A long rant about how the FDA protects us.

[Guest guest]

Rant /start

 

Have you watched TV recently? All the diet products that can make you

loose weight only in the stomach area, but " results not typical " . Most

diet products in general, they all show " non-typical " results. Most of

the time the results aren't even from the diet.

 

How about this line: " Ingredients in this product have been proven in

tests. " What does that mean? It means that at least two ingredients in

the product have been tested in some dosage for something. The tests may

have proven they don't work. It doesn't mean the product they are

selling has been tested and proven to work as claimed. But this is

allowed because our laws are so loose.

 

Male enhancement products, at least half the MLM " health " products and

more. The foot patch that detoxes you. The foot bath that detoxes you,

liver cleanses, kidney cleanses, even a good percentage of the FDA

approved drugs don't really work, or do more harm than good. Would you

take a drug for a minor problem that had cancer as a side effect? Of

course the ad didn't say cancer, it said lymphoma.

How about the sleep aid that can cause gambling or sexual urges? After

that, *then* you will need something to help you sleep.

 

The FDA is " owned " by the drug companies. After you serve your time

there and are good to them, you get a high paying job working for the

drug companies. If not, you are stuck in a dead end job where you won't

get promoted, because your superiors are looking for the big money when

they retire from the FDA.

 

We need tough laws that protect the average person from real cheats and

scammers. How about the small piece of jewelry that protects you from

cell phone radiation? If it could really absorb the radio waves, you

cell phone wouldn't work. Take a look on youtube for their advertising

video where they take 4 or 5 cell phones, point them at some pop corn on

a table, then call the cell phones and the corn pops in about 20

seconds. #1. Cell phones do not have directional antennas. #2. I takes

my 1200 watt microwave about 120 seconds to start popping, so they

expect me to believe that each cell phone is putting out 240 to 300

watts, when it is ringing? Not even transmitting? #3. Cell phones only

transmit a weak " I'm alive " signal to the tower unless you are actually

transmitting, the the power is variable, it depends on how far you are

from the tower. #4. To pop corn in 20 seconds, the phones would need to

be putting out about 600 to 800 watts. The only way the batteries could

put out that much energy would be if they exploded.

So, should this product be allowed to advertise like this?

 

How about Qigong masters that heal you by telephone? What about the one

that visited South Florida and told people they were going to died from

cancer or a heart attack unless they did his special Qigong routine for

a week. The next week some came back and were so happy they didn't die

that they bought his books and DVDs. Others came back and said they

didn't do anything and they were not dead. His answer? His Qi is so

powerful, he could tell they weren't practicing and so he transmitted

his Qi to protect them.

 

In Florida, you have to be licensed to " practice " Qigong, but you don't

need any license (or anything else) to teach it. There are Qigong

teachers here who couldn't find a meridian to save their lives. They

can't name the 5 elements, can't properly pronounce Yin & Yang, don't

know what Zhan Zhuang is and they are clueless about 99% of Chinese

medicine, yet they are certified by someone with no better

qualifications than they have. They are even able to issue CEUs, since

that is governed by the Department of Education, not by the Department

of Health. They are unlicensed and have no insurance.

 

How many people know what qualifications are needed by alternative

" health practitioners " ? How about EFT " masters " who have no medical or

psychological training at all, yet are treating almost every physical or

psychological condition you could imagine?

 

Is the public being protected?

 

Rant /end

 

Jeff

 

Al Stone wrote:

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> The law may already exist. It really comes down to making a medical

> (disease

> claim) without FDA approval as a medical device. Acupuncture needles went

> through the same process. The question then comes down to enforcement. In

> terms of these medical claims, they're all regulated by the FDA. All you

> have to do is complain, that will get the ball rolling.

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Jeff Smoley LMT MA 52162

www.JadePowerQigong.com

www.yuliqigong.com

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