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Health Freedom is Under Global Stealth Attack
by John C. Hammell,
President, International Advocates for Health Freedom

Multinational Pharmaceutical Interests are currently engaged in a global stealth attack on the dietary supplement industry and it won't be stopped without immediate massive grass roots action, especially in the USA and in the European Union. The Codex proposals, sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations and the World Health Organization, already exist as law in Norway and Germany where the entire health food industry has literally been taken over by the drug companies. In these countries, vitamin C above 200 mg is illegal as is vitamin E above 45 IU, vitamin B1 over 2.4 mg and so on. Shering-Plough, the Norway pharmaceutical giant, now controls an echinacea tincture, which is being sold there as an over the counter drug at grossly inflated prices. The same is true of ginkgo and many other herbs, and only one government controlled pharmacy has the right to import supplements as medicines which they can sell to health food stores, convenience stores or pharmacies." The Sinister Truth Behind Operation Cure.All

"Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an underground dictatorship... To restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a republic... The Constitution of this republic should make special privilege for medical freedom as well as religious freedom."--Dr Benjamin Rush -signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The more scientific evidence reveals the increasing need for nutritional supplements the more governments seek to ban or restrict the publics access to such supplements.

While the US and other governments move to restrict access to health promoting dietary supplements (see below; see also Pan Recall) scientific researchers are increasingly uncovering the tragic health consequences of the nutritional deficiencies which abound in modern society (see Nutrition and Megavitamins, B vitamins). As science discovers the prevalence of, and terrible consequences of, nutritional deficiencies (see Nutrition and Megavitamins, B vitamins), politicians seek to ban dietary supplements and bring such products under the exclusive control of doctors and pharmaceutical companies. Nutritional surveys continue to reveal the prevalence of nutritional deficiencies with an increasing number of nutrients being declared "public health issues" as more is learned about micronutrients (1). While governments have long been unconcerned about the public health consequences of micronutrient deficiencies, now, as authorities seek to ban supplements, it is increasingly being realised that poor nutrition is costing government authorities billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs (2,3,4, 6) while it has even been recommended that elderly patients "should receive a multivitamin infusion on a daily basis" if they are unable to take oral supplements (5). According to scientific researchers, "one 1998 study involving 80,000 nurses found a 24 percent reduction in the risk of heart attacks among women who took daily multivitamins" (2). The Lewin group concluded, as a result of their inquiry into the use of nutritional supplements (7):

"• Most Americans do not get optimal amounts of key micronutrients through diet alone, despite the evidence that poor nutritional status increases the risk of birth defects, and infectious and chronic disease; • Daily multivitamins should be recommended to help close this nutritional gap; • Multivitamins are safe, affordable, cost-effective and accessible; • There is promising evidence supporting multivitamin use for the prevention of some chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, making it prudent to recommend that all adults take a daily multivitamin."

According to David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition and a co-chair of Multivitamins and Public Health (7): "Despite our efforts to maintain a healthy diet, research indicates most of us fall short of getting the vitamins and minerals we need. A daily multivitamin is a simple and cost-effective way to help ensure good health."

While scientists have only recently realised the importance of folic acid for preventing birth defects, now they are finding, not surprisingly, that the use of multivitamins can significantly reduce birth defects in diabetic women although they are uncertain which component/s of the tablets are responsible (8,9).

While science discovers that those who do not take nutritional supplements are much more susceptible to serious diseases, politicians on the other hand, seek to interfere with the public's right to prevent these diseases by taking dietary supplements.

CONTACT YOUR POLITICIAN NOW!!

References 1.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/tronm.pdf
2.http://www.hendrickshospital.org/HealthNews/Reuters/20031002elin007.htm
3.http://www.lewin.com/Spotlights/Features/Spotlight_feature_Multivitamin_St
4.http://www.nutritionfoundationofindia.org/ARCHIVES/JAN88A.HTM
5.http://www.mvi-us.com/pdf/37-4.pdf
6.http://www.lewin.com/NR/rdonlyres/eb32hp67emz7hp3olt2ibytiju43odtry
7.http://www.lewin.com/NR/rdonlyres/ekaiypxyzfle6rus2lzxc5ykearicdcxlpku
8.http://www.everybody.co.nz/nutrition/5sep03_folate.htm
9.http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/111/5/S1/1146

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US Moves to restrict availability of nutritional supplements

PROTECT YOUR ACCESS TO VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

THE GOVERNMENT MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO LIMIT THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR HEALTH.

Don't Let Congress Overturn the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

Support S. 1538 and Oppose S. 722

Because the Food and Drug Administration has failed to fully uphold the law, Congress is looking into making changes that will undermine many of the freedoms that American consumers of dietary supplements hold dear. SUPPORT S. 1538

No more excuses from the Food and Drug Administration! Give the FDA the resources it needs to implement DSHEA!

This bill will eliminate the Food and Drug Administration's favorite excuses that it doesn't have enough staff, money or power to regulate supplements. The FDA has fallen short when it comes to enforcing the law. Support research that validates the safety, effectiveness and quality of dietary supplements. Because dietary supplements come from natural ingredients, they can't be patented. While this insures that these products are readily—and affordably — available, it takes away the ability of manufacturers to recoup research costs. The bill doubles the funding given to the Office of Dietary Supplements to expand research and consumer information about these products. Hold the government accountable for its actions.

This bill will require the FDA to file annual reports to Congress about how they're regulating dietary supplements. If they fail in their responsibilities to fully implement the law, they'll be held accountable.

OPPOSE S. 722

The Food and Drug Administration must not be granted new and unprecedented authority to subject safe and beneficial products to additional and unnecessary scrutiny. This bill would subject nearly all vitamins, minerals, herbal products and other supplements to a level of scrutiny that is both unwarranted and unnecessary. Products that have been used safely for hundreds ­ and in some cases, thousands ­ of years would be subject to clinical evaluation using standards that are at the complete discretion of the FDA. Click here to view S. 722.

The government must not be allowed to limit the freedom of choice of American consumers when it comes to their health.

By questioning the safety of any dietary supplement that receives even one complaint, hundreds of products that have been safely and beneficially used could be removed from the marketplace. Under this new legislation, the FDA has complete discretion to make this determination, regardless of whether the product was used under conditions cautioned against by the manufacturer on the label.

The government must not be allowed to single-out dietary supplements. By almost every measure, and by a wide margin, dietary supplements can be used more safely than conventional foods and OTC drugs. Yet this legislation exempts foods in these product categories from being classified as stimulants. Specifically, the bill unfairly excludes the most common "stimulant" ingredient in foods ­ caffeine.

TAKE ACTION NOW!

This bill could be added to existing Senate legislation at any time. We need you to take two vital steps: 1) immediately let your Senators know that you support S. 1538 and ask them to co-sponsor the bill, and 2) ask them to oppose S. 722.

E-MAIL YOUR SENATORS NOW

To take action and email your senator now simply go to:

http://capwiz.com/nnfa/issues/alert/?alertid=4089036

Enter your ZIP code in the "Take Action Now" box.

Make any changes you feel necessary to the sample letter, and click "submit." A copy of your letter will be sent to the two U.S. Senators from your state. A copy of the letter will also be sent to you confirming which Senators received the letter.

Call your Senators now. To reach your Senators' offices, call them either through the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or directly at their Washington, D.C. or local offices. When you reach your Senator's office, ask to speak with the staff member in charge of health-related issues. To find contact information for your elected officials, simply click on http://capwiz.com/nnfa/dbq/officials/

Source: http://www.puritan.com/house/actionalert.asp?sc=630