{"id":2527,"date":"2009-08-04T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/health-claim-free-for-all.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:12:02","slug":"health-claim-free-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2527","title":{"rendered":"Health Claim Free For All"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The FDA is getting sued. Why? Because they have the audacity to make food products qualify their claims.<\/p>\n

If one study shows positive results, but 20 studies show negative results, the product makers want to be able to tout the health benefits — even though there are negative data out there.<\/p>\n

Shocking.<\/p>\n

Here is the article.<\/a> Basically, the food industry is treating science data as “free speech”. I’m not making this up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FDA is refusing to honor the Court\u2019s ruling in Pearson v Shalala and the mandates governing the qualified health claims system. The law states you cannot censor statements of science simply because the science is inconclusive.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s the catch-22. They want to use science, because science lends the weight of absolute fact. But they don’t want to be bound by the nature of science — which is that “one study does not a conclusion make”. You can ALWAYS get studies to agree with your desired conclusion by manipulating the data, the study design, and even the questions that you ask!<\/p>\n

Great that the FDA is sticking to their guns because, otherwise, science data just becomes nothing more than a retail marketing schtick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FDA is getting sued. Why? Because they have the audacity to make food products qualify their claims. 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