CDC and ADA Advise Against Fluoride

by Suzanne Somers 8/23/2011 1:58:00 PM

Dear Friends, 

I was discussing the fluoride issue with Dr. Garry Gordon, a doctor I am iterviewing for my new book.  Last fall, a new study in the Journal of American Dental Association reported that fluoride is actually bad for teeth.  Of course, those of us who understand it is a toxin already know that - but now the CDC and AMA say that this recent study shows intake of fluoride during the first few years of life is significantly associated with fluorosis, and they now warn against using fluoridated water in infant formula.   

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is of a similar opinion. According to their website: "Recent evidence suggests that mixing powdered or liquid infant formula concentrate with fluoridated water on a regular basis may increase the chance of a child developing ... enamel fluorosis." 

Sources:   Journal of the American Dental Association;October 14, 2010;  141(10):1190-1201;CDC May 28, 2010 

Fluorosis causes spotting on teeth, and in severe cases can cause orange or brown mottling of the teeth.  Sadly, that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the damage that can be caused by fluoride.  In my opinion, these agencies who have been telling us it's safe for so long can't completely back track and announce, "Whoops! That toxic waste will kill you!"  So instead they find a gentle way to let us know it's best to avoid with the most vulnerable, like infants. 

Here is Dr. Gordon's response. 

 

Suzanne,  

Fluorine is very toxic for many patients and the dangers go far beyond the dental fluorosis issue, but at least that alone suggests proof that over 30% examined children have excessive fluorine already. We all need to know that fluorine is another mistake made by governmental agencies and now we even have CDC and ADA admitting that there are issues about fluorine excess showing up. 

Believe me when I tell you that ALL fluorine should be destroyed, as the toxicity goes far beyond what you have been told. For one example, please know that fluorine makes the bones look white and dense and strong but they fracture easily. This means that by the time someone is being told they have osteopenia, what is being seen is often far worse than the x-ray reveals because the fluorine we all get and almost cannot avoid is making everyone's bones appear not too bad. 

But we have new knowledge today that what matters is elimination of fractures and now we see this bone health picture gets complex but bone health is essential for longevity. FACT: bones are breaking even when the bone density appears normal; in fact bone density is a poor predictor of future fracture risk. 

The more you study this fluorine issue, the more you will see we must add this to our growing long list of reasons we are all unhealthy today compared to what we could be. That list can get very long when we include GMO foods inducing leaky gut and unleashing an epidemic of food sensitivities, along with other toxins like the mandated flame retardants now in everything, PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl esters), dangerous vaccinations, and coal burning power plants polluting everything with lead and mercury.

Fortunately, we were born with lots of resilience so we appear to handle all the above for a time, but finally all this and the other contributing factors covered in my FIGHT program all come home to roost. 

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)

 



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We need your voice!

by Suzanne Somers 7/18/2011 8:54:00 AM

Hi Friends – Please read the following post from Dr. Nick Gonzalez.  He has outlined the important developments on the recent “consumer protection” bill which would make it virtually impossible to buy supplements without a prescription.  WE NEED YOUR VOICE!  This bill does NOT protect us.  It violates our rights.  
 
 
Dear Friends:
 
I am writing to alert you of two assaults against nutritional supplements against which we all need to mobilize.  Over the years I have witnessed many serious threats to supplements proposed by members of Congress and the FDA, always presented in the guise of “consumer protection.”  Invariably the proposed legislation or regulations have been onerous, repressive, and apparently intended to eliminate or seriously curtail the availability of most nutritional products, forcing the US into a European style situation where nutritionals are either forbidden (as in Norway) or become prescription items, and as a result, to the glee of pharmaceutical companies, their drugs become the primary option.  In the past, we here in the US have been able to mobilize to stop such intrusions, such as the ill-conceived McCain bill of a year ago.  But once again, the anti-nutrition forces have organized and mobilized, in ways I have not previously seen.
 
The first threat is Senator Durbin’s noble sounding Senate bill S1310, the "Dietary Supplement Labeling Act," ostensibly prompted because of a recent episode of melatonin tainted brownies.  Senator Durbin has long been an aggressive, vocal opponent of supplements and their availability as over the counter products.  He has long supported a “strong” FDA and the pharmaceutical industry.  In any event, this bill would give the FDA a new set of powers that could easily be used to badger honorable, honest supplement manufacturers providing  legitimate and useful products.  The FDA needs no new authority in terms of labeling, because it already has enormous power to regulate additives to food, and remove harmful or dangerous supplements from the marketplace.  Furthermore, the FDA has already mandated very stringent "Good Manufacturing Practice" regulations that promote standards and require manufacturers of nutritional supplements to provide the highest quality, legitimate products to consumers.  I believe this new legislation is part of an ongoing pattern to eliminate the availability of legitimate supplements so that Americans have no choice in their health care.


