Hi There

can some one please guide me about Nagetive Ion Theraphy?

Means What it is?
what are benifits of it?
what r diffendent tools that can be used for -ve ion theraphy?

Regards
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<chuckfrasher@...> wrote:
>
> I do not know if a C enema would be beneficial, but I can say with
certainty that supplements can be of benefit in ways that food alone
cannot. Not to say that good diet is not the most important aspect of
health. But supplements offer additional benefit and protection that
cannot be obtained from food alone.

Its important to put the supplements in the right end. to expect a
topical application would be of great value is wrong headed.
Supplements are at best a temporary solution. Better to find out what
the real problem is. IMHO

                              Mike              

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<chuckfrasher@...> wrote:
>
> I do not know if a C enema would be beneficial, but I can say with
certainty that supplements can be of benefit in ways that food alone
cannot. Not to say that good diet is not the most important aspect of
health. But supplements offer additional benefit and protection that
cannot be obtained from food alone.

Its important to put the supplements in the right end. to expect a
topical application would be of great value is wrong headed.
Supplements are at best a temporary solution. Better to find out what
the real problem is. IMHO

                               Mike

where do you people live that you  have flouride in your water. I live on Long Island and we dont have flouride in the water

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where do you people live that you  have flouride in your water. I live on Long Island and we dont have flouride in the water

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Hi Jennie,

Actually, I am embarassed to admit I HAVE a rebounder! We are in a
small apartment, and it's upstairs, so I don't use it a lot. But we
are moving into a house next month and I will bet you I give it a
work out then!!!

Thanks for the encouragememnt..

Kelly


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> Hi Kelly I just joined im 47
>   I have a winter problemb but its not weight its the blues ,Im
such an outdoor person. biking, rollerblading and walking, but i just
cant tolarar\te the cold and find myself doing nothing. until I
bought myself a rebounder. its a small trampoline. I put on techno,
club music and jump away. it kicks in the bodies natural mood
enhancing endorphines, and i feel wounderful. 15 minutes will do and
its so effortless. i bet it would be a good thing for winter people
to maintain and not gain anything  or even lose weight. its just a
suggestion. the rebounder cost 40 dollars. its alot of fun.... Jennie
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I noticed that fluoride was not listed in the comparison.  My main concern when deciding to purchase a filter was that it removed chlorine and fluoride, so that's why I chose the RO unit.

CHUCK FRASHER <chuckfrasher@...> wrote:

Here is an interesting comparison of some filtration systems. They comapare the removal of 11 contaminants by brand. http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.net/WaterFilter_Comparison.cfm

 

Aquasana claims to remove over 100 contaminants.

 

http://www.aquasana.com/?&discountcode=wfcg

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Here is an interesting comparison of some filtration systems. They comapare the removal of 11 contaminants by brand. http://www.waterfiltercomparisons.net/WaterFilter_Comparison.cfm

 

Aquasana claims to remove over 100 contaminants.

 

http://www.aquasana.com/?&discountcode=wfcg

My RO unit is from Watts.  I went to their website and found that it reduces fluoride by 93.9%.  The site says that standard filtration products typically deal with 4 basic contaminants:  Cyst reduction, Lead reduction, Turbidity reduction, and Chlorine reduction.  A RO unit handles 9 other contaminants:  Arsenic, Perchlorate, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium (Hexavalent), Chromium (Trivalent), Fluoride, Radium, Selenium, and TDS (whassat?).

Here's the website: http://www.wattspremier.com/

Lisa

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What it the brand of your reverse osmosis product? I would like to check to see how much floride it removes. 

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What it the brand of your reverse osmosis product? I would like to check to see how much floride it removes. 

I purchased a reverse osmosis under the counter 4-stage filter at Sam's Club for about $150.  The hardest part was installing it, but if you or someone you know is handy with plumbing, it would be a breeze.  It removes chlorine and fluoride, whereas most other filters just reduce chlorine and none of them remove fluoride.  I like the fact that I can fill a pot with clean, pure water for boiling pasta (or whatever), and filling ice cube trays is easy.  I also have a filter on my shower head to remove chlorine, as you can soak up a lot of chlorine through your skin and by inhaling the vapors in the steam.

Lisa

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I currently use to water filters. One is Britta and the other is Pur. I absolutely cannot stand chlorine! Does anyone have any thoughts about these brands or have any recommendations for a better brand?

