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Natural health products are often promoted as safer, more effective, and less likely to have side effects than prescription drugs. It should be noted that internationally, natural health products are regulated on the basis of safety and quality and to varying degrees, efficacy. They are defined (in Canada) as: Vitamins and minerals, Herbal remedies, Homeopathic medicines, Traditional medicines, such as traditional Chinese medicines, Probiotics, and other products like amino acids and essential fatty acids. Natural Health Products are closely related to drugs, and have begun to be regulated in order to control health claims being made by products not classified as drugs, but are taken for reasons above and beyond simple caloric intake.There are many more aspects of the body’s health and well being that can be enhanced when nutritional… Continue reading

It was not the first by any means, but a recent Associated Press report on drugs found in drinking water probably drew more attention than any of the others.If you haven't read the article, the AP found after a five-month investigation that small quantities of antibiotics, sex hormones, painkillers and many other drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, have been reported in public drinking water supplies for more than 40 million people in the United States.It turns out that America is trailing far behind many European countries in testing for drugs in drinking water, reporting the findings publicly, and treating the water in an attempt to eliminate (or at least reduce) them.Most of the time, the amount of any given drug found in water has been small, usually measured in parts Continue reading