Senator Durbin, true to form, presented his legislation on the Friday before the July 4th weekend, presumably hoping that no one would notice. But the ever vigilant Alliance for Natural Health learned of the bill almost as soon as it was available, and sent out a much needed warning to begin mobilizing to stop it in its tracks. I would suggest you contact your Senators and Representatives, either by phone or e-mail, expressing your strong opposition to this bill.  Public outcry has stopped many similar bills in the past, and we can do it again, but it takes pressure, and effort, and energy.  Of course, be polite, but explain that the FDA already has sufficient power to regulate supplements, their labeling, and food additives.  And, express your wish that supplements be kept available for your use. Of course no one wants dangerous products in the marketplace, but most manufacturers are honest and honorable, providing health-promoting, high quality supplements.
 
About the same time Senator Durbin proposed his legislation, the FDA itself announced its plans to enforce an entire new set of regulations on supplement manufacturers that are so onerous, I doubt any company could comply or remain in business. In 1994, Congress passed the “Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act” (DSHEA), which in once sense did protect nutritional supplements available at the time from FDA over regulation, and protected manufacturers from overt FDA harassment. However, the bill also gave the FDA enormous power over any new supplements that might be developed after 1994, with the authority to require the expensive, and time consuming process normally reserved for synthetic pharmaceuticals before these new supplements could be made available to consumers.  Basically, if implemented, supplements would remain stuck in 1994, with manufacturers unable to provide new products in response to ongoing research in the field.


Furthermore, by enforcing this provision in DSHEA, the FDA could require supplements available prior to 1994 that have undergone any change whatsoever to undergo review, with the possibility that these products might be removed from the market until the lengthy review was completed.  Apparently, even if the particle size of a supplement has changed since 1994, the manufacturer would be required to petition the FDA for approval of the product.   As I read the new, complicated regulations, in my opinion any supplement manufacturer might be at risk and few could financially survive should the FDA enforce to the letter the regulations that it presented last week.
 
Nutritional supplements, because of the concern and integrity of the great majority of manufacturers, are extraordinarily safe and the FDA knows this. Our supplements for example are manufactured at an approved facility in compliance with the strict FDA Good Manufacturing Practices.  These products have been life-saving, proving effective even against advanced cancer.  We need these supplements for our patients.
 
The FDA already has the power it needs to "protect" the consumer.  These regulations are unnecessarily onerous and unreasonable.
 
For further information I suggest you consult the following website:  http://www.anh-usa.org/
 
I suggest you write your Senators and Representatives protesting both the Durbin bill and the new FDA regulations.  Always be polite.  But we need to stop Senator Durbin's bill and fight for the continued availability of nutritional supplements.
 
Below is a letter I sent my own Senators.  Feel free to adopt it as your own
 
 
Re:  Opposition to Senator Durbin's bill S1310, the "Dietary Supplement Labeling Act."
 
Dear Senator Gillibrand:
 
I am writing because I need your help.  On the Friday before the July 4th weekend, Senator Durbin - hoping his actions would not be carried in the media before a major holiday - introduced the above referenced legislation, the "Dietary Supplement Labeling Act."  Though couched in terms about consumer protection, the bill really seems designed to give the Food and Drug Administration extraordinary new levels of regulatory authority over dietary supplements, which it does not need to perform its job, and which will add new onerous regulatory hurdles onto legitimate, honest supplement manufacturers in this country.
 
The FDA already has the authority to supervise supplement manufacture and remove harmful or dangerous supplements from the marketplace, It has already put in place very stringent "Good Manufacturing Practice" regulations that promote standards and require manufacturers to provide the highest quality, legitimate products to consumers.  I believe this new legislation is part of an ongoing pattern to eliminate the availability of legitimate supplements so that Americans have no choice in their health care.
 
Americans by the tens of millions use supplements daily, and want these products to remain available to them.  As a physician who uses specially designed supplements in his practice, I know the value of properly formulated nutritional products. The supplements I utilize are specially designed according to very strict specifications, and quite literally, the lives of hundreds of my patients depend on these products.
 
At the same time Senator Durbin proposed his legislation, the FDA itself announced its plans to enforce an entire new set of regulations on supplement manufacturers that are so onerous, I doubt any company could comply or remain in business.  It appears, judging by what I have read, the FDA seems intent to use harmless sounding regulations that do not require Congressional approval to eliminate the supplement industry from this country. I can think of no other rational explanation.
 
