Fwd: Special Update on FDA Regulation of Alternative Medicine from Alternati

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to add a link to this discussion from Dr. Mercola's

website. He doesn't believe there is anything to be alarmed about and

got legal advice to be sure. Read his comments for

yourself.

 

http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/New-FDA-Initiative-Circulating-the-Net-Do\

es-Not-Warrant-Alarm-or-Action-12707.aspx

 

Sat Nam,

 

Avtar Kaur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kundalini-Yoga , Lee

<dancingwiththeinfinite wrote:

>

> Amar Atma

> Here you go. Hope it generates a lot of discussion.

>

> Sat Nam

> Wahe Guru Kaur/Lee Rothman

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> Lee <dancingwiththeinfinite

> Apr 28, 2007 5:37 AM

> Fwd: Special Update on FDA Regulation of Alternative

Medicine from

> Alternativ...

> " Charles D. Frohman " <cfroh

>

>

> Dear Charles/ Amar Atma

>

> Sat Nam!

>

> I wanted to send the pertinent parts of this newsletter on The FDA's

> attempts to regulate alternative medicine to you to include in the

ongoing

> discussion for the Kundalini yoga . But I had difficulty

with the

> cut and paste functions.

>

> I found the rhetoric of the writing you offered through the link,

> inflammatory and disturbing. I find extreme rhetoric on either end

of the

> political spectrum, left or right disturbing. When I have to wade

through

> rhetoric to get to reasoned arguments and facts it sets up lots of

red flags

> for me.

>

> The following information is provided by my insurance agent who has

worked

> in the wholistic/ alternative medicine field for a long time.

Although I

> haven't read everything he provided through the link, it is well

presented,

> articulate and I think provides a more balanced view.

>

> I hope you will incorporate some of it into my response to your posting.

>

> Sat Nam

> Lee Rothman/ Wahe Guru Kaur

> Temple City, CA

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

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> Apr 27, 2007 9:55 AM

> Fwd: Special Update on FDA Regulation of Alternative

Medicine from

> Alternativ...

> dancingwiththeinfinite

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> altins

> Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:08:17 -0400 (EDT)

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> Special Edition on FDA's Proposal to Regulate

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> April 2007*

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> There is a lot of information and options being distributed

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