Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Dietary supplements false claims

  • Dietary Supplements Illegally Labeled: Dozens Make False Claims, Report Says

    "Supplements that make disease claims could mislead consumers into using them as replacements for prescription drugs or other treatments for medical conditions, with potentially dangerous results.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • FDA Warns Dietary Supplement Firms to Stop Promoting Unapproved Products ...

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued warning letters to PruTect Rx, of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Trinity Sports Group Inc., of Plano, Texas, for promoting products labeled as dietary supplements with claims to treat concussions and ...

    www.opposingviews.com

  • Joe Schwarcz: US legislation causes confusion about dietary supplement DMAA

    The supplement industry went to work and whipped the public into a frenzy by falsely claiming that the government intended to take away their freedom to choose dietary supplements, including vitamins. This was utter nonsense, but the "freedom-to-choose ...

    www.montrealgazette.com

  • Dietary supplements baffle even hospitals

    And some dietary supplements are outright dangerous. Some manufacturers make claims that are blatantly false.

    www.philly.com

  • Lawyers pepper food firms with lawsuits over labeling

    "False advertising is stealing money from people," said Steve Gardner with the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer watchdog group.

    bottomline.nbcnews.com

  • CRN launches searchable database of NAD decisions

    The goal, said Rend Al-Mondhiry, regulatory counsel, CRN, who coordinates the organiztion's interaction with NAD, is to make a better industry by weeding out false and misleading advertsizing. "Our ultimate goal for the dietary supplement industry is ...

    www.nutraingredients-usa.com

  • USADA official cautions athletes about supplement use

    If they don't, she said, "the product is making false and misleading claims. Either way it's a lose-lose situation for athletes.

    www.nutraingredients-usa.com

  • Action Line: 'Acia Berry Diet' defendants to pay $1 million settlement

    ... derived from acai palm trees native to Central and South America, acai berry supplements often are marketed to consumers who hope to lose weight.

    www.tulsaworld.com

  • Why Doctors Should Consider Their Gut Feelings

    But even still researchers said in the study that "gut feeling has the potential to significantly reduce the number of missed cases without causing an unmanageable number of false alarms." The researchers also said that the way the child looked, his ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Kim Kardashian shills diet pills in Australia, ignores pending $5M fraud lawsuit

    Kardashian was the headliner at a VIP event to promote the diet pill QuickTrim in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 20, 2012. Kardashian, 31, continues to promote the diet supplement notwithstanding a pending $5 million fraud lawsuit that named Kim and ...

    www.examiner.com

  • Bespoke dieting

    Concerns have been raised about direct-to-consumer marketing of the tests and especially the need to protect consumers from unreliable tests, false claims and unproven dietary supplements. Direct to consumer testing is not permitted in Australia. Dr ...

    sl.farmonline.com.au

  • Stealth Lobbying Used to Tout Sugar Over Rival Corn Syrup

    The group also advocates for chemical-free foods and expanded access to dietary supplements, according to its website. While the organization is registered through ... The Corn Refiners Association rejects such claims. The corn-based sweetener "is ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • 11 Crazy Things People Used To Think Were Healthy

    The search for health products continues today with the latest medications, and diet fads. ... The claims may be false and even dangerous. ... Shark cartilage is marketed as supplement that can supporters say can be effective in the treatment of cancer.

    www.businessinsider.com

  • Quackery From the British Dietetic Association and BBC Newsbeat on High ...

    With no studies or research forthcoming from the BDA to back this radical claim, the BBC took it upon themselves to take this seed of pseudo science and sprout it into a full out nutritional advisory façade. ... As I planned the rebuttal to these ...

    www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

  • Dr. Oz proves green coffee bean extract burns fat faster: lose 2 lbs weekly

    Dr. Oz warns to avoid being followed by false advertising, whether via marketing labels misusing his name (he does not endorse products) or those claiming they are "pure." The green coffee bean supplement should contact chlorogenic acid extract, which ...

    www.examiner.com

  • Debunking bird myths as winter approaches

    This again is false. Birds eat many things, and the food we supply them just supplements the diet. But in the winter, when most of the things they eat are cover with snow or not available a feeder, is a godsend.

    www.coshoctontribune.com

  • Lord of the dense

    Reynolds, a breast radiologist at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia claims that mammography has been oversold as an early detector of breast cancer and comes with its own risks and misdiagnosis.

    pacificsun.com

  • Ministry issues new corporate tax rules

    ... proof or more; (iii) milk products replacing mother's milk for children under 24 months old, as well as dietary supplements for children under six months old, feeding bottles and artificial nipples; (iv) prescription medicines; (v) products ...

    vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

  • CLAIM: Tom Cruise Doing "Love Detox" To Get Over Katie Holmes

    The mag says the Mission: Impossible star has "developed a five-point plan to detox from his wrenching divorce," which includes steps such as going to the sauna, keeping a journal and taking "vitamin and mineral supplements." And how exactly does that ...

    www.gossipcop.com

  • BUSINESS IN BRIEF 5/9

    Vietnam has exported more than 5.1 million tonnes of rice since the beginning of this year, earning over US$2.26 billion, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

    english.vietnamnet.vn

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