Nutritional supplements, because of the concern and integrity of the great majority of manufacturers, are extraordinarily safe and the FDA knows this.  The FDA already has the power it needs to "protect" the consumer.  These regulations are deliberately onerous and unreasonable.
 
For further information I suggest you consult the following website:   http://www.anh-usa.org/
 
Please help stop Senator Durbin's bill.  Please reign in an out-of-control FDA.  My patients need their supplements.
 
I would be happy to talk to any of your aides, I would welcome a visit to my office to show the results of our practice, and our desperate need that our supplements remain available. .
 
Sincerely,
 
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD


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Guide to Sweeteners – Still a Sticky Topic

by Suzanne Somers 6/30/2011 8:22:00 AM

Dear Friends, 

I recently posted to my friends on Facebook, asking about their sweetener of choice.  Huge response!  I get so many questions on this, I though I would give you my opinion… it’s just another one to add to group, but here’s my POV.  Some of this is based on research I have collected from the medical experts with whom I surround myself, and some is just based on my personal views.   

The pink – saccharin: This has been around since the 60s and 70s. At first everyone thought it was the miracle sugar substitute.  Then it got a “causes cancer” wrap – of course, proven and disproven depending upon the article you read or expert you consult.  It’s very concentrated.  Not a good source for baking as it does not hold up to heat and leaves an aftertaste if you use a lot of it. 

My personal opinion: Many years ago I recommended this product as an alternative to sugar (you will see references for it in my early books). I felt it was better than aspartame if you were going to use an artificial sweetener.   With the information I have today, I still think it is the least offensive of the artificial sweeteners, however, I do not use it or any artificial sweeteners. 

The blue – aspartame:  Took the spotlight from the pink in the 80s.  Again, this was the miracle NEW sweetener.  Less aftertaste, and didn’t seem to have that cancer causing issue that had freaked out so many with saccharin.  Then in the late 90s we started to see reports that maybe this artificial sweetener was dangerous as well.  There was a particularly nasty online article that took off virally - slandering aspartame (mostly from diet soda drinkers) and linking it to cancer, brain tumors, lupus, and multiple sclerosis.  Many sources say this “chain letter” is anecdotal, from anonymous sources and scientifically implausible.  Upon reading it again today, I see Dr. Russell Blaylock was quoted in it all those years ago, stating, “The ingredients stimulate the neurons of the brain to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.”

In 2008 I interviewed Blaylock for my book, Breakthrough, and he cited two new studies by one of the biggest cancer research institutes in the world, The Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Italy. The results confirmed that aspartame breaks down in the body to formaldehyde, which breaks up the DNA and leaves the body with double-strand breaks, most associated with cancer induction. He states, “We had good evidence before that aspartame most likely produced cancer, and now we know it does for sure.” (For more information, read Breakthrough, p. 38.)

My personal opinion: I don’t use any artificial sweeteners, and certainly not this one.

Aspartame is still sold and added to over 6,000 products. The FDA does not report any safety issues. 

To read the viral piece on aspartame with the rebuttals, click here

The yellow – sucralose:  “Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar.” That means it’s natural, right?  Around the turn of the century, the new yellow packets became the rage (once aspartame was exposed).  One of the big benefits is that it measures just like sugar – making it easier to use in baking.  Come to find out, sucralose is made by taking a sugar molecule and adding chlorine to it. I am always shocked when I tell people this and they say, “So? What’s the problem with chlorine?” 

I interviewed Dr. Steven Hotze in Breakthrough, who states, “Toxins are the big problem. How about Splenda? It’s sucralose, which is chlorinated hydrocarbon, which is toxic. Any chlorinated hydrocarbon in the world is toxic, carcinogenic. Splenda was originally made as a pesticide-go dump it on your ant beds and come back tomorrow to see all the dead ants.”  (Breakthrough, p. 345)

My personal opinion: I don’t use any artificial sweeteners. 

Studies also show artificial sweeteners are addictive.  This addiction makes us crave more and more sweet foods and can actually cause weight gain, rather than weight loss – which is the reason most people use these products anyway.

The green – stevia:  Stevia is 100% natural, extracted from a plant in South America, it has a low glycemic index and there are no controversial reports on the health or safety of this natural sweetener.

My personal opinion: I use this product now and then, but I do not like the licorice aftertaste.  I have not had luck baking with it due to this aftertaste. It’s less offensive in coffee, but I like my coffee without sweetener anyway.

