This
statement is required on many
herbs and
vitamins that are available in
grocery stores or
health food stores because the
FDA is pressured by the
prescription and
over-the-counter drug world to not review them for
approval, and therefore prevent any
healthy (ahem)
competition. The herbs and vitamins in question may be equally as or more
effective than drugs that treat a particular
ailment, but because of the
pharmaceutical industry, they are
suppressed.
Not
don't get me wrong; I
hate health food stores.
I'm not down with the psychic foods. I think a lot of these
herbal miracle cures that folks sell are a bunch of
shit and need to be stripped from the shelves. I do think, however, that there are may quite a bit of
value in most
vitamins and many
herbs that you can buy.
The
Food and Drug Administration shouldn't be like every other organization in this country, what with their
bribery and
scare tactics (I'm
exaggerating). Food and drugs are an important part of every person's life, and should be carefully evaluated before widely
manufactured and sold for
consumption. Now I know that the FDA is just as well internally
corrupt, and that the approval times for
this drug can be extremely longer than the approval times for
that drug depending on the situation...
Wait. I was going to say that the FDA should study more herbs and vitamins and approve them for
mass distribution.
Fuck that. It'd take
30 years for them to say
ginseng isn't
fatal. Oh,
nevermind. Just let the little
stores sell them the way they are.
Now if you are
interested in taking herbs or vitamins, be sure to
research them
beforehand; and, it's always a good idea to ask your
doctor if it's ok as well. Because
hell, if your doctor approves,
what do you have to lose?
I don't know anyone that has died of herb poisoning.