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I currently use to water filters. One is Britta and the other is Pur. I absolutely cannot stand chlorine! Does anyone have any thoughts about these brands or have any recommendations for a better brand?

Hello!

I am Kelly from North Texas. I am 44, married and enjoy a healthy
lifestyle.
  I started a new job this winter and it seems to keep me bound to my
office 9 hours a day... I need to get motivated to start eating less,
eating fewer carbs, and sugar to shake off the winter wieght. (I do
this every year like a Mama Bear!) Fortunatly, I only have about 15
lbs to loose.

My husband and I both garden and can our produce... and forage
grapes, figs and wild plums to make into jams every year.

I am a big fan of Essiac Tea... It seems to keep everything in
working order, and even my dog takes 2 oz a day. It rid her of tumors.

I look forward to meeting everyone and sharing advice and experiences!

Blessings,

Kelly

Yeah! It also doesn't address reusing plastic bottles...

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From: CHUCK FRASHER

To: natural-health-forum@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:25 PM

Subject: Re: [natural-health-forum] The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

I am curious as to why they only mention bottled water and not soda pop, fruit juice, or milk?

Courtney Kinear <ckinear@...> wrote:

The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

By Jo Knowsley ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT
The Daily Mail

A Potentially deadly toxin is being absorbed into bottled mineral water from their plastic containers. And the longer the water is stored, the levels of poison increase, research reveals. As the sell-by date on many bottled waters is up to two years, scientists have now called for extensive further studies.

The research by world expert Dr William Shotyk - who has vowed never to drink bottled water again - will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal next month. It is sure to revive concerns about the safety of bottled water, the world's fastest-growing drinks industry, worth £1.2billion a year.

The tests found traces of antimony, a chemical used in the making of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, used by most mineral-water sellers.

Small doses of antimony can make you feel ill and depressed. Larger quantities can cause violent vomiting and even death. The study stressed that amounts of antimony were well below official recommended levels. But it also discovered that the levels almost doubled when the bottles were stored for three months.

Professor Shotyk, of Heidelberg University in Germany, said: "I don't want to shock people but here's what I know: Antimony is being continuously released into bottled drinking water. The water in PET bottles is contaminated."

He tested ground water and 15 types of bottled mineral water in his native Canada. The ground water contained two parts per trillion (ppt) of antimony. Bottled water had an average 160 ppt of antimony when opened immediately after bottling. But ground water stored in a PET plastic bottle had 630 ppt of antimony when opened six months later.

Professor Shotyk then tried the experiment in Europe, collecting 48 brands of water in PET bottles and water from its source in the ground at a German bottling plant. The water had four ppt of antimony before being bottled, the contents of a new bottle had 360 ppt and one opened three months later had a staggering 700 ppt.

Antimony finds its way into water by 'leaching' from the plastic in the same way that water absorbs flavour from a teabag. Health authorities said even the higher levels of antimony found are way below official safety guidelines, set at around six parts per billion by international environment agencies.

Elizabeth Griswold, director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association, added: "The levels do not pose a risk to humans. They are simply trace elements."

But David Coggan, a Southampton University-based epidemiologist who works with the Medical Research Council, called for further research into the findings.

He said not enough was known about the effects of antimony and how much had to be consumed before it became dangerous. Last year naphthalene, which can cause liver damage in high doses, was found in two bottles of Volvic mineral water. Bacteria which could leach into bottled water has been cited as a possible reason for rising levels of food poisoning.

©2006 Associated Newspapers Ltd
 

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Long-term mobile phone use raises brain tumor risk: study

 

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors, a new Swedish study said on Friday, contradicting the conclusions of other researchers.

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The Dutch Health Council, in an overview of research from around the world, last year found no evidence radiation from mobile phones and TV towers was harmful. A four-year British survey released in January showed no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and the most common type of tumor.

However, researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of 20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and found a link.

"A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones, that is they began early to use mobile and, or wireless telephones and used them a lot," the study said.

"The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the side of the head where the phone was said to be used," it added.

Kjell Mild, who led the study, said the figures meant that heavy users of mobile phones, for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2,000 hours or more in their life, had a 240 percent increased risk for a malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used.

"The way to get the risk down is to use handsfree," he told Reuters.

He said his study was the biggest yet to look at long-term users of the wireless phone, which has been around in Sweden in a portable form since 1984, longer than in many other countries. 