The real stuff - raw sugar, honey, white sugar: All are accepted by the body as sugar.  I use them in moderation.  I prefer honey of the three, then raw sugar, then white sugar.  All cause increases in insulin, our fat storing hormone. Controlling this hormone, so that our food is burned as fuel rather than stored as fat, is a key tenant to my weight loss plan, Sexy Forever, so I moderate my use of all of these sugars.

My personal opinion: Much better choices than artificial sweeteners, but I use them only in moderation to keep my weight and health in check.

Agave – 100% natural.  I have been using agave nectar as a low-glycemic liquid sweetener for the past five years or so.  It’s the consistency of honey, but is not supposed to spike insulin, like honey.  I really like the taste and consistency of this product.  Love it on Greek yogurt with a little cinnamon.  Now there is controversial information that the manufacturing process turns this natural sweetener into a syrup, similar to high fructose corn syrup – stating that agave nectar is actually 90% fructose.  Still, fructose is 20 on the glycemic index as opposed to sugar which is 100! 

My personal opinion: I use agave, but only organic agave to make sure there are no chemicals in the extraction process. So far I have believed this is a healthy, natural alternative to sugar or honey, with a lower glycemic index.  The recent news about the manufacturing process turning this into a product similar it high fructose corn syrup is on my radar.  I need more information.  My ears are open for the next round of research. 

The purple one - All Natural SomerSweet:  This is my signature sweetener.  It’s 100% natural.  It has taken me years to develop it.  When I first debuted original SomerSweet, I didn’t have the information I have today and it contained a very small amount of artificial sweetener.  We have since reformulated to All Natural SomerSweet which is a 100% natural product - and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have all artificial sweeteners out of my system.  Knowledge is power.  As I learn, I adjust.  And I pass along my information to you.  All Natural SomerSweet spoons into coffee tea just like sugar, but what I really love about this product is how it bakes!  I use it cup for cup in place of sugar in recipes with excellent results.  And it’s only 5 on the glycemic index so it won’t spike my insulin. Great for those on my Sexy Forever plan. 

Ingredients: All Natural SomerSweet is mostly made from inulin, which is a chicory fiber. This is a pre-biotic soluble fiber – something your body needs anyway.  It also contains erythritol – a natural substance found in pears, melons, grapes, mushrooms and wine.  While erythritol is categorized as a sugar alcohol, it has no gassy side effects. Additionally, there is a small amount of fructose found in our inulin blend, but it’s such a low amount, we still boast 0 sugars per serving.  Lastly, citrus peel extract rounds out the flavor. 

My personal opinion: Great for cold or hot drinks.  Excellent for baking. No aftertaste.  The fiber may cause you to “move” a little, but that’s a good thing! Start slowly and build your way up.   Available in individual packets or cans. 

As a special offer for my Facebook friends, enter coupon code FACEBOOK at checkout and receive 50% off your first order of All Natural SomerSweet Packets*! (limited time while supplies last).

For more information on All Natural SomerSweet, click here.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Somers          


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Now the FDA is going after Vitamin C!

by Suzanne Somers 1/6/2011 8:43:00 AM

Dear Friends,

Yesterday my ant- aging doctor, Michael Galitzer, sent me an alarming link which I am posting for all of you to read.

As you know, I first embrace alternative natural medicine before I resort to western pharmaceutical medicine.   I feel strongly that non-chemical, non- drug approaches using nature’s tools (a term frequently used by Dr. Jonathan Wright), is the healthiest and safest way to take care of my body.  For instance, if I feel that I might be getting a cold or if I am run down from travel or overwork, I go to Dr. Galitzer’s office for an IV drip of Vitamin C and it builds me up and knocks out anything that might be trying to invade.

As you will read below, the FDA is now trying to make IV Vitamin C illegal. This is just the tip of the iceberg of government control over our right to take care of our bodies.  

 

CLICK HERE to read and decide for yourself. If you feel outraged as I am, do yourself and the country a favor and write in protest to the FDA to stop this insanity.

Thank you,

  

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Water Fluoridation - Get the Facts

by Suzanne Somers 8/27/2010 10:30:00 AM

Water fluoridation has always been a contentious issue, but it is becoming more common to hearmention of fluoride as a toxic substance in our everyday lives, and that it should be eliminated.The practice of fluoridating drinking water in North America began in 1945 ostensibly for thepurpose of reducing tooth decay, but it was initiated before proper studies had been performed to ensure the safety of ingesting fluoride over a lifetime. 

