DISQUS

AlexSchleber · 1 year ago

This looks like yet another sleazy power-grab from the same people that are constantly trying to take away your safe, natural supplements, so that they can sell you more of their unsafe, trumped-up, junk-science prescription "medications".

If it were up to them, they would also like to make high-dose Vitamin C a prescription controlled by the FDA (Federal Drug-company Assistance-administration) so that you can then buy it from them at a multiple of current market prices.

BTW, the assertion that cholesterol is linked with heart disease is a manufactured myth. Many (glossed-over, hushed-up) studies show that there is no linkage, which doesn't prevent these people to sell you potentially dangerous, expensive cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Do your own research. Two books to read are "Eat Fat, Lose Fat", and, especially from a Weight-lifter's perspective "Natural Hormonal Enhancement" by Rob Faigin.

What you'll read there about junk studies that have been used to trick you into buying inferior, unhealthy poly-unsaturated oils and deadly "trans-fats" (hydrogenated oils = margarine = almost plastic) will SHOCK YOU.

Best wishes - Alex

Eric Foard · 1 year ago

From an insurance agents perspective (thank god I dont deal with health insurance) this will do nothing but raise health insurance preimums in an already downhill healthcare situation. Providing coverage for supplements that only make another excuse for people not to eat a healthy well balanced diet is borderline retarded in my opinion. People need to be accountable for their actions, your diet is a CHOICE that you make everyday, wether it is a good one or not is up to an individual. What's next? will they start having perscription healthy food behind the counter? i hope not, people need to stop playing the blame game and take accountability for their actions and choices. McDonalds everyday = bad decision and fatbody! no medication will change that but in peoples minds it will because they have a "miracle perscription weight loss pill". Is this too logical?

asithi · 1 year ago

I have to agree with Eric Foard. I think too many people are not taking responsibility for their own health. Sometimes they wait until the it becomes a crisis before taking action. However, I do believe that our food supply is not as nutritious as it used to be when my grandparents were growing up and that the processed food landscape is a little bit more confusing.