FDA Abandons Consumers...Again!

Dear Friends and Patients,

I want to renew my wishes to everyone for a Wonderful New Year 2007 as well as Great Health, Happiness and Prosperity! Monterey Bay Naturopathy has experienced a wonderful past year with new activities such as the birth of www.YourGoodHealthStore.com, our new web-store, as well as an increase of knowledge from my continuing education into the Alternative Health Field.  Both of which, I hope will serve you my patients, better in every way possible. My wish for 2007 is to keep bringing to you the best information, the best knowledge and the best Natural Health products available!

THE FDA AGAIN ABANDONS THE AMERICAN CONSUMER

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has AGAIN abandoned its charter to insure that the Foods and Drugs that are offered to the American people are safe. Again, the FDA is in the process of selling out to industry influences. This time, the FDA is on the verge of approving the use and the marketing of CLONED LIVESTOCK by stating that “Cloned food is safe; and doesn’t need special labeling”. The FDA further stated that “Cloned animals are “virtually indistinguishable” from normal livestock”.

It has been clearly documented that the majority of those individuals sitting on the FDA Advisory Boards and Advisory Panels have direct connections and personal relationships with the very companies that they are charged with regulating!  So it should come as no surprise that the President of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a BIO industry loby and support organization, is beating the drums to discourage the FDA from requiring the labeling of meat from Cloned animals. Jim Greenwood, president of BIO stated that, “None of that information would be useful to consumers.”  “You can’t tell them [Cloned vs. normal farm animals] apart,” said L. Val Giddings, now a vice president of BIO and a former U.S. Department of Agriculture geneticist. The conflicts of interest
continue to abound at the FDA without regard for the protection of the American public.

Clearly, the FDA is again abandoning (or has abandoned) its charge to protect the American People and the health of our future generations. Please don’t forget, it was the FDA that capitulated to the Pharmaceutical Industry by abandoning quality, long term, non-human testing of drugs which has led to such recent human disasters as Pfizer’s forced abandonment of “Torcetripib”, the “good” cholesterol boosting drug that killed more that twice the number of people as similar drugs. Or, the disastrous side affects of Celebrex, Zoloft, Lipitor and Coumadin, just to name a few.

And please don’t forget, the FDA’s approval of nearly unlimited use of growth hormones and antibiotics for farm animals, which is now being transmitted to humans in the form of obesity and early breast development of young girls and enlarged breasts found on men and many other potential health problems too numberious to mention.  At the time of their release into the human food chain, the FDA insisted that the use of animal growth hormones and anitbiotics would have NO dangerous side effects for humans. In this case, the FDA’s conflict of interest was for the benefit of the Meat Industry and, at the expense ours and our children’s health.

And what about the FDA approval for food industry’s unregulated use of hydrogenated oils, partially hydrogenated oils, “trans-fats”, hi-fructose corn syrup, and multiple artificial sweeteners (such as aspartame), and MSG, all directly tied to the “fattening-up” of America, to say nothing of the out of control Diabetes epidemic sweeping the Untied States (and other countries). It is only now after 25 years of use that some states and some municipalities are passing laws against the use of such products. But NOT the FDA!

The FDA is so influenced by the selfish industry groups that it is supposed to regulate, that we the American consumer are not even on FDA’s agenda to protect.

And now, the FDA is abandoning us AGAIN!  This time they are telling us that Cloned food is safe and does not need or require any special labeling. That is, the FDA does NOT want
an information label indicating that the contents of a package of meat CONTAINS CLONED MEAT PRODUCTS!  And AGAIN, the FDA is making these statements based upon the information given to them by the Biotechnology Industry, and NOT from any exhaustive / extended research conducted by the FDA. Neither the FDA nor the Bio-tech Industry has had anywhere near the time required to test and analyze the LONG TERM EFFECTS on humans of eating Cloned animals. And worse yet, the FDA does not see any reason to require the minimum consumer safety precautions such as requiring the labeling of Cloned meats. The Bio-tech industry does NOT want you to be in a position to refuse to purchase a Cloned meat product.

So, here we are again. We as health conscious consumers must NOT let this next FDA capitulation get by us. I know it sound a bit “corn-ball” but, I SINCERELY URGE YOU 
to simply take a minute and email or fax your two U.S. Senators and your Congressional Representatives. Tell them that you are tired of the FDA and other government agencies not protecting the American public. And, you are tired of them (your Senators and Congressmen) not protecting their constituencies and the American consumer. That it is time that they got back to representing the American people and not the industry PAC’s. Tell them you want action and you want their support now before it is too late.  Ask your friends and family to take the same action. It only takes a few minutes of your time and their time. Believe me, just a short email or fax with these words will make your representatives sit up and take notice.  If you have any comments or suggestions regarding our concerns that the FDA is not working to protect the American people, but in fact are supporting
the very industries that they are charged to regulate, please feel free to drop us an email at john@montereybaynaturopathy.com. We would love to hear from our readers on important issues such as these.  Lastly, we feel that this is NOT an issue of the "right" verses the "left" or Republicans verses Democrats.  This is an important issue and a an important problem that clearly transends the American political spectrum.

CARDIO-VASCULAR HEALTH

This subject merits our attention, because cardio-vascular disease is the leading cause of death in America! One person dies every 30 seconds from heart disease. That is over 2,880 people every single day!

Early medical detection and treatment is available but its effectiveness of preventing heart attack is at best, questionable. A study reported in the journal Circulation by Dr. Lewis Kuller, reviewed the medical records of 326 individuals who had received medical examinations within the six month period prior to their death from a sudden heart attack. Eighty-six of the 326 examinations were done within seven days of the patient death from a sudden heart attack. Not a single one of the 326 heart attacks had been predicted by the physicians!

The death toll alone is a staggering burden, but it is only part of the picture. One out of every four Americans has cardio-vascular disease (CVD), which means about 75 million Americans may have cardio-vascular disease. And the majority of these people are medicated! Are we really making progress at preventing cardio-vascular diseases with all the health screenings and medications being prescribed? I don’t believe so! In my opinion, the situation is getting worse and worse.

If you start having difficulties breathing, climbing the stairs, always need to rest, or when your pulse or blood pressure starts to become erratic, it’s time to treat your heart!  NOT with medication, but with real food-based supplements that will re-nourish your heart and provide all the necessary nutrients to nurture it.

The heart muscle is the most responsive organ of the body to real nutrients. It will truly surprise you to see to what extent your heart can regenerate and get stronger. Unfortunately, standard vitamins and minerals will not get the job done. It is nearly impossible for the body to absorb and utilize these chemicals. You need to use phyto-nutrients that contain not only precious vitamins such as E, C, B’s and bioflavonoids, but also their co-factors, enzymes and other components that are only available in a THE WHOLE PLANT or FOOD! Your body knows the difference
! It will digest, absorb, and utilize these kinds of nutrients because they also contain enzymes, coenzymes, trace minerals activators, plant sterols, accompanying vitamins and minerals, and literally thousands of other nutritional molecules that we may or may not even know about. These are the kind of products your heart will absorb like a sponge. As soon as your heart muscle strengthens it will be more able to ventilate your lungs, easing your breathing and increasing stamina. More oxygen-rich blood will reach your hands and feet, increasing circulation.  And remarkably, as all this happens, the medical “causes” of your heart problem – like leaky valve, enlarged heart, or even mitral valve prolapse – will begin to disappear.

CARDIO-VASCULAR HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS:

Begin with the basic protocol that will help you enjoy your golden years. I use the following with great success: Cardio Plus: 3 x 3 per day, Cataplex B: 3 x 3 per day, Magnesium Lactate: 3 x 2 per day, Organically Bound minerals: 1 x 3 per day. These products are made by Standard Process, a company located in Wisconsin. Their farm has been organic for the past 80 years; the soil is extremely rich in nutrients. They harvest plants first thing in the morning, make a juice out of it, and then dehydrate it at very low temperature to keep enzymes intact. They control the purity and cleanness of the products three different times during the process. By the end of the day, the product is encapsulated or in a tablet form, so it stays very fresh.  And, we stock the Standard Process products in our Monterey office.

I also recommend Cod Liver Oil: 1 teaspoon or 2 capsules a day from Green Pastures (you can find and purchase it on my web-store: www.YourGoodHealthStore.com) because of its remarkable content of Vitamin A and D, as well as Essential Fatty Acids. I have never seen or recommended a better Cod Liver Oil!

With this kind of protocol and the appropriate rich-nutrients diet, you are buying yourself a wonderful insurance policy to keep your heart healthy and the gift of staying away from medications!

UPCOMING SEMINARS:

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Yours in Health,

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