA issues plan to ban sale of ephedra products: linked to deaths

  Author:Deeanna FranklinFrom:Internal Medicine News (Vol. 37, Issue 3)

  Feb. 1, 20041,078 words Article The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to ban the sale of all dietary supplements containing ephedra, marking the first time the agency has moved to ban a dietary supplement. The agency issued a consumer...