Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 This is ridiculous. There should be litigation against this ruling. This means all european nutritionists and dieticians should commit suicide? And I as patient have no right to protect my health? Only " Doctors " can prescribe supplements? Ratan. --- Frank <califpacific wrote: > http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/09/07/denmark_to_eliminate_concept_of_\ supplements_theyre_all_medicines.htm > > September 07, 2004 > > Denmark To Eliminate Concept Of Supplements: > 'They're All Medicines' > Health > > Legislation > > > August 2004 - Danish Health Authorities have > issued a proposed national " Guidance on Supplements " > for public discussion which, according to MayDay, an > association campaigning for freedom of choice in > health matters, " is worse than any legislation we > have > ever seen before, as it will erase the concept of > supplements, this actually means that Denmark is > about > to be the most totalitarian state experiment in > Europe > concerning health. " > > The Danes refer to the new definition of a > " medicinal product " recently passed in the EU > legislature, which declares any substance presented > for preventing disease as well as substances which > may > be administered to human beings with a view to > restoring, correcting or modifying physiological > functions to be a medicinal product. > A substance could be anything from human blood > to > animals and their products, vegetables, > micro-organisms, plants, parts of plants and even > chemicals, whether natural or synthetic. > Source: The Community code relating to medicinal > products for human use > > Pretty comprehensive, you say? Well, it seems > like > we Europeans have just declared our food supply, > practically anything we'd ever want to swallow to > stay > healthy, to be medicinal and therefore subject to > pharmaceutical control. > > It's as simple as that. Anything we eat - if we > eat well as the health authorities admonish us to - > will serve to prevent one illness or the other, > won't > it? Why else would we be admonished to eat five > servings of fruit and vegetables per day? But beyond > that, any food and drink we consume will restore > some > type of physiological function in our bodies. > Practically, everything we ever want to swallow to > stay healthy, is potentially a pharmaceutical > medicine > if we are to give credence to that legal definition. > > But that's crazy, you might say, no one ever > will > seriously seriously assert that an apple is a > medicine > just because one a day keeps the doctor away. > Agreed, > but there are many products such as supplements and > herbs that pharmaceutical manufacturers eye with > great > envy. They help people stay healthy without side > effects. They actually prevent, like simple vitamin > C > in gram dosages, major killer diseases. More than we > can say for the majority of drugs, which, on the > contrary, have become a factor in increasing death > rates as shown by statistical evidence. > > Nutrients and plants, extracts and concentrates > from natural food sources, unlike the apple, will > certainly be called a medicine and put under pharma > monopolistic control, if shown to be " effective " , > that > is, if they take business away from the sickness > industry that the pharmaceutical manufacturers have > built. > > The phenomenon is by no means isolated to tiny > Denmark. Other European countries such as Germany > and > Finland are reasoning along similar lines - protect > pharmaceutical production - it is an important > " industry " . But what about our health? That industry > thrives only when we are sick. Should we go so far > as > to lose our health in order to support an industry? > > You might say no, but what can you do about it? > > Alert your friends to this and other sites that > write about health freedom. Make your view known to > your favorite newspaper, magazine or your > legislative > representative. If you like to be healthy and are > using nutrition and other natural means to stay so, > it's time to defend your rights. One of these rights > is certainly the ability to use food and nutrition > to > stay healthy, without pharmaceutical interference. > > If you are an " operator " , someone in industry or > in natural health consulting, please support the > Alliance for Natural Health, the only group that is > taking effective steps to prevent a pharmaceutical > takeover of the natural health field. > > If you are a legislator or a " regulator " , think > about the concept of non-exclusivity of the > definition > of a medicine. Let me explain: We define medicine in > a > very wide way, so as to catch all products that > should > have registration. There is however considerable > overlap into other - equally important - areas of > products, such as foods and supplements, many of > which > do have the same properties as medicines. They > prevent > disease and they restore or correct physiological > functions. (Hippocrates already said " let food be > thy > medicine... " ). > > When there is a conflict between the legal > concept > of food and that of a medicine requiring > registration, > the latter is destined to win out if we consider > current EU legislation. This is not correct. Food > should definitely have MORE importance than > medicine, > unless we want to drown in a sea of sickness. > Addressing only sickness and " treating " only the > symptoms, pharmaceutical medicine is taking us in > that > direction... > > See here below MayDay's alert from Denmark, and > some relevant links: > > HEALTH FREEDOM UNDER SERIOUS THREAT IN THE > TOTALITARIAN STATE OF DENMARK > > Another paternalistic assault on free choice and > liberty using " consumer safety " as an excuse. > > The Danish Veterinary and food Administration > has > sent out a Guidance on dietary supplements (and > herbs) > as a public hearing notice, in short stating that > any > substance with a physiological effect is to be > regarded as a medicine in the future. > > This means that the concept of " dietary > supplements " will soon no longer exist and that a > lot > of widely used and harmless dietary supplements and > herbs will be disappearing from Danish health shops > shelves by November 2004. Gone is the freedom of > choice for the many seeking to maintain and restore > good health and life quality and prevent sickness. > > Such nannyism is totally unacceptable! > > MayDay has long been concerned that such > legislative restrictions can be expected throughout > EUrope in the time to come. > > MayDay invites all health freedom loving people > to > support our work to inform about unjust measures > from > government authorities and ensure free personal > choice > in health matters. > > Please go to MayDay's website: > www.mayday-info.dk > where it is possible to sign up to be a member > and/or > support the Alliance for Natural Health's legal > challenge of the EU Food Supplements Directive. > > Danes are requested to protest against these > serious restrictions writing to their favorite > newspaper and/or politician and/or the Danish > Ministry > === message truncated === Mail is new and improved - Check it out! 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Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 For now it's a public comment period, like an advanced rulemaking notice of the FDA. Let's hope the Danes do something about it, at least the ones that like their supplements... Sepp At 10:31 -0700 7-09-2004, psych doc wrote: >This is ridiculous. There should be litigation against >this ruling. This means all european nutritionists and >dieticians should commit suicide? And I as patient >have no right to protect my health? Only " Doctors " can >prescribe supplements? >Ratan. >--- Frank <califpacific wrote: >http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/09/07/denmark_to_eliminate_concept_of\ _supplements_theyre_all_medicines.htm >> >> September 07, 2004 >> >> Denmark To Eliminate Concept Of Supplements: >> 'They're All Medicines' >> Health >> >> Legislation >> >> >> August 2004 - Danish Health Authorities have >> issued a proposed national " Guidance on Supplements " >> for public discussion which, according to MayDay, an >> association campaigning for freedom of choice in >> health matters, " is worse than any legislation we >> have >> ever seen before, as it will erase the concept of >> supplements, this actually means that Denmark is >> about >> to be the most totalitarian state experiment in >> Europe > > concerning health. " -- The individual is supreme and finds its way through intuition. Sepp (Josef) Hasslberger Personal home page on physics,energy technology, social and economic issues: http://www.hasslberger.com Health Supreme: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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