HPB-Codex Connection Kills DHEA Use in Canada

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" Diane Trudeau " <dianatrudeau

Monday, January 14, 2002 5:17 AM

HPB-Codex Connection Kills DHEA Use in Canada

 

 

> HPB-Codex Connection Kills DHEA Use in Canada

> There are addresses at the bottom of this article, if anyone wants to

write and put in their two cents worth.

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> HPB-Codex Connection Kills DHEA Use in Canada

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> Zoltan P. Rona, M.D., M.Sc.

> 1466 Bathurst St. Suite 305

> Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3J3

> Phone: (416) 534-8880

> Fax: (416) 534-6723

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> On Jan. 8, 1997, I ordered 3 bottles of DHEA capsules (25 mgs./90

capsules) from the Life Extension Foundation in the U.S. and was

disappointed to receive the following e-mail response:

> " I regret to inform you that we can no longer ship DHEA into

Canada. The Gov't there stops every package to insure that that product is

not passing customs. If they find any DHEA, they have warned us that they

will deny all shipments from L.E.F. to Canada and that they may arrest the

person ordering that product. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. "

> With many hundreds of thousands of people across Canada ordering

DHEA, arresting all these people would certainly be an awesome new project

for the HPB, Canada's emerging version of the Gestapo. According to a Dec.

19, 1996, HPB Regional Bulletin, DHEA has been classified as an anabolic

steroid and, like stanazolol and other performance enhancing drugs, it is

now a controlled drug in Canada. Prior to Dec. 19, 1996, DHEA was just

another natural hormone that could be found in the blood of any normal,

healthy Canadian or mimicked by a derivative of a wild yam extract.

> " The penalties for trafficking and possession for the purpose of

trafficking are severe, the length of imprisonment ranging from a term not

exceeding eighteen months, on summary conviction, to a term not exceeding

ten years, on conviction by indictment [section 39(3)]. "

> Jean-Marc Charron

> Chief

> Drug & Environmental Health Inspection Division

> HPB

>

> If all goes according to these drug dictators, the use of

nutritional supplements will be a thing of the past in North America before

the year 2000. According to the most prolific author on the subject of the

HPB - Codex connection, John Hammell:

> " In September of 1998 the Codex commission will meet again in

Bonn. At that time, unless we succeed in carrying our public health message

to the world in order to build a strong international grass roots coalition,

the German Codex proposal will be pushed through to finalization at step 8

and will become the international reference standard under NAFTA and GATT.

If that happens, you and I can kiss our health freedom goodbye. "

> John Hammell

> Legislative Advocate

> International Advocates for Health Freedom

>

> The HPB seems to be unwilling to wait until 1998 before arresting

any health food store proprietor, naturopath or doctor for selling DHEA.

New, on site " inspections " , with $1000 or more billed to those importing

natural remedies and outrageous new fees for D.I.N. (drug identification

numbers) are bad enough. But, when HPB bureaucrats encourage these same

individuals to tattle on other people who might be selling DHEA or some

other banned product of the week, any sense of freedom, fairness in business

or security is destroyed. Spying on and arresting Canadians for DHEA

possession is reminiscent of tactics used by the Gestapo in the 1940's. In

collusion with the pharmaceutical firms Hoechst, Bayer and BASF (descendent

of IG Farben, Nazi Germany's manufacturer of poison gas used in the

concentration camps), with the banning of DHEA, the HPB is ahead of schedule

in its quest to eliminate any perceived drug company competition from the

world of natural therapeutics. Naturally, they and their brown nosers will

deny that any of this is going on.

> " Beware of spin control, lies, and the misinformed - for they are

everywhere as people and companies sell out to the medical industrial

complex. Many lack the vision necessary to see this threat. Show them this

article, and help me wake everyone up. "

> John Hammell

> Legislative Advocate

> International Advocates for Health Freedom

>

> Confronting Nazis is a particularly sore point with many Canadians.

