I totally agree with you. I truly believe in my own humble opinion, that FDA, FCC, and USDA are all should I say…”flawed”. Again, I say humble because I’m not a doctor or anything. These are supposed to be agencies that are supposed to protect our food and drugs consumptions. I also believe that the FDA is there mainly to cater for the drug makers first rather than the consumer. It's well known that there are drugs sold in other countries that successfully treat and cure illnesses that the FDA seems to “still be working on”. In the US it’s if t they want people to keep going to the doctor for as long as possible so they can keep making money. The proof is that it's all about profit, many of the drugs that require prescription in the US are available OTC in most countries around the world at a cheaper price.
Whenever you turn on the television, you see commercials for either see old guys in convertibles, a couple on a sailboat, a guy throwing a football through a tire swing or that one with that abysmal whistling with the guy with the perverted smile on his face pitching more drugs. There are soooo many ads for drugs in America, more so than anywhere else (I’ve lived abroad) I've also never seen so many items that have to be prescribed that are sold over the counter in other countries. This way you have to pay the doctor for the prescription then they can also charge extra on the drugs. Did you ever wonder how other nations combat the same problems we have here, like what do they do to treat the sniffles in China, how they beat the flu in Samoa etc. Obviously they have the same problems, but perhaps they don’t all take drugs for them. Did you ever ask yourself if all these FDA approved drugs for stomach aches are any better than the teaspoon of castor oil your mom used to give you.
If the FDA quit lying for big time pharmaceutical companies, they would probably lose their corporate funding. Plus, if something is made naturally…they can’t make any money off it.
Far as food though, this is what is probably causing a lot of problems. The ever changing, ever catering food pyramid.
Picture of Food Nutrition Pyramid - USDA The U.S. food industry, FDA and USDA are highly corrupt to protect profits, not people