Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 " Malcolm Simmonds " AHZ Sun, 2 Feb 2003 12:13:45 -00 ================================= Welcome to ALTERNATIVE HEALTHZINE ================================= Discover The Secrets Of Vibrant Health Volume 4, Issue 2, Febuary 2003 Sent free of charge to friends of Specialist Herbal Supplies, and on request to anyone else interested in natural healthcare Un instructions at end CONTENTS: 1. Holiday at Karen Kingston's Desert Island resort! 2. The recent UK Parliament debate on 'Natural Medicine' laws //-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\ Hi I just had to tell you about a great holiday idea I heard of this week! Then there is an update on the politics of 'natural medicine' in the UK and Europe. I'd go on the holiday myself - but I'm off to another lovely island in June this year, so it's outside my budget. I hope that all is well with you, and the New Year is treating you well. Best wishes Malcolm Malcolm Simmonds Editor Alternative Healthzine Archives: http://www.alternative-healthzine.com/html/archives.html //-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\ <<<((( Stay In Desert Island Luxury )))>>> Is it time for a holiday? Do you want to be pampered in a luxury, beachside hotel, on a paradise island? Would you like to swim over a coral reef, ten metres from the beach? Then you won't want to miss this bargain! Many of you will know of Karen Kingston, author of; 'Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui', and 'Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui'. You may not know that Karen and her husband have built a luxurious hotel in Bali upon local Balinese principles, and the theories of Feng Shui. According to the London Sunday Times; " Bali pulls people like nowhere else in the world. Visiting the island is a sensual experience... Swept up in the smells of bougainvillea and frangipani, the air is sultry and intoxicating ... and inhaling becomes instant purification.' Wow! On top of that, the friendliness of the Balinese people is legendary. To see pictures of Karen's hotel, see her site at; http://www.karenkingston.com and click on the picture of the hotel on the home page to read full details. You don't just get a room - you get a detached cottage, with a lovely marble en suite bathroom. Air conditioning of course - and tumble out onto the beach in the mornings. 30% Discount To encourage holiday-makers to return, and to support the local economy, Karen is now offering a 30% discount when you book at her hotel. The prices are already very reasonable - $90 (£60ish) for a double room per night. Take 30% off that and you have a bargain that is hard to resist! Check it out at Karen's website given above. You deserve it! //-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\-//-\\ <<<((( Debate in the UK Parliament )))>>> Action by pro-natural medicine lobby groups achieved the coup of a full debate in the UK House of Commons on Monday night (January 20th). MPs were thoroughly briefed by the lobbyists as to where the shortcomings were in the nutritional supplements Directive, as well as the proposed herbal Directive, which is expected to be law by late 2004. A number of MPs feel very strongly about natural medicines, and realise that choice is in the process of being restricted. They will be trying to make these views clear to the Government, who keep trying to reassure us that " everything will be all right " . We know that the Government is ignoring the fact that the costs for companies of complying with the new law will put smaller companies out of business. It's simple for the Government to do that - they simply won't tell us how much it's going to cost until after the law has been enacted! A large part of the blame for the whole fiasco belongs to the EU. Why? If you talk to the Department of Health, or the Ministers, or the Medicines Control Agency about changing our laws on natural healthcare, they say; " We can't do that - it wouldn't be allowed by the European Court. " They are right; the final say on what is permitted in many areas of our lives - employment law, human rights, and now medicine law, to name three - lies with Europe. What Will The UK Debate Achieve? A little bit. The chance of the opposition winning the debate are non-existent. This is because it is being 'three line whipped'. In other words - if MPs don't back their parties, they are for the high jump. So the Government will get a majority of around 160, and we won't be any further forward. But at least a debate will allow views to be expressed in our Parliament. Commentators and MPs will be reminded of how important an issue natural health is to the UK. And it may just make a lot of UK consumers angry enough to fire off letters to everyone they can think of - Health Ministers, MPs and Euro MPs. What Is Happening? The market is being slimmed down. The 'independents' are being squeezed out of the market. Small companies will just not be able to afford to register their herbal products. After all, it will cost thousands of pounds per product to do so. They will go out of business or change the nature of their businesses completely. Larger companies will manage, though their prices will have to go up. New companies will be dissuaded from coming into the market - unless they are well funded. Bye bye 'kitchen-sink' companies. That's how I started, 20 years ago! The future looks bleak. Think of hundreds of branches of Holland and Barrett within Tesco's, Sainsbury's and Asda (the three largest UK supermarket chains) and you really won't be far off. They will also be selling chemists' supplies. (Walmart were reported this month as saying they're thinking of opening 500+ chemists stores in Asda stores in the UK). What Can You Do? - Write letters - Send emails - Take out a Standing Order to CHC (Consumers for Health Choice) - who promote natural healthcare. They helped to create the opportunity for the debate in Parliament. Communicate your concerns and wishes to MPs and MEPs. To find out who they are, go to: http://www.healthchoice.org.uk/CHC%20Consumer%20Action.htm You will also find out how to get in touch with them, and what to say. Write a few letters - they really will help. Best wishes Malcolm ***************************************************************** I hope you enjoy Alternative HealthZine. If so - let us know how we can improve it. If not, let us know that too! Best wishes, and the Very Best of Health. Malcolm Malcolm Simmonds Editor malcolm Copyright 2000-2002 Alternative HealthZine. 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