Greatest Threat Since FDA Tried to Turn Nutrients into Prescription Drugs!

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Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:13 PM

Subject: Greatest Threat Since FDA Tried to Turn Nutrients into Prescription

Drugs!

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*Greatest Threat Since FDA Tried to Turn**

Nutrients into Prescription Drugs! *****

*Listen to Faloon discuss the FDA's Latest Attempt to Ban your

Dietary Supplements as recorded during the recent Life Extension Scientific

Advisory Board meeting <http://youtu.be/1cEaR9aypOg>*****

The *FDA* has just issued a proposed mandate that will enable the government

to *ban* the most effective dietary supplements you are now taking. ****

If this proposal is enacted, many *fish oil* formulas and natural *plant

extracts* will be removed from the market until so-called *safety *testing

is done. The FDA wants each nutrient company to force-feed laboratory

animals the human equivalent of up to *240,000 milligrams* a day of certain

fish oils. This outlandish dose will injure the test animals and give the *

FDA* an excuse to outlaw the supplement. ****

*How can the FDA do this*? They are seeking to reclassify the natural

supplements you now take as " food additives. " This gives the FDA power to

mandate outrageous safety thresholds that have no relationship to the

scientifically validated doses of nutrients you take every day.****

*Why are they doing this?* Because these natural products work too well.

Take *curcumin* as an example. It has been shown to inhibit a deadly

transcription factor in cells called *nuclear factor-kappa beta* (NF-kB)

that is responsible for immune system regulation. Over-expression of NF-kB

is linked with tumor cells that resist normal cell growth and maturation, as

well as inflammation. ****

Pharmaceutical companies want to own the exclusive rights to these kinds of

plant extracts that are freely sold on the market today. They don’t want

consumers to be able to obtain these biological benefits in low-cost

supplements. Instead, they want to patent synthetic versions as high-priced

*prescription drugs*! ****

*What is being done to Stop This Travesty?*****

To give you an idea about how *dangerous* these draconian proposals are, *Life

Extension* helped organize a conference call last week. Dozens of health

freedom organizations participated and agreed to coordinate a massive

consumer *revolt.*****

The official start date of this uprising is *Thursday,* *September 8,* *2011

*, but you can take *preliminary* action today to thwart the FDA’s latest

attempt to steal your supplements and make them the exclusive domain of Big

Pharma. ****

We ask that you forward this e-mail to *everyone* you know so they can

understand the precarious state their health will be in when the FDA bans

their most *effective* dietary supplements. ****

Then, use our convenient website to e-mail letters to the White House, your

Representative and two Senators by clicking on the links below:****

- *Send a letter to your Representative and two

Senators<http://www.capwiz.com/lef/issues/alert/?alertid=51641606 & type=CO>

* demanding the FDA immediately withdraw their oppressive proposed

guidelines pending rational discussions with those who depend on dietary

supplements to protect their health and livelihood. ****

- *Send a letter to the President’s Office of Management and

Budget<http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_Letter-to-the-White-House.htm>

* as the FDA’s proposed guidelines on new dietary ingredients directly

conflict with an Executive Order issued July 11,

2011<http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_Executive-Order-Letter.htm>,

that orders the FDA to streamline and repeal burdensome regulations that

interfere with job creation, economic growth, and innovation. ****

*Hi**storical Perspective*****

For those who don’t recall, the federal government came very close to

transforming high-potency supplements into *prescription drugs* in the *1970

*s.****

The medical establishment lobbied so hard that it was a foregone conclusion

that Congress would change the law and force Americans to obtain

prescriptions for many of their supplements. ****

No one expected the consumer backlash that overwhelmed Congress into

submission.****

Vitamin users inundated Congress with so many protests that the *Proxmire

Vitamin Bill* was enacted in *1976*. This bill prohibited the *FDA* from

turning dietary supplements into “drugs” as the *American Medical

Association* was urging.****

Annual vitamin sales were less than *$2 billion* in the *1970*s, yet

Congress received *more* mail from angry vitamin supplement users than *any

*other issue except the *Vietnam War*.****

Today, Americans use over *$26 billion* of dietary supplements each year, so

you can imagine how many angry protests Congress will hear when the public

learns the *FDA* is trying to *ban every supplement introduced after October

15, 1994*. ****

The* FDA*’s proposed guidelines represent the *greatest threat* to health

freedom since the medical establishment tried to seize control over your

right to ingest food supplements. Please take action today by contacting The

White House and Congress today by clicking the buttons below.****

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Read more about the FDA's plan to take away

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From: lifeextension@...(Life Extension) Date: Tue, Sep 6, 2011,

7:38pm (CDT+1) robert-blau@... Subject: Greatest Threat Since

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Greatest Threat Since FDA Tried to Turn

Nutrients into Prescription Drugs!

Let Your Voice be Heard on September 8th

The FDA has proposed new guidelines that will enable the government to

ban the most effective dietary supplements you are now taking.

If these guidelines are enacted, many of the most valuable supplements

you take today will be removed from the market.

What is Being Done to Stop this Travesty?

To give you an idea about how dangerous these draconian proposals are,

Life Extension® helped organize a protest. And dozens of other health

freedom organizations agreed to synchronize a consumer revolt.

