Stop Crony Nutritionists’ Power Grab

Stop Crony Nutritionists’ Power Grab

Together we can put an end to these monopolies. State-based Action Alerts! In recent years we have made a lot of progress working together to protect free speech and ensure an open marketplace for qualified nutrition professionals. We have now sent letters to legislators in over a dozen states, warning them that their restrictive nutrition […]

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Will Big Food Control Nutrition “Science?”

Will Big Food Control Nutrition “Science?”

A new report details how Big Food appears to have captured yet another key nutrition group, the American Society of Nutrition. Action Alert! You may remember that a few weeks back we reported on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ (AND) ill-fated partnership with Kraft Foods. Kraft was permitted to place the AND’s “Kids Eat […]

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ANH-USA Takes the Initiative against Monopolistic Dietetics Boards

ANH-USA Takes the Initiative against Monopolistic Dietetics Boards

With your help, we can stop them from gagging free speech about nutrition. ANH-USA has identified seventeen states with the most monopolistic scope-of-practice laws, and has sent letters to those states’ dietetic boards, their attorneys general, and key policymakers warning them that they are vulnerable to federal felony prosecution and civil damages under antitrust law […]

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Qualified Victory against Crony Capitalist Nutrition in North Carolina

Qualified Victory against Crony Capitalist Nutrition in North Carolina

Good news in the fight against monopolies in nutritional therapy. You may remember the story of North Carolina Paleo-blogger Steve Cooksey. In 2012, Cooksey got a cease-and-desist letter from North Carolina’s Board of Nutrition/Dietetics because he was offering nutritional advice about the Paleo diet at no charge on his blog—but without a board-issued license. A legal […]

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The Dietetics Monopoly’s Cozy Relationship with Big Food—Now in Australia Too

The Dietetics Monopoly’s Cozy Relationship with Big Food—Now in Australia Too

Conflicts of interest are nothing new for dietetics associations, to the shame of many sincere and dedicated dieticians. An important report from Michele Simon shows massive problems with the Dietitians Association of Australia. Michele Simon is a public health lawyer who has been researching and writing about the food industry and food politics since 1996. […]

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On Balance, 2014 Has Been a Good Year for Natural Health—Thanks to Your Activism and Support

On Balance, 2014 Has Been a Good Year for Natural Health—Thanks to Your Activism and Support

We couldn’t have done it without you, and the help of other health advocacy organizations. Much more remains to be accomplished in 2015. Nutrition Facts Panel FDA proposed a new 109-page set of rules for revising nutrition and supplement labels. It included a provision that would have banned the word “folate” from supplement labels, even though […]

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