Fluoride is added to water to bring it to an arbitrary level deemed necessary for healthy teeth. But fluoride is a toxin, not a nutrient. The proof is the massive increase in irreversible dental fluorosis (white or brown spots on the teeth) in children who drank fluoridated water as babies. Fluoride is an accumulative environmental and food chain pollutant. While less than 1% of fluoridated tap water is used for drinking, we are all exposed to a fluoride in various forms from many sources,including foods and drinks cooked or processed with it, pesticide residue on non-organic produce,air pollution, dental products, and pharmaceuticals, to name a few. Fluoride accumulates in our bodies, potentially harming the unborn, growing children, the medically compromised, and seniors the most. In spite of claims by the dental industry, fluoride does not prevent tooth decay - oral health is tied to income level and nutrition, not fluoride intake. The fluoridation chemicals in the unused water go back into the environment, accumulating in land and aquatic life. 

Most health authorities suggest drinking at least eight glasses of water per day for good health. How much fluoride are you getting when you drink a glass of artificially fluoridated water? About the same as if you swallowed a pea-sized blob of toothpaste - which the label clearly tells you not to do. If it is not safe to swallow eight blobs of toothpaste with FDA-approved fluoride per day for life, or take eight pills containing this amount of fluoride, why are we told it’s OK to drink this amount of the diluted industrial waste that has never been FDA-approved for human consumption? 

Yes, we are drinking diluted industrial waste. The product used for water fluoridation is a highlyt oxic waste recovered from the air pollution scrubbing systems of the phosphate fertilizer industry,as well as from other sources of industrial waste, including that from China. Wherever it issourced from, it is contaminated with lead, arsenic, and radioactive particles, among other very hazardous, accumulative contaminants. 

Increasingly in the last few decades, citizens in North America and around the world have been learning the truth about water fluoridation and many are becoming active and vocal to protect themselves and their communities. In recent years, more and more communities have been removing fluoride from their drinking water, reversing a 60 year trend. Over 2600 professionalsso far have signed a statement requesting the end of water fluoridation. This information and more facts about water fluoridation can be found on the website of the Fluoride Action Network(FAN), at www.fluoridealert.org. While there are many good fluoride opposition websites, this website is the most comprehensive non-dental and non-governmental source of scientific information on fluoride and its health effects. It has thousands of supporters, including professionals in medicine, dentistry, environmental science as well as the US EPA Union of professional workers. 

Canadian citizens can find further information about water fluoridation on the Canadian websites of http://www.waterloowatch.comand http://www.fluoridation.com. 

Another organization, the national, educational non-profit Second Look, with its program the Fluoride Toxicity Research Collaborative (FTRC) has been addressing the issue of fluoride poisoning in individuals, and is the only organization developing a system to work with people who are ill from the effects of fluoride toxicity, a still unrecognized epidemic. See:http://www.SLweb.org. People usually decide against fluoridation when they are well informed with the facts. Get the facts - protect yourself and your community.

 

Sincerlely,

Suzanne Somers

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Yet Another Attempt on Capitol Hill to Take Away our Vitamins

by Suzanne Somers 5/7/2010 10:58:00 AM

Please read this important announcement from Bill Faloon of Life Extension… then take action and ask your senators to protect our right to safe and inexpensive access to vitamins and supplements. 

The threat of a regulatory stranglehold over dietary supplements has intensified.

Earlier this year, Sen. John McCain introduced a bill that would have given the FDA draconian new powers. A citizen’s revolt ensued that caused that bill to be sidelined. We are being watchful that Sen. McCain does not try to slip some of his oppressive original proposals into another Senate bill.

The urgent issue we face today is language Rep. Henry Waxman snuck into the already passed Wall Street Reform Bill (H.R. 4173) that he hopes to get into the Senate bill. This language would give unelected FTC bureaucrats arbitrary authority to impose crippling requirements that will drive up the costs of supplements or remove them from the market entirely.

It is imperative that consumers email their Senators to keep this language out of the Senate version of the Wall Street Reform Bill and out of any later version voted on by the House and Senate.

What Is Really Going On Here

Pharmaceutical companies recognize that their greatest competitive threat comes from low-cost dietary supplements that are virtually free of side effects. The most efficient way to destroy this competition is to have Congress enact legislation that will enable federal agencies to eradicate consumer access to dietary supplements.

To give you an idea of how much money is involved, just look at the cost of prescription drug fish oil sold under the trade name Lovaza®. A 30-day supply of Lovaza® sells for around $195.00. Consumers can obtain the same quantity of EPA/DHA fish oil for under $32.00 as a dietary supplement.

With the passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug Act and Health Care Reform Act, the federal government (that means you) pays outrageously inflated prices for fish oil prescriptions and other drugs.

The pharmaceutical industry heavily lobbied Congress to obligate Medicare to shell out full retail price for prescription drugs. In the case of prescription fish oil, taxpayers pay 500% more than what consumers pay for the same amount of fish oil as a dietary supplement.

