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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 09:50 |
NPA Calls Consumer Reports Article 'An Attack on Supplements'
States that the story’s data are questionable
The Natural Products Association has issued the following statement concerning the September 2010 issue of Consumer Reports magazine:
- The latest edition of Consumer Reports is an attack on dietary supplements -- including a call for additional regulation of the industry -- that presents a far from balanced and accurate representation of the industry or the laws that regulate it.
- For example, a number of the mentioned products are actually illegal drugs – not supplements, and only available from those violating the laws. (See: FDA: Dietary Supplement Alerts and Safety Information)
- The NPA questions the data Consumer Reports is using to suggest the dietary supplement industry suffers from inadequate quality controls. In actuality, evidence from the government suggests the contrary. Earlier this year, the U.S.
Government Accountability Office (GAO) tested a number of products finding only trace amounts of contaminants, leading the FDA to testify before Congress that “we do not believe these levels represent a significant risk to health.” It is curious that Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports and also a witness at that hearing, did not mention this testimony in the article.
- The U.S. supplement industry has an enviable safety record, especially when compared with other FDA-regulated sectors, and the industry has supported and continues to support measures to make supplements even safer.
- NPA supported enactment of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).
- NPA supported enactment of the legislation creating the Adverse Event Reporting system.
- NPA supported implementation by the Food and Drug Administration of Good Manufacturing Practices, even launching our own GMP certification program in 1999.
- NPA supports the full implementation of DSHEA - including providing additional resources for these agencies. To that end, NPA endorses S. 3414, the Dietary Supplement Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2010, introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
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About the Natural Products Association
Founded in 1936, the Natural Products Association is the nation's largest and oldest non-profit organization dedicated to the natural products industry. The Natural Products Association represents more than 10,000 retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors of natural products, including foods, dietary supplements, and health/beauty aids.
www.NPAinfo.org
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A.C. Grace Company is featured on
Life and Leisure Television on Bravo! Network!
According to Michael Richards, Coordinating Producer of Life and Leisure Television, “Consumers are constantly being sold products claiming to be Vitamin E, but most times they are purchasing low grade products that can contain up to 50% fillers along with the actual Vitamin E. My goal was to find a company that is providing top-of-the-line products and my search ended when I found A.C. Grace. I am pleased to be able to feature them on our show and share their excellent products with our viewers.”
Vitamin E is the body's naturally occurring lubricant or anti-clotting agent as well as a very powerful antioxidant that helps destroy harmful free radicals (toxins) in the body. Without adequate amounts of vitamin E the risk of heart disease, cancer, and many other degenerative diseases increases drastically.
UNIQUE E® is a proprietary formula that has been specifically designed to provide optimum assimilation and maximum health benefits. A.C. Grace adheres to strict quality control measures, including third party independent assay, to ensure their products are made according to their strict, proprietary formula. A.C. Grace has been providing UNIQUE E® for nearly a half-century. The product has proven itself over that many years.
(Read entire Press Release here)
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"NO Evidence of Heart Damage" |
“I truly believe in the UNIQUE E® and the Tower Ascorsine 9. The first EKGs from several years before showed abnormal. I had had 3 heart attacks. I definitely had heart problems (damage). “After 3 months on the UNIQUE E® & the A9 the new EKG test showed MY EKG WAS NORMAL. "NO evidence of heart damage" was written on the EKG by my Kaiser Heart Specialist Dr. Au. He was amazed and said he wouldn't have believed the results if he hadn't preformed the tests. The other Heart Specialist he showed them to thought he was playing a trick on them. They swore that the EKGs with my name on them were from two difference people. Wrong, they were mine. Dr. Au said that the artery had opened back up and was healthy. He believes in God and said God had answered my prayers. I agree God does show us the way and I am so thankful for the UNIQUE E® and A-9.”
Carol S. – customer
Longview, WA |
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The Road Back Organization |
THE ROAD BACK ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH A.C. GRACE COMPANY TO USE UNIQUE E®
The Road Back Organization has helped more than 30,000 people stop taking psychoactive medications that do not metabolize appropriately.
BIG SANDY, TX and LOS ANGELES, CA October 1, 2008 – A.C. Grace Company and The Road Back Organization, today announced that UNIQUE E® Mixed Tocopherols Concentrate is the exclusive Vitamin E used in protocols administered by The Road Back to patients who wish to wean off prescription medications.
"Jim Harper, CEO of The Road Back and Founder of Advanced DNA Testing offered a verifiable and accurate DNA test to help people (and doctors) see how certain medications are not metabolized appropriately in the human body. . .
(Read the entire Press Release here)
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