Dietary Supplements and Big Brother FDA

What Is a Dietary Supplement?
Traditionally, dietary supplements referred to products made of one or more of the essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, and protein. But DSHEA (1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act which set up a new framework for FDA regulation of dietary supplements. It also created an office in the National [...]

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Al Gore, Ethanol and Corn Flakes

GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS!Today we’re going to find out why the cost of our corn flakes and other foods are going up, up, up!In case you have been living under a rock…or in Washington DC, you may have noticed an increase in the price you pay at the checkout line at your grocery store. [...]

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Calcium Supplement information

Today I thought I would start with the basic question, “What is Calcium?” I mean really, with today’s standards of education you can’t “assume” that everyone knows what you’re talking about i.e. what Calcium is or where it comes from, so…
What is Calcium?Calcium is an essential mineral for the body and is one of the [...]

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Why gas prices are so high!

Here in southern California we pay a high price for our great weather. First of all, everybody loves to visit here if they don’t live here already. Secondly that creates the mother of all traffic jams…called Sig alerts in SoCal. The result is thousands of folks sitting in their cars, cussing at the kids, their [...]

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