Yeah! It also doesn't address reusing plastic bottles...

----- Original Message -----

From: CHUCK FRASHER

To: natural-health-forum@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:25 PM

Subject: Re: [natural-health-forum] The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

I am curious as to why they only mention bottled water and not soda pop, fruit juice, or milk?

Courtney Kinear <ckinear@...> wrote:

The poison lurking in your plastic water bottle

By Jo Knowsley ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT
The Daily Mail

A Potentially deadly toxin is being absorbed into bottled mineral water from their plastic containers. And the longer the water is stored, the levels of poison increase, research reveals. As the sell-by date on many bottled waters is up to two years, scientists have now called for extensive further studies.

The research by world expert Dr William Shotyk - who has vowed never to drink bottled water again - will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal next month. It is sure to revive concerns about the safety of bottled water, the world's fastest-growing drinks industry, worth £1.2billion a year.

The tests found traces of antimony, a chemical used in the making of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, used by most mineral-water sellers.

Small doses of antimony can make you feel ill and depressed. Larger quantities can cause violent vomiting and even death. The study stressed that amounts of antimony were well below official recommended levels. But it also discovered that the levels almost doubled when the bottles were stored for three months.

Professor Shotyk, of Heidelberg University in Germany, said: "I don't want to shock people but here's what I know: Antimony is being continuously released into bottled drinking water. The water in PET bottles is contaminated."

He tested ground water and 15 types of bottled mineral water in his native Canada. The ground water contained two parts per trillion (ppt) of antimony. Bottled water had an average 160 ppt of antimony when opened immediately after bottling. But ground water stored in a PET plastic bottle had 630 ppt of antimony when opened six months later.

Professor Shotyk then tried the experiment in Europe, collecting 48 brands of water in PET bottles and water from its source in the ground at a German bottling plant. The water had four ppt of antimony before being bottled, the contents of a new bottle had 360 ppt and one opened three months later had a staggering 700 ppt.

Antimony finds its way into water by 'leaching' from the plastic in the same way that water absorbs flavour from a teabag. Health authorities said even the higher levels of antimony found are way below official safety guidelines, set at around six parts per billion by international environment agencies.

Elizabeth Griswold, director of the Canadian Bottled Water Association, added: "The levels do not pose a risk to humans. They are simply trace elements."

But David Coggan, a Southampton University-based epidemiologist who works with the Medical Research Council, called for further research into the findings.

He said not enough was known about the effects of antimony and how much had to be consumed before it became dangerous. Last year naphthalene, which can cause liver damage in high doses, was found in two bottles of Volvic mineral water. Bacteria which could leach into bottled water has been cited as a possible reason for rising levels of food poisoning.

©2006 Associated Newspapers Ltd
 

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Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:47 PM

Subject: Re: [natural-health-forum] Supplements?

I know that if I don't take mine, I start feeling increased symptoms of my fibromyalsia (sp).  You have to take a good one or you are just wasting your money though.  I did a lot of research and found that USANA had the most nutrients in the right balance.  Also, the book "What your doctor doesn't know about nutritional medicine may be killing you" is a real eye opener!

 

Just my 2 cents...

Kathy 

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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:12 AM

Subject: [natural-health-forum] Supplements?

I've never been one for supplementation but I'm seriously thinking about it for some reason, I wanted to see how other people felt about taking supplements and if  they worked or not?

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I spent a long time as a Fruitarian and as bad of a state fruits are in these days they are still very cleansing. The government isn't gonna allow people to find out about the effects of fruit!!!  can you imagine how much money would be lost if more people were less fearful of raw foods, people would be going out of business left right and center!

 

The government is doing a good job right now of making sure the quality of fruits are getting worse!!! and making sure they have the power to do what ever they like to it!

 

ria_lisa <ria_lisa@...> wrote:

Isn't this disgusting?  Clearly the FDA isn't the least bit
concerned about people's health.  It's been known for a long time
that oranges cured scurvy, but shhhhhhhhhh!  We can't say that.  To
do so would mean that we're classing an orange as a drug.  And while
there are other fruits such as noni and mangosteen which help
alleviate the symptoms of a variety of diseases, the FDA prevents us
from saying that these fruits can cure, treat or prevent any
ailment, or that they can improve health.  This is an outrage!

