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Sep 3, 2010
Organic produce superior to conventional on every level, study finds

(NaturalNews) Mainstream nutritionists often claim that conventional produce is no different than organic produce. But a new study recently published in the online, peer-reviewed journal Public Library... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
Mercury and Mega-Toxins Found in Certain Body Care Products

(NaturalNews) Mainstream body care products are oftentimes loaded with synthetic chemicals that wreak havoc upon the body. Mercury has been found in some of these products at levels as high as 300,000... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
India halts HPV vaccine trial after six girls die, US does nothing in response to 67 deaths and counting

(NaturalNews) The horrors caused by Merck & Co.'s Gardasil vaccine and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) Cervarix vaccine continue as six young girls recently died from the shots during an experimental Indian... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
Diabetes: 1 in 4 Chance this Disease is the Cause of Your Fatigue or Irritability

Much of what you have probably heard about diabetes from your health care provider may be incorrect. There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating from seemingly knowledgeable sources about... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
Ancient 'Paleo' diet key to healthy living and weight loss, some say

NaturalNews) Eat like a cave man to lose weight, build muscle and feel great. This is what advocates of the "Paleo" diet say is the key to healthy living, a diet that consists only of meat, vegetables,... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
Osteoporosis drug patients report bone fractures caused by drugs

(NaturalNews) Reports of bone fractures are widespread among patients taking osteoporosis drugs, a New York Times analysis of askapateint.com concludes. "My mother was taking Fosamax from 1995 until... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
More doctors are finally testing patients for vitamin D deficiencies

(NaturalNews) Growing awareness about the prevalence and risks of vitamin D deficiency is leading more and more doctors to test their patients' blood levels of the vitamin. "Upwards of 70 percent... [full story]

Sep 3, 2010
Popular OTC medicines so dangerous that only doctors should prescribe them, says FDA

(NaturalNews) Some popular cough medicines and pain relievers could become available by prescription only if an independent panel determines that such action should be taken. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
How to Protect Yourself from these Five Pervasive Toxins

A growing body of research links five of the most commonly used chemicals in the world to a host of ailments, including cancer, sexual problems and behavioral issues. Here's what CNN suggests you can... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
Flu Plan Scandal Ahead – An Urgent Warning

Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center, discusses the outcome of last year’s swine flu debacle, and the potentially harmful changes that are being made to this season’s... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
Protestors of toxic GM crops resort to literally destroying them

(NaturalNews) Biotechnology giants like Monsanto continue to push their genetically-modified (GM) crop seeds on the nations of the world, in most cases bypassing the clear will of the people in the... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
Pesticides may be a leading cause of major diseases

(NaturalNews) Chronic illness is widespread in many industrialized nations like the U.S., and more studies than ever are linking this disease epidemic to pesticide exposure. According to a new database designed... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
The Foods You Shouldn't Touch With a Ten Foot Pole

Scientists compared youngsters from a rural African village with another group living in Italy and found a dramatic difference. The African children had less obesity-linked bacteria, and more fatty... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
Scientists find natural weight loss secret: clinical trial confirms simple no-diet appetite control method really works

If something sounds too good to be true, the old saying goes, it probably is. But here's an exception: scientists have documented that an all natural appetite-control agent with no side effects really... [full story]

Sep 1, 2010
Mind-Body Study Finds Positive Results for Women Suffering with Fibromyalgia

(NaturalNews) A recent clinical mind body study has come up with promising results for fibromyalgia patients. The study observed the use of affective self awareness therapy on 45 female patients diagnosed with... [full story]

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Health Freedom News Updates
Aug 18, 2010   US almond growers achieve court victory in fight against mandatory fumigation

A federal appeals court ruled today, overturning a lower court decision, that a group of California almond farmers have the right to challenge a USDA regulation requiring the treatment of their raw almonds with a toxic fumigant or steam heat prior to sale to consumers. For the past three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has denied American consumers the right to buy raw almonds, grown in the USA, when they shop in grocery and natural food stores. [full story]

