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Supplement Industry May Challenge FDA Rules On Ad Claims

The Salt Lake Tribune

Dec. 11--It's the morning after the morning-after pill mess and the reputation of the Food and Drug Administration is in shambles.

The agency is supposed to promote and protect the public's health, and 2005 offered evidence of failure on both fronts -- from the Vioxx fiasco to the Ephedra entanglement to the embroglio over silicone breast implants to allegations that pro-life politics scuttled over-the-counter sales of the "Plan B" contraception before the scientific review was complete.

Of course, the dietary supplement industry didn't need Plan B to highlight the prickly relationship between politics and science at the FDA.

It's been 12 years since Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act, or DSHEA, concluding that consumers should be able to make choices about their health care "based on data from scientific studies of health benefits related to particular dietary supplements."

And for just as long, the FDA has successfully blocked the sellers of vitamins and minerals and herbal remedies from informing consumers about those health benefits by preventing claims that supplements prevent, treat or cure disease.

That's why some in the industry are backing a new bill that would force the FDA to approve such health claims even when there is scant scientific research to support them. The so-called Health Freedom Protection Act also would restrict the Federal Trade Commission's authority to police false and misleading advertising claims.

Even so, the supplement industry is hardly united behind the bill, and supporters acknowledge some aspects of it constitute an overcorrection of sorts, designed to awaken federal regulators. They already have the attention of lawmakers; the bill has 14 co-sponsors, including Utah congressional Republicans Rob Bishop and Chris Cannon.

It is not the first time supplement makers have tattled to Congress, nor is it the first time since 1994 that Congress has tried to neuter the FDA. But in politics and pregnancy, timing is everything, and thanks in large part to the Plan B controversy, the industry's long-time nemesis is weaker and more distracted than ever.

"This is not the first effort, but it is one of the more serious efforts," says Marc Ullman, a New York City attorney who specializes in food, drug and cosmetic law. "There is a political vulnerability there, and FDA has only itself to blame."

That was also was true in the 1980s, when Kellogg launched an advertising campaign that boasted its high-fiber breakfast cereals lowered the risk of colon cancer. Back then such claims were called health "messages" and they were only allowed by drug companies. But there was disagreement among the nation's food cops about whether the FDA had the authority to intervene. So it didn't, says Betty Campbell, a 35-year veteran of the FDA who now advises food and supplement makers about compliance. "It was very controversial."

The FDA's response -- or lack thereof -- also opened the market to a flood of other health claims, prompting Congress to pass the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. The law allowed disease statements -- such as "fiber reduces the risk of colon cancer" and "calcium prevents osteoporosis" -- on food and supplement labels but only if the FDA approved and only if there was significant scientific agreement that the claim was not misleading.

And then the agency proceeded to deny almost all claims as not backed by science, argues Jonathan Emord, a Washington D.C. attorney and principle architect of the Health Freedom Protection Act.

Emord has sued the FDA on behalf of several supplement companies, including Park City-based Nutraceutical Corp. In that case, Emord persuaded U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell that the federal ban on ephedra, and amphetamine-like herb linked to dozens of deaths, was flawed. Campbell said the FDA could not stop Nutraceutical from selling low-dose ephedra products because it lacked the science to prove that daily doses of 10 milligrams or less posed an unreasonable risk of injury or illness.

The FDA, which has appealed Campbell's ruling, insists the ban remains in effect and the FDA is free to enforce it nationwide -- except as to low-dose products sold by Nutraceutical. The Utah ruling, and the FDA's reaction to it, helped trigger the current legislation, Emord said.

But the real catalyst was another Emord lawsuit, Pearson v. Shalala, decided in January 1999 in the District of Columbia Circuit Court. The case involved four health claims denied by the FDA because the evidence was inconclusive: antioxidant vitamins may reduce the risk of certain cancers; fiber may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer; Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease; and .8 milligrams of folic acid in a dietary supplement is more effective in lowering the risk of neural tube defects (like spina bifida) than a lower amount in common foods.

The court ruled the FDA's disease-claim standard too broad, instructing the FDA to say what "significant scientific agreement" means or, at a minimum, what it does not mean. The court also said the FDA cannot ban a health claim because the evidence is inconclusive. Rather, the agency must permit disclaimers that describe the degree of scientific support.

"The FDA read that and went, 'Gulp,' " says Campbell, a former top official in the FDA's food safety division.

Since then there have been task forces and more lawsuits, and still the industry waits. Says Emord: "These unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats are still at their posts without so much as even a reprimand from Congress."

For its part, the FDA does not comment on legislation or litigation. But in defense of the agency, says Campbell, it has a comparatively small budget and huge responsibilities.

The FDA has taken a stab at some disclaimers, such as this recently released statement for green tea. "Two studies do not show that drinking green tea reduces the risk of breast cancer in women, but one weaker, more limited study suggests that drinking green tea may reduce this risk. Based on these studies, FDA concludes that it is highly unlikely that green tea reduces the risk of breast cancer."

