[afro-nets] Nutrition Support for PLWHA (8)

[Bradford McIntyre <bradford@positivelypositive.ca>]

Nutrition Support for PLWHA (8)
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Nutrition and HIV: Loosing rights to choose Dietary Supplements!

Are you aware you're loosing your rights to choose? Have you no-
ticed your choices of natural health products for optimizing
your health are disappearing?

Why? Because of legislation passed by European Union (EU) Direc-
tive on Dietary Supplements and the fact that other countries
are bound to the rules and laws of the World Trade Organization.

In the early years of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, there was no
treatment. I was witness to and learned from people who were us-
ing vitamins, minerals, herbs and botanical supplements to com-
bat illness and/or boost their immune system. When the pharma-
ceutical drug AZT was first introduced as a treatment for HIV
and AIDS, instead I chose vitamin supplements as a means to
boost my immune system and stay healthy. I did not take HIV/AIDS
medications for 13 years, out of the 20 years I have been in-
fected!

It wasn't until 1997, I first realized the threat the Codex Ale-
mentarius posed. Throughout the years I have watched closely,
signed petitions and written to the Canadian government express-
ing my opposition to the German delegation's proposal to the
World Health Organization's Codex Alementarius, the Committee on
Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses.

I believed then, as I do now that if regulations are put into
place, my rights as a consumer of nutritional supplements will
be jeopardized. Dietary supplements which promote my well-being
will become more costly and harder to obtain, and no supplements
will be available for therapeutic or preventative uses without
prescriptions. Dosages will have minimal amounts with higher
costs!

By August of 2005, 5,000 products will disappear?

An imminent threat of being robbed of the right to choose!

Fight to keep our supplements!

We are not only ill informed but governments around the world
are making these deliberate legislative decisions without in-
forming the general public! The mainstream media as well has
avoided coverage of this legislation!

That being said, you can look to the Internet for all the de-
tails on how this legislation has been taking place, and get in-
volved!

Codex Alementarius
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp

For more information on the European Union Directive on Dietary
Supplements and on the Codex Alementarius legislation, contact
the International Advocates for Health Freedom (www.iahf.com),
the American Holistic Health Association (www.ahha.org), or the
Alliance for Natural Health (www.alliance-natural-health.org).

Bradford McIntyre, HIV+ 20 years
Vancouver, Canada
mailto:bradford@positivelypositive.ca
http://www.PositivelyPositive.ca