Jun 28, 2010   "Believe it or Not: 80% of Your Immune System is Actually in Your GI Tract"

To get on the track toward building a solid foundation for your best health, I believe the best place to start is where good health begins – in your digestive tract. [full story]

Jun 14, 2010   FDA defeated in federal court over censorship of truthful health claims

(NaturalNews) Health freedom has just been handed a significant victory by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which ruled last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated the First Amendment rights of a nutritional supplement company when it censored truthful, scientifically-backed claims about how selenium can help reduce the risk of cancer. [full story]

May 31, 2010   Remedies and Treatments: Keep the Natural Balance

(NaturalNews) The concept of the balance of nature is very old and once ruled ecological research as well as governed the management of natural resources. When we talk about the natural balance of nature's remedies and treatments, we mean the interaction between the two. For every condition, there is a natural remedy. The two go hand in hand. [full story]

May 27, 2010   Study reveals huge overdiagnosis of cancer causing unnecessary treatment and suffering

(NaturalNews) Imagine being told your imaging tests are back and there's bad news. You have cancer. To save your life, your doctor says, you must submit to surgery, chemo, radiation and a host of additional tests and prescription drugs. Of course, there's no guarantee the malignancy will be totally stopped or that the cancer treatment won't cause both immediate and long-term health consequences. [full story]

May 27, 2010   Little-known Herb Butterbur Cures Symptoms of Migraine Headaches

(NaturalNews) New research into the causes of migraine headaches reveals that a little-known herb called butterbur offers tremendous promise for migraine headache relief. Clinical trials also indicate that butterbur, discovered originally in Germany, can prevent the recurrence of devastating migraine headache pain. [full story]

May 27, 2010   Drug companies intentionally leave out required side effects information on drug ads

(NaturalNews) The FDA has sent warning letters to four pharmaceutical companies citing them for omitting and minimizing information about risks and exaggerating potential benefits in material promoting their drugs. [full story]

May 10, 2010   John Carpay: Unrolling Alberta's health care debate

Shortages of toilet paper were a regular occurrence in Poland under communism. As a Canadian teenager visiting friends behind the Iron Curtain in 1984, I found the level of poverty in this "planned economy” shocking. [full story]

May 10, 2010   Vitamin D deficiency linked to more aggressive lymphoma

Lymphoma patients with vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to die from their cancer than patients with sufficient blood levels of the vitamin, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Mayo Clinic and presented at a meeting of the American Society of Hematology. [full story]

May 10, 2010   Just in from Dr. Mercola.com

"For more than two months in late 2008, private investigators working for a drug company [Amphastar] gathered information on Janet Woodcock, a high-ranking official at the Food and Drug Administration -- unearthing details about her husband, two daughters, and in-laws, and re-tracing her steps on a business trip she took to Thailand," Politico reports." [full story]

Apr 16, 2010   Health Updates

On April 18th, SANCO SCHER will decide on fluorides and silicofluorides. SCHER?s opinion will be published a few days later on this link: ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consultations/index_en.htm for public consultation. The consultation period will last 4-6 weeks. I invite those who have access to serious research that has not been already considered by SCHER to make their submissions. [full story]

Apr 12, 2010   How to reverse type-2 diabetes

There really is a way to reverse type 2 diabetes. I'm not talking about just masking symptoms or controlling blood sugar, I'm talking about an outright cure. [full story]

Apr 5, 2010   Organic cheater brands exposed in public protest

"Organic cheater" body care brands were publicly shamed at a recent non-violent street protest by the Organic Consumers Association. Do you know which "organic" brands aren't really organic? [full story]

Apr 5, 2010   How to heal with water (the water cure)

Today I'm sharing the true story of what is probably the least-understood health secret in the Western world. It's something your doctor never told you and health authorities never learned. And yet it could be the key to solving the very health problems you may be suffering from right now, including high blood pressure, asthma and even arthritis. [full story]

Mar 30, 2010   Low-cost vitamin beats high-priced cholesterol drug

Recent research reveals that a common low-cost vitamin out-performs an expensive, patented cholesterol drug that costs 5,800% more! [full story]

Sep 10, 2009   Preview of The Quebec Health Freedom Conference Sept. 12, 2009 - web cast - must see and circulate!

