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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I would be much more open to your arguments if you didn't vilify the FDA. Many people who use alternative medicine also argue that the traditional medical community are all not to be trusted.
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In this instance...it only makes sense to vilify them. Think about it for a second.
Ever since stevia was introduced...the FDA has disallowed it. Not approved it. Yet they had no reason to take this stance whatsoever. The things they said about it are unbelievable. They labeled it an unsafe food additive...and restricted its import. Their reason was that "toxicological information on stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety."
This very sentence is in direct opposition to their own FDA guidelines which state...any natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects should be generally recognized as safe. Stevia has never had ANY reported adverse effect on anyone, quite the opposite.
Then, finally in 1994, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act forced the FDA in 1995 to revise its stance to permit stevia to be used as a dietary supplement, although not as a food additive. This again contradicts themselves...because it simultaneously labels stevia as safe and unsafe, depending on how it is sold.
But then finally...when another big business...Coke...and Pepsi...when they decide they want to start using it...well...the FDA gives it their blessing.
How messed up is that? So, do you understand what I have been saying about the politics of the FDA? I sure hope so...I cannot explain it any better, but I respect you enough to take the time to do so.