According to historical records and a recent article in the Toronto Star

( " '60 Minutes' probing Canada's alleged Nazis " ), Canada has an abysmal

record of dealing with alleged Nazi war criminals. Of more than 1000

suspects living in Canada since World War II, only one man has been brought

to justice 44 years after being convicted in absentia in the Netherlands. If

Mike Wallace of '60 Minutes' found this to be " incredible " , he might also

find the banning of DHEA worthy of a special show. Why ban DHEA? Has it ever

killed anyone? Is it as dangerous as other steroids like the birth control

pill? Did Ben Johnson use it to disgrace Canada? Why is the U.S. not

arresting its citizens for using it? What are the real facts?

> OF HOT DOGS & DHEA

> From a recent reader's letter:

> " Dear Dr. Rona:

> A study in a peer-reviewed medical journal reported that children

who consumed an average of 3 hot dogs per week increased their risk of

leukemia by 800% (not a trivial amount). Are there leukemia warnings on hot

dog packages? Are wieners stopped at the border and the truckers arrested?

No and No. But our 'brilliant' border guards deny passage to a safe and

beneficial health product, DHEA. If the producers of DHEA could add an extra

ingredient that would boost a person's leukemia risk, would it then be

allowed? Apparently Canadians have different bodies than Americans since

DHEA is sold over-the-counter in the good 'ol' USA. We should hire

scientists to locate the 'Maple leaf gene'. "

>

> DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) has been in the news a great deal for

a variety of reasons other than purely political ones. It was once thought

that DHEA was merely a precursor to other hormones like testosterone,

progesterone, cortisone and estrogen and that it had no other specific role

of its own. Studies done on both animals and humans in the past decade,

however, have shown that this was not true. DHEA can be found in almost any

organ of the body including the testes, the ovaries, the lungs and the

brain. The following facts have been documented in medical literature from

around the world:

> a.. DHEA is the most abundant steroid hormone secreted by the

human adrenal gland.

> b.. DHEA blood levels decline progressively with age, a phenomenon

that does not occur with any other adrenal steroid.

> c.. Epidemiological studies show that higher DHEA levels are

associated with increased longevity, less cancer and less heart disease,

thus suggesting that at least some aging manifestations may be caused by

DHEA deficiency.

> d.. DHEA may prevent obesity, diabetes, cancers of the breast,

colon and liver, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease.

> e.. DHEA helps enhance the healthy functioning of the immune

system and is especially important in autoimmune diseases like lupus,

rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS and

allergic disorders.Testosterone is synthesized from DHEA in both men and

women. One of the theories as to why men get lupus and other autoimmune

diseases eight or more times less than women do is because of their

relatively higher levels of DHEA and testosterone.

> f.. DHEA optimizes the body's metabolism and ability to resist

disease of all kinds.

> g.. According to researchers Drs. Regelson, Kalimi and Loria:

> " DHEA modulates diabetes, obesity, carcinogenesis, tumor growth,

neurite outgrowth, virus and bacterial infection, stress, pregnancy,

hypertension, collagen and skin integrity, fatigue, depression, memory and

immune responses. It is a broad-acting hormone that only demonstrates itself

under a specific set of circumstances. In that way, it is like a buffer

against sudden changes in acidity or alkalinity. That is why when you get

older, you're much more vulnerable to the effects of stress. As DHEA

declines with age, you are losing the buffer against the stress-related

hormones. It is the buffer action that helps prevent us from aging. "

> h.. A twelve year study by Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor at the

University of California published in the New England Journal of Medicine in

1986 reported that of the 242 men aged 50-79 studied:

> " A 100 microgram per deciliter increase in DHEA sulfate

concentration corresponded with a 48% reduction in mortality due to

cardiovascular disease and a 36% reduction in mortality for any reason. The

natural level of DHEA sulfate was measured and those individuals with higher

DHEA sulfate levels lived longer and had much lower risk of heart disease. "

> i.. A 1990 study by Roberts indicated that M.S. victims had low

DHEA levels which were improved by DHEA administration. It was also noted

that the majority of these patients had discernible improvement in their

daily quality of life including increased energy levels, better dexterity,

greater limb strength, decreased sensations of numbness, more power in the

lower limbs and even an increase in libido.

