Illogical & Frivolous

Too bad there isn't a law against frivolous lawsuits. Last week the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine filed suit against the Food and Drug Administration for what they claim is a failure to label diabetes drugs with warnings telling patients that a plant based diet can be as effective or even better than medication in reducing blood glucose levels. According to Daniel Kinburn, general counsel to the PCRM, "A vegan diet is clearly safer and as effective as taking medicine". This particular activists group has a very important sounding title, but like the wolf in Little Riding Hood they are not what they pretend to be. An offshoot of PETA they are not made up of licensed physicians as their moniker would suggest; all the better to fool you, my dear. The groups lawsuit wants the FDA to be required to advise doctors and their patients that oral meds are not always necessary to manage diabetes; something any doctor worth his degree already discusses with his patients. By their own reasoning then the FDA should put labeling on all produce stating that daily vitamin and mineral requirements can also be found in beef, pork, chicken and dairy products.