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose issues not covered in the mainstream media and provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Aug 27, 2009   Quebec Health Freedom Conference September 12, 2009 - Montreal

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose issues not covered in the mainstream media and provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Jul 28, 2009   Une heure de méditation de millions de personnes partout dans le monde / As each of us as individuals see the earth in its true potential, collectively we will begin to create a world with untold possibilities.

English Follows... Une heure de méditation de millions de personnes partout dans le monde Un événement mondial à ne pas manquer : une heure de méditation de millions de personnes partout dans le monde dans le seul but de co-créer notre monde de demain. Nous sommes tous responsables de ce que sera l'humanité future. Alors allons-y ! Le 28 juillet prochain, co-créons notre monde ! Voyez la vidéo d'invitation, puis une autre d'explication, ainsi que le site web Allumez la grille. En résumé, ce que nous feront le 28 juillet 2009 à 19:19 heure de Rio de Janeiro document.write(localTime); — 18:19 [full story]

Jun 19, 2009   RED ALERT: Bill C-6 passed three reading in the House of Commons on June 12th & already in the Senate a message from Trueman

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Apr 17, 2009   Health Freedom Update Friends of Freedom International April 2009

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Jan 21, 2009   These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Nov 30, 2008   Note: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and idea

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Nov 18, 2008   Much of his work is revealed in a great book "Cure Tooth Decay" which contrary to the prevailing, self serving dogma, teaches you how to heal and prevent cavities with organic foods.

Here is an incredible article by Ramiel Nagel. Remi has done an enormous service to us all via his deep researches in the field of nutrition. Much of his work is revealed in a great book "Cure Tooth Decay" which contrary to the prevailing, self serving dogma, teaches you how to heal and prevent cavities with organic foods. Following on the heals of this book is "Healing Our Children" His web sites are a veritable gold mine of info. One can even read a chapter from his books there. This post contains not only High Fructose sugar but touches on all sweeteners and is a must read by all, especially [full story]

Oct 27, 2008   Read What Dr. Shiv Chopra as to say about this Agency in his book Corrupt to the Core. This agency like many are private cooperate Mafia that masquerades as government agency!

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Oct 23, 2008   Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris Gupta, Council Member

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Sep 19, 2008   These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person..

Following notices etc., often international in flavour, have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaNote: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose the non mainstream and are intended to provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative [full story]

Mar 17, 2008   April 18, 19 and 20, 2008 TOTAL HEALTH 08 Metro Toronto Convention Center,

April 18, 19 and 20, 2008 Metro Toronto Convention Center, North Building255 Front St. West, Toronto [full story]

Mar 12, 2008   You are personally invited to our regular monthly Health Freedom conference call

To Whom it may concern, You are personally invited to our regular monthly Strategic planning and mutual protection teleconference call by the Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom. We have been protecting Canadians since 1997. Our Vision and Mission is: To ensure that all human beings have the inherent sovereign right of informed freedom of choice when considering their personal health care options and in pursuing their livelihood in the profession and small family enterprises of their choice. [full story]

Sep 24, 2007   A Tennessee pharmacist has received a $1 million fine for treating customers at his health-food store with juices and dietary supplements.

