THE ANTIOXIDANTS STORY CONTINUED #9

Continued from Yesterday

A Day When Doctors and Pharmacists are Friends of the Industry

It is estimated that 100 million Americans take dietary supplements--heretofore with little or no endorsement from the mainstream medical community. Given this, one might remark that the dietary supplement industry has and will continue to succeed with or without the support of the medical establishment. However, with success comes intensified outside scrutiny from a FDA still smarting from losing the battle over the passage of DSHEA, a media that thrives on controversial or negative stories, and a legion of so-called "quackbusters" who unabashedly attack alternative therapies.

Since each of these potential adversaries has a tendency to defer to the judgments of scientists, doctors and pharmacists, the support of the scientific and medical communities is critical to the future of the industry. Already a substantial amount of peer-reviewed published research on antioxidants has caught the attention of doctors and pharmacists. Rather than resting on its laurels, the dietary supplement industry should work to see that research continues, so that the mainstream medical community is converted and integrated medicine and healthcare can become a reality in this country.

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