The FDA, silver, and CODEX...Yes, I perfectly understand what you guys are saying. But again, you just admitted that there were only a few supplements that this was true of. I don't doubt that the FDA can ban certain supplements like epehdra, or Typtophan, maybe even certain commercial CS supplements. But banning everything sounds too extreme to be ever really be true. And to add, their are usually alternatives that work as well. Re CS...GSE, xylitol, oil of oregano, cloves, etc, are other alternatives that can do similar things. Granted, they are not nearly free like CS, but they are also not outrageously expensive either. Id the FDA going to start banning oregano oil or cloves or xylitol? Doubtful. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to never let the FDA think that they are right to try to, so we fight them when they are wrong.
We'll see, I guess. I'm not shaking in my boots, though. -Ken Bagwell ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 9:49 AM Subject: CS>The FDA, silver, and CODEX... Hi, Absolutely! In the last few years B-12 and Vit. C were made prescription (liquid form). Reason is....................they work and work like a miracle! Can't have the lay people running around curing their animals and themselves!!! Can't you see what they have in mind for us in the near future? Jean Baugh ************************ I remember when some vitamins were prescription only. Why couldn't it happen again? Sally Ken & Nancy <[email protected]> wrote: Joy, I hear you, and you MIGHT be right that this can happen in America, but I still doubt it. The Invisible Hand is always a work, and people have been saying these stories about supplements being eliminated from the open market for years, and nothing has really happened. The FDA is powerful, but it is not that powerful. As someone mentioned earlier on this list, the supplement industry also has enormous sums of money at its disposal, should they desire to pool it and fight the government for freedom to operate and sell. I won't say it cannot happen, and I will happily involve myself in legitimate anti-FDA agendas, but I don't think CODEX is going to end up in the way you describe. Even if it did, people find ways to get what they need. -Ken Bagwell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" To: Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: Re: CS>The FDA, silver, and CODEX... > > > Sorry Ken, but this way of thinking seems to me to be like wearing > blinders. This IS happening in Europe and Australia as we speak - they > were "sure" as you are below that it wouldn't/couldn't happen, but it is > happening. And FDA does not have to prove that supplements are > dangerous. They don't do the testing. The companies trying to sell > products have to get them approved - have to do their own testing, by > impartial folks - but they have to pay the bill according to tests FDA > sets up. And FDA can arbitrarily say "nope". I'm so frustrated with > this even on regular meds - have a life-threatening condition that > causes my throat to swell shut from time to time. This isn't an > allergy, its caused by a missing enzyme that my body just doesn't > p! roduce enough of - its a genetic condition. The only thing I can do is > go to ER and get blood products that provide the missing enzyme. And > hope I don't get anything dangerous from the blood products, and don't > need to be entubated or worse. Europe has had acute treatments for 15 > plus years now, effefctive, safe. FDA won't approve them. Not big > enough market (there are very few of us with this condition) to support > the testing FDA requires, so its not happening.
