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While we read daily headlines of actions and laws in opposition to genetic

engineering of plants, there is a strange silence on the subject of human

genetic engineering. Yet, the proponents of genetic eugenics are working hard to

acquire the technological and scientific know-how necessary to shape mankind to

the liking of their twisted minds. This ideology is gaining acceptance among

scientific, high-tech, media and policy elites. A key foundational text is the

book Remaking Eden: How Cloning and Beyond Will Change the Human Family, by

Princeton University molecular biologist Lee Silver. Silver looks forward to a

future in which the health, appearance, personality, cognitive ability, sensory

capacity and the lifespan of our children all become artifacts of genetic

manipulation. Silver acknowledges that financial constraints will limit their

widespread adoption, so that over time society will segregate into the " GenRich "

and the " Naturals " . In Silver's vision of the future, " The GenRich -- who

account for ten percent of the American population -- all carry synthetic genes.

All aspects of the economy, the media, the entertainment industry, and the

knowledge industry are controlled by members of the GenRich class ... Naturals

work as low-paid service providers or as laborers. [Eventually] the GenRich

class and the Natural class will become entirely separate species with no

ability to crossbreed, and with as much romantic interest in each other as a

current human would have for a chimpanzee. " An excellent article in the Earth

Island Journal of Spring 2001asks " Where is the opposition? " - their conclusion:

" ... the prospect of re-designing the human species is beyond anything that

humanity has ever before had to confront. People have trouble taking this

seriously -- it seems fantastical and beyond the limits of what anyone would

actually do or that society would allow. " (7/16/2003 7:11:44 PM)

 

My recent post on minerals (Are mineral supplements a waste of money?) has

sparked a discussion on synthetic vs. natural vitamins, which I think may be of

interest. This is an exchange of e-mails between myself and Dr. Leo Rebello from

India, an ayurvedic physician, homeopath and naturopath who is an outspoken

critic of the prevailing paradigm on AIDS. Leo correctly points out that we

should all eat fresh, live food and that our digestive process is of decisive

importance in allowing us to absorb what we eat. He is generally against

supplying " synthetic " nutrients in the form of supplements, saying that we must

change our ways to really be healthy. I cannot fault him for that view, but I do

believe that in a pinch, even vitamins that have not been synthesized in the

intestinal tract but outside of it, supplied in supplement form, can be

life-saving. (7/16/2003 3:38:52 PM)

 

 

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The Institute for Optimum Nutrition said today that restrictions for the dosage

of vitamin B6 proposed by the UK government are not based on proper science and

will have troublesome effects for those who rely on high dose vitamin B6 to

alleviate conditions such as pre menstrual stress and chronic fatigue. " Vitamin

B6 supplements at doses higher than 10 mg per day may start to disappear from

shelves in all retail stores. The three million Britons who rely on taking 100

mg per day of this supplement to relieve symptoms of PMS and chronic fatigue

syndrome will be forced to find alternative ways of treating their illnesses.

Many studies, including the newly published study by the Institute for Optimum

Nutrition, have demonstrated that taking B6 at 100 mg per day is safe... "

Vitamin B6 is one of several nutrients and natural products that have been found

to be very effective in prevention or treatment of some prevalent medical

condition and are therefore making deep inroads lowering pharmaceutical profit

margins. " People healthy on pennies of vitamins a day " means less sales of

high-tech and high-cost (high profit?) pharmaceutical drugs. Several of these

natural substances have been removed from the market in the last decade, such as

kava kava, hypericum, the aminoacid l-tryptophan, germanium sesquioxide, DHEA

and melatonin, all of them " too effective " for some condition that was a big

earner for pharmaceuticals. The justification for action was always a trumped-up

" safety issue " which " forced " the authorities to clamp down in protection of

their friends with pharmaceutical interests - oops, that should have been

consumers. Since vitamin B6 cannot possibly be removed from the market - it is

one of those vital substances that the human body cannot do without - the move

is to at least limit dosage to where the vitamin tablets can no longer have a

real preventive or therapeutic effect. Slanted interpretation of scientific data

is what seems to be the tool for lowering the dosage of freely available vitamin

B6 to zilch. What some people will do for a buck! Read the story of B6 as told

by ION today. (7/18/2003 9:18:53 PM)

 

 

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After Pharmagiant Pfizer recently launched a $ 40 M ad campaign to sell " Zoloft

for everything " , now comes Eli Lilly and Co. to tell us if we're not patiently

standing in line we might have ADD and should see our doctor for their new

prescription drug. According to an article on CNN today, the questions on Eli

Lilly's site include " How often are you distracted by activity or noise around

you? " and " How often do you feel restless or fidgety? " - Responses of

" sometimes " to the questions on the company's Web site prompts a message that

the symptoms may be consistent with adult ADD and a visit to the doctor is

recommended. (7/19/2003 6:31:55 PM)

 

 

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