> j.. Another 1990 study by Calabrese concluded that DHEA helped to

improve the fatigue so often associated with M.S.

> k.. DHEA administration appears to be safe but its long term

effects as a supplement are unknown; until more is known about these long

term effects, DHEA should be used with caution, a fact which can easily be

displayed on the bottle label similar to that seen warning of gastric

bleeding from aspirin or cancer from cigarette smoking.

> l.. In one study, a daily dose of 1600 mgs. of DHEA given for 28

days to healthy subjects resulted in some insulin resistance but no other

noticeable side effects.

> m.. DHEA studies in lupus cases where 200 mgs. daily was taken for

over 3 months concluded that it was well tolerated except for mild to

moderate acne and occasional mild hirsuitism (abnormal hair growth); symptom

relief in autoimmune diseases, however, has also been documented with DHEA

doses in the range of 5 - 15 mgs. daily without any side effects for several

years.

> n.. There is no evidence that DHEA is any more harmful than the

birth control pill (a steroid) or over the counter cortisone (steroid)

creams, lotions, eye or ear drops.

> DHEA is still available in Canada through a doctor's prescription to

the Emergency Drug Release Program in Ottawa and some compounding

pharmacists. Many people find this to be a nuisance and an invasion of

privacy. It is a tedious exercise which only serves to create a monopoly for

selected pharmacists and prohibits access by the public to a relatively safe

and effective remedy.

> HOW TO FIGHT HPB GESTAPO TACTICS

> The more I hear from other health care practitioners and readers the

more I am convinced that the HPB is detrimental to the physical, emotional

and financial health of Canadians. The HPB is over $47 million in debt

supposedly due to government cutbacks. They need to raise a great deal of

money to continue their existence but why should they be allowed to do so?

All they seem to be doing is wasting tax money, concocting ridiculous

schemes for " cost recovery " while depriving the public of the right to

choose the type of health care they desire. Their latest schemes are driving

money, business and jobs to the U.S. or other countries for items like

melatonin, taheebo, kava kava, DHEA and dozens of others that were once

available at health food stores. Millions of dollars of tax revenue are lost

as a direct result of HPB meddling and power tripping. Planned lawsuits (and

I know of several biggies) against the HPB will cost the Canadian taxpayer

yet more money. Organizing lawsuits against the government seems to be a

very popular thing to do these days.

> You have a right to demand a much more competent service for your

tax dollars. The banning of DHEA by the HPB is yet another unjustified show

of incompetence and needs to be reversed immediately.

>

> If you want to do something effective against the DHEA ban, get

politically active. Write letters of protest to the right people in power.

Feel free to photocopy my article and add your personal comments and

concerns. In Canada, let Dr. Mary Cheney of the Canadian HPB know exactly

how you feel about her proposal to create a negative list of herbs to ban

them from international sale. Get your American friends to also complain

about the HPB - Codex connection. Many of them would be shocked to learn

that safe and effective herbs like feverfew, goldenseal, kava kava, lobelia

and at least two dozen others are on a HPB banned list as of Jan. 1, 1997.

>

> Send the letters or faxes to:

>

> Dr. Mary Cheney

> Canadian Codex Delegate

> Chief, Nutrition Evaluation Division,

> Food Directorate

> Health Protection Branch

> Tunney's Pasture,

> Postal Locator: 2203A,

> Ottawa, Ontario,

> K1A OL2.

> 613-957-0352, FAX 613-941-6636.

>

> Americans should complain to:

>

> Dr. Elizabeth Yetley

> American Codex Delegate

> Director

> Office of Special Nutritionals

> HFS-45

> US Food and Drug Administration

> 200 C St. S.W. Washington, D.C.

