FDA threatens walnut processor for making legitimate health claims

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FDA threatens walnut processor for making legitimate health claims

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With hundreds of thousands of people dying every year from the side

effects of pharmaceutical drugs, one would imagine that the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) would be out in full force pulling these drugs from the

market, right? Actually, the agency has recently been spending its time

targeting a walnut manufacturer for making legitimate, scientifically-proven

health claims about walnuts on its packaging.

 

 

Such behavior is nothing new for the rogue agency that spends all of its

time ridding the market of natural products, legitimate health claims on

food, and other important products and information that actually help people

become healthy rather than remain disease-stricken pharmaceutical drug

addicts. In the case of walnuts, though, the vast amount of studies concerning

the numerous benefits of the nut makes the FDA's mission to stop all

purveyance of this information utterly incomprehensible.

 

 

Walnuts are a rich source of alpha-linolenic acid, a plant form of the

omega-3 fatty acid that has been scientifically proven to help protect the

heart and lower cholesterol. Countless studies have shown that walnuts not

only help to reduce bad cholesterol but also actually work to raise good

cholesterol, all while reducing inflammation and decreasing blood pressure.

 

 

Walnuts are also rich in fiber and antioxidants. AARP Magazine ranked

walnuts in its top ten list of the most powerful disease-fighting foods. Some

Asian cultures actually refer to walnuts as " brain food " , and it is commonly

understood that eating a handful of walnuts improves brain function.

 

 

A Yale University study also found that walnuts can significantly improve

cardiovascular health, particularly in people with type-2 diabetes. They

are a dense source of vitamins and minerals and are high in protein, making

them a great, healthy snack.

 

 

The FDA does not care about the truth, though. The agency deems any health

claim made in reference to food a violation of the rules it has decreed.

The FDA only allows health claims to be made for drugs that have gone

through its multi-million dollar approval process. The agency has stated that

simply making a health claim for a food or nutrient deems that food or nutrient

an unapproved drug that must either be removed from the market or

relabeled.

 

 

The FDA is an out-of-control, tyrannical agency that does the very

opposite of what it was designed to do. It is lunacy for anyone to suggest that

the agency needs even more power to do its job. The FDA has demonstrated

itself to be a corrupt and utterly shameful mob of power-hungry, drug-pushing

criminals. The American people need to disband this cabal of crooks and

rebuild a real regulatory agency that protects the people from dangerous

pharmaceutical drugs and that protects free speech and the free flow of health

information.

 

 

 

Sources:

 

_Diamond Foods Told To Change Labels - KCRA.com_

(http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/22751462/detail.html)

 

 

_Walnuts' health benefits something to love - The Daily Herald_

(http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=356561)

 

 

_New Yale Study Shows Walnuts May Improve Cardiovascular Health for Those

With Type 2 Diabetes - Marketwire_

(http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Yale-Study-Shows-Walnuts-May-Improv\

e-Cardiovascular-Health-Those-With-Ty

pe-2-Diabetes-1116394.htm)