New study confirms vitamin D may help you live longer
09 November 2007
A new study just published from Kings College, London, further substantiates the anti-ageing benefits of vitamin D.
09 November 2007
A new study just published from Kings College, London, further substantiates the anti-ageing benefits of vitamin D.
24 October 2007
Today the ANH has released its ground-breaking critique of the European Commission's proposal to impose EU-wide restrictions on maximum dosages of vitamins and minerals in food supplements and fortified foods.
12 October 2007
Mark Ridinger, editor of the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics launched a stinging attack on the nutraceutical industry. ANH responds...
10 October 2007
The ANH in collaboration with its US affiliate, the American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF), submitted on 5 January 2007, its consultation response to the US Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) on its current functional foods consultation and warns that the US should not copy restrictive European legislative models as consumers would otherwise be the likely big losers.
10 October 2007
Quarante cinq pays et vingt quatre organisations non-gouvernementales internationales ont aujourd’hui terminé une semaine de délibérations à Chiang Mai, Thailande, à la 28ième session du Comité sur la nutrition du Codex Alimentarius des Nations Unies.
10 October 2007
The EU Novel Foods Regulations (1997), initially brought into force as a protection against GM foods entering the market without sufficient safety testing, is now being used as the tool with which superfoods from indigenous cultures are being discriminated against within the EU. Today's story in The Times (UK) tells how Goji berries, a completely natural nutrient dense superberry eaten for centuries in China and other parts of Asia, is due to be removed from the shelves on 23rd March 2007, if proof of sale in any EU Member State before 1997 cannot be shown.
10 October 2007
After 10 months of research, HAN Foundation Scientists say European Commission neglected human health in developing EU supplement frameworks. Today we announce publication of the first of several peer reviewed articles on this key subject.
10 October 2007
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that vitamin supplements reduce the rate of progression of HIV-related diseases
10 October 2007
Leading organic wholefood and natural remedies retailer Fresh & Wild is donating 5% of one day's (15 July) turnover to the ANH campaign.
10 October 2007
Attacks against the complementary health sector are on-going. Here is one from the UK Independent newspaper, followed by ANH's comment.
10 October 2007
Another EU Directive that has been poorly thought through. The new Clinical Trials Directive makes life difficult enough for drug company researchers, but nigh on impossible for patient-focused trials on natural products.
10 October 2007
Rose Shepherd from the UK's Observer Magazine reports on the potential impacts of the EU Food Supplements Directive
10 October 2007
The UK Food Standard's Agency has released its report on vitamins and minerals today, along with powerful messages warning consumers about the dangers of nutritional supplements. Scientists and complementary practitioners around Europe have hit back at the FSA calling their message irresponsible and the science used to support it flawed.
10 October 2007
Two articles in major British newspapers were issued on 4th and 5th May that again attack the use of nutritional supplements. A similar article also appeared in a prominent US newspaper.
10 October 2007
Sir John Krebs chair of the UK's Food Standard Agency stated on 8 May that “you can get all the nutrients you need from a balanced diet” and backed a huge anti-supplement campaign in the media. Nutritional supplements were portrayed as unnecessary and potentially harmful.
10 October 2007
Dandelion Natural Foods, a healthstore in Battersea, London, is convening a public meeting to address the problems caused by the UK government's intention to massively restrict ingredients and dosages allowed in nutritional supplements.
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