[esens] WTO to govern world-wide supplement use

Banning Vitamin Sa/les Worldwide by Wallace G. Heath, MD

[Note: The following article makes clear how seriously close we are to
losing our freedom to choose and use nutritional supplements to ensure and
improve our health. Please forward it to your own email lists and encourage
those you send it to to take part in the steps Dr. Heath outlines below.]

Your right to choose your vitamin, mineral and other supplements may end in
June of this year (2005). After that U.S. supplements will be defined and
controlled by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). The Codex Alimentarius (Food Code) is setting the
supplement standards for all countries in the WTO. They will be enforced by
the WTO and will override U.S. laws. The U.S. President and Congress agreed
to this take-over when the WTO Treaty was signed. Violations are punished by
WTO trade sanctions. CODEX drastically restricts vitamins, minerals, herbs
and other supplements. CODEX met sec/retly in November, 2004 and finalized
"Step 8 (the final stage)" to begin implementation in June, 2005.

The Food Code includes:

(1) No supplement can be sold for preventive or therapeutic use.

(2) Any potency higher than RDA (minimal strength) is a "drug" requiring a
prescription and must be produced by drug companies. Over 5000 safe items
n/o/w in health stores will be banned, terminating health stores as we n/o/w
know them.

(3) CODEX regul/ations become binding internationally.

(4) New supplements are banned unless given very expensive CODEX testing and
approval.

CODEX n/o/w applies to Norway and Germany, among other countries, where zinc
tablets rose from $4 per bottle to $52. Echinacea (an ancient
immune-enhancement he/rb) rose from $14 to $153 (both examples are n/o/w
allowed by prescription only). They are n/o/w "drugs". Vitamin C above 200
mg, niacin above 32 mg, vitamin B6 above 4 mg-all are banned
over-the-counter as drugs. No amino acids (arginine, lysine, carnitine, etc.
- essential amino acids!), essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6, 9, etc.), or
other essential supplements, such as DMEA, DHEA, CoQ10, MSM, beta-carotene,
etc. are allowed.

The CODEX rules are not based on real science. They are made by a few people
meeting in sec/ret (see web sites below), not necessarily scientists. In
1993, the FDA and drug corporations tried to put all supplements under
restriction and prescription. But over 4 million Americans told Congress and
the President to protect their freedom of choice on health supplements. The
DSHEA Law was passed in 1994, which does so. But this will be over ruled by
CODEX and the World Trade Organization.

Virtually nothing about it has been in the media. What the drug corporations
have failed to do through Congress they have gotten by sneak attack through
CODEX with the help of a silent media. What can be done at this late hour?

(1) Spread the word as much as possible. Inform yourselves by visiting the
following websites: http://www.ahha.org, http://www.iahf.com, and
http://www.alliance-natural-health.org.

(2) Oppose bills S.722 and H.R.3377. These support the CODEX restrictions
with U.S. laws, changing the DSHEA law.

(3) Support H. R.1146 which would restore the sovereignty of the U.S.
Constitution over CODEX, etc.

(4) Express your wishes to the President, Senators and Representatives (They
got us into this!) ASAP.

(5) Contact multi-level health marketing groups that can get their members
to inform the government.

(6) Send donations, however small, to the British Alliance for Natural
Health (see web site above). This organization is challenging the CODEX
directives in World Court and needs help financially, having carried the
fight effectively for everyone. CODEX and the FDA wish to protect us by
controlling supplements in the same way they do prescription drugs. A study
of the latter by three medical scientists was reported in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, April15,1998; Vol. 279, No. 15, p. 1200
"Incidence of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR's) was found to be extremely
high." Covering 30 years (1966 to1996) it was found that in the U.S. an
average of 106,000 hospitalized patients per year (290 per day!) die from
ADR's and 2,200,000 need more hospitalization for recovery. These were FDA
approved drugs, properly administered by competent professionals in
hospitals--none were considered malpractice. This is the number four cause
of death in the U.S. When combined, these account for 7% of all hospitalized
patients. This is equivalent to a 9-11 attack every ten days. There are very
few fatalities from supplements or the news would be on every front page.
There is no need for more FDA control of supplements than is already in
place, which is substantial. Instead of drastically restricting supplements,
why doesn't the FDA better control and restrict the extremely dangerous
pharmaceutical drugs which are n/o/w killing us at the rate of a major
airline crash per day?