--- In natural-health-forum@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck"
<chuckfrasher@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/mar2006_awsi_01.htm
>
> LE Magazine March 2006
> 
> 
> FDA Threatens To Raid Cherry Orchards
>
> By William Faloon
>  
> 
> by William Faloon
> 
> 
> As Americans struggle to eat a healthier diet, the FDA has taken
> draconian steps to suppress information about foods that reduce
> disease risk.
>
> While various agencies of the federal government encourage us to
eat
> more fruits and vegetables, the FDA has issued an edict that
> precludes cherry companies from posting scientific data on their
> websites. This censorship of published peer-reviewed studies
denies
> consumers access to information that could be used to make wiser
> food choices.
>
> Tobacco products kill 450,000 Americans each year.1 Few people
> understand, however, that poor dietary habits are responsible for
> more deaths than tobacco. Considering the plethora of toxic foods
> advertised on television, it is easy to understand why so many
> consumers eat themselves to death. Just imagine if all you ate is
> what you saw advertised in the mass media.
>
> The government stopped protecting the tobacco companies long ago,
> but the FDA continues to take actions that steer Americans away
from
> certain fruits and vegetables that have proven disease-preventive
> effects.
>
> FDA Intimidates Cherry Growers
> There is not much profit in selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
> Growers of such foods cannot afford to advertise their produce in
a
> meaningful way. Fortunately, the advent of the Internet has
allowed
> cherry growers to enlighten the public about scientific studies
> showing that nutrients contained in cherries have significant
health
> benefits.2-15 Until recently, consumers could learn of the health
> benefits of cherries just by logging on to a cherry company's
> website. Some individuals might be impressed enough with this data
> to actually buy cherries at the grocery store instead of trans fat-
> laden snacks being advertised every second in the mass media.
>
> On October 17, 2005, the FDA banned information about cherries'
> health benefits from appearing on websites.16,17 The FDA sent
> warning letters to 29 companies that market cherry products. In
> these letters, the FDA ordered the companies to stop publicizing
> scientific data about cherries.18 According to the FDA, when
cherry
> companies disseminate this information, the cherries become
> unapproved drugs subject to seizure. The FDA warns that if those
> involved in cherry trafficking continue to inform consumers about
> these scientific studies, criminal prosecutions will ensue.17
>
> Why Americans Don't Eat More Fruit
> The processed food industry has earned enormous profits by loading
> cheap and dangerous foods with sugar, salt, preservatives, trans
> fats, saturated fats, and other unhealthy byproducts. Processed
> foods taste good to most people and are quite inexpensive compared
> to fresh produce. In order to convince the public to switch from
> toxic foods that damage the arterial wall, mutate DNA, and induce
> age-related disease, those who sell fresh fruits need to inform
the
> public about the benefits scientists have discovered about plant
> foods.19-37
>
> Fresh fruit can be expensive and it spoils relatively quickly.
Many
> consumers have developed a taste addiction to processed foods, and
> find it challenging to switch to a healthier diet that costs more
> and is not as pleasing to the palate.
>
> By censoring scientific information about cherries, the FDA is in
> effect shutting down an opportunity for more Americans to learn
> about the remarkable health benefits that have been discovered
about
> this fruit.
>
> 
> Do Cherries Prevent Cancer?
> In a warning letter to Friske Orchards of Ellsworth, MI, the FDA
> recites the following information contained on this orchard's
> website:38
>
> "Tart cherries may reduce the risk of colon cancer because of the
> anthocyanins and cyanidin contained in the cherry."
>
> The FDA goes on to say in its warning letter:
>
> "These claims cause your product to be a drug as defined in
section
> 201(g) . . . Because this product is not generally recognized as
> safe and effective when used as labeled, it is also defined as a
new
> drug in section 201(p) . . . Under section 505 of the Act (21 USC
> 355), a new drug may not be legally marketed in the United States
> without an approved New Drug Application . . ."
>
> As you will read in the article titled "Why Is the FDA Picking on
> Cherries?" we reveal the data that substantiate the cancer-
> preventive and other health benefits that scientists have
discovered
> about cherries.
>
> Interestingly, the FDA is not denying the veracity of this
> information. Instead, it insists that a new drug application has
to
> be approved before the public can be informed about the scientific
> data supporting cherries. The FDA also asserts, without any basis,
> that cherries "have not been recognized as safe and effective when
