New Spin on Carnivora

[yumyumtree]

Listening to one of the new Carnivora commercials with George reminds me of a trend I've noticed lately with a lot of the alternative medicine people, especially those who have had legal troubles. Instead of claiming that the product cures this or that, the claim is that the body cures itself and the product facilitates that. It's more or less the same thing, but maybe not as far as the law is concerned. It remains to be seen if this actually keeps regulators off their back. Some of the local guys who do their own infomercials on weekends are pretty wild, and most of them have colorful pasts, too.

[yumyumtree]

I really wanted this post to be in a different section, maybe the George Noory thread,  but obviously I'm still learning how to use Coastgab.

[Juan]

The FDA will not allow any of these supplements to claim that they cure anything.  Listen to any of the vitamin infomercials - they always use meaningless terms such a "support the immune system."

[awake]

The FDA will not allow any of these supplements to claim that they cure anything.  Listen to any of the vitamin infomercials - they always use meaningless terms such a "support the immune system."

I thought Orin Hatch pushed through a bill which took away the FDA's ability to consider these things drugs and regulate them?

[Juan]

I thought Orin Hatch pushed through a bill which took away the FDA's ability to consider these things drugs and regulate them?

He did, but claiming that they cure something would put them in the classification of drugs rather than food.

[onan]

Dietary Supplements:


FDA regulates both finished dietary supplement products and dietary ingredients. FDA regulates dietary supplements under a different set of regulations than those covering "conventional" foods and drug products. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA):

The manufacturer of a dietary supplement or dietary ingredient is responsible for ensuring that the product is safe before it is marketed.

FDA is responsible for taking action against any unsafe dietary supplement product after it reaches the market.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/

[b_dubb]

except cinnamon supplements.  known and verified that it helps metabolism sugar in the blood.  but have they ever mentioned it on Coast?  of course not.