Functional Solutions For Living

Greetings from South Florida everyone! Today I received an email from Mark Hyman MD, asking me to share some very important information with all of you regarding some VERY BAD legislation in Congress right now that could harm our access to supplements.

For those of you who are not familiar with Dr. Hyman, he is a pioneer in the field of functional medicine, the star of a recent PBS special, the editor-in-chief of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, the medical editor of Alternative Medicine, and the author of best selling books such as The Ultramind Solution.

Dr. Hyman’s work has played a key role in my recovery from illness and the work I now do with my clients.

Here’s the deal:

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) have cosponsored a new bill misleadingly called The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA). DSSA would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), signed into law by then-President Clinton.

This legislation would change current regulation for dietary supplements. It could make many prescription only, limit what is on the market, offer patents to drug companies and in many other ways severely limit access to dietary supplements.

A wide variety of organizations, working together with ANH-USA, have swung into action to stop John McCain’s new bill that threatens dietary supplements. Already thousands of messages are on their way to Capitol Hill in protest. Please be sure that your message is among them.

I encourage you to act now to send a message to your Senator or Congressman. If you have not already done so, please take action now:

http://www.anh-usa.org/new_site/?p=2326

DSHEA protects supplements 1) if they are food products that have been in the food supply and not chemically altered or 2) if they were sold as supplements prior to 1994, the year that DSHEA was passed. If a supplement fits one of these two descriptions, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot arbitrarily ban it or reclassify it as a drug. DSHEA provides the framework for effective regulation of dietary supplements by the FDA.

The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA) would eliminate the supplement protections contained in DSHEA and allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arbitrary authority to draw up a list of what supplements can be sold and at what potency levels. Europe is currently limiting both supplements and potencies to ridiculous levels. If DSSA passes, the FDA, beholden as it is to drug interests, would move to do the same in the US.

For those of us who manage our own health issues with the help of intelligently used, quality supplements and/or help others do the same, this legislation could have tragic consequences.

I personally know more than a few people, including myself, that could become seriously ill if cut off from certain supplements.

What was once an affordable and empowering way to achieve radiant health and/or manage certain diseases/conditions could become obsolete, ridiculously expensive, completely out of reach or in the greedy hands of big pharma.

Please act now and write to your Senator and Congressman to oppose this legislation.

Please tell everyone you know! Again, here is the link: http://www.anh-usa.org/new_site/?p=2326

Until next time…

Kind Regards,
Anthony