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11 Mar 2004 08:06:03 -0000

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Ronald Hoffman, MD http://www.drhoffman.com is a prominent complementary

physician with a large practice in New York City. He is a past President of ACAM

http://www.acam.org/

 

Someone forwarded a recent IAHF e-alert containing this article from the UK's

Guardian Newspaper about the ANH lawsuit

http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/index.cfm?action=news & ID=73

 

to the Producer of Dr.Hoffman's radio show " Health Talk "

http://www.drhoffman.com/page.cfm/19

 

who called me leaving a message, which I returned, but we've been playing phone

tag.

 

Dr.Hoffman's radio show producer must have only skimmed the Observer article, so

apparently fails to grasp that the EU Food Supplement Directive has already

passed into EU law and that the only way we can now protect ourselves is to

overturn it in court via the ANH lawsuit.

 

She seemed to think Dr.Hoffman could " go talk to the politicians " in Europe (as

if they'd listen.) But doesn't realize that we only have 8 months to save the

dietary supplement industry from internal destruction. I had expressed interest

in going on Dr.Hoffman's radio show to discuss the extreme global importance of

the ANH lawsuit, but it was as if she were in denial or something, totally

failing to grasp that the EU Food Supplement Directive has already passed into

European law, and she certainly didn't grasp its enormous global implications

via how it threatens to impact development of a Codex vitamin standard.

 

Moreover, I'm also sure she fails to grasp that the USA has already been set up

to lose in a future WTO Trade Dispute via which our domestic vitamin laws will

be forcibly harmonized to a grossly restrictive emerging international standard

under development at Codex.

 

I left a lengthy message on her answering machine today urging her to call me

back so I can help her connect the dots.

 

As a past President of ACAM, Dr.Hoffman could help us to awaken over 1000

alternative medical practitioners all over the USA who see thousands of

patients.

 

All of these Dr.s and patients should be making donations to the ANH lawsuit to

overturn the EU Food Supplement Directive.

 

Sometimes, I have to take leaps of faith while doing this work, and I'm taking

one right now in the hope that good things can still happen as the fuse burns

closer to the bomb.

 

By chance does anyone on the IAHF email distribution list have Dr.Hoffman's ear

or know anyone who does? How about the ear of anyone ELSE who is active in ACAM

including Dr.Julian Whitaker who is ACAM's secretary?

 

These people are sound asleep right now, and their heads are planted all too

firmly in the sand. They're good people, smart people, but they and their

patients are being herded ever closer to the cliff, and I'm not sure how to

awaken them.

 

I'm trying to plan an event to be held in Seattle that will hopefully have a

major catalytic effect in awakening people all over the USA and the world

regarding the importance of supporting the ANH lawsuit to overturn the EU Food

Supplement Directive.

 

Dr. Rick Malter http://www.malterinstitute.com and Ralph Fucetola JD

http://www.vitaminlawyer.com, and Leanne Wylet, President of Patients for

Alternative Medicine http://www.pfamhealth.net have agreed to speak at this

event thus far along with me, and we're seeking more people as speakers and to

help as organizers and with the publicity.

 

Someone on the IAHF list contacted me with info on how to do live streaming

video of the event, which I'd say is a very good idea, but I'm not sure we can

afford the expense- we need to look into this.

 

By the end of the weekend, IAHF hopes to have a Community Bulletin Board on the

IAHF website to help foster a sense of esprit de corps amonst the far flung

global health freedom community. This way, if you are doing something in your

local area to spread the word about the ANH lawsuit and its global importance,

you won't feel so alone in your struggle, but can communicate with others who

are also doing this grass roots work.

 

I had a very good talk this evening with Leanne Wylett from Patients for

Alternative Medicine who also lives in the State of Washington (a few hours from

me). Leanne is the sort of person who never gives up, and who is a serious

fighter. Every morning she goes to the gym to work out for an hour and a half,

and she prays constantly for guidance from God on how to do this work. Her faith

is inspirational to me, and she is one of those people who is like the Rock of

Gibralter- you can always count on her to find a way to do the most difficult

things.

 

I urge all of you to spend some time on Leanne's website at

http://www.pfamhealth.net and just send her a quick email to let her know that

you appreciate her working as hard as she is on all of our behalf.

 

Please, if you live in the state of Washington and can help us organize and

advertise the event in Seattle that is still in its embryonic stages, contact

us. Many hands make light work.

We need to spread the word of the ANH lawsuit world wide so more people get

involved in the fundraising campaign now that we have gotten the referral to the

European Court of Justice where we not only CAN win, but we WILL win. We have

the best lawyer in Europe to take the case, and we're exposing the controlled

opposition group (NAHS/HFMA) thats trying to sabotage our efforts.

 

HFMA is a member of IADSA, and IADSA is holding a conference in Prague in May

titled " The Future of Nutritional Supplements in Europe " They don't have a

single mention of ANY legal effort to overturn the EU FSD in their

brochure,http://www.ahpa.org/Prague2004Conference.pdf and talk about it as if it

were a " done deal. " Thats because they don't WANT it overturned. It would be bad

for their business if it were.

 

It is disgusting, but a sad truth that the biggest enemies of vitamin consumers,

alternative practitioners, health food stores, and innovative supplement

manufacturers are the world's vitamin trade associations. NONE of them can be

trusted- they're our biggest enemies, especially CRN and IADSA which have a

political Summit meeting planned just 2 days before the next Codex meeting in

November.

 

If theres anyone reading this who still is having trouble connecting the dots,

or who knows anyone who is, please refer them to this interview of me done by

Greg Ciola in The Health Crusader Magazine

http://www.thehealthcrusader.com/pgs/article-0104-ban.shtml

For Health Freedom,

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