FDA to allow osteoporosis prevention claims for calcium, vitamin D: NewsTarget.com

A recent proposal from the Food and Drug Administration will allow certain foods and dietary supplements containing calcium and vitamin D to make positive health claims, but one health author says the agency should not be able to censor supplement health claims in the first place.

The FDA has authorized claims that calcium-containing products can help prevent osteoporosis since 1993, but a petition from the Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness and the Coca-Cola Company has spurred the agency to allow food and beverage manufacturers to claim that foods and dietary supplements containing calcium and vitamin D can help reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

However, according to consumer health advocate Mike Adams, calcium and vitamin D do not suddenly have health benefits just because the FDA says so.

"It's absurd that we look to the FDA to tell us what statements of fact about nature we are allowed to say," said Adams, who authored "The 7 Laws of Nutrition." "Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, diabetes, breast cancer and prostate cancer regardless of whether the FDA allows supplement companies to make those claims. The Food and Drug Administration is not in charge of the natural laws of biochemistry, nor does it have the right to continue its campaign of intimidation and censorship against nutritional supplement manufacturers who are simply trying to educate consumers about the healing value of certain nutrients."

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