This topic really gets me fired up! As a Registered Dietitian with a minor in science and 50 additional hours in herbs and vitamins the LAST thing I want is a failed government agency such as the FDA regulating herbs and vitamins! Over 100,000 people die a year in the US from FDA approved drugs. In that same year NOT ONE DEATH from vitamins and minerals. Maybe herbal abuse accounts for 50. Why would we ever consider letting a government agency with that track record regulate our health?! Not to mention they would LOVE to eliminate the use of herbs and vitamins and turn all manufacturing over to the Big Pharma. Big Pharma execs and the FDA leadership are a revolving door that leads to big money for all involved. The examples of this are too numerous to type. I could go on about this topic for hours, but I will stop now. Suffice it to say in NO way, shape or form is the FDA there to protect us. The more you know about them, the more it will scare the hell out of you.
RE: Over 100,000 people die a year in the US from FDA approved drugs.
Is it really the drugs that killed these people, or the disease that the drugs were intended to cure?