> 20204

> Tel: (202) 205-4168

> Fax: (202) 205-5295.

>

> Canadians should also complain to Yetley. This individual seconded

Cheney's proposal to create a list of herbs to ban from sale

internationally. This list includes virtually every commonly used herb

currently available from Canadian health food stores. Yetley seconded

Cheney's proposal without consulting anyone on the US delegation, which was

allegedly a working group in which she was supposed to consult with members

before acting.

>

> I highly recommend that anyone earning a living from the natural

health industry join Freedom of Choice in Health Care, a group working to

defeat the Codex scam in Canada.

>

> Contact:

>

> Marilyn Nelson

> Freedom of Choice in Health Care

> 5863 Leslie St., Suite 711

> Willowdale, ON

> M2H 1J8

> Fax: 416-282-2434

>

> Another thing I recommend for people wishing to fight back against

HPB nonsense is to contact:

>

> John Hammell

> Legislative Advocate

> International Advocates for Health Freedom

> 2411 Monroe Street #2

> Hollywood, Florida 33020

> United States of America

> Phone: 800-333-2553

> Fax: 954-929-0507, 954-927-8795 (fax on demand)

> Email: jham

> Website: http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/hammell

>

> Many people and groups around the world are interested in the fight

against enforced medical care, enforced vaccinations, compulsory drugging

and the persecution of those who wish to use alternative medicine.

>

> Two such groups which can also be contacted are:

>

> Gord Coleman,

> Editor,

> Free World News,

> #1010 5334 Yonge St.,

> North York ON M2N 6V1

> Canada

> Tel. 416-590-9641

> Fax: 416-590-9641

> Email: jgcoleman

> Website: http://www.freeworldnews.com

>

> and

>

> The National Coalition for Health Freedom

> 3 Fermanagh Ave.

> Toronto, Ont.

> M6R 1M1

> Tel: (416) 537-5898

>

> This group believes that bans on products like DHEA and selected

herbs is unconstitutional and that one and all should write strong letters

of protest to:

>

> Pierre Rodrigue

> Clerk,

> Standing Committee on Health

> House of Commons

> 180 Wellington St., Room 604

> Ottawa, Ont.

> K1A 0A6

>

> Tel: (613) 947-6728

> Fax: (613) 996-1626

>

> More to come on the herbal ban next time.

>

> REFERENCES

> Barret-Connor E, et al. A prospective study of

dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, mortality and cardiovascular disease. New

England Journal of Medicine, 1986;315:1519-1524.

> Calabrese, V.P. et al. DHEA in multiple sclerosis: positive effects

on the fatigue syndrome in a non-randomized study. In The Biologic Role of

DHEA by Kalimi, M. and Regelson, W., Editors. New York: Walter De Gruyter,

1990, pp. 95-100.

>

> Charron, Jean-Marc. Regional Bulletin on DHEA

(dehydroepiandrosterone). Health Canada HPB, Dec. 19, 1996.

>

> Gaby, Alan R. " Dehydroepiandrosterone: Biological Effects and

Clinical Significance. " Alternative Medicine Review; Volume 1, number 2,

July 1996; pp.60-69.

>

> Moore, Neecie. Bountiful Health, Boundless Energy, Brilliant Youth:

The Facts about DHEA. Dallas:Charis Publishing Co., Inc. 1994.

>

> Roberts, E. and Fauble, T.J. Oral DHEA in multiple sclerosis:

results of a phase one, open study. In The Biologic Role of DHEA by Kalimi,

M. and Regelson, W., Editors. New York: Walter De Gruyter, 1990, pp. 81-93.

>

> Rona, Zoltan P. and Martin, Jeanne Marie. Return to the Joy of

Health, Vancouver: Alive Books, 1995.

>

> Rona, Zoltan P. Childhood Illness and The Allergy Connection.

Rocklin, California:Prima Books, 1996.

>

> Vienneau, David. '60 Minutes' probing Canada's alleged Nazis; The

Toronto Star, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997; p. A11.

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