RE: OT - KISS YOUR VITAMINS GOODBYE!

[Guest guest]

Maybe the silver in this dark cloud is the possibility that

people will start growing and eating and cooking their own

health food. farmer markets, community gardens, et al. and

freezing out the big pharmXXX.

for example;

A simple generic sea silver (commerical vitamin and mineral

company) is a combination of aloe vera, cranberry juice

(organic is preferred) and kelp. Soak oats in distilled

water overnight. Use the oats for breakfast and add the

water to the generic sea silver.

And of course fermneted foods; like saurekraut, kefir,

yogurts and Kombucha Tea !

Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist

Acupuncture is a jab well done

www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA.

[Guest guest]

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Maybe the silver in this dark cloud is the possibility that

people will start growing and eating and cooking their own

health food. farmer markets, community gardens, et al. and

freezing out the big pharmXXX.

Sounds like a good idea but according to the information

online about CODEX ,all foods will come under their rule.

All organic foods will be banned, all herbs can not be

sold as food, garlic, mint will no longer be allowed for

sale and illegal to grow. All Organic Foods will be illegal

all animal feed Will contain antibiotics and growth hormone

all GMO foods will no longer be labled, all homeopathic, food

source vitamins, aloe vera and the list goes on, will be illegal.

Most people I know don't believe this will ever happen. Ed, I'd love to see

your idea be true, I don't believe that is practical for most people. Since

under CODEX we won't be able to buy organic at the farmers markets where will

all the people go to get their foods?

[Guest guest]

I called my senators and my representative. I'm in tears, this really

panics me. I worked to help pass the DSHEA back in 1994, and I did a lot

of work on the USDA organic standards issue. I began buying as much

organic food as I could in the 1970s and have remained committed to that

ever since; my goal was to help establish a market for organic and I know

that has been a worthwhile activism.

Please, everyone in the USA, call your senators and representative. Let

them know you are extremely upset by this prospect. There's no time for

ambivalence. (People in other countries would do well to research what

your country is doing on this issue.)

Be sure to talk about the fact that the DSHEA has enormous support among

the people of the US, that you depend on the freedoms established in the

Act, and that you have had no opportunity to have input into this

change. Tell the person answering the phone that you want the senator or

representative to do something to stop this (because this is not actually a

legislative issue... the Codex thing is going through on the executive

branch with no legislative input-- an endrun around DSHEA).

I told each person, because I was struggling to keep from crying, that the

reason I'm so upset about this is that it hits me on a survival level. I

would not be alive if I didn't have free access to nutritional supplements

and organic food.

And, beyond my own personal health, I don't believe that our species has a

chance to survive unless we turn to organics on every level.

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At 03:24 PM 6/22/2005, you wrote:

>http://newswithviews.com/guest_opinion/guest60.htm

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>KISS YOUR VITAMINS GOODBYE!

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>By Dr. Carolyn Dean

>June 19, 2005

>NewsWithViews.com

>The U.S. Delegation to Codex has just issued a formal written statement to

>the Codex Alimentarius Commission that the United States, during the July

>4-9, 2005, meeting in Rome, will support compulsory rules created by this

>international organization directly overruling U.S. law regarding access to

>vitamins.

>The U.S. law that is about to be vanquished is the Dietary Supplement,

>Health and Education Act of 1994. Codex is a joint venture between the

>United Nation's World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture

>Organization. (WHO/FAO) The World Trade Organization (WTO) has already

>stated that it will enforce Codex " guidelines " as the world standard for

>trade in dietary supplements. This will mean that gradually, pill-by-pill,

>our access to the dietary supplements we depend on will disappear.

>For those not familiar with the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

>of 1994, it was passed because 2.5 million ordinary citizens wanted to make

>sure dietary supplements such as herbs, vitamins, minerals and other

>food-based supplements could stay on the over-the-counter market. Movement

>to create this law, known as DSHEA, started when a 1992 FDA task force

>published a report announcing the FDA's desire to remove these products from

>the shelves as they represented a " disincentive for patented drug research " .

>Immediately following this announcement, millions of Americans learned about

>how famed vitamin doctor, 's patient-filled medical office

>was raided the same month by nearly two-dozen gun-toting, flak-jacketed FDA

>agents in the name of regulating supplements. Battering down an unlocked

>office door, these agents, backed by burly sheriff's department deputies,

>lined up staff and patients against the wall, pulled IVs from patients arms

>in middle of treatments, confiscated patient records, took the hard drive

>from the office computer all because Dr. was using

>nutritional supplements to heal very sick people who could not get help from

>standard allopathic medical care.

>As the story developed, it turned out that this Gestapo-style raid was

>standard operating procedure for the FDA and as the general public became

>aware of just how many doctors' offices, manufacturing companies,

>distributors and health food stores had been assaulted by similar raids, the

>horror of all this forged a mighty health freedom army that resulted in

>unanimous passage of DSHEA.

>The idea of the law was two-fold:

>1. DSHEA was to make a clear distinction between FOOD, which is considered

>generally safe and did not need to have permission from the FDA to be

>allowed on the market and DRUGS, which are generally toxic, potentially

>deadly and in need of lengthy evaluation before they were available to the

>public under prescription from a doctor.

>2. DSHEA provides the FDA with plenty of legal authority to remove herbs or

>dietary supplements from the market providing the agency has plenty of REAL

>evidence of REAL harm to the public. The FDA also has the authority to limit

>the amount of a supplement to low levels IF the agency has plenty of REAL

>evidence to prove higher levels ARE ACTUALLY dangerous.

>The FDA and its Big Pharma backers have never liked DSHEA because these

>products and the related natural healing arts services often related to them

>are putting the allopathic drug/surgical/chemical medical industry to shame.