But the FDA announced recently it was retooling the method for developing disclaimers. It seems the FDA's research showed that the harsher the statement, the more likely consumers are to believe the health claim. The rationale: Any company willing to acknowledge discrepancies in the science only enhances its credibility.

"It confounded the FDA," says Loren Israelsen, executive director of the Utah Natural Product Alliance, a trade group representing several Utah supplement makers.

That's why the Health Freedom Protection Act would require all health claims with some scientific support to be approved.

Israelsen, for one, worries that approach will "pop the flood gates open" and erode the industry's credibility. He for one doesn't believe the bill will pass in its current form -- regardless of the FDA's current turmoil.

"They're vulnerable," he says. "But it's important for consumers to have confidence in the products they buy and there needs to be discipline and consistency in the approval of these health products. It's not nail polish we're talking about. This is very serious stuff."

The Health Freedom Protection Act would force the FDA to:

--Allow disease treatment claims for foods and dietary supplements, claims currently reserved for FDA-approved drugs.

--Permit such claims unless FDA proves no scientific evidence supports the claims.

--Limit FDA disclaimers on health claims to no more than three concise sentences.

--Stop waiving conflicts of interest in its food advisory panels considering health claims.

--Approve or disapprove health-claim petitions within 100 days or the claims will be allowed.

--Allow food and supplement companies to send consumers government reports and publications on nutrient-disease associations.

--Allow structure-function claims that include terms that refer to signs or symptoms of disease so long as the disease itself is not mentioned.

--Reverse its denial or restriction of the following nutrient-disease association claims: (a) saw palmetto treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; (b) omega-3 fatty acids and coronary heart disease; (c) omega-3 fatty acids and sudden death heart attacks; (d) glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate treating osteoarthritis; and (e) calcium reducing the risk of bone fractures.

A proposed bill would force the FDA to approve the health claims of dietary supplements.

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Food for "Good Bacteria" in Our Body Also Helps Strengthen Bones

By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS

December 21, 2005, abstracted from "A combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans enhances calcium absorption and bone mineralization in young adolescents" in the August 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Thanks to increased awareness, the health benefits of probiotics, the "good bacteria" in our body, are becoming well known. In addition to helping prevent ulcers (1) and stomach cancer in men, (2) probiotics may also help prevent colon cancer (3) and inflammatory bowel disease. (4) The recommended dosage for probiotics is 4-8 million organisms per day, which can easily be found in a one-half teaspoon of a probiotic supplement. (5)

But what many people do not know is that probiotics need food, called prebiotics, to stay alive and keep us healthy. One such prebiotic is inulin, a sugar (fructose) found in a number of vegetables and plants including wheat, onion, bananas, garlic and chicory. It is estimated that Americans consume 1-4 g of inulin and oligofructose per day. (6)

Now a new study (7) has found that getting your inulin will not only keep your probiotic bacteria well-fed and healthy, it may also increase the strength of bones in teenagers.

Calcium and magnesium are two of the most important minerals needed by teenagers to help achieve optimum bone mass by their late teen years. It has been suggested that teenagers need at least 1000-1300 mg per day of calcium for proper development(8) and that calcium and magnesium need to be in a 2:1 ratio for optimal bone development.(9)

In the study, researchers gave pubertal adolescents either 8 grams per day of a mixed prebiotics consisting of inulin fructans or a sugar placebo for one year. Researchers measured bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) at the beginning of the study, 8 weeks into the study, and at the end of the study.

Researchers found that not only was calcium absorption "significantly greater" in the fructan group than in the control group at 8 weeks and one year, but the fructan group had a greater increase in both BMC and BMD than did the control group after one year. Unfortunately, the researchers did not propose a mechanism for how the prebiotics improved calcium absorption.

For the researchers, "Daily consumption of a combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans significantly increases calcium absorption and enhances bone mineralization during pubertal growth."

Greg Arnold is a Chiropractic Physician practicing in Danville, CA. You can contact Dr. Arnold directly by emailing him at mailto:ChiroDocPSUalum@msn.com or visiting his website www.CompleteChiropracticHealthcare.com

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3. Brady, L.J., D.D. Gallaher, and F.F. Busta, The role of probiotic cultures in the prevention of colon cancer. J Nutr, 2000. 130(2S Suppl): p. 410S-414S
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5. Brudnak, M., The Probiotic Solution: Nature's Best-Kept Secret for Radiant Health. 1st ed. 2003: Dragon Door Publications
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7. Abrams, S. A., I. J. Griffin, et al. (2005). "A combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans enhances calcium absorption and bone mineralization in young adolescents." Am J Clin Nutr 82(2): 471-6
8. Weaver, C. M. (2000). "Calcium and magnesium requirements of children and adolescents and peak bone mass." Nutrition 16(7-8): 514-6
9. "Mineral Ratios" posted on www.acu-cell.com/mr.html

The New Food Pyramid - The Big 'FAT' Lie!

