FDA, FTC threaten Dr. Weil over immune-boosting supplements for H1N1 swine flu (opinion) by Mike Adams the Health Ranger »
Posted By reallypsst 1 month ago in Health & FitnessFDA, FTC threaten Dr. Weil over immune-boosting supplements for H1N1 swine flu (opinion)
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jaspersneed1 month ago
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THIS is what Fascism in America looks like folks! Government and powerful Corporate interests colluding under color of law to assault and destroy the individual rights and Liberties of anyone they wish to target -- anyone at all.
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Or any THING at all. HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS!!
THIS IS HAPPENING NOW! UNDER OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION! UNDER ERIC HOLDER'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT!
CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!!?????!!!??!!
We now have the government our Founders warned us about. It will get worse, or one way or another we will end it.
I know what my choice is.-
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jaspersneed1 month ago
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Did you even read the piece? Or are you just spouting off in your usual knee-jerk fashion over some perceived affront to Messiah Obama and his "progressive" -- ie, "government controlled" -- social/economic agenda? Do you ever THINK, even for a moment, before saying or posting something? Do you really believe the Chinese herb Astragalus is composed of monkey gonads? Or is that just another pointless, asinine slur of yours, for the purpose of diverting attention from the real facts of the issue?
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It's hard to fathom -- impossible, actually -- how the brain of someone like yourself functions. The same goes for the other little twit who negged my comment; he actually dropped the article itself, so offended was he at the suggestion that federal institutions under Obama might behave nefariously.
Let's take your qualifier at face value, leave off the "ground up monkey gonad" hyperbole by just calling it what it is, astagalus, and then try to understand what passes for your thinking:
"The FDA's protecting people from believing that astragalus will protect them from the Flu."
Really, now... In this day and age, with instant electronic access to the world's accumulated storehouse of knowledge available to one and all, do you still believe we need to have the FDA deciding, all on its own, that it needs to PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BELIEVING something, as though we were all still small town rubes back in the days of traveling snake-oil salesmen? Is that it? So tell me, rube, do you feel protected knowing that, utterly absent any complaint from his customers, Andrew Weill is nevertheless being forced to refund sales of his astragalus product by decree of the FDA and the FTC? Is that part of "protecting people from believing" something? Do you feel safer now, knowing the government is there to make sure you "think right" at all times, and always know what to believe?
What garnered the ire of the federal alphabet fascists was this product description by Weill:
"Astragalus ... is ... used traditionally to ward off colds and flu, and has demonstrated both antiviral and immune-boosting effects in scientific investigation."
The statement is completely true, no less so than if he had said, "Eating a healthy diet is used traditionally to ward off colds and flu, and has demonstrated both antiviral and immune-boosting effects in scientific investigation." Would he have been in trouble for the second claim as well? You tell me.
On second thought, don't bother.
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gamahuche1 month ago
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There are plenty of charlatans out there and more than enough bogus information but Andrew Weil and his work do not in any way match either of these criteria.
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Of course the opposition's underlying motive is financial and about their own profits.
Weil's first great book was "The Natural Mind" - an impeccable text.
I had the pleasure of helping to present him in NYC in the early 80's and can state equivocally that he is a scholar and a gentleman.
There are others who I don't rate highly at all. One brown-skinned gentleman whom we nicknamed "Deep Pockets" - whence his name can easily be deduced. -
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hyperbola1 month ago
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Actually this article is NOT the one I would like to read. Here is the claim:
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""""Astragalus ... is ... used traditionally to ward off colds and flu, and has demonstrated both antiviral and immune-boosting effects in scientific investigation."
This statement, although scientifically valid and true, is a threat to the profits of the vaccine industry"""
It is curious (if it really exists) that the story on the site does not provide us with any references to the supposed "scietific testing" of the remedy.
The obvious answer is that "natural" remedies should be subjected to the same "testing and validation" requirements as any other medicine.
That said, and given that swine flu may actually have epidemiological benefits (those who get it are less likely to get common flu - and the mrotality rate of swine flu is lower), the FDA seems a bit off the deep end in attacking this product given the "claims" that are made for it.-
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jaspersneed1 month ago
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The vaccine being foisted in a mad rush on the public for H1N1 is COMPLETELY untested, yet has the FDA 's blessing. The literature on astragalus, as well as innumerable other natural-based products, is a matter of public record, yet the FDA spuriously claims "clinical trials" must be conducted before ANY claims of it's medical value can be put forth.
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