Dear Supporter,
On April 17th, 2008, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) submitted a Citizen Petition calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify all weight loss support claims for dietary supplements as disease claims.
If the FDA were to agree with this petition, American consumers would unarguably be cheated out of hundreds of legally and responsibly marketed dietary supplement products.
In the petition's summary, GSK and its co-petitioners state: "Moreover, the actions requested in this petition would help address concerns about the safety of weight loss supplements". They go on to say: "By requiring weight-loss supplements to undergo pre-market review, FDA would shift the burden to manufacturers to show that their products are safe."
Doesn't it just give you the warm and fuzzies to know that one of the largest pharmaceutical giants in the world is looking out for your safety?
Of course, they didn't seem so concerned when they pushed for over-the-counter approval for their weight loss drug, alli™, which has a history of side effects like anal leakage and has caused such serious problems as pre-cancerous lesions.Given the solid safety record of dietary supplements sold in health-food stores - and the incredibly poor safety record of drugs foisted on the American public - it should be obvious to advocates of health freedom that this is an effort by GSK to protect the profits from one of their most lucrative products. Referring to weight loss claims for dietary supplements as "disease claims" would effectively eliminate dietary supplements that assist people in achieving body composition and weight loss goals and provide Big Pharma (including GSK) a huge windfall.
Clearly, the time to stop this is now. The FDA will eventually have to render a decision on GSK's petition so we need to make our voices heard while there is still time. While the drug companies have significant influence in Washington, there are millions of Americans that use vitamins and supplements every day, and there is tremendous clout in such numbers.
Click Below and Tell the FDA to Keep Their Hands Off Of Your Supplements Click Below to Tell the FDA to Reject GSK's Petition TAKE ACTION HERE To read the petition, and more, and for a sample letter, click here.
CODEX Commission: What is it? How will it kill me? The new European Supplements Directive goes into effect 1 August 2005. Many supplements will no longer be available after that time. The Alliance for Natural health (ANH) has been fighting the Directive and has recently scored some points in court: www.laleva.org/eng/2005/01/eu_ban_on_supplements_is_as_transparent_as_a_ black_box.html In Europe, many supplements needed for the Clark protocol may no longer be available after 1 August of THIS YEAR. To help with the fight against this destructive directive, lobbied by the pharmaceutical companies who want to make sure that YOU have no way of remaining healthy, support ANH through donations on their website: www.alliance-natural-health.org/ . It seems clear that now that the US remains the only country where supplements are freely available, the efforts of the pharmaceutical lobby will now turn to the US to enforce the same restrictive regulations. The CODEX commission has already been trying to get this legislation through for more than 10 years and unless decisive action is taken they will certainly succeed. More on CODEX .... http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/features/codex_wto.html
"Western Medicine: The World Has Suffered Enough"
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2005
The five components of Western Medicine are guilty, in my opinion, of more crimes against humanity than any other entity in mankind's history.
As we sit here, the very structure of western civilization is at risk because of the sheer murderous greed of the number (1) component of Western Medicine - Big Pharma. Health Care costs in the the US and Europe have gone over the top, just because Big Pharma thinks it's OK to gouge. US Seniors on a limited income have to make choices between food or drugs each month. The Vioxx scandal points out just how murderous Big Pharma executives can become, in the name of profit.
So many drugs are pushed through the average American's body each month that our water supply now contains a plethora of pharmaceuticals, simply because our sewer plant systems are unequipped, and were never designed to filter out any laboratory produced drugs, much less the volume it is faced with.
The number (2) component, the American Hospital System, is the number one killer of Americans, with 783,936 deaths annually. If you have to check a loved one into a hospital, plan on staying with them 24 hours a day - or there's a good chance you'll get them back in a bag.
The number (3) component, the health insurance insurance industry, charges you for a Rolls Royce, but delivers the K-Mart Blue Light special.
The number (4) component, the Regulatory System for health care is completely corrupt. The FDA, and the State Health Practitioner Regulatory Boards, are a waste of time. The FDA, recently, admitted that it can't protect Americans. Medical boards are "Good Ole Boy" clubs designed to protect bad practitioners.
The number (5) component, the "quackbuster" operation, designed, and operated to inflict damage on competitors to components (1) and (2), has never been truly analyzed to determine the damage they've inflicted on North America. But, that's beginning.
These five components of Western Medicine, make up the "Status Quo" in health care.
The "Status Quo, holds in place expensive, but fruitless medical offerings, and prevents any research, findings, paradigms, etc., that compete for health dollars. The same "status Quo" is responsible, by its policies, for the numbers two, three, and four causes of death in America - Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke.
Western medicine is ONLY about drugs, drugs, more drugs, surgery, and radiation. And, it's killing us.
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