From: <[email protected]> Dear Natural Health Supporter
Did you know that European and International legislation is proposing to: ¨ Ban over 300 natural ingredients from free sale ¨ Restrict the dosage level of 'approved' nutrients to levels that will render them ineffective ¨ Ban herbal remedies for no other reason than that they don't have a 30 year history of use ¨ Ban any statements about the effectiveness of nutrients in dealing with disease ¨ Give governments the right to re-classify safe and effective natural remedies as medicines - at will We have to put a stop to this - here's how. (Please scroll down to the bottom of this mail if you are already informed about these issues - with a few mouseclicks you can save vitamin freedom now!) 2002 has seen many advances in the scientific proof of the effectiveness of natural remedies. This year, not only have independent, unbiased research scientists published papers that attest to the powerful healing properties of these side effect free natural substances, but even the pharma-infested American Medical Association and World Health Organisation have been forced to admit to their health-giving properties. This increased acceptance of natural remedies comes as a direct result of the publication by Dr Rath of the results of his groundbreaking research into the natural treatment of cancer earlier this year and his continuing pioneering work in the field of cardiovascular disease, for which he has been granted the world's first natural therapy patents. On 8th March 2002, following thorough validation, Dr Rath announced his breakthrough in the natural treatment of cancer in the world's largest newspaper, USA Today. Within weeks, the World Health Organisation published a report ( http://www.who.int/hpr/nutrition/ExpertConsultationGE.htm ) that contains the following statement: "Nutrition is coming to the fore as a major modifiable determinant for chronic disease, with scientific evidence increasingly supporting the view that alterations in diet have strong effects, both negative and positive, on health throughout life. Most importantly, dietary adjustments can not only influence present health, but determine whether or not an individual will develop diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, much later in life." Throughout this year, many new studies have been published in newspapers and magazines attesting to the efficacy of natural remedies in the treatment of widespread diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Perhaps the most significant event, however, was the statement by the American Medical Association published on 19th June 2002 ( http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n23/abs/jsr20001.html ). After more than 20 years of flat denial and outright opposition, the AMA finally announced that the health of every adult citizen of the United States would benefit from the taking of a daily vitamin supplement. WITHOUT DR RATH'S GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL HEALTH, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. However, those of us who exercise our fundamental human right to choose safe, effective and side effect free remedies over toxic and sometimes life-threatening pharmaceutical drugs cannot afford to be complacent. Yes, we have achieved some victories, but the battle continues to rage on many different fronts. The European Commission, under the influence and concerted lobbying of the pharmaceutical 'Business With Disease' is pressing forward its legislative campaign to ban all access to natural remedies. Ignoring over 600 million democratically registered votes in favour of natural therapies this programme consists of: ¨ The Food Supplements Directive that will remove over 300 ingredients from free sale and restrict the dosage level of the 'approved' nutrients to levels that will render them mostly ineffective. ¨ The Traditional Herbal Medicines Directive that will remove safe and effective herbal remedies from free sale in the European Union for no other reason than that they do not have a 30 year history of use here, even if they have been in use successfully in non-EU countries for that length of time or longer. ¨ The Health Claims Regulation that will ban any statements about the effectiveness of nutrients in dealing with disease, except those 'pre-approved' by the European Commission that will be homogenous and carry no real meaning. ¨ Amendments to the Medicines Directive that will give national medicines agencies the right to re-classify safe and effective nutrient remedies as medicines - at will. This right will mean that ANY natural remedy can be removed from sale immediately, even where the remedies are already effectively regulated under other legislation and may have been for years. In other words, medicine law will take precedence in health legislation. Even more serious is the work of the joint UN Food & Agriculture Organisation/World Health Organisation's Codex Alimentarius Committee ( http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ ). Codex intends to apply rules similar to those of the EU in respect of vitamin and mineral supplements (restriction of dosage levels to ineffective amounts) in all UN member states worldwide. Whilst the Codex rules are designed as regulations for member states to follow, the consequences of non-compliance are so aggressive (trade sanctions, credit restrictions and trade embargoes) that all UN member states are likely to follow them to the letter, making Codex rules often more effective than national laws. The Codex Commission's next meeting to further these aims and thereby protect the financial markets of the pharmaceutical industry to whom they are in thrall, takes place from 4th to 8th November this year behind the barbed-wire fences of the BgVV (Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine) building in Berlin. Thanks to your fantastic support last year in both the email campaign and at the protest meeting in Berlin, the Codex Commission was forced to suspend action on their plans to ban vitamins and minerals worldwide. However, these plans are back on the agenda again this year and Codex is taking no chances. Two very large, pharmaceutical industry financed studies have been published this year, promoting more drug use and rubbishing natural remedies. Both studies ( http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/ and http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=341747 ) state that statins are 'the new aspirin' and should be taken by many more people than they currently are and the earlier study came to the conclusion that 'vitamins are useless' in treating disease. The pharmaceutical industry's friends in the media made sure that these reports received far more prominent coverage than anything about the real health effects of natural remedies and consequently, the casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that statins work and vitamins don't. Shame the media forgot to mention that statins kill people and that, if more and more people take them, more and more people will die. Still, think of the profits for the pharma-cartel.and the advertising revenue for the media. This campaign to promote killer drugs at the expense of life-saving natural remedies received further support from the World Health Organisation last week. Its World Health Report 2002 (advance details available at: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/pr83/en/ ) will repeat the dogma that statins are the key to the future health and happiness of the world's populations - but will not mention the fact that they cause muscle wasting diseases, liver damage and death. After all, they don't want to upset their friends in the pharma-cartel do they? So, friends and supporters, the time is here once again for you to 'man the barricades!' As more and more people around the world start to use safe, effective and side effect free natural remedies that become a vital part of their personal healthcare regime - and stop using so many pharmaceutical drugs - the financial interests of the 'Business With Disease' dictates that the industry try to protect itself from this threat to its markets. It does this by influencing policy-makers around the world to enact legislation that will both ban natural remedies for all time and further support the sales of pharmaceutical drugs. The killing fields thus get bigger and bigger and extend into ever more countries. We have to put a stop to this. You can help to do this in two ways. Firstly, by writing a personal letter to all Codex delegates demanding: ¨ The immediate withdrawal of all rules/legislation that in any way affects the free sale of natural remedies anywhere in the world ¨ The introduction of rules/legislation that actively promotes the widespread use of natural therapies in the public health programmes of all UN member countries ¨ The immediate removal of any rules/legislation from the statute books that promotes the use of pharmaceutical drugs where a safer and more effective natural remedy is available (for example in treating high blood pressure, cardio-vascular disease or cancer) DO THIS NOW: The website http://www.dr-rath-foundation.org offers a 115kb program for download that will enable you to send your personal letter as an email to all Members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. It just takes a few mouse clicks to do that! Secondly, by registering to attend our anti-Codex congress in Berlin on 2nd November and our protest gathering outside the BgVV building on 4th November. As someone who values their fundamental human right to make a free choice about how they look after their own health, you owe it to yourself and your family to protect that right by writing these letters now - and by forwarding this email to all the names in your email address book so that they can do the same. Thanks for your support. See you in Berlin - Make Health Not War! -- -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
