http://www.drwhitaker.com/
Dr. Whitaker has a vested interest in selling unregulated supplements. And I don't by his hysterical argument about the FDA pulling vitamin C off the shelf because someone gets diahhrea.
There are a lot of people who don't sell vitamins who have to keep their officials on their toes about this. As you know, the government thinks they know your health needs better than YOU do.
Dr. Whitaker has a vested interest in selling unregulated supplements. And I don't by his hysterical argument about the FDA pulling vitamin C off the shelf because someone gets diahhrea.
So go ahead and support Hillary Care, this bill will hurt the free market and the consumer, like me and 70 million Americans, who takes these products. Who cares about Whitaker besides you?
Your argument is no different than the standard leftist blah blah about any person or business that argues that regulation of its business is a bad idea. 'Well, they have a financial interest.' So rich people complaining about taxes should be ignored because of their financial interest. Farmers complaining about environmental regulations should be ignored, etc.
As to your 'hysteria' argument, you should read up on the history of the FDA's attempts to regulate supplements. It reads like a little slice of Brave New World. It's like a poorly publicized ATF during the Clinton administration. FDA cops swooping down on warehouses of Vitamins that have labels they haven't approved etc etc etc. It's happened many times.
The most important question is: is there a compelling argument that we should give another robust and successful American industry over to the tender ministration of the Feds. I have never seen any good argument that the Feds would make things any better. Given goverment track records, it will probably make things worse.
In the case of the FDA, its even worse than the typical regulators. It's a classic case of an agency that is owned by the regulatees. Many FDA officials are former large pharmaceutical company executives. Most FDA officials go onto lucrative jobs with large pharmaceutical companies.
The result is that the FDA prevents any new competition with the existing large pharmaceutical companies with absurdly expensive testing regimes that force smaller pharmaceutical companies to license the big ones in order to get thru the testing for FDA approval.
The supplement market is creating thousands of jobs in America with a much better record of safety than the pharmaceutical industry. The feds should keep their hands off.
Dr. Whitaker (and others) have an interest in selling vitamins. I have an interest in having them available to take. The vitamin industry pales in comparison to the pharmaceutical companies for the amount of money they want to control.
One man's ephedra may be viewed either positively or negatively by others. I think he should have the freedom to make the choice himself - w/o government control except for the purity of whatever supplement it claims to be.
You should look at what's happened in the EU. No vitamins without a Dr's perscription.
So, I have a vested interest in purchasing them...If you want to criticize a racket go after the AMA.