http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ancer.html
You'd think these guys would have more important issues to deal with....like all the drugs that really do make us sick!
"They may just be the hardest drugs on the market, if the FDA are to be believed.
A company which sells walnuts has been told they are dealing in drugs because their packaging suggests health benefits which the Food and Drug Administration has not approved, it has been reported.
A fiercely-worded letter from the agency allegedly insisted Diamond Foods, from Stockton, California, remove the health claims or send off for a new drug application if it did not wish to be closed down.
The nut company has been selling its products with packaging which states the omega-3 fatty acids in walnuts have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and some types of cancer.
But while the claims are backed up by research, including 35 published medical papers supporting assertions that eating walnuts improves vascular health and may reduce risk of heart attacks, the FDA is said to have insisted the company is 'misbranding' its foods because the 'product bears health claims that are not authorised by the FDA'.
The letter from the FDA reportedly stated: 'We have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease."
Citizens for Health has been predicting things like this happeninghttp://www.citizens.org/?page_id=47 and I think it's only going to get worse for us with our supplements especially (if we'll even be able to get them without a prescription).
FDA at it again :(
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Well, I can see their point. Imagine the damage that could be done if someone were to buy some of those walnuts, mistakenly thinking that they might be beneficial for their health, when such benefits haven't been scientifically proven. 
Obviously, it's much better to buy FDA-approved prescription drugs that have actually been proven to cause dangerous side effects, and long-term health risks. 
Tex
Obviously, it's much better to buy FDA-approved prescription drugs that have actually been proven to cause dangerous side effects, and long-term health risks. Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Tex,
I love it - I wish they'd come right out and say it, just for clarity...
xox/Sara
I love it - I wish they'd come right out and say it, just for clarity...
I'm sure they'd be delighted to see that you've taken their 'message' to heart!Obviously, it's much better to buy FDA-approved prescription drugs that have actually been proven to cause dangerous side effects, and long-term health risks.
xox/Sara