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Illinois Health Freedom Action Alert
Illinois lawmakers want to restrict your access to dietary supplements. This is the latest in a campaign of legislative efforts across the country to restrict access to certain categories of dietary supplements. But the Illinois bill is different; it would require a prescription for teenagers to purchase sports nutrition products. Products sold by prescription need to be behind the counter in a pharmacy, not sold in health food stores or by online retailers. If this bill passes, it is quite likely these products would disappear from store shelves and be restricted from online sales.
Said Kyle Turk, vice president of government affairs for the Natural Products Association. “This legislation is a blatant attack on consumer freedom, based on misguided fear rather than scientific evidence,” he said. “There is no legitimate justification for restricting consumer access to supplements. Blaming supplements for eating disorders ignores the real complexities of these conditions and distracts from meaningful solutions. Lawmakers should focus on mental health support, not punishing responsible consumers and businesses with baseless restrictions.”
Proponents of the restrictions cite a purported link between the use of such products and the worsening of eating disorders, even though a review of the scientific literature funded by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), concluded that the “evidence to date does not support a causative role for dietary supplements in eating disorders.
Together, we’ve defeated these proposals before. We need the Legislature to hear your voice, the voice of health and wellness. Tell the Illinois Legislature to Vote NO on HB 3027.
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