The Codex Alimentarius
Commission on Nutrition and Foods is in the process
of compiling guidelines which will regulate vitamins,
minerals, nutritional supplements, etc. The current
direction of the document, "Guidelines for
Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements," is much
more restrictive then the corresponding rules and
regulations in the United States. If finalized and
enforced, these Guidelines could take away the American
public's access to vitamin and mineral supplements.
Congress needs to hear from consumers that they
want lawmakers to protect access to safe, effective
and affordable dietary supplements.
Tell them to enforce DSHEA and trust consumers with
their own health decisions. Although bad bills from
the last Congress were not carried over into the
current session and have effectively "died,"
there is every indication that new bills that are
every bit as bad are on the way.
Join
the Effort to Protect Your Rights
Become
a voice for supplement choice and help ensure
all Americans continue to have access to the natural
dietary supplements they depend on for good health.
Tell your legislators you oppose any
dietary supplement legislation before Congress that
undermines your health choices. Click on a bill
below for the up-to-date summary, status and co-sponsor
information.
Tell your legislators you oppose pending dietary
supplement legislation before Congress that undermines
your health choices. Click on a bill below for the
up-to-date summary, status and cosponsor information.
Tell
Congress to Save Our Supplements and keep the
consumer protections in DSHEA intact.
Codex Experts:
Dr. Majid Ali, Dr. Carolyn Dean, Dr. Bahram
R. Shahmardaan, and Trueman Tuck.
Dr. Majid Ali
is passionate about patients' right to choose vitamins,
dietary supplements, and herbal remedies. He was
very active in the movement to defeat bills that
would place stifling restrictions on such products
and/or define vitamins, herbs, and supplements as
"drugs" subject to FDA and other governmental
regulations. His and others' efforts ultimately
led to the passing of the Dietary Supplements and
Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), which
liberalized the rules regarding the regulation of
dietary supplements.
Contact Number and Website for Dr. Ali: 310-399-4024/www.myherbguy.com
Dr. Carolyn
Dean is a pioneer who is able to bridge the
gap between allopathic and alternative medicine
with her training as a medical doctor and a naturopathic
doctor. She is an advocate for freedom of choice
in health care and is instrumental in the fight
through The Friends of Freedom (www.friendsoffreedom.org)
and she has become a vital source of information
for CuresNaturally at www.curesnaturally.com.
Website for Dr. Dean: www.drcarolyndean.com
Dr. Bahram
Shahmardaan is a spiritual scholar and author,
and is very involved in homepathic remedies. He
is the author of "The Journey of Life Eternal"
and "Love and Hate: Manifesting Love and Transforming
Hate." Contact Number and Website for Dr. Shahmardaan
: 800.934.8467/www.naturecure.com
Trueman Tuck
is a legal and political rights advocate and has
been instrumental in creating activists groups such
as Friends of Freedom, Alliance of Natural Health
Suppliers and Canadiangrassroots.ca. Together he
and Dr. Carolyn Dean wrote the book, "Death
By Modern Medicine."
For more information visit www.codexinfo.org
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