FW: A new threat to nutritional supplements

[Guest guest]

The following is from Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez. Please pass on to friends, family

e-mail lists and post the article URL to Face Book and twitter.

 

Unfortunately, yet another threat to the availability of nutritional

supplements, and our therapy, has recently reared its head in Congress, this

time courtesy of Senator John McCain. Currently, McCain is trying to

generate support for his legislation, still in its early stages, entitled

The Dietary Supplement Safety Act. The noble wording of the bill may sound

wonderful - as such documents do - but its real purpose seems to be to

enlarge FDA power over supplements and disassemble the Dietary Supplement

Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of the early 1990's which prevented the FDA

from classifying nutrients as drugs, or arbitrary banning particular

supplements at a whim.

 

Outwardly, the bill claims to be driven by the usual wish to " protect "

consumers from themselves, a stance prompted by the recent cases of a number

of professional athletes misusing certain hormones. Those with knowledge of

Washington suspect that the real motivation is the FDA's universal wish to

severely restrict the availability of most if not all nutritional

supplements.

 

Below I provide a link to an online article explaining the situation in some

detail. I suggest you read it carefully. If you want your supplement

supply to continue, we all must fight this bill aggressively. Contact

McCain's office, let his staff know how strongly you oppose this bill.

Offer to support his opponent in Arizona in this November election. Contact

your own Senator and express your strong opposition to this legislation.

Calls, faxes and e-mails to your Senators work well. You can obtain contact

information at www.senate.gov . There is a mechanism to identify your

particular Senators by state.

 

Information about this is available at the website of the Alliance for

Natural Health. The URL is:

 

http://www.anh-usa.org/new_site/?p=2307

 

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Dr.L