By Alan Graham (with Alfred Lehmberg)

The "New Food Pyramid" (NFP) is a corporate driven lie that is not about keeping you, remotely healthy, reader... It couldn't be!

On the contrary! The objective, as these corporate interests would have it, is for us to continue following the same stupid dietary rules that got us in this mess endured in the first place. Misleadingly, they prosecute their objective with cleverly worded half truths, gross obfuscations, lies of omission, and sweeping generalizations.

Clearly, the major corporations selling a plethora of unhealthful products want to keep you, the individual, sufficiently confused... ...so maybe you will consume even more grains, milk, and margarine... ...thoroughly convinced you're doing the right thing. You're not. You just haplessly live their aggregate lie.

Additionally and explicably reader, the persons vested in the "sickness business" (MDs, HMOs, and Drug Companies) get richer and richer... ...as our society gets sicker and sicker...

In this iteration? I'm only going to discuss the lies associated with FATS & OILS ... if I included the other five NFP categories involved, this paper could turn into a small book... so we'll cover those in subsequent iterations. There are many astonishing surprises there too.

To start:

1. The NFP recommends, tragically... ...Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) in food oils like Soy, Corn, Canola, Sunflower -- etc. Naturally, it starts right out "Muddying the Water"... by lumping healthful and complex PUFAs (like Omega 6, GLA, and Omega 3 ALA ... found in seeds, nuts, and legumes) in with the unhealthful and LESS complex PUFA (Omega 6, LA) like the food oils mentioned above.

In supplemental form? These complex PUFAs are called 'Medicinal Oils' ( Borage, Hemp, Flax Seed, Fish Oil, etc.) and must be "Cold Pressed" Under Refrigeration. PUFAs that are 'Food Oils'... are "Cold Pressed" WITHOUT Refrigeration...therein lies the problem. Heat! Heat & Air "kills" the oil ... makes it toxic. "Cold pressed" only means no heat was added... ...but it still gets hot due to pressure. More on that in a moment...

Also, with regard to these oils, it is officially claimed that PUFA vegetable food oils have beneficial Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs), Vitamin E, plus... they do not raise LDL (bad cholesterol). These are the claims. Well... the preceding is almost true... that is to say ...the preceding is not a complete lie... The truth of the matter is this:

Poly Unsat food oils will do those positive things... ...but ONLY if they are the very special kind carefully processed under the much more stringent conditions required to avoid oxidation and rancidity... ...A kind you will NEVER find in the typical grocery store.

These "less processed" oils are much more expensive and require refrigeration after opening. The cheaper poly oils (pressed without refrigeration) you buy at the grocery store have already turned rancid and toxic (lipid peroxide) at its initial processing... consequently, it must be Refined, Bleached & Deodorized (RBDed) to hide the rancid smell. This is what you drive away from your Neighborhood Grocery Store with, reader -- believe it or not.

This is also why these oils don't need to be refrigerated after opening... ...because RBDed poly food oil is so "dead" and stripped of any beneficial nutrition, that it will stay "fresh" for a very long time, even at room temperature.

So, with regard to the NFPs supposed beneficial EFAs? They have not only been destroyed... they have been converted to the toxin, lipid peroxide! ...Less than wholesome, folks, to understate.

This means (...contrary to NFPs Claims...) RBDed oils DO increase LDL (bad cholesterol) ...but probably of greater significance is oxidized poly oil is one of the major artery clogging substances known to science... ...yet all you ever hear MDs complain about is cholesterol... ...when in fact obligatory cholesterol is an innocent "victim" that gets unjustly blamed for its roll in blocked arteries...

...It's oxidized poly oil, Trans Fat from partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (pHVO) and refined carbohydrates are the real culprits. A 1994 study appearing in the Lancet showed that almost three quarters of the fat in artery clogs is unsaturated. The "artery clogging" fats are not animal fats but vegetable oils. Know a tree by its fruit reader!

2. Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFAs) like Olive and Macadamia nut oils are heart healthful. Mono oils are non-reactive (unlike highly reactive poly oils) so they don't go rancid during pressing, consequently, they do not require being RBDed. These oils are ALIVE in comparison! AND...they don't need refrigeration after opening!

Unfortunately the NFP does subtle little things to steer you away from healthful mono oils. For instance, when listing "healthful" oils, they ALWAYS list poly oils first, when in reality they should not be lumping mono and poly together to begin with... it makes it seem that the two are of equal healthfulness. They are most certainly not equal...

Reader! Is death equal to life?

Consider. In the NFP "7 day meal planner", not once do they recommend olive oil... every example for vinegar & oil dressing or for frying... ...they recommend sunflower oil! What?

