Dec
11
Why does the FDA say that natural supplements aren’t meant to “cure diseases” when many of them actually do?
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Diego G asked:
Vitamin C cures scurvy, does it not?
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Its all about keeping the pharmaceutical companies happy. They provide so much money for campaigns and such that they have the politicians singing their tune. Drugs kill 200+ people a day. When was the last time you heard about a C-vitamin killing? Its a turf war at this point. Supplements will always be the so called step child because the drug companies stand to loose too much by letting them claim anything. Money and greed are the problems. Its not about helping anyone except drug companies and the politicians invested in those companies.
FDA and Goverment doesn’t make any money off of nature so of course they aren’t going to tell you what you can use that may be growing right in your own back yard. Get a book on natural healing through plants and herbs and you will be amazed.
because then the pharmaceutical industry would lose millions if not billions of revenue every year if people could just use herbs and foods instead of having to buy drugs- don’t get me wrong- there are drugs that are absolutely necessary- but for a majority of minor health ailments “natural” products can work just as well- there is just not such an obscene profit to be made from them- supply and demand *L* why would they want to ok it as cureing diseases if any ol person can pick it up anywhere
LOL, yes, that’s because scurvy is only caused BY a lack of vitamin C.
These companies that claim their supplements cure diseases are constantly warned and sanctioned by the FDA for their erroneous claims. They do not have any clinical trial data, the supplements are not tested for purity or potency, the equipment used to make these supplements are not calibrated or maintained by specific standards. Anyone can put a couple of vitamins together (just by opening capsules and mixing the powders) and say it will cure diabetes, cancer, emphysema, etc. These companies prey on desperate people and take their money. Such a scam.
Well, vitamin C ‘cures’ scurvy in the same way that breathing ‘cures’ asphyxiation. Supplements are not medicines and not meant to cure diseases, and they are not regulated by the FDA. If they were, none of them would be available becuase the producers could not afford to pay for the necessary testing.
This means that in practice, there are no controls at all on what is supplied, how pure it is or how much active ingredient it contains.
If it looks like the product has a medicinal benefit, it is considered for reclassification as a drug. As an example, St John’s Wort is a natural supplement that appears to have anti-depressant properties. It interacts with many prescription medicines, and it can be dangerous in these conmbinations. The FDA is reviewing the classification of St John’s Wort and may regulate it in future.
Scurvy is not a disease, it is a condition caused by vitamin C deficiency. A disease would be a virus or something like a cold and Vitamin C has not been PROVEN to be effective.
THE FDA & YOUR HEALTH
The main problem is that money elludes ethics.
In an ideal world reasearchers for drug makers would not be led by deadlines and shareholder holdings.
In turn the FDA would ****ACTUALLY**** hold drug makers to the standard that they (FDA) themselves claim (GOLD STANDARD)is necessary for public safety. Less than half of all drugs passed by the FDA actually meets this standard and more than 200 currently prescribed drugs have known and acceptable lethal side effects!
It is time that the actions of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) speak for themselves and Americans began to question their own absorbent use and blind-loyalty to FDA approved drugs. If not, you too may become a FDA statistic. The FDA’s financial ties to “big- pharma” have caused millions of preventable deaths over the last 30 years
FDA-THE CARING PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU….
Redux/dexfenfluramine
Seldane/terfenadine (Hoescht)
Posicor/mibefradil (Roche)
Duract/bromfenac
Hismanal/astemizole (Janssen)
Raxar/grepafloxacin (Glaxo)
Rezulin/troglitazone (Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert)
Propulsid/cisapride (Janssen)
Lotronex/alosetron (Glaxo
Raplon/rapacuronium bromide
Baycol/cerivastatin (Bayer)
Paxil - linked to birth defects
Vioxx
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THE NUMBER ONE MEDICINE IN THE WORLD (FIRST USED BY ANIMALS) IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERBAL MEDICINE.
THE MAJORITY OF ALL DRUGS COME FROM COMPOUNDS ISOLATED FROM TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINES USED FOR THE EXACT REASONS THEY ARE MADE INTO DRUGS FOR.
SO PLANT MEDICINE IS A HOAX?
THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY WAS BASED ON THE LUCK OF NOT SELF POISONING?
AND WHY WON’T LARGE RESEARCH COMPANIES STUDY PREVENTATIVE AND NATURAL COMPOUNDS? ANSWER: BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PATENT THEM AND RECOUP THE MONEY SPENT ON RESEARCH! THEY MUST COME UP WITH THEIR OWN VERSION, PATENT IT AND DISCOURAGE YOU BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY FROM ACCESSING THE ORIGINAL SOURCE.
PLANT MEDICNE IS LOGICAL, SAFE, EFFECTIVE BUT REQUIRES US TO BE EDUCATED (GOD FORBID) AND NOT WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO SELL PRODUCTS TO US.
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Go back and read the definitions again. Half of current prescription medications were found in nature, from antibiotics to cancer drugs.
What the FDA is talking about are substances that have no proven health benefit being advertised as cures.
Big deal, you say. Well, I suppose if you want to spend a lot of money on substances that have not been proven to have theraputic effects, it’s your money. But did you know that when you buy a package of a supposed herbal cure, it often turns out that there’s none of the ingredient listed on the label to be found inside the package? Did you also know that the herbal mix that actually IS in the package is frequently contaminated with toxic materials?
One last lesson for the ill-informed: the most useful medicine today for a condition known as “congestive heart failure” (dropsy) is digitalis. It has been around since George Washington’s time. It was discovered in an herbalist’s mix of herbs by a physician who determined that digitalis came from a plant called purple foxglove. You can find foxglove today growing in many gardens. And yes, the leaves contain digitalis. Now: suppose you deciced to treat your granddaddy’s heart failure by picking a few of those leaves. Well, depending on which leaves you select, you’d either do him no good, or you’d kill him. The amount of digitalis from leaves from the same plant varies tremendously. Those near the top contain a very, very diffrent concentration of digitalis than those from near the bottom. And as little as one leaf - and they’re tiny - can contain enough to kill a big man. You want to go monkeying around with foxglove, do ya? If ya do, I’m glad I ain’t your granddaddy!