Pharmaceutical companies now want to erect so many new restrictions over dietary supplements that consumers (and taxpayers) will be forced to pay outlandish prescription drug prices for fish oil and other low-cost nutrients.

As most of you know, taxes will soon be raised and new government debt created to fund these lavish subsidies to drug companies. It is this kind of institutional corruption that bankrupts governments around the world. We fear that citizen apathy may enable this corrupt legislation to be enacted into law, which will hasten Medicare’s date with insolvency, while saddling consumers with higher dietary supplement prices.

If this legislation is passed, our fear is that many supplements will disappear or that Americans will be unable to afford their supplements and will succumb to a host of deficiency-related diseases. Please take action below to e-mail your Senator to demand that Rep. Waxman’s drug company favoring language not be added to the Senate version of the so-called Wall Street Reform Act and not be included in any later House/Senate version of the bill. 

Click Here to take action.

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Suzanne Somers

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Sodas in School Vending Machines Traded for Chemically Laden Diet Drinks – Pick Your Poison, Kids!

by Suzanne Somers 3/19/2010 11:05:00 AM
 

A major soft drink manufacturer announced it will help kids to lead healthier lives by offering “low-calorie nutritious beverage choices” in school vending machines.  Sugar soft-drinks will be removed and replaced with a variety of beverages, including juice, plus artificially sweetened sodas, sports drinks and iced teas.  While I applaud the notion of getting rid of sugary soft drinks filled with high fructose corn syrup, the idea of replacing them with artificially sweetened drinks – especially for children – should not be called a “healthy” alternative, but rather a dangerous exposure to chemicals.   

   

Is over-consumption of sugar a problem in our country?  You bet.  Sugar consumption has reached astonishingly unhealthy levels, with the average American eating 160 pounds of sugar yearly (Knockout, p. 98). Not all sugar is as obvious as the amount we get in a soft drink - it is often disguised in ingredient lists or hidden in seemingly innocent food items such as crackers, condiments, and salad dressings. Our insatiable appetite for sugar has far-reaching toxic implications for our health. There is an especially alarming link between sugar consumption and the cancer epidemic.

 

According to Dr. Russell Blaylock, an oncologist, brain surgeon, and neuroscientist, sugar directly fuels cancer cell growth (Knockout, p. 155-156). Dr. Michael Galitzer expands on this point by explaining that while healthy cells utilize oxygen to create energy, cancer cells create energy and thrive by fermenting sugar (Knockout, p. 215). Cristiana Paul, M.S., a certified nutritionist, explains that high blood sugar is taken in by precancerous cells causing them to multiply faster than they would if less sugar was available. Sugar also causes a damaging spike in the hormone insulin. The excess insulin stimulates cell growth, cell division, and the proliferation of cancerous cells (Knockout, p. 236). While these experts agree it is imperative for cancer patients to completely remove sugar from their diet, it is also imperative for healthy individuals to do the same in order to reduce the risk of cancer.

 

Reduce the sugar and provide healthier alternatives... yes, I agree.  But diet sodas, teas and sports drinks?  Really? Chemically produced artificial sweeteners are not a healthy alternative for sugar!  Dr. Blaylock cites a recent study from one of the biggest cancer research institutes in the world, The Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Italy. They tested aspartame on the largest number of rats ever and found it increases cancer incidence from doses equivalent to drinking diet sodas.  It also showed an increase specifically in lymphoma, leukemia, breast cancer, and brain cancer.  And from previous studies, Dr. Blaylock cites neurological brain damage from aspartame (Breakthrough, p.192).   Research by Dr. Richard Wurtman, a physician-researcher at MIT, demonstrated that aspartame is not only a neurological toxin, but it also increases appetite. So artificial sweeteners derived from chemicals can actually contribute to weight gain (Knockout, p. 98).

 

Why should we choose between two types of poison; sugar or artificial sweeteners?  And why would anyone even consider placing either of these poisons into a vending machine for our children to consume?  Choose water!  Milk!  Unsweetened juice!  Or if you want something sweet, choose stevia, agave, or an All Natural Sweetener.    

 

 

Regards, 

 

 

Suzanne Somers

 

 

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Senator McCain and your Supplements

by Suzanne Somers 2/8/2010 10:49:00 AM

Senator McCain Files New Bill That Attacks Your Access to Supplements and Repeals Key Sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

TAKE ACTION - TELL YOUR SENATOR NOT TO CO-SPONSOR THIS BILL

Senator McCain’s bill is called The Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA). It would repeal key sections of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). DSHEA protects supplements if 1) 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.

