Vitamins, herbal supplements, probiotics, traditional medicines, homeopathic products—natural health products occupy a distinctive regulatory space in Canada. Neither regulated as stringently as pharmaceutical drugs nor treated as ordinary consumer goods, they operate under a framework intended to ensure safety while acknowledging that traditional use provides a different kind of evidence than clinical trials. Yet debates persist about whether this regulatory approach adequately protects consumers or inappropriately restricts access to wellness products that many Canadians use.