Remember... mono is stable and poly is reactive (turns rancid easily) -- so of all the examples of PUFAs they could have used, Sunflower is almost the worst at 70% RBDed poly!

The worst? That would be Safflower oil at 80% poly. The more poly? The more toxic, reader.

...And Pleeease... don't put Canola oil in the same class with a "true mono" oil like OLIVE OIL just because it's 54% mono... Canola is also 37% poly that has been RBDed, which trumps any beneficial effects of the 54% mono!

In healthy contrast? Olive oil is 76% mono, and has an insignificant amount of poly at only 8%. Macadamia nut is even better at 80% mono.

3. The NFP demonizes, by association, saturated fat (SatFat) by always listing SatFat and TransFat together in their warnings... ...like they were remotely the same thing! This is WRONG! They are not the same thing! Their very dodgy and suspicious reasoning is that both fats are solid at room temperature... pause to gag!

Folks! Being a solid at room temperature does not make a fat "BAD"... any more than being a liquid at room temperature makes an oil "GOOD"!

...As evidence, TransFat from pHVO is an *evil*, toxic, man-made, solid *fat* (...toxic sludge actually!) which has been irrefutably linked to virtually every chronic disease... especially heart disease! On the other hand, unburnt / unprocessed / undamaged SatFat is good for you! Look at the extremely high SatFat (blubber), grain-free traditional diet of the Inuit (Eskimos)! With the help of Omega 3 thrown in, they have about the lowest incidence of heart disease and MS on the planet! The children eat raw SatFat as if it were "Cheezy Poofs".

SatFat is only heart unhealthy when it is burnt or processed- burning creates a dangerous free radical (HCA), or if damaged through arduous processing causes oxidation. Folks, even the cholesterol associated with undamaged SatFat is good for you! It only becomes the enemy when damaged through processing! The most extreme examples of this are powdered milk and powdered eggs.

In contrast, undamaged cholesterol in raw or lightly poached eggs is good for you. The NFP, ridiculously, allows only one hard cooked egg per week! I'm astonished that the Egg Industry is remotely sitting still for this slight. If I were the Egg-man I'd be standing on somebody's Desk!

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Here's another subtle little trick at the NFP website. They never mention TransFat and partially Hydrogenated Veg. Oil (pHVO) in the same breath! Even though the pHVO molecule and the TransFat molecule are the SAME THING!!... This is so they can slip pHVO into products without you realizing it. Here's how:

They tell you to avoid TransFat by looking for products, like margarine, and Peanut Butter, with "ZERO TransFat" (this might be prominently displayed on the front label), and zero transfat is listed under the "fat content" on the back... This is WITHOUT telling you to avoid pHVO, which you might then find listed under "ingredients." If one of the ingredients is pHVO -- how can it contain "ZERO" TransFat? Well -- that's the trick! If a serving has less than 0.5 grams of Transfat, they can then advertise it as "ZERO" Transfat! Outrage! The substance is still in the FOOD, reader.

So, with certain products like margarine and Peanut butter where they can make serving sizes very small (like one or two tbsp) then they put in 0.49 grams of pHVO per serving... which is just enough solid *fat* to keep the margarine from turning completely liquid and enough so the oil in Peanut butter won't separate and float to the top... like in natural peanut butter. See Peanut Butter Paper... http://www.alienview.net/ALLT1.html#Renutbutter

BUT!... If you know pHVO and TransFat is the same thing and you see pHVO in the ingredients? Then you know it has TransFat, even if the label SCREAMS "Zero TransFat."

The only place I saw pHVO even mentioned? It was linked with Oil as things to avoid in breads and cereals... ...I guess, because it is called partially Hyd."VEGETABLE Oil" they can try to pass it off as oil... ...when it's actually a solid, man-made toxic, *fat*, and not a real food at all!

When I was young & dumb I use to think pHVO was good for you because it was...well... uh... "vegetable oil". ...And isn't a vegetable a good thing?

Now get this! The NFP advises the individual to avoid pHVO in bread because it would add extra calories, but NOT because it is the dangerous TransFat molecule causing or exacerbating virtually every chronic disease! Noooo!...The only bad thing that they could come up with, is that it adds a few extra calories...Un-freaking believable!

4. Coconut oil -- Maybe the most blatantly egregious "FAT" lie is lumping CCNut oil in with "damaged" SatFat and toxic TransFat... They are from different universes nutritionally!

Again...lumped together just because they are all solid at room temperature! This is just another "muddy the water" half-truth. Disabuse yourself of this ludicrous notion, reader!

Yes! CCNut oil is a saturated fat... but it is a MAGICAL SatFat... unlike Long-Chain Fatty Acids (LCFAs) such as animal SatFat and Food Oils, which have 18 carbon atoms in the chain... CCNut oil's Medium Chain Triglyceride (MCT) or Medium Chain Fatty Acid (MCFA) is only 12 carbon atoms long. This makes these MCTs very digestible, which is why they are in Breast milk and the reason every baby formula on the shelf contains CCNut oil. Folks! Demonized CCNut Oil is good enough for babies?!?

