Health at Gunpoint: The FDA's Silent War Against Health Freedom

Gormley, James J.

ISBN 10: 0757003818 / ISBN 13: 9780757003813

Published by Square One, 2013

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Synopsis:

Health at Gunpoint brings into clear focus the silent war being waged by the FDA against American consumers.

The FDA was established in 1906 to protect the U.S. public from misbranded and adulterated foods and drugs. While the original intent may have been honorable, over the years the mission has become tainted by lobbyists and money. 

In Health at Gunpoint, award-winning health writer James Gormley presents a history of this Federal agency's long-standing battle against health products and examines some of its most controversial decisions and the troubling reasons behind them.

Gormley also shares with us the history of natural health in the United States, from its European origins, to its early clean-living advocates, to the health food movement it inspired.  

Health at Gunpoint not only shines a light on how and why health foods and dietary supplements have been attacked since the early 1900s, but it also provides an international context for how, we as Americans, can view the future of dietary supplements and natural foods as part of enlightened approaches to optimal health. 

It shows ways that our government agencies can work with Americans and not stand in the way of their full access to (and information about) health and health food products.

About the Author:

James J. Gormley is an award-winning writer, editor and author.

As Editor-in-Chief of Better Nutrition magazine, he was part of a small cadre of journalists who helped change the editorial landscape of natural products industry magazines by pioneering science-centered coverage.

James headed up regulatory and scientific affairs for Nutrition 21, where he managed U.S. and global regulatory submissions. In addition to having served as a U.S. journalist delegate to an Oldways conference on cross-cultural food issues in Beijing, China, he attended FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius meetings in Paris and Rome as part of the U.S. trade delegation.

He also served as the Editorial Director of the Vitamin Retailer magazine group, where, in his monthly editorials, James regularly shined a light on supplement misinformation. He has continued to be a regular columnist for Vitamin Retailer and Nutrition Industry Executive magazines, in addition to serving on the editorial advisory board for Nutritional Outlook magazine.

James is a voting member of the NSF Joint Committee on Dietary Supplements, a Scientific Advisory Board member of the Natural Health Research Institute (NHRI), and the Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor of Citizens for Health.

He has provided testimony or remarks at the local level (NYC Council), U.S. government level (FDA, College Park, Maryland), and international level -- at Codex.

James has been an unflagging crusader for both consumers and the responsible core of the supplement industry, and has always sought to build bridges between both.

His newest book is Health at Gunpoint: The FDA's Silent War Against Health Freedom. His five previous books include the User's Guide to Brain-Boosting Supplements.

James is considered a natural products industry thought leader and an expert in dietary supplements and ingredients, nutritional supplement regulations and the natural products industry.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Health at Gunpoint: The FDA's Silent War ...
Publisher: Square One
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good