#187 - Ex-FDA Executive Warns Big Pharma is Banning Health Supplements | Daniel Fabricant

Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D served as the Director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he directed agency policy, public affairs and regulatory action regarding regulation of the dietary supplement industry for more than three years. Today Dr. Fabricant is CEO and President of the Natural Products Association (NPA), the nation’s largest and oldest trade organization representing the natural products industry, including dietary supplements, foods, personal care products and more. EPISODE LINKS https://www.npanational.org https://twitter.com/drfabricant FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny JOIN OUR KULT: https://bit.ly/koncretepatreon OUTLINE 0:00 - Introduction 2:30 - Healthcare in the US 7:55 - How the FDA works 14:33 - Patents / Branded drugs 24:00 - Daniels role at FDA 33:29 - NAC 36:27 - NMN 41:42 - FDA tried to make fish oil a prescription drug 43:24 - Is David Sinclair trying to monopolize NMN? 51:04 - Peptides 1:02:56 - Cannabis & CBD 1:14:32 - Testosterone therapy for men 1:18:50 - FDA pandemic response 1:31:07 - Creatine 1:34:10 - Cancer vaccines 1:40:33 - Universal health care Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices