Re: *** URGENT *** FDA trying to wipe out ALL CAM practices & Products!!

This is sheer and absolute Nonsense........
From the REAL Health-Freedom Movement at IAHF......

John Hammell,
perhaps you can let me know how much truth there is in these statements gleaned below from the Curezone website; purportedly from The Natural Solutions Foundation!!
The deadline is April 30th!!
Chris
REAL Answer:..............
Always go to the source and read the Federal Register
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E7-3259.htm
I have read this. See my comments to this garbage below.

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FALSE STATEMENT......
The US FDA is at it again. They have been notorious for decades for their biased attacks and uneven handling of natural, non-drug/surgery/radiation based health options. This time, though, they are playing for keeps.
The goal is simple: through a "Guidance" about the regulation of "CAM" (which they conveniently define as "Complementary and Alternative MEDICINE" the FDA hopes to serve the interests of Big Pharma by eliminating all CAM practices and products. ALL of them.
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REAL ANSWER:.........
%¤#&!§-. FDA can't do that- it would take an act of congress to repeal DSHEA. This is just more sensationalism from the so called "Natural Solutions Foundation".
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FALSE STATEMENT:.........
Here's how this deadly game is played:
1. By using the term "Medicine" rather than "Modality" for CAM practices, the FDA sets the stage so that anyone who is not a licensed physician is breaking the law by using these modalities since they are therefore 'practicing medicine without a license'.
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REAL ANSWER:................
More %¤#&!§-, the FDA does not have the ability to undo an act of congress and suddenly declare that dietary supplements are "drugs".
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FALSE STATEMENT...........
2. By using the term "treatment" rather than "therapy", the FDA limits those who can perform these practices to licensed physicians and, again, anyone who is not a licensed physician is breaking the law by using these modalities since only licensed practitioners can treat. So people using these modalities are therefore 'practicing medicine without a license'.
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REAL ANSWER:..............
See above. If you believe this, then you presumably also believe that this notice would somehow block health food stores from being able to sell products to the public.
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FALSE STATEMENT:...........
3. By using the terms "Medicine" and "treatment" instead of "Modalities" and "therapy", all substances, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, co-factors, etc., automatically become untested drugs since they are being used to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure disease states. Such use can only legally take place with FDA approved drugs.
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REAL ANSWER:.........
%¤#&!§-. The FDA doesn't make law in this country, only Congress can do that.
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Here's How We Protect CAM Practices,
Practitioners and Products

Numbers. Sheer volume of response. Nothing more and nothing less. NOW is the time to act. Our window of opportunity slams shut on April 30, 2007.
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