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The Situation

What's really at risk?

The Approved List

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The Situation: European Union legislation, backed by well funded vested interests, is set to ban many of the food supplements we normally take for granted. Worse yet, the United Nations, through their Codex Alimentarius Commission, is seeking to adopt this restrictive European legislation and apply it world wide in the name of ‘trade harmonization’ and the World Trade Organization will act as the enforcement branch for all UN member nations.

Your patient’s and your own freedom of choice and access to natural health remedies such as food supplements and herbs is at very real risk.

This will continue to adversely affect the Natural Health Industry as a whole including vitamin and herbal remedy manufacturers, distributors and resellers, health food stores, nutritionalists and natural health practitioners and most importantly, the consumers they serve.

• Many vitamins and mineral forms will be eliminated completely.

• Maximum permitted dosages will be drastically reduced to "placebo" therapeutic levels.

• * Herbal ingredients will also be severely restricted.

Something should and CAN be done about it.
The World Institute of Natural Health Sciences (WINHS) is actively concerned with protecting your professional services. Practitioners and medical doctors practicing natural health, more than any other professional group, require natural and innovative products that are effective. Being forced through unfair legislation to use products that are not effective will have significant impact on your practice.

There are key forces that could cause you to lose some of your favored and most important natural products:

• Pressure from legislation or guidelines (EU Directives, Codex guidelines)

• Pressure from the media’s ‘fear’ and ‘personal risk’ campaigns and consequent public perceptions of natural products

The Institute is working on your behalf in both of these key areas.

What's really at risk?

Practitioners involved in nutrition and herbal medicine all over Europe and the United States are becoming aware of the huge range of practitioner-only vitamin and mineral products that will be affected by the EU Food Supplements Directive, the Traditional Herbal Products Directive, the Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation and Codex Alimentarius Guidelines.

The Institute is involved in several campaigns (media, legal and investigative campaigns and programs) in order to prevent loss of:

• Most natural forms of vitamins, such as natural sources of Vitamin E including mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols, plant form of folic acid (tetra hydro folate), mixed natural carotenoids and methylcobalamin (co-enzyme form of B12).

• All forms of sulphur, boron, vanadium, silicon and tin

• Organically bound mineral forms, e.g. seleno-methionine-cysteine and other amino acid chelated mineral forms, organically bound minerals extracted or derived from plants, etc.

• All ultra-trace elements in food supplements, e.g. many of the 60 or so ultra-trace metallic ad non-metallic elements that are increasingly recognized as having significant roles in metabolism.

The bottom line is that the totality of EU and global regulation of natural products will affect the availability of:

• Ingredients used as food / dietary supplements

• Maximum (and sometimes minimum) dosages of ingredients within food/dietary supplements

• Health claims which can be made, verbally and in writing, about food/dietary supplements

Any nutrients, herbs or other natural health products, which fail to be approved as food/dietary supplements, will only be allowed back on the market if they are registered as drugs.

The drugs licensing system is too expensive for most manufacturers and, where natural products are licensed as drugs, it will force prices up dramatically, making them less accessible to practitioners and consumers.

In Europe, it might be another 10 years before the EU rolls out the full 'natural health products game plan.' This is why it is so critical to support our campaigns now, so that these regulations can be properly re-shaped now - by you, or with your help.

With the plundering of your 'nutritional inventory' as early as 2005 in Europe, where supermarket-type vitamins and minerals may be the only sorts of products you would be allowed to offer patients and clients, could you still deliver the healthcare service you would wish to?

The EU Food Supplements Directive is just the beginning… No country is insulated from this attack.
The prohibition of vitamin and mineral forms in the EU Food Supplements Directive represents only the first phase of the legislation. The second phase will limit the maximum doses of nutrients (most likely they will be evaluated according to the international risk assessment guidelines being developed through Codex Alimentarius), and the third phase (proposed by the European Commission to be established by 2007) will restrict the range of all other nutrient forms presently in food supplements (e.g. plant extracts, phytonutrients, amino acids, enzymes, essential fatty acids, probiotics, fiber, etc). And it does NOT stop there.

The controversial and sometimes flawed science that is being developed and proposed to limit doses for products controlled under the Food Supplements Directive, is precisely that which is being considered for adoption by Codex Alimentarius, which is in the process of developing global guidelines for nutrients used as health supplements.

The World Institute of Natural Health Sciences is working to support the development of further strategic legal challenges in support of the industry's and the expert legal teams. This work is focused on benefiting the future of natural healthcare, not only in western countries, but also in countries on continents such as Asia, Africa and South America that have very long-standing traditions of herbal and natural medicine.

Under the 'Codex risk assessment microscope,' many of these traditions would unlikely fair well. In their place, the regulators seem content to offer a diet of western pharmaceutical drugs known to be by far the most hazardous group of substances commonly ingested by humans.

