From
DownsizeDC.org...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is threatening cherry growers with fines and legal action for daring to publicize peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrating the health benefits of cherries. According to the FDA's warped view of the world this makes cherries drugs that must undergo FDA testing before public statements can be made about their benefits.
This is stupidity on steroids. Though we must hasten to add that the safety of using steroids to make bureaucratic stupidity even more stupid has not yet been evaluated by the FDA.
Um...er...okay. So will all that talk on various commercials for oatmeal and breakfast cereals, claiming that they'll lower your cholesterol, help you lose weight, or make your bowel movements more regular suddenly come under scrutiny of the FDA as well? I guess the Quaker folks oughta start doing some lab testing and drawing up the thousands of pages of test results required by the FDA to get oatmeal approved for sale OTC. Don't want that stuff falling into the wrong hands.
Sheesh.
