Media Activity

No one has heard the advertisement for Body solutions on the radio for a while. Probably due to consumers wanting to sue since the product is not effective.

Wait to see what will happen.

Articles for the Nutrition Times Newsletter

Health Fair

Member sharing

Don shared the magnetic magic. They host free diners and sell this product, which cost $1,200. Scam alert from AARP on this product.

Reliable resource list. New edition was distributed.

DSSC Body solutions/Detroit Free Press. Diet product lawsuit may grow larger. Body solutions users call its claim bogus from July 11, 2002.

Consumer Health Digest updates discussed.

Ginkgo for memory enhancement study was published in JAMA August 2002 Vol 288, no 7. The results of this 6 weeks study indicate that ginkgo did not facilitate performance on standard neuropsychological test of learning, memory, attention, and concentration.

Newspaper article August 20, 2002 OC Register. The Skinny: Simon took diet-drug funds. He admits getting $10,000 from Metabolife while blasting Davis for taking contribution.

A tug of war in a Larger Battle. Ephedra is now under intense scrutiny. Its fate could affect other supplements. LA Times September 2, 2002.

ADA article guidelines regarding the recommendation and sale of dietary supplements. August 2002 Vol. 102 no 8.

ADA supplement use: Is there any nutritional benefits? June 2002 Vol.102 no 6.

What is its all a big fat lie? By Gary Taubes, July 7, 2002 the New York Times.

Don Paulin

Discussed Emerauld Green, Dr. St-John, Sea Silver, Growth hormones releasing "GHR-15"

Viewed video PBS "Scientific American Frontier" A New way to heal"

Spring conference

Conference date May 2, 2002. FDA location site brings credibility to the conference. We will do this conference in collaboration with CDA-OD. This will be their fundraiser. The cost for attending the conference will be $30.00 per person. We have about $200 funds left from last years meeting that CDA-OD is saving for us.

Speakers:

Ellen Coleman agreed to come and speak again. She would like to talk about popular sport supplements and popular supplements. She can talk for 1 ˝ to 2 hrs.

Other potential speakers:

Pharmacist: interaction between medications and supplements.

Dubious "Doctor" // Radio Carnies we can ask Dr. William Jarvis.

Dr. Wally Samson from Stanford University can talk about alternative medicine used for different diseases. He can talk for 1 ˝ hours. Vaughn Rees can talk to him to speak at our conference.

Panel: This was very interesting and we should do it again. Melissa from CDA-OD states we can get CE for this. We can ask to see if we can get someone from the FDA, FTC, DHS, Lawyer and even maybe a pharmacist discuss what they do when consumers use supplements that interact with medications. Have a pharmacist attend our next meeting to give a talk. This way we can see if we should have him attend our panel.

Isabel will contact Rosario with the FDA to see if we can use the same room again.

Vaughn is to contact Dr. Wally Samson to see if he can speak at our conference.

Isabel is to contact these different groups too see if they can speak at our conference on the panel discussion group.