Oprah, Illinois AG Go After Acai Supp Marketers
First, Oprah… according to the Chicago Tribune: Alleging Internet marketers are using her name without permission, Oprah Winfrey–through her corporate vehicle, Harpo Inc.–on Wednesday filed a federal trademark infringement suit against 40 peddlers of dietary supplements. …Last year, Oz praised the anti-aging properties of the acai berry. Not long after, Internet marketers began to sell acai products with...
Rice Krispies Boost Immunity?
Needless to state, I rarely stroll down the cereal aisle at the supermarket… it’s been years since I’ve eaten anything more processed than old fashioned rolled oats. Roald Dahl neatly summed up my opinion of most ready-to-eat breakfast cereals in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”… “Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you...
FDA Sued Over Qualified Health Claims
I’ll be curious to see how this one plays out… The Food and Drug Administration is being sued. (Not for the first time.) This time, it’s by supplement companies who don’t like the way the agency denies or waters down the “qualified health claims” they can put on their wares. …You can see why the companies don’t like the way the FDA alters the qualified claims they allow. One claim cited...
Another Acai Scammer Bites the Dust
This time it’s FXsupplements.com, the makers of Acai Berry Maxx. FORT WORTH – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved the state’s investigation into an Arlington dietary supplements distributor. Under the settlement, FXsupplements.com agreed to stop shipping unauthorized orders to customers, refrain from making false health claims, and clearly disclose its terms of service to future purchasers. The online vendor also...
Superfruit Science
Kewl: someone’s actually gone and developed comprehensive criteria for superfruit status… and the few relatively fruits that actually merit the title might surprise a few people. The creator of the rubric is Dr. Paul Gross. It consists of the following measures: Popularity and sensory appeal of the whole fruit Nutrient diversity and density Phytochemical diversity and density Basic medical research intensity Clinical...
Rules Aren’t Made to be Broken
Which is something that certain supp manufacturers/retailers evidently don’t understand. Earlier in the week, I clicked through an interesting presentation given at the recent International Society of Sports Nutrition conference. Entitled “Sports Supplements, Science, and the Politics of New Washington“, it offered some explicit warnings to the supplement industry. As authors Rick Collins, JD, CSCS and Alan...
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