Time For Another Rant (Multivitamin Edition)…
I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the latest study on multivitamins, and how they don’t prevent cancer or CVD in older women. I’m ok with that… And no, I don’t intend to stop taking my multi, since preventing cancer and/or CVD isn’t the reason I’m taking one in the first place. Essential nutrients are one among a larger range of lifestyle factors that weigh in on an individual’s...
Hi-Tech CEO Draws 50 Month Prison Sentence
A link to this MSNBC report popped into my inbox just a few hours ago… Writing the final chapter in a strange criminal saga, a federal judge has sentenced the president of a Georgia company that manufactures popular lines of herbal dietary supplements to 50 months in prison for illegally selling knockoff prescription drugs over the Internet. U.S. District Judge Jack T. Camp also fined Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals CEO Jared Wheat...
Kevin Trudeau, Makers of Lipodrene in FTC Crosshairs
The FTC’s been busy. For starters, Kevin Trudeau, author of “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About” recently had his original, $5 million dollar fine for civil contempt upgraded to $37,616,161 – the amount of money consumers paid in response to his infomercials. Urged by both the FTC and Trudeau to reconsider aspects of its August order, on November 4 Judge Gettleman amended the judgment to $37,616,161,...
Why I’m in a Bad Mood Today…
Because I sorta miss the “good old daze” when prohormones were legal. No – I’m not really “for” anabolics (or against them, for that matter…). But prior to the ban, at least there were reputable companies in the business, with decent quality control and cycle information. Potential users could make choices with eyes wide open. After the ban, “designer steroids” – which were...
FDA Declares High Fructose Corn Syrup Can Be Labelled “Natural”
One more reason why you shouldn’t read anything into the word “natural” when it appears on a food label. “Upon careful review of the manufacturing process for High Fructose Corn Syrup, the FDA found that HFCS can be labeled natural,” stated Audrae Erickson, president, Corn Refiners Association. “HFCS contains no artificial or synthetic ingredients or color additives and meets FDA’s requirements for the use of the...
Are The Restaurant Chains Really On YOUR Side?
Lately I’ve been reading Morgan Spurlock’s “Don’t Eat This Book; Fast Food And The SuperSizing Of America”. Morgan, if you remember, is the guy who did the “SuperSize Me” movie — which you absolutely must see, if you haven’t already (“SuperSize Me” is a documentary movie where Morgan consumes nothing but McDonalds “food” for thirty days straight, all the...
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