> used as labeled."38 According to the FDA's interpretation of the
> law, cherry growers are engaged in criminal conduct by relaying
> findings that have been published in peer-reviewed scientific
> journals. Whether you or other Americans develop cancer does not
> appear to be a consideration of an agency whose written mission
> statement includes the following:
>
> "The FDA is responsible for advancing the public health by helping
> to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective,
> safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the
accurate,
> science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to
> improve their health."39
>
> As Life Extension documented many years ago, the FDA does the
> opposite of what it pretends to do. Instead of "helping the public
> get the accurate, science-based information they need to use foods
> to improve their health," the FDA has gone to extreme lengths to
> deny American citizens the right to learn about scientific studies
> substantiating the health benefits discovered about cherries (and
> other fruits).
>
> A Medical Atrocity!
> In November 2004, Dr. David Graham, associate director for science
> at the FDA's Office of Drug Safety, testified before Congress that
> Vioxx� had caused 88,000 to 139,000 excess cases of heart attack
and
> stroke.40 Dr. Graham severely criticized his own employer (the
FDA)
> for intentionally covering up information about the lethal side
> effects of Vioxx�.
>
> As you will read in this month's issue, the FDA is greatly
concerned
> that cherry companies are disseminating scientific data showing
that
> cherries are more effective than FDA-approved drugs in alleviating
> arthritis inflammation and pain.
>
> 
> The FDA is willing to throw cherry growers in jail for suggesting
> that their fruit may safely alleviate arthritis discomfort, yet
the
> irrefutable facts are that the FDA intentionally concealed the
> dangers of Vioxx� for years, thereby causing the needless death of
> tens of thousands of Americans. Who are the real criminals here?
>
> The FDA says it is responsible for "protecting the public health"
by
> assuring the safety of drugs. It does not take much brainpower to
> see that the FDA's purported mission is nothing more than a hoax
to
> protect the economic interests of the pharmaceutical giants.
>
> It would appear that the FDA is concerned that if too many
arthritis
> sufferers discover that eating cherries could alleviate
inflammation
> and pain, the multibillion-dollar market for anti-inflammatory
drugs
> would be detrimentally affected. Pharmaceutical industry profits
> have been spared for the moment by the flagrant acts perpetrated
> against cherry companies by the FDA.
>
> Congress Recognizes Problems with FDA
> As this nation faces a worsening health care crisis that threatens
> to bankrupt corporations, aging adults, and the government itself,
> members of Congress are becoming incensed that the FDA is
> suppressing proven methods to prevent and treat disease.
>
> On November 10, 2005, a bill was introduced in the United States
> House of Representatives that would prohibit the FDA from denying
> consumers access to truthful health information. The name of this
> bill is the Health Freedom Protection Act (H.R. 4282).41
>
> The original sponsors of this bill introduced it by exposing the
> FDA's inappropriate censorship of life-saving scientific
> information. Here is an excerpt from this historic speech:
>
> Because of the FDA's censorship of truthful health claims,
millions
> of Americans may suffer with diseases and other health care
problems
> they may have avoided by using dietary supplements. For example,
the
> FDA prohibited consumers from learning how folic acid reduces the
> risk of neural tube defects for four years after the Centers for
> Disease Control and Prevention recommended every woman of
> childbearing age take folic acid supplements to reduce neural tube
> defects. This FDA action contributed to an estimated 10,000 cases
of
> preventable neural tube defects!
>
> The FDA also continues to prohibit consumers from learning about
the
> scientific evidence that glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are
> effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis; that omega-3 fatty
> acids may reduce the risk of sudden death heart attack; and that
> calcium may reduce the risk of bone fractures.
>
> The Health Freedom Protection Act will force the FDA to at last
> comply with the commands of Congress, the First Amendment, and the
> American people by codifying the First Amendment standards adopted
> by the federal courts. Specifically, the Health Freedom Protection
> Act stops the FDA from censoring truthful claims about the
curative,
> mitigative, or preventative effects of dietary supplements, and
> adopts the federal court's suggested use of disclaimers as an
> alternative to censorship. The Health Freedom Protection Act also
> stops the FDA from prohibiting the distribution of scientific
> articles and publications regarding the role of nutrients in
