b>Is Your Ability to Buy Dietary Supplements, Herbal Preparations, and Tonics in Jeopardy in the USA? by Allen Weber

When the DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health Education Act) was passed by the USA

Congress in 1994 it was a boon to all of us consumers. Finally, we all could buy herbals that had

long histories of safe and effective use throughout the world. Before the DSHEA we were unable

to get them, much less even educate ourselves about them. This was because the FDA was

stopping education on them, and their actual manufacture supposedly for "Our" protection.

Certainly, there are slime in every business who prey on unsuspecting consumers who have not

really educated themselves. We as consumers have to understand that there is no "Magic bullet"

that will instantly reverse years and years of abuse of our systems.

There is no magic pill that will instantly cure cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, the common

cold, etc. Some companies hype products as miraculous cures. It kind of reminds me of some of

the shall we call them less than upstanding martial arts teachers who claim that they were taught

a secret style by some hermit monk from the mountains. Yeah. Right.

That being said, it makes no sense to not allow good products on to the market.

The idea is to have supplements that can help you to live a better life. Can keep you healthy,

prevent illness. And when you are feeling sick (dis-eased) can help make you feel better. They

can be used to regulate your blood pressure, help you to relax, help you to sleep when you have

to much on your mind. Something you can take to help fight off the beginnings of a cold, etc.

Basically, help keep your body in perfect balance and health so you do not have to worry about

ever getting sick.

Before the passage of the DSHEA some of the wonderful products being blocked included,

Traditional Chinese herbal medicines, Ayurvedic medicines, and traditional folk medicines. So,

rather than being able to easily get herbal remedies, we were forced to buy less effective drugs

manufactured by pharmaceutical companies. We were forced to buy synthetic vitamins. We

could not get the education on vitamins and herbs as to what they could do for us. It was

Prohibition all over again. Only instead of alcohol, the "Evil" was natural products.

With the passage of the DSHEA in the USA, the FDA is still regulating supplements. Contrary to

what is reported in mainstream press, and by the FDA. There really are safety rules in place.

Supplements are regulated. So are the foods you eat. Drugs are more regulated than dietary

supplements. Supposedly, they are proven safe before being distributed to consumers. If that is

the case, why is it that almost every month there is another recall of some drug due to unforeseen

side effects and dangers? Why is it that once a drug is approved for use, many doctors start to

prescribe it for uses it was not approved for? Yes this really happens.

If you could get an all natural product made specifically to treat your condition by a qualified,

highly trained herbalist, would you prefer that, or would you prefer taking a laboratory produced

drug that is synthesized from who knows what?

What if the herbal product was the same price? What if the herbal product was 10 times cheaper?

The drug companies certainly do not like consumers to be educated on products that would take

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