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Salt Institute: FDA Should Cease Attempt at Regulating Salt
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced their intent to issue voluntary guidelines for food producers to reduce sodium levels, citing a 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report that recommends sodium limits. However, the FDA is ignoring a much more recent 2013 IOM review of studies that examined links between sodium consumption and health ...
New Brown University Study Promotes Fish Oil for Anti-Aging
A new study conducted by scientists at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Providence, RI) suggests that taking fish oil supplements may help preserve brain volume and cognitive function. The study was based on data from 229 cognitively normal men and women, 397 patients with mild cognitive impairment and 193 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...
CRN President Commits to Combat Deceptive Advertising of Weight Loss Products
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) reacted to Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill’s grilling on Capitol Hill of Dr. Oz for not being responsible and for cheapening his show by promoting weight loss products. Speaking at the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance hearing “Protecting Consumers ...
Senators Encourage Colleagues to Co-Sponsor Designer Anabolic Steroid Act
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have issued a Senate “Dear Colleague” letter encouraging their colleagues to co-sponsor the recently introduced Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) 0f 2014. The bill would empower the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with new tools to identify and quickly respond when new designer anabolic steroids are introduced and falsely ...
Calcium Supplementation Safe for Women’s Heart
Scientific journal Osteoporosis Daily reports no independent associations between supplemental calcium intake and risk of incident coronary heart disease and stroke, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). Countering a New Zealand study suggesting calcium supplements may be associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. “In this large-scale, long-term prospective cohort study in women, calcium supplement use ...
Researchers Reason Vitamins are a Must
The debate over the value of vitamin and mineral supplements is far from over, according to health experts from four top institutions. According to experts at Oregon State University (OSU), the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Tufts University and the Harvard School of Public Health, vast majorities of people in the United States do not meet ...
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