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| From an Israeli medical journal. A story about the benefits of DHEA in improving fertility treatments once again show why DHEA needs to remain in the marketplace. -Beth Clay |
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| Health supplement triples fertility, Israeli researchers find. |
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| An anti-aging drug, sold over the counter worldwide, has been found to dramatically improve pregnancy rates among women undergoing treatments for infertility, according to new Israeli research.
This supplement could triple a women’s chance of getting pregnant, and help her carry the baby to term, according to a new report by Israeli researchers. Scientists from the Meir Medical Center and Tel Aviv University (TAU) found a statistical connection between the over-the-counter vitamin supplement, DHEA, and successful pregnancy rates in women undergoing treatment for infertility. In the US alone, some six million women a year suffer from infertility, according to the American Pregnancy Association.
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| HEALTH FREEDOM UPDATE |
2012 – Time For a Forward Motion on Health Freedom in Washington
While the country and the media is largely focused on the long road to the November presidential elections, we cannot forget that the FDA and FTC are busy enforcing the law and at times moving to create new onerous regulations that will, if we do not stay vigilant, affect every American’s access to dietary supplements.
The comment period to the FDA on the draft guidelines on New Dietary Ingredients is now closed and they will be reviewing the more than 10,000 – 20,000 comments that came in. Of the comments that have been made public, there is a consensus that the FDA got it wrong. Some call for a full retraction, others call for a massive re-write. We will continue to engage in educating legislators and their staff about the FDA’s attempts to undermine your access to supplements.
At the same time, Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois and congressman Henry Waxman of California, both of whom have been clear they want to see the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) overturned and regulations similar to those required for drugs, including pre-market approval have joined forces and asked the GAO (Government Accountability Office) to conduct a review on dietary supplement adverse event reporting, which Is now mandatory. If this holds true to form, there will be a spring hearing (probably in the Senate, since Durbin holds a leadership role), in which the GAO presents their report. This vehicle will be used to promote the dangerous S.1310, the Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011 mid-year. Please continue to visit www.codexfund.com and send in letters opposing S.1310.
We need to do more to get sponsors on H.R.3380. The Dietary Supplement Protection Act of 2011, introduced by Congressman Dan Burton as a partial fix if the FDA moves to implement the NDI Guidance Document to move the grandfathering in date of dietary supplements to January 1, 2007. A letter asking Senators Harkin and Hatch to introduce a matching Bill in the Senate is posted at www.cocexfund.com. Legislative staff who hear about tour support of HR2908 also hear about tour support for HR3380.
Many in the industry have held back support of any of the Bills introduced in congress this session for fear the bills could be used to open up DSHEA. Their concern is real; however we cannot keep retreating. It is important for Congress to know we expect forward motion on Health Freedom in 2012.
The non-profit US Pharmacopeia (USP) organization has taken over the management of the Federal Chemical Codex (FCC) from the Institute of Medicine. The FCC should not be confused with the CODEX Alimentarius Commission. The FCC can have far reaching effects on food regulations, including dietary supplements, both in the Untied States and world-wide. The USP recently announce an intent ot issue guidance on both Probiotics and Stevia. There is some concern that the USP is being used as a vehicle to circumvent congress and implement all or part of the guidance from the CODEX Alimentarius. A full review is in progress and will be shared soon. The comment period runs to March 31, 2012. We all definitely have our work cut out for us this year!
Sunshine Health Freedom Foundation
We are devoted to maintaining and expanding health freedom for all Americans through education and public awareness. We are determined to protect, preserve and defend the right to make our own health choices. Our choices are currently under legislative and regulatory attack.
Our goal is to “bring to light” state issues that impact your life and the lives of those near and dear to you. If these attacks on our health freedom are successful, you will no longer be able to choose natural health-promotion or illness-reduction options here in the United States. Those health choices include nutritional medicine and access to herbs, supplements, vitamins, essential amino acids, essential oils and natural hormones.CodexFund.com
The mission of CodexFund.com is to provide accurate information about issues that affect health freedom, in particular dietary supplement regulations and legislation in the National and International arenas.
The goal of CodexFund.com is to build a consensus among our health freedom, dietary supplement, and complementary medicine communities. We are here as a resource to everyone. We are more than fortunate to have Beth clay on our side as our lobbyist.
Both of these funds are necessary for our existence and ability to choose our path to health choices and treatments. Both are vital on both the State and National level – SSHFF for State and local issues, CodexFund.com for National and International issues.
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