Strategic Legal Challenges. We are firm in our view that a series of strategic legal challenges are required to ensure that the future of natural healthcare is secured worldwide.

Pro-Active Investigations.
In support of these legal challenges, we believe a series of pro-active investigatory programs are needed to expose the vested interests and their efforts while, at the same time, bringing the real situation to light in the industry and the community at large.

On-going PR and Media Campaign.
Inclusive of dealing with negative spin in the media that is so often based on misrepresented or flawed scientific research, our offensive media campaigns are of the highest priority.

Professional Communications Programs.
In addition to pro-active PR and media campaigns, we intend to launch world wide communications programs to promote the volumes and volumes of scientific evidence in support of the natural health industry, its remedies and therapies and make these easier to understand by the consumers they most impact.

Practitioners are also consumers!
Please refer to our Consumers page for further information.

The Approved List

The Vitamins & Minerals Positive List

Only the following nutrient sources will be allowed under the EU Food Supplements Directives. This is the so-called “positive list.”

VITAMINS

1. VITAMIN A
(a) retinol
(b) retinyl acetate
(c) retinyl palmitate
(d) beta-carotene

2. VITAMIN D
(a) cholecalciferol
(b) ergocalciferol

3. VITAMIN E
(a) D-alpha-tocopherol
(b) DL-alpha-tocopherol
(c) D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate
(d) DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate
(e) D-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate

4. VITAMIN K
(a) phylloquinone (phytomenadione)

5. VITAMIN B1
(a) thiamin hydrochloride
(b) thiamin mononitrate

6. VITAMIN B2
(a) riboflavin
(b) riboflavin 5’-phosphate, sodium

7. NIACIN
(a) nicotinic acid
(b) nicotinamide

8. PANTOTHENIC ACID
(a) D-pantothenate, calcium
(b) D-pantothenate, sodium
(c) dexpanthenol

9. VITAMIN B6
(a) pyridoxine hydrochloride
(b) pyridoxine 5’-phosphate

10. FOLIC ACID
(a) pteroylmonoglutamic acid

11. VITAMIN B12
(a) cyanocobalamin
(b) hydroxocobalamin

12. BIOTIN
(a) D-biotin

13. VITAMIN C
(a) L-ascorbic acid
(b) sodium-L-ascorbate
(c) calcium-L-ascorbate
(d) potassium-L-ascorbate
(e) L-ascorbyl 6-palmitate 

MINERALS

• calcium carbonate
• calcium chloride
• calcium salts of citric acid
• calcium gluconate
• calcium glycerophosphate
• calcium lactate
• calcium salts of orthophosphoric acid
• calcium hydroxide
• calcium oxide
• magnesium acetate
• magnesium carbonate
• magnesium chloride
• magnesium salts of citric acid
• magnesium gluconate
• magnesium glycerophosphate
• magnesium salts of orthophosphoric acid
• magnesium lactate
• magnesium hydroxide
• magnesium oxide
• magnesium sulphate
• ferrous carbonate
• ferrous citrate
• ferric ammonium citrate
• ferrous gluconate
• ferrous fumarate
• ferric sodium diphosphate
• ferrous lactate ferrous sulphate
• ferric diphosphate (ferric pyrophosphate)
• ferric saccharate elemental iron (carbonyl+electrolytic+hydrogen reduced)
• cupric carbonate
• cupric citrate
• cupric gluconate
• cupric sulphate
• copper lysine complex
• sodium iodide
• sodium iodate
• potassium iodide
• potassium iodate

MINERALS

• zinc acetate
• zinc chloride
• zinc citrate
• zinc gluconate
• zinc lactate
• zinc oxide
• zinc carbonate
• zinc sulphate
• manganese carbonate
• manganese chloride
• manganese citrate
• manganese gluconate
• manganese glycerophosphate
• manganese sulphate
• sodium bicarbonate
• sodium carbonate
• sodium chloride
• sodium citrate
• sodium gluconate
• sodium lactate
• sodium hydroxide
• sodium salts of orthophosphoric acid
• potassium bicarbonate
• potassium carbonate
• potassium chloride
• potassium citrate
• potassium gluconate
• potassium glycerophosphate
• potassium lactate
• potassium hydroxide
• potassium salts of orthophosphoric acid
• sodium selenate
• sodium hydrogen selenite
• sodium selenite
• chromium (III)
• chloride chromium (III)
• sulphate ammonium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))
• sodium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))
• potassium fluoride sodium fluoride

Some of the 300+ vitamin or mineral sources excluded from the Food Supplements Directive positive list.

Substance: Benefit

Mixed (incl. gamma) tocopherols, tocotrienols (i.e. almost the whole spectrum of naturally-occurring Vitamin E): Antioxidants, which protect against damage by free-radicals which are associated with cancer and other degenerative diseases

Mixed/ natural spectrum of carotenoids: Protective against infections, antioxidants, use in cancer prevention/treatment

Boron (all forms): Required for absorption of calcium

Vanadium (all forms): Controls diabetes or blood-sugar levels, better in combination with bioavailable chromium forms

Silica (all forms): Works in conjunction with boron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and ascorbic acid to support bones, arteries, connective tissue, healthy hair, skin, and nails.

