Re: I know a long email, but its important that we all support t...

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In a message dated 5/29/2004 7:05:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,

vanadeux@... writes:

> For the whole world of consumers of natural health care products. Please

> be

> patient and read this, and then please pass on to as many health care

> professionals and friends as possible. Thanks for your patience . ANNE UK

Hi Anne,

On 17th May, I sent out an email called, " The Sinister Truth Behind Operation

Cure-All " , by Ruth , which seems to be along the same lines as your

article. I tend not to believe all I read these days in the media, because so

much

is distorted. However, this news article seemed worth a little investigation

and I wondered if anyone else had heard this news? So, I was very interested

to read your article, which seems to back up the one I found.

What the " Operation Cure-All " article stated was that it appears that there

is an international, world-wide push to have every country remove supplements

from their shelves. Also, that this push is being instigated by the strong arm

of powerful pharmaceutical companies (in concert with greedy govts) who want

the lion's share of profits from the manufacture of things as harmless as daily

vitamins (better not mean my epsom salts!).

My own feeling about this, is that if this is so, then it's likely a result

of people, everywhere, waking up to taking their health in their own hands (not

to mention those who cannot afford health insurance), in combination with a

growing lack of patient trust. All this is having far-reaching effects on the

powers that be - in a nutshell, the pharmaceutical companies! Basically, while

we all wake up to taking self-responsibility for our health and well-being,

this is scaring those motivated by profit alone. The group had a conversation

along these lines most recently regarding cholesterol drugs.

One has to wonder at the repercussions of such a move. Will supplements go

underground, as tends to happen in any prohibitive society? Would free

societies actually stand for this nonsense? As in what happened in Australia,

these

actions tend to be insidious and unnoticeable to the majority (until they go to

the shops to look for a supplement they can no longer buy), so it's something

of which to be aware, anyway.

You can let your voice be heard, I believe, by going to the sites mentioned

on the email I sent, if this is something anyone feels very strongly about. As

I say, I don't really know much about all this, myself, and just found it to

be a little disturbing.

If anyone has any further insight on this, then I'd sure like to hear it.

Blessings, n