Alternative, i.e., natural, health care is illegal in TennesseePharmacist fined for natural therapies Published: Sept. 14, 2007 at 12:16 AMNASHVILLE, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A Tennessee pharmacist has received a $1 million fine for treating customers at his health-food store with juices and dietary supplements.The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners ruled in May that Larry Rawdon's practice of treating ailments such as cancer with alternative therapies is harmful, The Nashville Tennessean reported Thursday.The $1 million fine is the largest the board has ever handed out, the newspaper said. [full story]

Sep 13, 2007   The US THE NATIONAL HEALTH FEDERATION DECLARATION OF HEALTH-FREEDOM RIGHTS

THE NATIONAL HEALTH FEDERATION DECLARATION OF HEALTH-FREEDOM RIGHTS The following rights and freedoms are basic to all individuals: 1. The right to control our own bodies - to decide what food, drink, and medicines to take and use, and what food, drink, and medicines not to take.2. The right to supplement our diets with vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and enzymes without government restrictions.3. The right to receive alternative medicine and treatments (such as those provided by chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, massage therapists, and clinical nutritionists) [full story]

Sep 12, 2007   Understanding the Canadian Big Pharma schemes

Here are the two Common Ground articles: [full story]

Sep 12, 2007   Dear World Health Freedom Assembly Leaders:

Dear World Health Freedom Assembly Leaders: See Below for conference call time next Wednesday!! Notice: I am happy to announce that Anthony Stephans will be joining us in the WHFA as a shared delegate position for National Health Freedom Action (USA) with Larry Hanus. Larry has been unable to make the calls due to his hard work and successful legal battle which has now resulted in the state of Iowa giving him a conditional re-instatment order for his dental license. His license was taken away 13 years ago after he recommended the removal of mercury fillings. Anthony comes with a vast [full story]

Jul 26, 2007   OUR SMALL AND MEDIUM FAMILY OWNED ENTERPRISES [SMFEs] ARE DELIBERATELY BEING TARGETED FOR EXTERMINATION AND HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES

OUR SMALL AND MEDIUM FAMILY OWNED ENTERPRISES [SMFEs] ARE DELIBERATELY BEING TARGETED FOR EXTERMINATION AND HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES [See the Common Ground article attached that was recently published and was authoured by our association’s Vice –President of Regulatory Affairs – Mr. Peter Helgason] and www.healthcanadaabuse.com for details. If you want to learn about your options to survive and prosper, be sure to participate in our consolidated July & August 2007 HEALTH FREEDOM COALITION’s MONTHLY TELECONFERENCE CALL on Wednesday, August 1st 2007 at 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time [full story]

Jul 23, 2007   New Zealand stands firm against efforts to regulate healthy foods as drugs

Health Freedom Movement update from our network. Trueman Tuck [full story]

Jul 19, 2007   Opponents of controversial plans to establish a joint agency with Australia to regulate therapeutic products have hailed the Government's official admission it cannot get the bill through Parliament.

Dear Health Freedom Advocate, Some good news for a change! The ANZTPA has been sunk! That is until the Labour party can arm twist or wine and dine the appropriate MP's, it may come back to the table at a much later date, but for now they have officially waved the white flag of surrender. For those of you new to this forum, the ANZTPA was the Australian TGA's plan to decimate the New Zealand health industry which would create a monopoly for the larger drug companies and a few large health supplement companies here in Australia. Our mission however does not stop with the ANZTPA. [full story]

Jul 19, 2007   NZ has just successfully defeated the Trans Tasman health trade Bill proposal after 12 years of lobbying and protests.

Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:37:50 +1200From: Dr J Priest <janice@healthyoptions.co.nz>Subject: Fwd: News Flash Immediate Attention re TGA BillTo: chrisgupta@alumni.uwaterloo.caDear ChrisNZ has just successfully defeated the Trans Tasman health trade Bill proposal after 12 years of lobbying and protests. A proposal would have put our natural health legislation into Australian regulatory governance under the World Trade organisation pharmacuetical model, directed by the Australian TGA office.It is all over the news, the Australian trade harmonisation regulatory model has been rejected and a [full story]

Jul 18, 2007   Citizens for Health USA News Update

Healthy News 2007, Vol. 3 Summer's Here, and the Time is Right... ...to fight for freedom and justice in our health care system; to give consumers the tools and information to make sound health choices; and to ensure that foods and health products are free from contamination and genetic meddling. Greetings to all from the Citizens for Health team! We hope you had a fun, recuperative 4th of July holiday and continue to enjoy a healthy, happy Summer season. [full story]

