Please Help Protect Alternative Health Freedom

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Hello... I hope you can see fit to allow this post to go,

considering the immediate and vital nature of this threat to

alternative health. While the front of this challenge may be

squarely placed on supplements, this affects ALL alternative

practitioners, even Reiki Masters to Life Coaches, because it is a

working example of the Pharmaceutical/Medical model trying to gobble

up more power and more profits. Which in time can easily be

extended to other alternative therapies such as the ones you as a

group are dedicated to. I hope you can find it possible to support

the movement to protect alternative health freedom, together we are

stronger and now is most certainly the time to band together.

 

 

Please take the time to protect our access to natural medicine, such

as vitamins, minerals, herbs and other supplements. It is very easy

to do, click on ----> http://www.citizens.org/ and send a letter to

the FDA. Additionally, please s directly below to

send emails to your elected officials telling them to protect health

freedom.

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

 

This is very serious, we have already started to see these draconian

measures being implemented in Europe. Don't let America, " the land

of the free " and the " defender of other nations' freedoms " , lose our

health freedoms here at home.

 

Best Wishes,

Misty L. Trepke

http://www..com

 

 

Flyers and web buttons can be downloaded at

http://www.citizens.org/resources/downloads.cfm

 

URGENT HEALTH ALERT! DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1st

 

Dietary Supplements are Important to YOUR Health

Tell the FDA to RESPECT your HEALTH RIGHTS

 

Take Action Today! It only takes one minute to send an email

message to the FDA.

 

FDA is reviewing portions of DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health

Education Act. The agency may propose new and overly burdensome

regulations that could restrict your access to new dietary

ingredients and dietary supplements that were not on the market

prior to 1994 when DSHEA was passed.

 

Recall that 2.5 million concerned consumers contacted Congress

between 1992 and 1994 to support DSHEA and assure access to their

supplements. In response to the overwhelming consumer support,

Congress passed DSHEA and deliberately created new and different

regulations for dietary supplements. Congress enacted DSHEA to stop

the FDA from treating dietary supplements like food additives or

drugs and to protect consumer's rights to purchase these products.

 

We need to make our voices heard once again!

The deadline is February 1, 2005. Send YOUR Letter NOW

 

Tell the FDA to uphold DSHEA and your continued access to beneficial

dietary supplements today! At risk are many innovative

and particularly effective dietary supplements. FDA needs to hear

from you to preserve your hard-won access to the most innovative and

important health products. Any new guidelines that require onerous

food additive and drug like notifications, excessive testing and

documentation will make the introduction of new products

unnecessarily expensive.

 

This disincentive for companies to develop new health promoting

products will assuredly lead to the reduction of many products that

can benefit the health of Americans It could block consumer access

to validated new and innovative products -- for good. American

consumers have the right to these health enhancing products that are

also shown, in many cases, to reduce the staggering public health

burden, and reduce the cost of health care.

 

We only have a few short weeks to send a strong message. The FDA is

considering comments until February 1,2005. Make sure your voice is

heard.

 

Washington, DC needs to hear from at least 25,000 consumers who care

about their health rights. Urge the FDA to ensure that any new

guidelines for New Dietary Ingredients reflect the intent of

Congress and continue to provide complete access to the safe,

affordable and innovative dietary supplements you rely on for your

health.

 

 

Take action today!