YES...Babies have inefficient desaturaese enzyme systems, initially, making it difficult to break down LCFAs -- but MCTs are easily broken down with saliva and stomach acid (don't require enzymes), thus providing instant energy and heat for babies to grow and thrive. All of these shorter chain FAs, like Coconut Oil and a couple of the chains that are around 6 atoms long, found in real butter, have truly unique and powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties!

Well, about now you should be asking - if Coconut oil is so great, especially for babies... why do medical doctors and non-holistic dieticians say it is heart unhealthful??

Here's the shameful truth...

4 or 5 decades ago the "Evilly powerful pHVO industry" took wonderful unrefined CCNut oil and turned it TOXIC by "hydrogenating" it... then conducted tests with this ringer-oil showing an increase in bad cholesterol and heart disease! Folks! They cooked their own books! Why would they do something SO disgustingly dishonest? You already know the answer...Money!!

They were afraid of the tenuous, yet growing, toehold that CCNut oil had in this country (in the 50s and 60s many theatre chains used healthful, solid CCNut oil to make popcorn). Now days they ALL use the toxic pHVO. This unjust demonizing was easily accomplished because 90% of the CCNut oil comes from the Philippine Islands, which is a poor country that multi-national corporatists could easily "SLAP" around.

This is no secret. Every naturopathic doctor and holistic practitioner in the "World" knows about this dirty trick... ...and knows, too, that "non-hydrogenated" Extra Virgin Coconut Oil is magical stuff. Yet MDs and Dieticians still quote that BOGUS data from 50 years ago as justification to demonize all tropical oils... ...while THEY recommend "margarines" with its toxic complement of hydrogenated TransFat molecules. This is truly sinful behavior on the part of our institutional leadership!

5. OK... The last big "FAT" lie:

The required (4 to 1) EFA ratio (that's 4 Omega 6 to 1 Omega 3) is dangerously ignored ... The NFP website claims that poly unsat food oils contain EFAs that activate beneficial prostaglandins.... Wow! This is not even a HALF truth...it's more like a QUARTER truth. The following is the 'down and dirty' version. For a complete explanation to include illustrations of both EFA Prostaglandin Pathways (PWs) see "Fat Facts" paper.

http://www.alienview.net/zfat.html

To refresh your memory, PUFAs like corn oil (LA) cascade down the Omega 6 Prostaglandin Pathway (PW) ultimately activating the PG-1 (Series One Prostaglandin) that reduces inflammation, platelet stickiness, blood pressure and allergic reactions...

Yes -- it is true that the less complex Omega 6 (LA), like Sunflower oil, etc. CAN (but probably won't ) cascade down the Omega 6 PW increasing in complexity before taking the fork in that Pathway that activates the beneficial PG-1. But, if you closely adhere to the NFP, "7 day meal planner" and consume only poly Omega 6 oils and margarine (which is also poly Omega 6 oil that's been solidified, you know...pHVO) then the LA will cascade down the PW and take the "wrong" fork in the road activating the undesirable PG-2, which increases inflammation, platelet stickiness, blood pressure and allergic reactions... leading to heart disease, MS and a host of other problems?

This is because for optimum good health you need a balanced and efficient Omega 6 / Omega 3 Prostaglandin system where your EFA ratio is (4 to 1) or less. With every increase above (4 to 1)... the DEATH rate increases.

Unfortunately, most Americans are at an "out of whack", heart stopping, (20 or 30 to 1) ratio. This is a result of consuming TOO MUCH Omega 6 (LA) and TOO LITTLE Omega 3 (ALA) from flax seed & Omega 3 (EPA / DHA) from fish oil and eggs.

Yes, Omega 6 (LA) is an "Essential" FA, (Essential means- you must have it, but you can't make it); however, it is everywhere, in every form of food to include fruit! We need to make a conscious effort to get Omega 6 out of our life! ...Not look for ways to include it back in!

The obvious and easiest way is to avoid poly unsat food oils. This is also the healthiest way because, unlike the LA in food oils, most of the LA found naturally in foods like seeds, nuts, fruits & veggies has not been damaged...So, if every time the NFP, "7 day planner" calls for Omega 6 sunflower oil... ...you substitute Omega 9 Olive Oil ... and everyplace it calls for margarine? Switch out with real butter... then your EFA ratio will be much closer to a healthful (4 to 1) or less.

You can really nail down this ratio if you also add 2 or 3 tbsp of ground flax seed, 2 or 3 grams of fish oil and avoid ALL forms of Sugar.

Enough?

