The Federal government has launched a double assault against the dietary supplement industry recently, which includes onerous new labeling requirements (Durbin bill, proposed) and testing requirements (New Dietary Ingredient guidelines, proposed) which would literally demolish the supplement industry.
To pull off these draconian measures the news media appears to be working in concert with government in a brainwashing effort to gain public support for these draconian measures. And that means dietary supplements, which are safer than aspirin, tap water or table salt, must be made to appear risky and unsafe.
The smear campaign against dietary supplements began August 27 in The New York Times with an article that reveals potential problems with foreign-made supplements that creep past US Customs and FDA inspectors. But these products do not represent the vast majority of dietary supplements sold in the marketplace today.
Then the Wall Street Journal followed with its version of yellow journalism in an article published on August 30 about an unproven liquid dietary supplement that is being touted for Alzheimer’s patients. But commonly-prescribed drugs for this condition are no better and are far more expensive. If neither drug or supplement are effective, why not help families searching for a remedy that saves their money?
Then in the early-online September 12 issue of Time magazine an article entitled "Nutrition In A Pill?" is featured where one of Time’s top reporters is dispatched to record his six-month-long personal experience taking supplements. But the report appears to be set up to mischaracterize dietary supplements as a waste of money.
Here is a more in-depth analysis of these scurrilous news reports:
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