Sulphur (all forms): Includes glucosamine suphate for support of joint tissue and MSM (methyl-sulfonyl-methane) with wide variety of known health benefits.

Selenium (14 different forms, including selenium yeast products): Antioxidants. Important for heart function. Very low or non-existent in foods owing to mineral depletion of agricultural soils

Colloidal or ionic trace elements derived from natural sources: Very wide range of health benefits

Calcium ascorbate: A type of Vitamin C for those who cannot tolerate ascorbic acid

Calcium (23 different food forms): Includes many bioavailable forms of calcium needed for bones, teeth and cell function. Dairy products do not provide substantial bioavailable forms of calcium

Chromium (in 17 different forms) including picolinate and polynicotinate: Important for balancing blood sugar levels; manages arteriosclerosis; widely used by diabetics

Copper (24 different forms): For artery strength, maintaining connective tissue

Iron (21 food forms, including iron-based yeast): For blood and many enzymes involved in energy metabolism

Magnesium (30 different forms): For healthy bones and teeth, nerve transmission and muscle contraction

Molybdenum (15 different forms of amino acid chelate): Essential component of enzymes involved in the production of genetic material. May reduce tooth decay

Potassium (21 different forms): Maintains blood pressure and heart beat rhythm

Colloidal silicic acid: Helps in the maintenance of healthy nails

*By, 2007, the European Commission will most likely issue further restrictive positive lists for other nutrient groups including essential fatty acids, amino acids, phytonutrients, antioxidants, etc. **pending submission of Scientific Dossiers; see www.foodsupsinfo.net for details.

Source: The Alliance for Natural Health www.alliance-natural-health.org.

Help us now.

$941,399 US (£500,000 / 731,070 EUR) is currently needed to cover the costs of campaign actions to successfully counter key anti-alternative and natural health care initiatives in 2007/08.

1. Help us to get the real information out to your patients and the consumers in your area. Promote our web site and distribute our newsletters and information in your mailings and flyers.

2. Make certain your government representatives know and understand your position on the EU Directives and additional attacks on your right to access and choice worldwide through Codex Alimentarius.

3. Please support our campaign financially and donate whatever you can. NOW. (EUR, £s or $).

Whatever you can send; 100.00, 500.00, 1000.00 or more.

With your financial support, the World Institute of Natural Health Sciences has a real chance to protect your right to use leading-edge food supplements and other natural health products.

Now is the chance to protect your right to provide natural health choices. This is a critical time for the future of natural health care.

What are these funds needed for?

1. Professional fees to assist the European Court challenges and the support necessary to develop further legal challenges to medicinal law in the EU.

2. Support of groundbreaking technical, scientific and legal work on EU threats and consultations with regulators Professional public affairs lobbying in Brussels.

3. An expanded public and media awareness campaign to garner additional support.

4. Successful implementation of a worldwide celebrity endorsement campaign in the media, promotions and documentaries for television.

5. The translation of scientific breakthroughs in innovative and alternative health into digestible layman's terms to increase accessibility and understanding of scientific findings, technical reports and legislation information concerning natural health, medical practices, drugs and drug manufacturing, food supplements, herbs, and innovative and alternative health care developments.

6. The acquisition and utilization of professional and volunteer researchers to document local, regional, national and international legislation concerning natural health, medical practices, drugs and drug manufacturing, food supplements, herbs, and innovative and alternative health care developments.

7. The research, documentation and promotion of vested interests, their activities and funding used to influence legislators and legislation for corporate and personal gain.

To make a donation:

You can support the World Institute of Natural Health Sciences' campaigns and programs in a number of safe and secure ways.

1. We suggest that you use our secure web payment system, and note that you are not required nor obligated to join or become a member – this is totally optional.



If you prefer, rather than making a donation through our secure web payment system you can make a donation direct to the World Institute of Natural Sciences.

2. By standing order: Please download the standing order mandate, complete the form and send it directly to your bank. Once this is done, please send an email to info@winhs.org with the amount and frequency or telephone 1.818.951.7933.

3. By check: Checks can be sent direct to our registered office and should be made payable to the 'World Institute of Natural Health Sciences' and sent to:

For North & South America - send to:
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Thank you for supporting the World Institute of Natural Health Sciences and your right to natural healthcare!

One Final Note.
Please join the rapidly growing support base of practitioners who are working across the US, Europe and all over the world with the WINHS to protect innovation and the availability of leading-edge supplements. Join us now!

Please e-mail us at info@winhs.org, should you require any further information. Or telephone 1.818.951.7933 (US) and +44 (0) 7913 188 756.

Your future is at risk if you do not act now!