WallaceG. Heath, Ph.D.1145 Marine Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225

Just FYI I have a friend that is a lawyer and this will indeed most
likely happen around this summer...but there is a lot a person can
do to get nutrition by other means other than supplements....Debbie



--- In [hidden email], "Glenn Coleman" <glennhcoleman@h...>
wrote:
> Banning Vitamin Sa/les Worldwide by Wallace G. Heath, MD
>
> [Note: The following article makes clear how seriously close we
are to
> losing our freedom to choose and use nutritional supplements to ,
WA 98225

--- In [hidden email], "devorah91" <devorah888@s...>
wrote:
>
> Just FYI I have a friend that is a lawyer and this will indeed most
> likely happen around this summer...but there is a lot a person can
> do to get nutrition by other means other than supplements....Debbie
>
Hello,

you can use suplements also for therapeutic purposes in high doses and
do this with some knowledge without a doctor. This is than over.With
high dosed vitamins I have cut down stress and chronical pain.
Doctors had no explanation and help for me besides chemical garbarge
(often not always it is just like this)they call medicine.
The chance to heal and support your health on a safe way with only few
side effects is over then. Apart form this it must be prevented that they
go on stealing fredom in pieces.
They just do not have to do this. They do not have to tell us, what we
can buy or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!. We must not allow this.
When this goes through they will rob more freedoms of us.

When I remember how the US government kicked around the UN to
press it to statements about the Irak they wanted, I think they are
powerful enough to resist the WTO. I assume but I do not yet know for
sure that it supports the policy of the WTO.

An American told me that this crap has its roots in Germany. They have
such regulations already.
It is important to find out the responsible people for this and the
institutions involved to get able to resist at the right point.

Randolf Weinand

Randolf Weinand


>
> --- In [hidden email], "Glenn Coleman"
<glennhcoleman@h...>
> wrote:
> > Banning Vitamin Sa/les Worldwide by Wallace G. Heath, MD
> >
> > [Note: The following article makes clear how seriously close we
> are to
> > losing our freedom to choose and use nutritional supplements to ,
> WA 98225

That is true, that other nutrition and the creativity of human beings will
prevail. Thank god for the internet, so supplements can still be created in
non-WTO countries, and shipped through the mail.

The surprising part is that probably 1000% more people have major health
problems due to human errors in modern medicine and pharmacuedical drugs,
compared to health problems due to vitamins. How many people do you know
that have serious health problems due to supplements? So the original
intent of this new safety standard misses the target completely.

Glenn

> The surprising part is that probably 1000% more people have major health
> problems due to human errors in modern medicine and pharmacuedical drugs,
> compared to health problems due to vitamins. How many people do you know
> that have serious health problems due to supplements? So the original
> intent of this new safety standard misses the target completely.

I suspect that the original intent of this standard has nothing to
do with safety, and everything to do with increasing the profits for
the pharmaceutical companies.

Marc

I heard it is because so many of our supplements are imported that
they want more money from us...I am wondering if we will be able to
go to Canada to get supplements or order them from there?


--- In [hidden email], "randolf_everywhere" <walkingthe@a...>
wrote:
>
> --- In [hidden email], "devorah91" <devorah888@s...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Just FYI I have a friend that is a lawyer and this will indeed
most
> > likely happen around this summer...but there is a lot a person
can
> > do to get nutrition by other means other than
supplements....Debbie

Smokescreen it isn't a safety standard it is a money standard, they
have seen how the supplement industry has grown into a billion
dollar industry, therefore let's cut in on the action...jerk's...



--- In [hidden email], "Glenn Coleman" <glennhcoleman@h...>
wrote:
> That is true, that other nutrition and the creativity of human
beings will
> prevail. Thank god for the internet, so supplements can still be
created in
> non-WTO countries, and shipped through the mail.
>