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WHILE AMERICA SLEEPS...

 

Because this may come up to a vote as early as Monday, the time to take action

is now! Mark my words, virtually all nutritional supplements are at risk. -

Julian Whitaker

 

ILLINOIS SENATOR DICK DURBIN WORKING HARD TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO SUPPLEMENTS

 

Action Required By Everyone Interested in Health Freedom...

 

We need to take action, and we need to take action now. Once again, there's a

movement in Congress to restrict your freedom to use nutritional supplements.

The only way to stop it is for us to flood our elected representatives with so

many e-mails and faxes that they will be forced to say no to the powerful

interests that are behind this movement.

 

Because this may come up to a vote as early as Monday, the time to take action

is now!

 

 

Click here to take immediate action, or read on.

 

 

Over the next few days, the Senate will be considering amendments to a

Department of Defense funding bill, S. 2400. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) -

whose continued campaign against nutritional supplements in the name of " safety "

threatens your future access to supplements, your freedom and your health - has

introduced an amendment to this bill that will restrict access to certain

dietary supplements on military bases and place reporting requirements on

manufacturers that are even stricter than those for over-the-counter drugs.

 

 

I oppose this amendment and ask that you tell your Senators to oppose it, too.

 

 

Durbin's amendment requires that manufacturers of dietary supplements who sell

to the military implement a system where serious adverse events are reported to

the FDA for all products containing stimulant ingredients, with exception of

caffeine. Just one complaint of a serious adverse reaction attributed to a

dietary supplement would give the FDA license to remove entire classes of

supplements (hundreds of products) from the market, even if that product was

used against manufacturer's instructions. This nefarious bill is singling out

" stimulants " - a sure step towards banning such supplements altogether.

 

 

But mark my words, virtually all nutritional supplements are at risk.

 

 

This amendment is likely to be introduced and voted on as early as Monday and

could come up at any time.

 

 

Remember, you can make a difference.

 

 

Don't underestimate the power of such a grassroots movement. Ten years ago,

Health & Healing readers were instrumental in rallying the passing of the

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). Millions of letters were

written to our Congressmen and Senators in support of this legislation - it

generated more letters than any other issue in US history. Because of DSHEA,

which reduced the FDA's power to block the production, sale, and use of natural

substances, we have free access to herbs, amino acids, vitamins, hormones,

minerals, and other nutritional supplements.

 

 

Do it now -- send an e-mail and tell a friend.

 

 

Time is of the essence. This amendment to S. 2400 could come to a vote as

early as Monday.

 

 

What can you do? E-mail your senators today and ask them to vote against this

amendment. If you've already done so, do it again. (You may also send a fax, but

I don't recommend sending letters. Anthrax screening has slowed mail delivery to

a crawl.)

 

 

Forward this to your friends and get them to contact their Senators. If each

one of you could commit to generating four e-mails, over a million messages

would descend upon Washington. You may not realize how powerful a grassroots

campaign like this can be, but our elected officials cannot ignore something of

this magnitude.

 

 

Click here to learn more and to contact your senators.

 

 

To your health and freedom,

 

 

Julian Whitaker, M.D.

 

 

P.S. This isn't the first threat to health freedom we've seen lurking on the

horizon, and you can bet it won't be the last. I'll keep you informed on all

these issues, but for now, let's send a strong message that we're not going to

take this lying down. Voice your opinion about the amendment to S. 2400 by

e-mailing your Senators today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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