U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has introduced a bill that would curb restrictions imposed by the FDA and FTC regarding health claims for dietary supplements. Why would he do that? Aren’t these restrictions good for the consumer to make sure they don’t get “duped” by snake oil salesmen making false claims?
Maybe it is the case. But it also may not be the case. Check this story interesting story out and decide for yourself. This is the Cherry Grower’s Story. Back in 1999 a peer-reviewed report came out in the Journal of Natural Products, published by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. This report had some interesting conclusions.
The study concluded that tart cherries may relieve pain better than aspirin and many other anti-inflammatory drugs. How about that? It turns out that consumption of about twenty cherries reduces inflammation in a similar manner as aspirin or Cox-2 inhibiting drugs. And this is of course without the lethal side effects of gastric bleeding or vitamin depletion associated with these drugs. The molecules in cherries, called anthocyanins, work to reduce inflammation at ten times less dosage than aspirin. This is cited in the Journal of Natural Products 1999 Feb; 62(2): 294-6]. Pills that provide concentrated anthocyanins would make it even easier to consumers to achieve these health benefits of anti-inflammation.
The food and drug administration declared cherries to be “drugs” once health claims for a disease were associated with the product. When cherry growers began to cite this scientific study, the FDA followed by sending a warning letter to 29 companies that market cherries threatening regulatory action if they did not remove the scientific information regarding the anti-inflammatory properties of cherries from their websites.
We also have the United States Department of Agriculture funding some of these fruit studies, and now we have another arm of the federal government that says you can’t use the research.”Bob Underwood sells capsules containing concentrated cherry paste. He was quoted in an Associated Press story in 2006 as saying we have the government telling people to eat more fruits and vegetables.
According to a website called LewRockwell, “The Health Freedom Protection Act would stop the FDA from censoring truthful claims about the curative, mitigative, or preventative effects of dietary supplements,” says Scott Tips of the National Health Federation, a Monrovia, California-based organization that is leading the charge behind this legislation.” Sad to see that legislation is needed to stop the censorship of truthful claims… isn’t it? For more health tips, visit www.BackCareTreatment.com and watch health videos.
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