About ANH International
Alliance for Natural Health International is an internationally active, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working towards a more appropriate scientific framework for the natural health sector, with particular emphasis on functional, integrative and sustainable approaches to healthcare. ANH-Intl is active across 10 campaigns www.anh-europe.org/campaigns-background all of which are directly applicable to nutritional practitioners and offer a significant source of accurate, reliable and verifiable information. Through its work, particularly in Europe www.anh-europe.org and the USA www.anh-usa.org, the ANH-Intl works to accomplish its mission through its unique application of 'good science' and 'good law'. The organisation was founded in 2002 by Robert Verkerk PhD, an internationally acclaimed expert in sustainability, who remains its executive and scientific director. In 2005, the ANH-Intl brought a successful challenge against the European Food Supplements Directive in the European Court of Justice. The case provided significant clarification to areas of the Directive that were previously non-transparent and negatively impacting food supplements across Europe.
ANH Mission
Our key mission is to promote natural and sustainable approaches to healthcare worldwide, using the principles of good science and good law. Central to this mission is ensuring that health professionals, consumers, manufacturers and suppliers have the freedom to choose their preferred method of healthcare and to conduct their business within the most appropriate legal-scientific framework. We are committed to providing a wealth of accurate and reliable scientific and regulatory information, that relates particularly to diet, lifestyle and non-drug-based health interventions. This includes dedicated practitioner pages www.anh-europe.org/practitoners/diet-and-nutritional-approaches on our website and a bi-monthly practitioner newsletter www.anh-europe.org/node/3136
Why Support ANH International?
Europe's draconian legislative regime aimed at the natural health sector, particularly effective therapeutic modalities, is being introduced slowly and insidiously. It is a process known as political gradualism and it is a deliberate process, designed to encourage acceptance through slow adaptation. The major challenges to natural health are by no means limited to Europe. There is an international wave of regulatory change sweeping the globe and without an organisation such as ANH-Intl putting together the pieces of the jigsaw, it's easy to miss the big picture. In many key areas, the EU's legislative template for natural health is driving the global template being exported internationally through the guidelines and standards being developed through the Codex Alimentarius Commission www.anh-europe.org/campaigns/codex
We are a non-profit organisation funded solely on donations, so apart from supporters literally being our life-blood, there is great strength to be gained in numbers. We exist to support you in your work and that of other practitioners in the diverse fields of natural health. We are at the forefront of the much-needed paradigm shift in healthcare. This is our passion, our raison d'etre and the motivation for why we do what we do - often against all odds! For some time now we have been building collaborative links with different groups, which include practitioner and other natural health organisations around the world. Working cooperatively as a united effort offers the best chance of change. We look forward to greater synergy and to working with you and with BANT as an organisation.
Links to Important Information
Read our ANH Feature: Dieticians and nutritional therapists: never the twain shall meet? Dieticians and nutritional therapists: never the twain shall meet?
See the result of our most recent collaborative initiative with other CAM stakeholders in the European Parliament: Ground-breaking CAM Interest Group meeting in European Parliament
Visit our dedicated webpage about ANH International's EU THMPD Herb law challenge: www.anh-europe.org/node/3113
Please sign our petition about: Unfair Restrictions on Vitamin and Mineral Levels
Read our news item for an update about the special ANH petition filed with 4 others over 2 years ago with the European Parliament Petitions Committee: ANH petition on Maximum Permitted Levels still open
Read ANH Press Release: New ANH study says EU vitamin laws must change track
Read our news item about EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation: Jonathan Emord affirms EU health claims Regulation basis for legal challenge
Visit our 'Health Choice' campaign page Health Choice Campaign
For some examples of ANH-Intl features please see: The Mediterranean Diet-Can It Help You Live Longer? The Longest Witch Hunt in Medical History Draws to a Close
Other ANH-Intl news items of interest: ANH FEATURE: Iowa Women's Health Study: Do supplements kill older women more quickly? Concerns over Electro Magnetic Radiation Rise More Bad Vitamin Science from the BMJ
Open access after free registration.
Is the metabolic syndrome caused by a high fructose, and relatively low fat, low cholesterol diet?
Open access
Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucosesweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans
The February e-Newsletter has been sent out to all members. This month features an article on Nutritional Therapy, What Now? by Alex Howard.
FEBRUARY E-NEWSLETTER
The BANT AGM 2012 will be held on 17 March 2012 from 9.30AM until 1.30PM at the University of Westminster, New Cavendish Campus, LondonW1W 6UW.
Even though there is no charge to attend the AGM, you will still need to book your place using this link: BOOK YOUR PLACE
If you missed this brilliant event run by BANT and sponsored by Nutrition Geeks and Metametrix, you can now purchase access to the online video recording of the event. The cost to purchase access to this recording for non-delegates is £65 and can be obtained at this link:www.nutritiongeeks.co.uk/catalogue_item.php?catID=3599&prodID=42350Delegates who attended the seminar will be able to access this recording free of charge. To get your access code please contact: Sophie at Nutrition Geeks on info@nutritiongeeks.co.uk.
To view or download the posters click the following links:
To understand the differences between dietitians, nutritionists and nutritional therapists, please look at the following BANT briefing notes:
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICEDETOXIFICATIONOPTIMUM NUTRITION