Next time we will discuss how the NFP "spits" in Mother Nature's face by encouraging things we did not evolve to consume -- like bread, cereal, pasta, milk, and fruit Juice. The preceding, you will find... ...are not the wholesome foodstuffs you are encouraged to trust... not by a long shot.

Alan D. Graham 334 774-0395 NEW E-mail -- alan068@centurytel.net www.alienview.net

GHC recommends The Honest Food Guide which you can download and take with you when you shop for groceries.

Combining Food Additives May Be Harmful, Say Researchers

Felicity Lawrence - Guardian

Aspartame and artificial colorings investigated · Mice nerve cells stopped growing in experiments.

New research on common food additives, including the controversial sweetener aspartame and food colorings, suggests they may interact to interfere with the development of the nervous system.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool examined the toxic effects on nerve cells in the laboratory of using a combination of four common food additives - aspartame, monosodium glutamate (MSG) and the artificial colorings brilliant blue and quinoline yellow. The findings of their two-year study were published last week in the journal Toxicological Sciences (read full study here)

The Liverpool team reported that when mouse nerve cells were exposed to MSG and brilliant blue or aspartame and quinoline yellow in laboratory conditions, combined in concentrations that theoretically reflect the compound that enters the bloodstream after a typical children's snack and drink, the additives stopped the nerve cells growing and interfered with proper signaling systems.

The mixtures of the additives had a much more potent effect on nerve cells than each additive on its own.

The study reported that the effect on cells could be up to four times greater when brilliant blue and MSG were combined, and up to seven times greater when quinoline yellow and aspartame were combined, than when the additives were applied on their own. "The results indicate that both combinations are potentially more toxic than might be predicted from the sum of their individual compounds," the researchers concluded.

The tests used are the same as those applied when testing combinations of pesticides for toxicity. "They are recognized as predictive of developmental outcomes in humans," said Vyvyan Howard, a toxicopathologist and expert in fetal development who led the study.

Exposure to food additives during a child's development has been associated with behavioral problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Additives are licensed for use one at a time, but the study's authors believe that examining their effect in combinations gives a more accurate picture of how they are consumed in the modern diet.

"Although the use of single food additives is believed to be relatively safe in terms of development of the nervous system, their combined effects are unclear," Professor Howard said. "We think there are signs that when you mix additives, the effect might be worse."

The colors used in the research are synthetic dyes certified as safe food additives in the EU. However, brilliant blue (E133) has been banned in several European countries in the past. Quinoline yellow (E104) is banned in foods in Australia, Norway and the US. Previous research has shown that MSG (E621) and aspartic acid, one of the breakdown compounds in aspartame (E951), are neurotoxins, according to the authors of the study.

Brilliant blue is found in sweets, some processed peas, some soft drinks and some confectionery, desserts and ices. Quinoline yellow is found in some smoked haddock, some confectionery and some pickles. MSG, which is banned in foods for young children, is found in some pasta with sauce products, a large number of crisps, processed cheese, and prepared meals. Aspartame is found in diet drinks, some sweets, desserts and medicines.

The Food Standards Agency said it would need further details and clarification on the research before making a full assessment. "All of the additives included in the study are permitted for use in food under current EU legislation following a rigorous safety assessment," it said in a statement. The agency added it was funding research on the effects of mixtures of colorings on children's behavior and kept the safety of additives under review.

Speaking for manufacturers, the Food and Drink Federation said the additives in the study had all been approved as safe by the EU's expert scientific committee.

The Aspartame Information Service, which represents the sweetener industry, dismissed the research, saying that it "did not provide any meaningful information" because it exposed mouse cells in the laboratory to undigested aspartame. "When we consume aspartame it is broken down in the digestive system to common dietary components. Aspartame has been in safe use for 25 years and has been reviewed and approved by more than 130 countries," it said.

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Study: Pesticide May Reduce Fertility

Ian Sample - The Guardian

A common garden pesticide may be harming male fertility by suppressing levels of the sex hormone testosterone, a study has found. Researchers measured by-products of a pesticide, chlorpyrifos, in males undergoing fertility treatment and found that those with the lowest testosterone levels had the most pesticide by-product in their systems.

Chlorpyrifos is permitted under EU regulations for use in agriculture and garden insecticides and is used widely in Britain, but has been subject to stringent control in the US since 2000 because of concerns over its effects on brain function.

John Meeker at the University of Michigan and co-workers at Harvard University and the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta took urine samples from 268 male partners of couples undergoing treatment at a Massachusetts fertility clinic between 2000 and 2003. Samples were analyzed for traces of a substance called TCPY, a breakdown product of chlorpyrifos. The results showed that levels of TCPY varied, but men's testosterone levels decreased steadily the more TCPY they had in their urine. Men with the most TCPY in their systems typically had 10% less testosterone than men with the least TCPY.