The date of this citizens uprising is Thursday, September 8, 2011.

We need to convince Congress to review the FDA's absurd claims and stand

against the draft New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) guidelines. Please join

us in this nationwide campaign!

We're asking each of you to phone your Senators and Representative on

September 8 and voice your opposition to the NDI (dietary supplement)

guidance.

Tell them why you're upset over the NDI guidance, and ask them to hold

hearings on the FDA's position. The FDA is clearly overreaching its

authority, and the logic of its arguments is beyond absurd. Congress has

FDA oversight and needs to review the agency's actions in creating this

new guidance.

Please call the congressional switchboard toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.

They will connect you with your Representative's office. You can use the

same phone number to be connected to the office of each of your two

Senators. Here is a Citizen's Petition you can read to the health staff

member you speak with:

" The FDA has proposed guidelines that place burdensome new restrictions

on dietary supplements introduced after October 15, 1994. That means

that nutrients that I have been safely using over the course of three

decades will be subject to the FDA's oppressive policies that mandate

costly animal testing. This translates into forced withdrawal from the

market of many of my dietary supplements and higher prices for me if the

supplement is allowed to be sold again. I ask that you call the FDA

Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements at 1-888-723-3366

and demand that they withdraw the proposed guidelines they issued in

July 2011 and work with the Alliance for Natural Health to formulate

safety guidelines that make sense for the consumer and the economy. "

Click here to email this same petition to your Congressional members

(but please also phone it in & hellip; it's that important!):

http://www.capwiz.com/lef/issues/alert/?alertid=51641606 & type=CO

After speaking with the office of your Representative and two Senators,

call the FDA Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements at

1-888-723-3366 to read the following citizen's petition to them:

" I am petitioning the FDA regarding your draft guidance on New Dietary

Ingredient notifications for dietary supplements known as Draft Guidance

for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications

and Related Issues.

I demand that you immediately disregard all the proposals you outlined

and instead consider a rational and scientific approach to regulating

new dietary ingredients that will be submitted to you by the Alliance

for Natural Health within the next 90 days.

Your proposed guidelines on New Dietary Ingredients will cause the price

of my supplements to skyrocket, and some of these life-sustaining

supplements are likely to disappear altogether.

This is not acceptable especially when there are no significant reports

of adverse reactions to the supplements the FDA may ban.

In as much as your threat to ban my access to new dietary ingredients is

causing me great anxiety which is injurious to my health, I insist that

you immediately put your proposed new guidance on hold for a 90-day

period so that the Alliance for Natural Health can submit comments to

ensure a system that protects me against unsafe ingredients without

destroying my access to low-cost effective nutrients. "

Click here to print out this petition and add any words you choose and

fax this to the FDA at the following number: (301) 436-2639 (but please

also phone it in -- it's that important!):

http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_Petition-Letter-to-the-FDA.htm?source=\

INFEML_Bill_0408 & key=body & sourcecode=INJ103E

You will be hearing more about this urgent matter from Life Extension

and other health freedom organizations very soon.

Mark your calendar to participate in the citizens uprising on Thursday,

September 8. On that date of September 8th, make these four toll-free

phone calls (three to your members of Congress and one to the FDA).

Please don't let apathy stand in the way of the government's latest

attempt to take away your most important dietary supplements.

For longer life,

Faloon

Why We Can Prevail --

For those who don't recall, the federal government came very close to

transforming high-potency supplements into prescription drugs in the

1970s.

The medical establishment lobbied so hard that it was a foregone

conclusion that Congress would change the law and force Americans to

obtain prescriptions for many of their supplements.

No one expected the consumer backlash that overwhelmed Congress into

submission.

Vitamin users inundated Congress with so many protests that the Proxmire

Vitamin Bill was enacted in 1976. This bill prohibited the FDA from

turning dietary supplements into " drugs " as the American Medical

Association was urging.

Annual vitamin sales were less than $2 billion in the 1970s, yet

Congress received more mail from angry vitamin supplement users than any

other issue except the Vietnam War.

Today, Americans use over $26 billion of dietary supplements each year,

so you can imagine how many angry protests Congress will hear when the

public learns the FDA is trying to ban every supplement introduced after

October 15, 1994.

The FDA's proposed guidelines represent the greatest threat to health

freedom since the medical establishment tried to seize control over your

right to ingest food supplements. Please act up on September 8th by

contacting the FDA and Congress at the phone numbers provided in this

e-mail.

Mark Your Calendar To Call In On September 8th!

Article to Read:

FDA views your supplements in the same light as synthetic food

preservatives

http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_FDA-views-supplements-as-synthetic-foo\

d-preservatives.htm?source=INFEML_Bill_0408 & key=logo & sourcecode=INJ103E

Phone Numbers to Call:

Life Extension Foundation -- Legislative Action Center

http://lef.www.capwiz.com/lef/directory/congdir.tt?alertid=51641606 & type=CO

Talking Points to Use:

What you can say to your Representative & Senators on September 8th

http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/0719_Talking-Points.htm?source=INFEML_Bill_\

0408 & key=logo & sourcecode=INJ103E

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