Challenging the Status Quo: The Battle for Supplement Access, Part 1

Jonathan Emord on ANH Legal Strategy, FDA Overreach, and the Fight for Health Freedom: Dr. Ronald Hoffman interviews constitutional attorney Jonathan Emord, newly appointed general counsel for the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), about advancing health freedom and access to truthful information on natural products. Emord recounts his landmark 1999 Pearson v. Shalala victory establishing First Amendment protections for qualified supplement health claims and describes FDA resistance and broader administrative-state dynamics, including Chevron deference and its reversal in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. He argues FDA regulation is economically protectionist, suppressing nutrient-disease information while favoring patented drugs, and cites COVID-era censorship and agency capture via the revolving door. Emord outlines ANH initiatives, including petitions and potential litigation to expand lawful structure/function claims and address restrictions involving peptides, homeopathy, CBD, and natural thyroid, urging listeners to support ANH at anh-usa.org.