Support the Free Flow of Natural Health Information

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Support the Free Flow of Natural Health Information

Food and supplements offer numerous health benefits. Yet we are blocked by the federal government from learning about many of these benefits, since food and supplements are not FDA-approved drugs. ANH is pushing for legislation that will allow food and supplement companies to cite respected scientific studies describing the health benefits of these products.

To effectively fight misinformation and support Americans' health, tell Congress to pass legislation to permit food and supplements to share and promote reputable, peer reviewed scientific studies.

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Please permit food and supplements to share scientific studies

Dear [Decision Maker],

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I am writing to ask Congress to pass legislation to permit food and supplements to share reputable scientific studies sharing beneficial health information that could help Americans. Current federal law and regulations have enabled the FDA's and FTC's prosecution of or threat of prosecution aimed at medical doctors, other medical professionals, and sellers of foods and dietary supplements, who share independent scientific publications concerning the therapeutic benefits of foods and dietary supplements.

FDA law and regulations currently prohibit any reference to a scientific study by manufactures of a dietary supplement or producers of food relating to the health benefits unless such a claim is pre-approved by the FDA (see 21 U.S.C. § 343(r)(1)(B)). Violation of this ban can result in FDA declaring common dietary supplements and food to be unapproved drugs.

Furthermore, federal law allows the FDA to treat any reference to scientific studies about food or food supplements as an extension of the product's "label" and as an illegal health claim. The effect converts common foods like cherries (that have proven health benefits) into "unapproved drugs" if the producer mentions a possible health connection.

Additionally, the FTC sets a bar of requiring immensely expensive randomized controlled human clinical trials for any disease related claims or the FTC declaring the claim to be false advertising. Many natural products companies cannot afford to do this type of clinical study. This effectively bans foods and supplements from sharing any research not meeting this threshold and blocks access to potentially life saving information.

Furthermore, for natural products that can't be patented, the many years and hundreds of millions of dollars to win FDA approval for a drug does not make economic sense. For example, with the COVID-19 pandemic, vitamin D, zinc, and other natural prevention and treatment have shown the potential to save lives. However, none of these natural products can be patented and gain the lucrative exclusivity provided to new drugs.

Doctors and others who want to share solid scientific studies with the public should be permitted to do so. Banning experts from sharing this information adds to the issues making our medicine less effective, more dangerous, and vastly more expensive.

To effectively fight misinformation and support Americans' health, I urge Congress to pass legislation to permit food and supplements to share and promote reputable, peer reviewed scientific studies.

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