NCAHF Newsletter articles from March 1992

NCAHF Newsletter archives from March 1992

One million letters called for to stop NLEA consumer protection reforms. (Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990)
March 1, 1992... An editorial by Frank Lampe, Editor of Natural Foods Merchandiser, a health foods trade magazine, calls for readers to recruit customers to compose hand-written letters to legislators claiming that Nutrition Labeling & Education Act of 1990...

Nutraceuticals. (proposed term to designate foods that have medical or health benefits)
March 1, 1992... Nutraceuticals is a term proposed to be used to classify foods that "provide medical or health benefits." Its an idea that purports to bridge the gap between foods and drugs. For instance, if broccoli has cancer prevention qualities, promoters...

The highest price that quackery can exact. (Gerhardt Hanswille's herbalist teachings and the death of Loreie Atikian)
March 1, 1992... On March 2, 1992, Sonja and Khachadour Atikian walked away from a Toronto courtroom free people. They had endured 5 weeks of a third criminal trial having been charged with failing to provide the "necessaries of life" for 17-month-old Loreie...

Chiropractic attorney condemns hype ads. (chiropractors' advertising)
March 1, 1992... George McAndrews, General Counsel for the American Chiropractic Association, and attorney for the plaintiffs in the infamous antitrust decision (Wilk v AMA, et al), has written an open letter to DCs chiding them for advertisements which make...

Rife devices. (pseudomedicine investigations)
March 1, 1992... The world of pseudomedicine has become enamored with two devices created by Raymond Royal Rife, a San Diego man who tinkered with medical devices from the 1930's through the 1950's. Rife's work appears to have been rather obscure during his...

Japan report negative on chiropractic.
March 1, 1992... The Ministry of Health & Welfare of Japan's 1990 Health Science Research Report on Medical Research on Manipulative Therapy for Diseases of Spinal Origin was done to clarify the medical validity of the chiropractic theory and other spinal...

RDI opponents: a who's who of supplement advocates. (reference daily intake)
March 1, 1992... A coalition of professionals which includes a large number of individuals with a pro-supplementation bias, including many who make money from supplements, have signed on to a position paper U.S. RDA vs RDI: Protecting the Health of Americans...

Matol Km. (Matol Botanical International's diet supplement product)
March 1, 1992... Km, a product of Matol Botanical International, Ltd. of Montreal, Canada, is a popular multi-level product which NCAHF covered Km in it's March-April, 1989 Newsletter. Jack Raso describes how the product is marketed in the Sept/Oct, 1991 issue...

NEJM focuses on pseudomedicine. (New England Journal of Medicine's article on alternative medicine)(The Bulletin Board)
March 1, 1992... The January 2, 1992, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine Sounding Board section contained an incredibly naive view of "alternative" medicine and how health professionals should relate to it coauthored by an MD and a PhD. The...