MSM ban in Canada

July 4, 2003

A message was automatically sent to Charles W.> Moore requesting them to> authenticate the send.> > Charles W. Moore supplied the following letter:> > __________________________> > Monday June 30, 2003 12:47:09 PM EST> > Letter Body:> > A Gratuitous Health Canada MSM Ban Will Cause> Needless Suffering> by Charles W. Moore> > How would you feel if you were seriously ill and> the government suddenly> decreed that you couldn't buy medication you need to> control the ravages> your disease?> > That's what Health Canada is fixing to do to many> Canadians.> > According to Canadian Health Food Association,> Health Canada is proposing> to issue a stop sale of products containing the

food> supplement Methyl> Sulphonyl Methane, or MSM.> > Initially three manufacturers were requested to> recall their MSM products> from the marketplace based upon dosages exceeding> 3000mg/day and/or> durations of use greater than 30 days. Suppliers> complied with this request,> which was draconian enough.> > However, the CHFA now reports that Health Canada's> The Food Directorate> has ruled that MSM is not acceptable as a food, but> rather is a drug with or> without health claims, and based upon inadequate and> out of date information> has arbitrarily classified MSM as a 'Class II Health> Hazard.'> > That is bizarre. Current safety data was not> requested from stakeholders.> Up until now the Food Directorate has accepted MSM> as a food in the absence> of claims. Adverse

events have not been identified> with consumption of MSM.> Taking action on an inherently safe product, in the> absence of adverse> events and/or a confirmed health hazard, is health> fascism. Despite its> formidable chemical name, MSM is a naturally> occurring sulphur compound in> many foods, including eggs, fish, poultry, garlic,> onions, legumes, red> peppers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, soybeans,> turnips, horsetail> herb, and asparagus.> > However, most people are sulfur deficient unless> they eat their fish and> meat raw and their vegetables uncooked. MSM present> in foods is destroyed> with minimal processing, dehydration, and heat.> > MSM is anything but a 'health hazard. The> commercial product is derived> from seawater. MSM makes body tissue cell walls more> pliable and

permeable,> allowing the normal flow of fluids to move through> tissue more freely.> Without adequate levels of MSM, this cellular> building process breaks down> and increases the risk of forming weak cells that> are rigid and possibly> deformed.> > MSM supports the synthesis and activation of B> vitamins (thiamin, biotin> and pantothenic acid) and lipoic acid which are all> essential nutrients for> building and maintaining a healthy nervous system.> Healthy insulin> production and proper carbohydrate metabolism is> also dependent upon> adequate amounts of sulfur.> > Studies conducted by the Oregon Health Sciences> University and Ohio State> University College of Medicine have demonstrated the> therapeutic efficacy> and safety of MSM. Research has linked MSM to the> possible prevention

and> treatment of a broad range of health conditions> including allergic responses> to food and pollen; gastric hyperacidity; acne;> arthritis; muscle pain and> cramps; weak hair and nails; skin aging and damage;> parasite infestations,> toxicity; diabetes; constipation; interstitial> cystitis; scleroderma; lung> dysfunction. Other preliminary research indicates a> positive influence in> the prevention of breast and colon cancer.> > Full disclosure here: I have been taking MSM for> years, and it is one of> the few nostrums I've found that helps my severe> allergies and fibromyalgia.> I take more -- sometimes a lot more -- than 3,000 Mg> per day. Based on> several years of this I have noticed no negative> side-effects of MSM> supplementation. Karl Loren, who distributes MSM in> bulk in the U.S., has> been

personally supplementing in doses up to 19,000> Mg per day for many> years and swears by it.> > Oscar-winning actor James Coburn, who died last> year at 74, credited MSM> with the quality of life he was able to lead after> being stricken with> arthritis in his 50s. By 1990, he could barely walk.> 'Moving was always> painful. Standing was really troublesome,' Coburn> told USA Today. After> years of doctor-shopping and conventional treatments> that didn't work,> Coburn discovered MSM. 'It really, really does the> job,' he commented. 'It's> non-toxic, totally, and it stops the pain.'> > The memorium on his Website says that at the time> of his death from heart> failure, 'Mr Coburn was at the height of happiness,> having overcome the pain> of crippling arthritis and earning his Academy> Award.'>

> Like James Coburn, many people with arthritis and> other painful> inflammatory afflictions find that taking MSM is the> difference between> being crippled and leading an active life. And> Health Canada wants to pull> the plug on them!> > Are these bureaucrats crazy, sadistic, or just in> the pockets of the> multinational pharmaceutical interests and the> allopathinc medical> establishment? I strongly suspect the latter two.> > The real 'problem' with MSM is that it's cheap, it> works, and it can't be> patented and sold at astronomically inflated prices> as a proprietary> product. Then there's the preponderant opinion in> conventional medical> circles that naturopathic treatments are at best> nonsense and possibly> quackery that needs to be stamped out with extreme>

prejudice.> > In other words, Health Canada is following its> customary policy of giving> these vested interests a veto. This is wrong. I am> among a growing number of> Canadians who do not accept that the allopathic> 'Medical Model' should be> the last word and final authority on health care> matters, and an even larger> constituency who emphatically reject that the> multinational chemical and> pharmaceutical cartels and their tame minions in the> UN's Codex Alimentarius> Commission should dictate what sort of nutritional> supplements we are> permitted to buy and at what dosages.> > We are taxpayers and voters too, and will not> stand for our health> interests to be trampled underfoot by> philosophically blinkered medical> societies and greedy corporate lobbies.> > (30)>

> > > > Charles W. Moore> RR#2 249 West Side Indn. Hbr.Lake Sherbrooke NS> B0J 3C0> cwmoore > Pictou--Antigonish--Guysborough Ridingkarl theis jrvideo field reporterwww.RealityExpander.com Ch.10 TimeWarnerAustin,Texas cell 512 297-9875e-mail: theis888 www.exposureofthetruth.isfamous.com

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