Health Claims Petitions Cite Favorable Risk/Benefit Ratio - GU Prof
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Pending health claims petitions for dietary supplements containing vitamin E, saw palmetto, pysllium, and folic acid/vitamins B6 and B12 are based on "such a favorable risk/benefits ratio that the public should be given proper information concerning the potential benefits of these nutraceuticals," Harry Preuss, MD, Georgetown University Medical Center, maintained at a May 25 press conference on Capitol Hill.
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