{"id":2675,"date":"2008-10-31T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/red-wine-pill-fda-takes-a-closer-look.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:30:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:30:08","slug":"red-wine-pill-fda-takes-a-closer-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2675","title":{"rendered":"Red Wine Pill: FDA takes a closer look"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>Good for the FDA. They stepped up and smacked down a Georgia-based supplements manufacturer for making unfounded (read, rediculous) drug claims about one of its resveratrol pills. Read the report here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

The FDA told the company, Natural Biology, that its Red Wine <\/span>Resveratrol pills were being marketed as a cure and therefore violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which controls such claims. <\/div>\n

For example, this miracle pill was said to fix the following:
<\/strong>\u00b7 Anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory claims (by inhibiting cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1))
\u00b7 Improved insulin signaling for those with diabetes
\u00b7 Improved fat metabolism
\u00b7 Controls high blood pressure
\u00b7 Inhibits blood clots
\u00b7 Reduces risk of breast cancer
\u00b7 Causes aptosis (death of cancer cells)
\u00b7 Reduces the risk of prostate cancer
\u00b7 Works as anti-depressant <\/p>\n

The FDA said this elixer vitae blatantly marketed itself as a cancer cure on the company website, including a section called \u2018Health News and Research\u2019, where reference was made to scientific papers.<\/p>\n

There are so many times when the FDA is forced — after the fact — to recall products that have oversold themselves, or turn out to be harmful, that it is good to see them take these misleading claims to task, right up front.
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Good for the FDA. They stepped up and smacked down a Georgia-based supplements manufacturer for making unfounded (read, rediculous) drug claims about one of its resveratrol pills. 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