Neil Levin

10 Nov: Boston Globe Wrong on Vitamins, Supplements

By Neil Levin via www.honestnutrition.blogspot.com Dietary Supplements Are Regulated In its Nov. 2 editorial, the Globe complained that the FDA is “powerless” to police dietary supplements and called for a repeal of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. I suggest that the editors read the law and see what it is that they would lose by doing…

17 Aug: The Relative Safety of Natural Products

By Neil E. Levin, CCN, DANLA via www.honestnutrition.com 1. Some have stated that the dietary supplement industry is largely “unregulated”. My response: This is not really a fair statement considering that recent regulatory efforts – supported by that same industry – have clamped down on the industry’s freedom to operate outside the regulatory system. Drug and dietary supplement regulation are…

17 Aug: Bias Against Natural Products

By Neil E. Levin, CCN, DANLA via www.honestnutrition.com Once again, a widely distributed article has savagely attacked the safety and efficacy of natural products; including vitamins, minerals, and herbs. That this article may be more commentary than journalism is immediately revealed by the author inexplicably linking energy medicine (with admitted health benefits for patients) with a concocted image of “shooing…