The study does not prove a link between the pesticide and reduced fertility, but Dr Meeker believes further tests on the pesticide are urgently needed. "Because it's so common and so many males are exposed to this pesticide, it could be having some negative effects," he said. "A decline in testosterone throughout a population could potentially lead to adverse reproductive health outcomes." The study appears in the January issue of the journal Epidemiology.

Dry Skin Care

By Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN

Dry skin is very sensitive and uncomfortable unless moisturizer is applied on a daily basis. Dry skin has a low level of sebum and usually looks parched or chalky due to its inability to retain moisture. Dry skin feels tight, uncomfortable, and sometimes itchy, unless moisturizer is applied. Chapping and cracking are signs of extremely dry, dehydrated skin.

Dry skin is often worse in the winter, when dry heat and extreme cold combine to rob even more moisture away from the skin. Wind, air conditioning, and over exposure to the sun can cause the skin to flake, chap and feel tight. Dry skin tends to look dull, especially on the cheeks and around the eyes.

What Causes Dry Skin?

Dry skin can be caused by a number of factors. Genetics plays a role in the development of dry skin. Oil glands that do no supply enough sebum will not be able to lubricate the skin properly. Dry skin can be caused by environmental factors such as exposure to sun, wind, cold, chemicals, or cosmetics, or excessive bathing with harsh soaps. The oil glands do not supply enough lubrication to the skin. As a result, the skin becomes dehydrated. Diet also plays a role in the lubrication of the skin. A poor diet that is lacking in essential nutrients, especially deficiencies of vitamin A and the B vitamins, can cause the skin to become dry.

Skin conditions such as dermatitis and eczema may aggravate the skin and cause it to become dry, flaky, and dull. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism and diabetes may develop dry skin as a side effect of their condition or of the medication they are talking. Other medications, such as diuretics, antispasmodics, and antihistamines can contribute to dry skin.

Caring For Dry Skin

Dry skin requires special care attention. Here are some special techniques you can use to cleanse, moisturize, and protect dry skin.

• Cleansing: Like other skin types, dry skin needs regular and gentle cleansing. However, you must be very careful with the products and methods you use to cleanse dry skin, as it is easily aggravated. Use a gentle organic cleanser such as "Aquaspirit" made especially for dry skin. Gently massage the cleanser into the skin and splash off with luke warm water. Do not use water that is either too hot or too cold. And do not rub with your hands or with a washcloth. Lightly pat your skin dry with a soft, clean organic cotton towel.
• Moisturizing: Cleansing the skin helps to remove dirt, debris, make up and pollutant, but it also strips away the natural oils protecting the skin. A moisturizer increases the water content of the outer layers of the skin and helps to lock in the skin's own moisture. Again, choose a moisturizer such as "Parfait Visage" that is made for dry skin and apply it liberally after cleansing with a gentle massaging motion. For skin on the body, an organic moisturizer can be applied directly after a bath or shower. Apply organic facial moisturizers generously, paying careful attention to the neck, and the areas surrounding the eyes where tiny lines and crows feet are born.
• Protecting: Dry skin is highly susceptible to damage from environmental conditions. Use organic sunscreen everyday with an SPF of at least 15 to protect the skin from the damaging rays of the sun. Wear loose and comfortable clothing to allow skin to breathe and to reduce irritation. A wide brimmed hat can help protect the delicate facial skin from the ultraviolet rays of the sun.

Tips For Dry Skin care

1. People with dry skin are prone to have chapped lips as well. Care for lips by covering them with a gentle organic lip moisturizer (available at www.make-up-cosmetics.com) several times throughout the day, and before you go to bed in the evening.
2. Use a humidifier to add moisture to your home or work environment, especially in the winter.
3. Use an organic facial mask especially made for dry skin on a weekly basis to remove dull, dry surface skin cells.
4. Drink plenty of purified water to keep your skin nourished and moisturized on the inside. We recommend the Wellness Water Purification Systems.

Herbs for Dry Skin Care

Aloe Vera: Aloe vera is soothing, healing, and moisturizing. It also helps to remove dead skin cells. Apply aloe vera gel topically on affected areas.

Calendula and comfrey have skin-softening properties. They can be used in a facial sauna or to make herbal or floral waters. Comfrey also reduces redness and soothes irritated skin.

Lavender Oil: Add lavender oil to the bath to soften and moisturize skin.

Tea Tree Oil: Tea tree oil can improve the condition of the skin. Add a drop to your moisturizer to smooth and nourish the skin.

For more information about natural skin care: www.skin-care-support.org.

Booby-Trapped Candles?

Pretty candles are a beautiful part of many holidays and daily use, but beware those with bright colors. Not only are they likely to have artificial colorings in them (which you will breathe as they burn) but these colorings may also be protected by BHT (Butylated HydroxyToluene), one of the preservatives eliminated on the Feingold Program.

