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JECFA’s Conflict of Interest on Aspartame

JECFA has once again declared that the toxic artificial sweetener aspartame is “safe” at the acceptable daily intake (ADI) amount of 40 mg/kg of body weight.

September 25, 2023

Scott C. Tips

JECFA has once again declared that the toxic artificial sweetener aspartame is “safe” at the acceptable daily intake (ADI) amount of 40 mg/kg of body weight.

NPA: WHO Guidelines on Dementia and Supplements "Misguided"

May 17, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia, which the Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling incomplete. The document notes that dementia is a rapidly growing global public health problem, but that it is neither a natural consequence of aging nor inevitable.

WHO Withdraws Support of Planetary Health Diet

April 16, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The World Health Organization (WHO) has withdrawn its support of the “Planetary Health Diet,” following pressure from an Italian official who raised concerns about the impact of the diet on people’s health and livelihoods, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Planetary Health Diet is the result of a...

Best Practices Guidelines for Probiotics

March 22, 2017

International Probiotics Association

The International Probiotics Association (IPA) (1) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) (2) support and encourage responsible production and marketing of dietary supplements and functional foods that contain probiotics. Therefore, IPA and CRN have developed scientifically-based voluntary guidelines that address labeling, stability testing, and storage recommendations for probiotic-containing...