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The Truth vs. Alex Jones: How the DSHEA of 1994 gave conspiracy mongers the means to fund their empires
As the HBO documentary The Truth vs. Alex Jones shows, Alex Jones promoted the conspiracy theory that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax to sell his supplement line. It's a model that many Internet conspiracy theorists use, like Mike Adams. Did the DSHEA help create Alex Jones and the modern conspiracy industry?
The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010: A long overdue correction to the DSHEA of 1994?
BACKGROUND: A BAD, BAD LAW One of the themes of this blog has been how, over the last couple of decades, the law has been coopted by forces supporting “complementary and alternative” medicine (CAM) in order to lend legitimacy to unscientific and even pseudoscientific medical nonsense. Whether it be $120 million a year being spent for the National Center for Complementary and...
DSHEA: a travesty of a mockery of a sham
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) is a terrible piece of legislation that protects supplement manufacturers rather than patients. Congress should be ashamed.
Adulteration of Herbal Supplements Continues
The supplement industry continues to be plagued by deliberate adulteration of products.
The Wellness Company: How antivaccine grift becomes plain old quackery
The Wellness Company, promoted by Dr. Peter McCullough, is the product of a trend in which antivax doctors have predictably become just quacks. At least in this case, there is an amusing quack fight at the heart of it all.
Despite safety and quality questions, melatonin use growing in children
A new survey shows use of melatonin in children is widespread despite modest efficacy and an unknown long-term safety profile.
The Food Is Medicine (FIM) Movement
Optimal nutrition can be a highly cost-effective, even net positive, government program.
Reeling In Misrepresentation: Fish Oil Supplements Found Lacking
An analysis of label claims for fish oil supplements finds a lot of tall tales
What’s really in that sports supplement?
A new analysis of sports supplements shows that you cannot trust the label to tell you what's actually in the bottle.
Melatonin quality varies widely
A new study shows most melatonin products are inaccurately labelled.