our fda at work, but for who

[Don Quixote]

as a type II diabetic, i have been using stevia for over a year

my doctor has several blood tests performed (quarterly) each year with no adverse symptoms relating to my organs. in fact, my HGA1C (blood sugar level) has gone down with no changes in medication... so who is the fda protecting



In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeled stevia as an "unsafe food additive" and restricted its import. The FDA's stated reason was "toxicological information on stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety."[32] This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA acted in response to industry pressure.[11] Arizona congressman Jon Kyl, for example, called the FDA action against stevia "a restraint of trade to benefit the artificial sweetener industry."[33] Citing privacy issues, the FDA has not revealed the source of the original complaint in its responses to requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act.[11]
The FDA requires proof of safety before recognizing a food additive as safe. A similar burden of proof is required for the FDA to ban a substance or label it unsafe. Nevertheless, stevia remained banned until after the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act forced the FDA in 1995 to revise its stance to permit stevia to be used as a dietary supplement, although not as a food additive — a position that stevia proponents regard as contradictory because it simultaneously labels stevia as safe and unsafe, depending on how it is sold.[34]
Although unresolved questions remain concerning whether metabolic processes can produce a mutagen from stevia in animals, let alone in humans, the early studies nevertheless prompted the European Commission to ban stevia's use in food in the European Union pending further research.[12] Singapore and Hong Kong have banned it also.[13] However, more recent data compiled in the safety evaluation released by the World Health Organization in 2006[29] suggest that these policies may be obsolete.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

They will soon be labelling all vitamins and herbs as drugs so they can keep them from us and force us to use their drugs instead.

[evince]

Good to hear from you Don I was wondering what was up.

So much for a free market huh?

This country is in the midst of an unbelieveable clusterfuck by the monied interests.

[Don Quixote]

Good to hear from you Don I was wondering what was up.

So much for a free market huh?

This country is in the midst of an unbelieveable clusterfuck by the monied interests.

deah, thank you

caught an infection and the antibiotics laid be low, but hope to back before long

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Good to hear from you Don I was wondering what was up.

So much for a free market huh?

This country is in the midst of an unbelieveable clusterfuck by the monied interests.

What are you talking about? This was a restriction on the free market.


It's funny how the FDA gets attacked for letting drugs out to soon, and then simultaneously attacked by dying people whos last chance is experimental drugs, denied by the FDA. Make up your mind, public. Not everything can be a product of evil capitalists at once.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

What are you talking about? This was a restriction on the free market.


It's funny how the FDA gets attacked for letting drugs out to soon, and then simultaneously attacked by dying people whos last chance is experimental drugs, denied by the FDA. Make up your mind, public. Not everything can be a product of evil capitalists at once.

Yes. It was a restriction on the free market, done by the government on behalf of drug companies who want to monopolize the cure industry. Corporations often lobby government to restrict the market in ways that will benefit them.

[evince]

deah, thank you

caught an infection and the antibiotics laid be low, but hope to back before long

Glad to hear your feeling better. I miss your input.

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Yes. It was a restriction on the free market, done by the government on behalf of drug companies who want to monopolize the cure industry. Corporations often lobby government to restrict the market in ways that will benefit them.

Yeah, it makes sense for corps to lobby the FDA to ban drugs that they sell for profit.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Yeah, it makes sense for corps to lobby the FDA to ban drugs that they sell for profit.

Dumbass. They lobby them to ban competeing substances.

[Mott the Hoople]

This is what happens when our democracy is subverted to government by lobbying interest.....but hell.....that's been a problem since the founding of our republic.

[Shadow Lord]

The government wants to control the drugs we get, they just use the drug companies to do it. The FDA bans things, but it ought to be the free market that does it. That or the individual states and/or communities.