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ANH News Archive
ANH Feature: Focus on Ayurveda – Part 1
Read Part 1 of the ANH's feature taking in the visit to Varanasi as part of its information gathering, network strengthening tour of India. This forms an integral part of ANH's ongoing campaign to nurture traditional medicinal cultures and prevent their fragmentation through the needless ignorance of regulators.
Updated: 20 Dec 2008
ANH Review: EFSA—are you trying to poison us?
EFSA, the supreme authority on food safety in Europe has just handed down a controversial opinion green-lighting calcium fluoride in "food supplements". Given EFSA's typically precautionary approach on valuable nutrients, some of which are in the process of being banned, the ANH was forced to carry out an in-depth review of EFSA's decision.
Updated: 20 Dec 2008
UK County Council rejects proposal to mass fluoridate water supply
Read how the UK County Council of Hampshire's Scrutiny Commitee have voted against mass fluoridation of the county's water supply, despite pressure from government bodies.
Updated: 9 Dec 2008
ANH Feature: St John’s Wort works as well as drugs – with far fewer side-effects
A recent Cochrane review of 29 trials, covering 5489 patients, concluded that the St John’s Wort extracts tested "...are superior to placebo in patients with major depression". No wonder this innocent herb has been banned as a food supplement in some EU Member States. It is quite clearly too effective for its own good!
Updated: 9 Dec 2008
Is the FDA trying to end-run DSHEA—again?
Some new language in Section 912 of the FDA's Amendments Act of 2007 could hand over control of all scientifically-verified dietary supplements to the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the ANH and its US affiliate, the American Association for Health Freedom, submitted its comments to the FDA showing them they do not have the legal power to do this.
Updated: 25 Nov 2008
JAMA: synthetic low dose vitamins—of course they don't work!
On Sunday 9th November 2008 the Journal of the American Medical Association issued a press release telling the world that vitamin C and E supplements did not work in preventing heart disease in older men. However, this finding could have been predicted and the funds used to pay for the 10 years worth of research could have been put to much better use.
Updated: 18 Nov 2008
Codex nutrition meeting concludes in South Africa
There's more evidence from the last Codex nutrition committee meeting, held in Cape Town, that Codex is primarily about creating a global trading environment suitable only for the world's largest corporations. Natural health aware members of the general public need to take action now, before it's too late.
Updated: 17 Nov 2008
ANH Press Release: European Commission recognises need for amending herbals directive
While the EU herbals directive is in its fourth year of transition, more and more companies are finding its requirements untenable. This could severely restrict a broad range of traditional herbal products to European consumers by April 2011. But the European Commission recognises that something must be done....even if it it doesn't yet know exactly what...
Updated: 5 Nov 2008
FDA under pressure to do U-turn on plasticiser BPA
An independent panel of scientists has told the FDA that it was wrong in its decision to view the controversial plasticiser bisphenol-A (BPA) found in baby's bottles, food containers and plastic wrapping, as safe. The FDA's Science Panel as corroborated these views. The big question now is will the FDA take note and do a U-turn and face the music from their friends in the chemical companies?
Updated: 2 Nov 2008
Canadian pressure on natural health: Bill C-51 to be revived
Although natural health advocates, smaller natural health companies and herb suppliers rejoiced at their efforts to sideline ominous Bill C-51 earlier this year, the new parliamentary session in Ottawa always brought with it the risk of the bill's re-introduction.
Updated: 31 Oct 2008
