The legislatures in all three states are dominated by Democrats, making the legislatures veto-proof supermajorities, said Kyle Turk, vice president of government affairs for the Natural Products Association.
“This legislation is a blatant attack on consumer freedom, based on misguided fear rather than scientific evidence,” he said. “There is no legitimate justification for restricting consumer access to supplements. Blaming supplements for eating disorders ignores the real complexities of these conditions and distracts from meaningful solutions. Lawmakers should focus on mental health support, not punishing responsible consumers and businesses with baseless restrictions.”
Links to the three bills can be found below:
STRIPED
This is the latest in a campaign of legislative efforts across the country to restrict access to certain categories of dietary supplements. The efforts reportedly originate from the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED), launched as a “public health incubator” based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Proponents of the restrictions cite a purported link between the use of such products and the worsening of eating disorders, even though a review of the scientific literature, funded by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), concluded that the “evidence to date does not support a causative role for dietary supplements in eating disorders.
“The use of dietary supplements for weight management in both male and female teens appears to be declining, and the objective of weight loss is not observed as a common motivation for the use of dietary supplements among this age group,” wrote Susan Hewlings, PhD, RD, the author of the review, which was published in the journal Nutrients.
Other states…
Since the start of 2025, bills have also been introduced in Virginia, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. A bill was also introduced in Texas at the end of 2024. Many of these bills contain similar text and specifically mention creatine, green tea extract, raspberry ketone, garcinia cambogia and coffee bean extract.
One such bill was already signed into law in New York by Governor Kathy Hochul in 2023.