In addition to causing behavioral and/or physical problems in sensitive people, BHT is a known tumor promoter. It is also one of many chemicals found in the environment and in sewage. This and other estrogen-like chemicals are believed to be the cause of the decline in sperm production in recent years.

Think before you breathe it.

While you are checking out the candles, pay attention to the wick. Studies have shown that candles with lead wicks can release dangerous amounts of lead into the air. Since lead is one of the heavy metals that can cause symptoms of ADHD at low levels, you may want to ask your doctor about testing for lead if you or your child has been exposed to such candles.

If you see silver-colored fibers in the candle wick, hold on to the tip of the wick and rub a piece of paper across it. If it makes a mark like a pencil, then it contains lead.

Dr. L. Eugene Arnold, in his presentation at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1998, suggested that all children with symptoms of ADHD should be screened for lead levels since this is a problem that can be treated if it is identified.

More about BHT at http://feingold.org/bht.html

Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule --- United States, 2006

Harmonized Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, 2006

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) periodically reviews the recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule to ensure that the schedule is current with changes in vaccine formulations and reflects revised recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines, including those newly licensed. The recommendations and format of the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and catch-up schedule for January--December 2006 were approved by ACIP, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

The changes to the previous childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, published January 2005, are as follows:

• The importance of the hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) birth dose has been emphasized. Vaccination of infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative mothers can be delayed in rare circumstances, but only if a physician's order to withhold the vaccine and a copy of the mother's original HBsAg-negative laboratory report are documented in the infant's medical record. Administering four doses of HepB is permissible (e.g., when combination vaccines are administered after the birth dose); however, if monovalent HepB is used, a dose at age 4 months is not needed. For infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers, testing for HBsAg and antibody to HBsAg after completion of the vaccine series should be conducted at age 9--18 months (generally at the next well-child visit after completion of the vaccine series).
• A new tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine recommended by ACIP for adolescents (Tdap adolescent preparation) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 5, 2005, for use in the United States. Tdap is recommended for adolescents aged 11--12 years who have completed the recommended childhood diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis/diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertusis (DTP/DTaP) vaccination series and have not received a tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) booster dose. Adolescents aged 13--18 years who missed the age 11--12-year Td/Tdap booster dose should also receive a single dose of Tdap if they have completed the recommended childhood DTP/DTaP vaccination series. Subsequent Td boosters are recommended every 10 years (2).
• Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4), approved by FDA on January 14, 2005, should be administered to all children at age 11--12 years as well as to unvaccinated adolescents at high school entry (age 15 years). Other adolescents who wish to decrease their risk for meningococcal disease may also be vaccinated. All college freshmen living in dormitories should also be vaccinated with MCV4 or meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4). For prevention of invasive meningococcal disease, vaccination with MPSV4 for children aged 2--10 years and with MCV4 for older children in certain high-risk groups is recommended.
• Influenza vaccine is now recommended for children aged >6 months with certain risk factors, which now specifically include conditions that can compromise respiratory function or handling of respiratory secretions or that can increase the risk for aspiration.
• Hepatitis A vaccine is now universally recommended for all children at age 1 year (12--23 months). The 2 doses in the series should be administered at least 6 months apart.
• The catch-up schedule for persons aged 7--18 years has been changed for Td; Tdap may be substituted for any dose in a primary catch-up series or as a booster if age appropriate for Tdap. A 5-year interval from the last Td dose is encouraged when Tdap is used as a booster dose.

BL Fisher Note:

There is no credible scientific evidence published by the CDC which documents the safety and effectiveness of every child and adolescent adhering to this new vaccination schedule.

Twenty-five years ago, the CDC told American parents to give their children 23 doses of 7 vaccines by age 5. Now the CDC is telling parents to give their children 52 doses of 14 vaccines by age 12. And more vaccines are being developed that will target children, especially adolescents.

Will anyone be monitoring potential increases in brain and immune system dysfunction in children, including behavioral changes in adolescents who are undergoing hormonal changes and who, for the first time, will be subjected to new vaccines that can alter brain and immune system function? Or will future increases in ADHD, learning disabilities, asthma, autistic behaviors, diabetes, seizure disorders, irritable bowel and chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, heart disease, cancer and other kinds of brain and immune system disorders among adolescents be written of as "coincidentally" associated with vaccination?

Where is the credible scientific research into the biological mechanisms involved in vaccine associated brain and immune system dysfunction so that vaccine induced pathology and genetic factors can be identified in order to spare the lives of those at risk?

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5451-Immunizationa1.htm

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"Addictions are rampant whether it is an addiction to food, coffee, sugar or drugs. Most addictions are your own feelings of “Self Hatred”. Do you beat yourself down after those 2 candy bars? These are negative thought patterns which repeat over and over in your mind amounting to a destructive force.  Next time you have an urge to fulfill an addiction repeat the words “I approve of myself and I love myself”. Eventually the self-hatred thoughts will disappear."
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