The De Che Act Changed the Burden of Proof for Supplements

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The act was passed with lobbying from the supplements industry in particular, alternative healers more generally. It shifted the burden of proof from the person selling the supplements to the government. Now you can just go sell your supplement and the FDA has to come to you and say, hey, we think there's a problem. That's going to keep a federal agency very, very busy.

At the peak of COVID-19, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling set out to write a book about the widespread pushback against masks and vaccines as away to discuss the rise of the medical freedom movement in America. But after meeting a series of people within that movement his efforts took a sharp turn into the motivations, tribulations, and personal lives of the people who sell miracle cures and dietary supplements, skirting the law when they can, and heading to jail when they can't. The book is titled, If it Sounds Like a Quack, and it is a deep dive into the marketplace of snake oils and magical procedures sold by people who each claim to have found the one true cure for any and everything that could ever ail you.

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