Website roundup
By Adnews Staff
The Ottawa-based Canadian Health Food Association has launched a new consumer website at <http://www.nhpsnotdrugs.ca>. The site is intended to educate Canadians about natural health products and the federal regulations that govern them. Visitors to the site will be encouraged to share their own experiences with natural health products such as vitamins, minerals, herbal remedies, homeopathic products, amino acids and essential fatty acids. The site also encourages visitors to communicate with politicians in an effort to get such products reclassified into a category separate from drugs. "These are safe products that work," said association president Helen Sherrard. "In fact, over 75% of Canadians use natural health products and new federal regulatory policy will increasingly restrict these products. This website is an important step in reaching out to consumers about rules and regulations that matter to their families."