May 29, 2007   [Medicalnewscommentaries] IMVA - Ayahuasca - The Divine Wine - May22, 2007

A unanimous US Supreme Court ruled in February of 2006 that the US branch of a Brazilian church may use a psychedelic tea containing a controlled substance as part of its religious rituals. The ruling, the first decision on religious freedom under the court of Chief Justice John Roberts, was a strong signal the court will move decisively to keep the government from interfering in a church's religious practices even when the government invokes the Controlled Substances Act. [i][i] The administration and DEA officials were obviously not pleased having the Court frustrate their desires to control [full story]

May 2, 2007   New Controversies Challenge the Health Freedom Movement

(May 1, 2007) In recent weeks, few Internet users have not been subjected to one or more "sky is falling" e-mails, emanating from a variety of "health freedom" groups. They all warn about alleged imminent threats to Americans' continued access to nutritional supplements and other CAM (complementary alternative medicine) modalities at the hands of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and, more recently, the U.S. Congress in the form of a Senate FDA reform bill, S. 1082. A number of blogs have now taken up the cause, this one at Daily Kos being an example. [full story]

Mar 25, 2007   Misc. & Consolidated Notices. See Index - 2007-03-25

Following notices etc. have been consolidated in one email in an effort to reduce multiple mailings please forward appropriately - Chris GuptaIndex1) The Water Fluoridation Debate - Oakville Ont. Canada2) Outlaw Fluoride In Municipal Water - Petition - Also Works From Outside US3) Solar Panel Lecture - London Ont. Canada4) Pam Killeen On Raw Milk & Nutrition With Michael Schmidt At The Total Health Show - Toronto Canada5) Lecture Include Complementary Medicine In Healthcare Delivery - Burnaby, BC, Canada6) Mandatory Almond Pasteurization In US & Canada In 2007 - Please Take Action7) Ed [full story]

Dec 14, 2006   AER Adverse Event Reporting for Dietary Supplements PASSED - lost freedoms

A huge thank you to all of you who worked so hard together with many of the health freedom organizations to oppose and stop the AER (Adverse Event Reporting) bill which will make adverse event reporting of dietary supplement adverse events mandatory for all manufacturers, retailers, and distributors of dietary supplements. [full story]

Dec 7, 2006   Take Action on the AER bill

There has been a lot of buzz from activists in the past few days that Congress was going to be acting very fast on the AER bill. AAHF feels that there is a (small) possibility that this bill could be acted on before the 109th Congress ends but it is difficult to tell definitely at this time. Congress will recess at the end of the week (December 8th) and while the bill doesn’t have strong “legs” – the sponsors are working hard to drum up support. [full story]

Oct 23, 2006   Hamburg court drops proceedings against Dr Rath

On Monday, 9 October 2006 , the Hamburg Amtsgericht [District Court] dropped proceedings in which Dr Rath had been accused of allegedly infringing the Heilmittelwerbegesetz [German law on the advertising of medicaments] and the Arzneimittelgesetz [German law on medicinal products]. The heart of the case concerned representations on the Internet of the results of Dr Rath's scientific research and of the micronutrient products marketed by Dr Rath Health Program B.V. [full story]

Oct 13, 2006   Health Canada admits defeat

Health Canada officials initially decided to appeal Meagher's ruling but on Tuesday, the Crown . [full story]

Jul 5, 2006   MMR Doctor 'To Face GMC Charges'

The doctor who first suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism is to be charged with serious professional misconduct, it is reported. The Independent newspaper reports that the General Medical Council will accuse Mr. Andrew Wakefield of carrying out "inadequately founded" research. Vaccination rates fell sharply after Dr Wakefield questioned the safety of MMR, raising fears of a measles epidemic. His initial Lancet paper has since been disowned by the journal. [full story]