>In my book, Death by Modern Medicine, using the allopathic medical industry's

>own official reports, I document how 784,000 people die every year in the

>American medical system while following doctors' orders in a

>highly-regulated allopathic system. The proof that dietary supplements and

>the practitioners who promote them are safe and work as expected is

>evidenced everywhere. Studies conducted all over the world have shown that

>supplements are actually safer than food and there is simply no hard

>evidence to show there is ANY risk factor worthy of discussion, much less

>needing universal " risk assessment " .

>Yet, the U.S. Delegation, along with its Big Pharma backers are bound and

>determined that Codex force " risk analysis assessments " upon the American

>dietary supplement industry so they can bypass the expressed will of the

>American people.

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>The REAL reason for promotion of " risk assessment " is based on two agendas.

>First, to be able to strip the over-the-counter marketplace of everything

>but low quality, low dose-level products that won't do much to support or

>improve health. Second, to set up the framework to allow Big Pharma to take

>over the supplement market as a new form of drugs where prices can be jacked

>up outrageously and doled out by doctors for a fee.

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>UNDERSTAND THIS: If you do not ACT NOW, you and everyone you love, will be

>condemned to living under an international law that denies your basic right

>to maintain your health. WITHOUT HEALTH, YOU HAVE NO FREEDOM!

>ACT NOW! www.friendsoffreedominternational.org

>Related Article:

>Codex Alimentaris Ends US Supplements in June 2005

>© 2005 - Dr

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[Guest guest]

To all that have been reading about Codex. This came from my brother that

works for Shakley. They don't seem to be a bit worried and there are many hoaxes

going around the Internet.

Hi sis:

This is what we found about CODEX: This is from the Shaklee Corp. See ya

soon.

Clarifying CODEX Concerns Misinformation about CODEX is making the rounds

via emails and the Internet. Consumers should be wary of assertions that

imply or state that the demise of the dietary supplement industry is imminent,

since it is not true. Be particularly guarded about emails and websites

soliciting donations or financial contributions to purportedly “fightâ€

CODEX.

Legitimate, qualified experts, who participate in and follow the CODEX

process, keep us informed on decisions that affect the dietary supplement

business.

There are no reasons for concern or for a “call to action†for the

foreseeable future. Should there be, you may rest assured that we will keep the

Field

posted.

In the meantime, let us address the most egregious examples of misinformation

found in the communications circulating on the Internet:

ALLEGATION: " Your right to choose your vitamin, mineral and other supplements

may end in June of this year (2005). "

FACT: The Commission meets in July, not June. Participants representing

dietary supplement manufacturers and marketers will work to assure approval of

the

Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Guideline that was promoted to Step 8 in Bonn,

Germany in November 2004.

ALLEGATION: " After that [June 2005] U.S. supplements will be defined and

controlled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health

Organization (WHO).

FACT: This statement has no basis in fact. CODEX guidelines will be

recognized by the WTO as an international trade standard. CODEX and WTO do not

set

domestic standards for any country, including the United States of America,

unless that country chooses to model its laws and regulations on the CODEX

document.

ALLEGATION: " CODEX drastically restricts vitamins, minerals, herbs and other

supplements. "

FACT: Most countries in the world have for a long time restricted vitamin and

mineral supplements to low multiples of the RDA. This is the reason they

have fought against CODEX guidelines including maximums potentially higher than

that currently allowed.

ALLEGATION: " CODEX now applies to Norway and Germany, among others.... "

FACT: CODEX guidelines on supplements have not been approved. When approved,

implementation is likely to take a couple of years or more. Norway and

Germany, among others, have long had restrictive supplement regulations.

CODEX did not create those restrictions, but is likely to relax them.

In summary, we are fully aware of the CODEX process and are following it

carefully. We will keep the Field posted on any developments that affect our

business and the businesses of our Distributors.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the information. Hopefully all the facts will get

sorted out and those of us who would not survive without our

supplements can breath a sigh of relief.

The online sites that quote the potential problem are sound and

there are many now claiming the July meeting in Rome to be

fact.

Please, those of you who are in the field of alternative health, I

would like to hear your opinions if you've looked into this matter.

Kathann

To all that have been reading about Codex. This came from my brother that

works for Shakley. They don't seem to be a bit worried and there are many

hoaxes

going around the Internet.

[Guest guest]

Yes, I would certainly like to believe there is nothing to be concerned

about. Is there anyone on this list who knows more about what is going on?

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At 06:26 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:

>Thank you for the information. Hopefully all the facts will get

>sorted out and those of us who would not survive without our

>supplements can breath a sigh of relief.

>The online sites that quote the potential problem are sound and

>there are many now claiming the July meeting in Rome to be

>fact.

>Please, those of you who are in the field of alternative health, I

>would like to hear your opinions if you've looked into this matter.

>

>Kathann

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

You are very welcome. I was really concerned and so I wrote both my Senators

and Representatives. They all concurred that they are watching very closely

and so far it looks okay.

[Guest guest]

The US government has been trying to ban vitamins for many years, which

causes an annual uproar.

If they can get away with this they WILL get away with this, but I would

hope that Americans will stay true to form and raise a fuss about it.

Re: OT - KISS YOUR VITAMINS GOODBYE!

> Yes, I would certainly like to believe there is nothing to be concerned

> about. Is there anyone on this list who knows more about what is going

> on?

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> At 06:26 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:

>>Thank you for the information. Hopefully all the facts will get

>>sorted out and those of us who would not survive without our

>>supplements can breath a sigh of relief.

>>The online sites that quote the potential problem are sound and

>>there are many now claiming the July meeting in Rome to be

>>fact.

>>Please, those of you who are in the field of alternative health, I

>>would like to hear your opinions if you've looked into this matter.

>>

>>Kathann

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> ~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

> --A.J. Muste

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