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Dietary Supplements…Part Duex

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Read, assimilate, form an opinion and take action!

Inconvenient Women take the time to learn what is out there and how it might effect them and their families.
Overview
Overview
About the Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements
FDA-DSFL Electronic Newsletter | Recent Announcements | Frequently Requested […]

What is the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)?

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Inconvenient Women PAY ATTENTION
As Big Phama lobbies “Your” Congressional representatives to “control” the American public’s access to natural, “food-based” supplements it is probably a good thing to review the “LAW” that has been in place since 1994. Recently Congress has shown an alarming propensity to write new law instead of adequately enforcing existing legislation. […]

Avoid Legalized Drug Pushers…Take Back Control of Your Body With Proactive Nutrition

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

The Top Ten Anti Cancer Foods
Rushing out the door to work, you grab yourself a bag lunch: a soy-make-believe-turkey sandwich on whole wheat, salad with a little bit of dressing, a handful of walnuts, and two tangerines. A healthy meal you think.
More than healthy: As a matter of fact, researchers believe that those foods may […]

Don’t Let Congress Take Your Vitamins Away!

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).
The passage of DSHEA witnessed the biggest victory for consumers in the history of Congress. More letters were written to Congress than on any other piece of legislation in the history of our country. The voice of the people spoke louder on dietary […]

Big Fat Pharma Liars

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Industry attacks supplements to eliminate weight-loss competition.
Big Pharma is at it again, this time teaming up with other anti-supplement cohorts to spearhead a petition that urges the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement stringent new limitations on manufacturers of weight-management supplements. Of course, it should come as no surprise that the particular large […]

There is A New Book in the Iconic Woman Bookshelf…

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

The Secret History of the War on Cancer
By Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
Review by Leslie Botha, Holy Hormones Honey!
In a recent interview on CSPAN Davis stated, “For much of its history, the cancer war has been fighting the wrong battles, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies.”

The Secret History of the War on Cancer by […]

Vegetables Tied To Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

What breastcancer.org says about this article
 
Much research has shown that what you eat as well as your genetic make-up probably have some influence on your risk of breast cancer. The study reviewed here looked at how diet and genetics might combine to influence breast cancer risk.
More than 6,000 Chinese women participated in the study. The […]