Food Imperialism, Aspartame and the Tamiflu Dilemma - NewsGrabs 24 June 2007
CategoriesHealth Supreme's News Grabs are a weekly selection of links to articles, alternative health news and related bits of information. Follow these trends with me as they first appear - watch out for NewsGrabs ... every weekend.
In this issue:
FDA: New Rules for Supplements - Book: CODEX FOOD IMPERIALISM - What Codex Is And Why It Matters - SICKO: Must See - Dr Rath: Fighting Pharma - ADA President In Avandia Scam - New Zealand: No to Joint Health Agency - Australia: Medical Students Resist Vaccination - Court Victory Against 'Quackbuster' - Foie gras linked to Alzheimer’s - Consumers want no Antibiotics in Poultry - Fluoridation Doing More Harm Than Good - Aspartame Study: Deadly Truth About Sweeteners - New Zealand: Aspartame Chewing gum 'poisons' woman - HIV infection theory challenged - CDC Out of Control - FDA FOIA Inquiries Pile Up - Japan: Tamiflu dilemma - UK: Panel endorses girls' cancer jab - Psychiatry's Monsters - Motion to Protect Honeybee - 100 Professors Question 9/11 Report - Scientist calls global warming theory 'hooey' - Gas Hydrates on ocean floors could power US for 3000 years
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FDA issues 'Good Manufacturing Practice' Rules for Supplements
"This is a critical component of FDA's implementation of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education (DSHEA) act that was passed by congress in 1994," Robert E. Brackett, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said during a late morning teleconference. Under the act, manufacturers are responsible for making sure that their claims about their products are substantiated by adequate evidence, Brackett said. "This is to show the claims are truthful and not misleading," he added.
Here is the FDA information with link to the actual text of the rule.
Book: CODEX ALIMENTARIUS - GLOBAL FOOD IMPERIALISM
Codex affects your health through the "guidelines" it is creating for food supplements, genetically-modified organisms in food products, infant formulas, food additives, and many other related issues. Yet the mainstream media does not even mention this extremely important subject. And since your government is clearly not protecting your rights at Codex meetings, you absolutely must educate yourself about Codex now so that you can protect your own health and the health of your loved ones. Knowledge is power. Start with this book.
Natural Health Hamstrung? What Codex Is And Why It Matters To Your Wellbeing
Codex poses a very real threat to our health and wellbeing. Whether you consider the potential threat to our freedom of choice with regards to natural health and vitamin supplements, or indeed the food that makes it to our tables every day, it would certainly seem that there is reason to be concerned.
Michael Moore's SICKO: A Health Care Documentary Every American Must See
American people are the most diseased people in the world among advanced nations. We spend more on health care than anyone, we pay the highest prices for medications, and we're constantly told that we have the best medical technology in the world. But if our health care system is really so good, why do 50 million Americans have no health insurance? Why are hospitals literally dumping uninsured patients on the street, abandoning the sick to protect profits while our politicians actually negotiate on behalf of Big Pharma to make sure Americans keep paying the highest prices in the world for medications?
Dr Rath - Ten Years Fighting Pharma
Amazingly, never before this sobering analysis the point had been made publicly that the pharmaceutical industry - the very industry that for decades had built a worldwide monopoly as the "exclusive purveyor of health" - that this very industry is the biggest obstacle to achieve human health!
American Diabetes Association President Caught Red Handed In Avandia Scam
This coming weekend Dr. John Buse, M.D., Ph.D., takes his place as president of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Buse was one of the first to speak out in defense of the diabetic drug Avandia a few weeks ago after reports of increased heart attacks and heart deaths by diabetics using that drug compared to those using other diabetic drugs. “A lot of people just freak out. But there’s no cause for panic,” said Buse of the drug Avandia.
New Zealand Balks at Joint Australia/NZ Health Products Agency
The New Zealand parliamentary select committee directed to report on the ANZ Therapeutic Products Authority (TPA) bill has split and will not recommend the scheme be passed by the NZ Parliament. After nearly six months of deliberation on the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill, the Government Administration Committee has said, "We have been unable to reach agreement and therefore cannot recommend that the bill be passed."
Australian Medical Students Resist Mandatory Vaccination
The Australian Vaccination Network says vaccines carry serious ill effects and it is unethical to require anyone to submit to medical procedure against their will. They see this as an opening to introduce generalized mandatory vaccination in Australia. There is also a Petition for all those Australians potentially affected to sign:
"We the undersigned wish to convey to the Health Minister our opposition to their decision to make vaccinations mandatory for health care workers. We wish to see the new policy modified to allow health care workers the choice to participate in the vaccination program with no repercussion to the health care worker that chooses not to participate. VACCINATION is a personal choice and carries with it known risks. It should not be a job requirement."
Chiropractors Claim Court Victory Against Infamous 'Quackbuster'
In a strongly worded opinion, the Appeals Court for the State of Pennsylvania ruled against Stephen Barrett, a long-time critic of chiropractic and alternative health care. During heated and often dramatic courtroom proceedings, Negrete pointed out many of the questionable statements Barrett includes on his websites attacking chiropractic, as well as facts about Barrett's own credentials that shocked even his supporters. Under Negrete's intense cross-examination, Barrett admitted that he had not been a licensed physician for more than a decade and had failed the neurological exam, preventing him from being certified as a specialist. Negrete demonstrated that, despite his claims, Barrett had no real expertise in any medical field.
Foie gras could be tasty way to get Alzheimer’s
The possible risk comes from “amyloid” proteins found in the delicacy, which is made from the swollen livers of force-fed geese and ducks. The proteins have been linked to the onset of all these conditions. In their study, the researchers found mice fed on foie gras started growing amyloid proteins in various organs. They observed a similar result when extract of foie gras was injected into the rodents’ bloodstream. …
Foie gras - literally fatty liver - is made of the livers of artificially (read: forcefully) overfed geese and while it tastes great, somehow France seems to be the home not only of this traditional
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