> protecting against disease.42
>
> Citizens Revolt Against Bureaucratic Corruption
> When Life Extension stated in 1989 that the law had to be changed
to
> allow scientific information about foods and supplements to be
> freely disseminated, everyone told us that it was impossible to
beat
> the entrenched FDA on Capitol Hill. As we went on national
> television and radio shows in the early 1990s to expose the
> incompetence and fraud perpetrated against the public by the FDA,
a
> growing number of health-conscious individuals began to realize
the
> magnitude of the problem.
>
> In October 1994, by a nearly unanimous margin, Congress enacted
the
> Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which allowed
> the public to learn about some of the health benefits attributed
to
> certain nutrients.43
>
> Despite significant losses in the federal courts regarding how
DSHEA
> should be interpreted, the FDA is continuing to dedicate
substantial
> resources to suppressing scientific information about how certain
> foods may prevent and treat disease. The FDA's arrogance is
> appalling in light of the record number of prescription drugs that
> have been withdrawn because too many users are dying from side
> effects. In the case of cherries, many of the scientific studies
the
> FDA is concerned about relate to this fruit's anti-arthritic
> effect.4-6,44,45
>
> The FDA's flagrant disregard for the First Amendment and DSHEA is
> one reason why the Health Freedom Protection Act was introduced.
> Members of Congress and the American public are fed up with the
> abuse of power perpetrated by an agency whose track record shows a
> reckless disregard for human life.
>
> What You Can Do to Stamp Out FDA Censorship
> It is imperative that concerned citizens let their congressional
> representatives know how important passage of the Health Freedom
> Protection Act (H.R. 4282) is. I urge all Life Extension
supporters
> to conveniently email their own representatives a new letter in
> support of the Health Freedom Protection Act.
>
> Please do not settle for scientific censorship and bureaucratic
> fraud! Stand up for your First Amendment rights and tell Congress
> you want to see H.R. 4282 (Health Freedom Protection Act) enacted
> into law.
>
> To find the name of your representative, visit the Legislative
> Action Center or call 1-202-225-3121.
>
> For longer life,
>
> William Faloon
>
> P.S. Even if the Health Freedom Protection Act does not pass, your
> letters to Congress will help block several other bills that would
> give the FDA even greater power to ban what you are allowed to
read
> and what nutrients you are allowed to consume. So even if you are
> pessimistic about Congress prevailing against the FDA, it is still
> important that you let your representative know that you do not
want
> the FDA to be given new draconian powers.
>
> DRUG COMPANIES CONTROL FDA
> The FDA has come under fire by the media and Congress for its
> failure to protect consumers against dangerous drugs. Life
Extension
> has long contended that large drug companies exert tremendous
> influence over the FDA. The result is that toxic drugs remain on
the
> market while the sale of dietary supplements (and now even
cherries)
> is impeded by FDA.
>
> One reason doctors prescribe dangerous drugs is that
pharmaceutical
> companies persuade the FDA to omit information concerning side
> effects from the drug's label. An egregious example of the
> incestuous control that drug companies exert over the FDA came to
> light with the Vioxx� scandal.
>
> Based on evidence showing increased heart attack rates in Vioxx�
> users, the FDA suggested putting a cardiovascular warning on the
> label. Merck, the maker of Vioxx�, vehemently objected. On
November
> 8, 2001, when talks with the FDA were not going to Merck's liking,
> the head of Merck's research department sent an email to his top
> scientists stating:
>
> "Twice in my life I have had to say to the FDA,`That label is
> unacceptable, we will not under any circumstances accept it' . . .
>
> I assure you I will NOT sign off on any label that has a cardiac
> warning for Vioxx�."46
>
> Vioxx� was withdrawn from the market on September 30, 2004, after
a
> clinical trial showed the risk of heart attack and stroke doubled
> for patients taking Vioxx� for more than 18 months.47-49 The FDA
> knew about the cardiovascular risks of Vioxx� years before it was
> withdrawn, but succumbed to drug company pressure to omit this
> information from the drug's warning box. It did appear many months
> later on the label's "precautions box," which is normally too
> voluminous for anyone to read.
>
> The statement by the Merck official that he would "not under any
> circumstances accept" a cardiovascular warning on Vioxx� provides
a
> startling glimpse into how much control drug companies have over
the
> FDA. Consumers are relegated to ingest toxic drugs while the FDA
> takes extraordinary measures to censor information showing the
anti-
> arthritis efficacy of cherries.
> 
> 
> 
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