It's a troubling reality that your access to dietary supplements is always under attack.  Even though these food-based ingredients have been safely used by ordinary people for thousands of years, there is always someone somewhere challenging your right to excercise common sense.  This section will help you  understand the long history of this debate by showing how the various factions view the issues. 

As we further develop this section, we will track the ebb-and-flow history of scientific schools of thought , regulatory efforts, and the balance now developing between conventional allopathic medical minds and traditional/holistic approaches to wellness.  Our goal is to have well-informed customers and visitors who can appreciate the richness of this thousand year old debate and how it still affects their food, supplement, and medical treatment choices today.

2/2/2012  Durbin Calls for GAO Report on FDA Enforcement of Dietary Supplements

ACTION ALERT: FDA to remove safe vitamins and supplements from shelves.

6/29/2011 Senator Durbin attacks DSHEA with dietary supplement safety bill.

6/21/2011  Senators Harkin and Hatch press FDA for consistent New Dietary Ingredient guidelines.

6/5/2011 Reps Chaffetz and Polis introduce Free Speech about Science Act in US House.