These protections are far from perfect. They discourage companies from developing new forms of supplements. New supplements may be arbitrarily banned by the FDA or adopted by drug companies in a way that precludes their further sale as supplements.

McCain’s bill would wipe out even the minimal protections contained in DSHEA. It would give the FDA full discretion and power to compile a discreet list of supplements allowed to remain on the market while banning all others.

Everyone knows that the FDA is friendly to drug companies (which pay its bills and provide good revolving door jobs) and hostile to supplement companies. Under this bill, this same Agency could quite arbitrarily ban any supplement it wished or turn it over to drug companies to be developed as a drug and sold for multiples of its price as a supplement.

The FDA will like this because it believes that it can more easily control a few industry giants. But isn’t it more likely that the industry giants will eventually gain control over the FDA?

The FDA is already misusing the adverse event reporting process that exists. Drugs rack up thousands of adverse event reports without any action. Just recently, the FDA yanked from the market a supplement product based on just a couple of alleged adverse event reports without even allowing the company (an old and respected firm) to provide any counter-evidence or counter-argument.

The bill also allows the FDA to yank a product (at the company’s expense) if there is a “reasonable probability” that it is “adulterated” or “misbranded”. Let’s remember that “adulterated” could mean there is a minor record keeping error on the producer’s part and “misbranded” can mean that the producer simply tells the truth about the product. An “adulterated” and “misbranded” supplement in Orwellian FDA speak may actually be both completely safe and effective.

We must prevent this bill from gaining traction! Protect your access to supplements by contacting your senators today and asking them NOT to co-sponsor the Dietary Supplement Safety Act but rather to oppose it.

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McCain’s Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA) appears to be supported by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) which is funded by major league sports teams including baseball, football and others. The recent suspensions of NFL and other professional sports figures is much in the news, and the goal of the sports industry appears to be to shift the spotlight from their players to the supplements industry. In his comments, Senator McCain cited six NFL players recently suspended for testing positive for banned substances and purportedly exposed to these substances through dietary supplements.

The problem here of course is one of illegal sale and use of steroids. So why dismantle the supplement industry in order to control already illegal substances?

The FDA currently has complete and total authority to stop illegal steroids and, more broadly, to regulate dietary supplements. If the agency were doing its job, it could and would have prevented the sale of illegal steroids. The answer to this problem is not to give FDA more power. The Agency simply needs to do its job.

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Why would a bill be offered to solve an illegal steroid problem that does not really address the steroid problem but instead gives the FDA complete and arbitrary control over all supplements? The answer is simple.

There are a lot of vested interests which are threatened by supplements. Drug companies do not like them because they represent a low cost, safer, and often more effective alternative to drugs. The FDA does not like them because supplements do not come through the FDA approval process and therefore do not support the FDA budget.

Why not simply require that supplements be brought through the FDA’s drug approval process? Wouldn’t that create a level playing field?

That is probably the argument that Senator McCain has been sold. But it is a completely false argument. The FDA drug approval process costs as much as a billion dollars. It is not economically feasible to spend such vast sums on substances that are not protected by patent, and natural substances cannot legally be patented.

This is the great “Catch 22” of American medicine. The FDA, which is supposed to guard and promote our health, is hostile to the kind of natural medicine—based on diet, supplements, and exercise—that represents the real future of healthcare. The Agency has either been captured by drug interests or is trapped in a catastrophically expensive, toxic, and ineffective patented-drug model.

Senator McCain has no doubt offered this bill in good faith. But he has been sold a bill of goods by special interests. And he has been naïve enough not to know that he is being used.

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This exceptionally bad bill also requires the reporting of all minor adverse events related to supplements. This is in addition to the already existing requirement to report adverse events. This will further stack the deck against small supplement companies by creating new, unnecessary, even more cumbersome, and of course very expensive administrative hurdles. The result: the consolidation of the supplement industry into a few big companies. If passed, this bill will likely result in the disappearance from store shelves of many supplements currently on the market. In addition to fewer supplements, there would likely be much lower doses available. Unbridled authority would be handed to the FDA, an agency that needs a top to bottom overhaul, not ever more power over our lives.

If McCain’s bill passes, we can look to Europe for a snapshot of what we may be in for: EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, has sharply reduced the list of available supplements and is in process of reducing potencies to ridiculous levels, such as less beta carotene than can be found in half of a large carrot. Europeans already look to the US to obtain their dietary supplements. If this bill passes, where will we obtain ours?

Please take action immediately. Tell your senators NOT to co- sponsor this legislation and to do everything in their power to defeat it. Then forward this to your friends and family and ask then to do the same!

