Good News For Alternative Medicines in Canada

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

In Canada some positive steps are being made regarding the availability of

alternative medicines. The federal gov't is going to spend 7 million

dollars to to create a whole new category for nutritional supplments,

herbs, homeopathic products and natural drugs. Under this new framework

alternative medicines will more readily available and better regulated

(, you will like this better regulation part). I too think this

better regulation is mandatory, because their is a lot of poor quality, and

maybe even harmful, stuff out there. A recent study just looked at a

number of brands of Ginko Biloba and St. 's Wort and they found an

incredible number of tested products did not contain any of the active

ingredients, some contained only a small portion, and a very limited number

of products actually contained in them what was printed on the label. I am

not sure of the exact numbers,so I could't quote them, but I believe this

study can be found at www.wampole.com. This just goes to show that better

regulation of these medicines is of great necessity, especially here in

Canada.

From what I read, it also sounds like more research will go into looking at

some of the claims made by/of these products, and if they hold up

scientifically, companies/products will be allowed to advertise these

claims.

Personally I think, though some may disagree, that this is a real step

forward for our country in embracing preventive, holistic/complimentary

health. I am excited about that.

In health,

Corrie Bradley, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada