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- "Dietary
supplement quality is a question of commitment." Interview with
Loren D. Israelsen
- More
and more Americans are benefiting from vitamins and herbs, but
what is being done to root out shoddy manufacturing, promote research,
and devise ways to caution consumers who use high-risk supplements?
Loren D. Israelsen, a highly respected and widely influential
member of the supplement industry, speaks to those questions and
more in a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview with SupplementQuality.com.
Read his views on threats to important health freedoms embodied
in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which
in large part he helped to author and pass. Want the truth about
Codex, international "harmonization" efforts, and the WTO free-trade
agreements? Don't miss this interview! (July 2001)
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- "Recommended
dietary allowances (RDAs) of vitamins more political than scientific."
Interview with Robert Reynolds, PhD
- Much
controversy surrounds dietary supplements -- including the question
of what amounts of vitamins and minerals are best for us. Recently
published guidelines from the Institute of Medicine of the National
Academy of Sciences have raised the issue anew. So we talked with
Robert Reynolds, an internationally-recognized specialist in nutrition
research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. According to
Reynolds, recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) apply to less
than 50 percent of the population and are often based on very
limited data. And even though safe upper levels (ULs) may sound
like a good way to avoid excessive intake, the scientific data
supporting them is "even more fragmentary" than those for RDAs.
(February 2001)
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- "Test
results on herbal supplements are complex . . . and
can be misleading." Interview with noted herbalist and publisher
Mark Blumenthal
- We've
all seen news headlines trumpeting the failure of various botanical
products to "pass the lab test." In this insightful interview,
Mark Blumenthal explains why such stories are often misleading.
Blumenthal knows of what he speaks: as Executive Director of the
American Botanical Council (ABC), he has overseen testing of upwards
of 500 ginseng products. Here he explains the complexities of
testing while citing examples of both good and "worst case scenario"
reportage. He also comments on the challenge of producing high
quality herbal products on a consistent basis. As editor and publisher
of HerbalGram, Blumenthal will publish results of ABC's Ginseng
Evaluation Program in two forthcoming issues: March and June 2001.
(December 2000)
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- Allison
Sarubin, author of The Health Professional's Guide to Popular
Dietary Supplements
- A
new book from the American Dietetic Association provides clear
and impartial summaries of research studies on 69 leading dietary
supplements. If you've ever wondered about the scientific research
behind your favorite supplements but didn't want to sit down and
plow through reams of studies yourself, this book has done the
work for you. Read about
the book and our interview
with the author. (June 2000)
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- DSQI
Founder Champions Freedom of Choice
- At
first glance, increased government regulation might appear to
be the best way to assure the quality we all want in the supplements
we buy. After all, if regulation "works" for pharmaceuticals,
why not for supplements? The catch is that regulation has a down
side, as Cristina Crawford explains in this article describing
her reasons for founding the Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative
(DSQI) and creating this SupplementQuality.com website. (November
1999)
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- Mark
Lange, INA's Science Director
- On
March 20, 1999, we spoke with Mark Lange, INA's Science Director,
and Loretta Zapp, President of Industrial Labs and the driving
force behind formation of both the Institute for Nutraceutical
Advancement and the MVP. (March 1999)
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- Loretta
Zapp, President of Industrial Labs
- On
March 20, 1999, we spoke with Mark Lange, INA's Science Director,
and Loretta Zapp, President of Industrial Labs and the driving
force behind formation of both the Institute for Nutraceutical
Advancement and the MVP. (March 1999)
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