Gretchen DuBeau
Legal Director, Alliance for Natural Health Int.
Executive Director, ANH-USA

Sincerely,

Suzanne Somers

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Sip of Sunshine

by Suzanne Somers 6/10/2009 12:06:00 PM
Sip of SunshineVitamin D – the Sunshine Vitamin

After interviewing hundreds of anti-aging doctors and health experts, they all agree upon the importance of anti-oxidants to enhance our immune system and stave off age related illnesses; with Vitamin D at the top of the list.  While we can absorb Vitamin D from sun exposure, most of us do not get our 15 minute daily dose, or are not willing to risk damage from UV rays.  Studies have shown people who live in the northern or southern parts of the globe have higher rates of cancer, due to lack of Vitamin D.

I am so excited to let you know I am launching a brand new product, in my new line of SUZANNE Essentials… it’s called Sip of Sunshine!  I am so excited to let you know it’s here!!!

With SUZANNE Essentials, Sip of Sunshine, now you can get your daily Vit D in a delicious pink lemonade drink, sweetened with All Natural SomerSweet.  The powerful anti-oxidants in Sip of Sunshine strengthen your immune system and fight cancer-causing free radicals.  Plus, with an extra boost of GliSODin, it’s clinically proven to support cardiovascular health!

Did I mention how delicious it tastes?  What a wonderful way to get your 15 minutes of sunshine!  Go to SUZANNE.com to check it out!!

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Resveratrol NOW

by Suzanne Somers 5/28/2009 10:00:00 AM

Suzanne Red WineI was watching my favorite show, 60 Minutes, last Sunday and they had a segment on Resveratrol.  

Resveratrol is found in grape skins – it’s a plant extract that has shown dramatic effects for maintaining optimal health.  It’s found naturally in red wine – and provides the link supporting the notion that red wine, in moderation, has health benefits.  In simple terms, there’s something powerful in the Resveratrol molecule.  It turns on a gene called SIR-1 that makes our bodies rev up our defenses to protect us from disease.  I see it as ninja warriors sitting at the entrance saying, “No way!”  In fact, 60 Minutes noted a daily dose of Resveratrol could stave off age-related illnesses and increase life span by a decade or more!  I was happy to see this report getting out in mainstream media.  Last year, I wrote about Resveratrol in several of the chapters of Breakthrough, since many of the anti-aging doctors and professionals brought it up as an important daily supplement in anti-aging medicine and preventative care (Chapter 3 – Dr. Ron Rothenberg, Chapter 5 – Bill Falloon, Chapter 14 – Dr. Russell Blaylock, Chapter 19 – Dr. Prudence Hall, Chapter 28 – Christiana Paul).  

HERE’S WHAT SHOCKED ME ABOUT THE 60 MINUTES REPORT…

Morley Safer:

Dr. Westphal says we all may soon be taking a drug that just might beat the clock, a simple pill that could delay the inevitable. "Our goal is to prevent and forestall many of the diseases that strike us as we reach 50, 60, and 70. All with one pill."

Convinced they were on the verge of a major scientific breakthrough, Sinclair and Westphal launched Sirtris, a Cambridge, Mass. research company. They, along with a handful of other cutting-edge biotech companies, are developing resveratrol-based drugs that they believe zero-in on the longevity gene.

"The important news here is not that we'd found something in red wine. The important thing is that we passed a milestone where we can now make drugs based on this knowledge and we can potentially slow down aging itself," Sinclair explains.


My friends, you do not need to wait until the pharmaceutical companies create a synthetic replica of something that already exists and is readily available!  Resveratrol is available as a supplement now.  Of course, since it’s natural, your insurance will not cover the cost.  As soon as these scientists create the synthetic version it will be “the new essential drug,” it will cost exponentially more, and insurance will cover it.  Is this crazy or what????

I take Resveratrol every day.  You do not need to wait for the scientists to create a drug based on the same ingredients, then patent that drug and tell you it’s more effective than the natural plant extract that already exists.  

Well, 60 Minutes, you are still my favorite show, but you only got part of this story correct!   
 
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Suzanne Somers is one of America’s most popular and beloved personalities. In a multifaceted career, she has achieved extraordinary success as an actress, New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, singer, comedienne, and lecturer. Suzanne has authored 20 books, including eleven New York Times bestsellers, as well as five of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. There are currently more than 10 million copies of her books in print. As one of America’s most informed and dedicated health care advocates, Suzanne has been acknowledged for her leading role in bringing information on today’s groundbreaking anti-aging medical protocols, preventive care, long-term health, and hormone replacement therapies to women and men across the country.

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