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To: bmart who wrote (5595)	9/15/1998 2:29:00 PM
From: jhild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26163

BMart, your inability to look at the critical elements of an argument are not at all surprising. The issue that you are failing to deal with is that being a dietary supplement restricts the nature of the claims that you can make in promoting it. To advertise or make claims that the supplement can be used for medicinal purposes triggers its reclassification to drug status removing the shield of "Dietary Supplement" that AZNT has been hiding behind. Don't believe me - Ask the Indian.

To: bmart who wrote (5595)	9/15/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26163

bmart, you are confused about the quote most certainly. I did not make it. Let us be specific: The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ("DSHEA") was enacted on October 25, 1994. DSHEA amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by defining dietary supplements which include vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and herbs, as a new category of food separate from conventional food. (no carrots, oranges, and prunes) DSHEA provides a regulatory framework to ensure safe, quality dietary supplements and the dissemination of accurate information about such products. Pay attention to this part, then will someone else post a product from the AZNT website? Under DSHEA, the FDA is generally prohibited from regulating the active ingredients in dietary supplements as drugs UNLESS product claims, such as claims that a product may heal, mitigate, cure or prevent an illness, disease or malady, trigger drug status.

To: bmart who wrote (5595)	9/15/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Rich_1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26163

BMart, I've been buying products from health food stores since 1984 and most have been non-FDA approved. Not only that, but many doctors use to frown on this industry because if everyone remained healthy, they'd be out of business. Since 1984, I hardly ever get sick and only visit a doctor for physicals. You have to expect the short sellers here to try and dig up dirt to dwell on. They don't want your investment to prosper. IMO, most casual lurkers are onto their gig all over SI where they hurt long investors every day. IMO, this all signifies that the short squeeze is still intact and is alive and well, or else they'd be gone. Rich_1

To: bmart who wrote (5595)	9/15/1998 10:45:00 PM
From: Arcane Lore	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 26163

Laetrile anyone? ... Dietary supplements do not require FDA approval. You need to educate yourself about dietary supplements, OTC products and the FDA. bmart: Simply because dietary supplements do not require FDA approval does not mean they have license to promote themselves by making unwarranted health claims about specific diseases. The following excerpt from an FDA web site concerning the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) may be of interest: The DSHEA provides for the use of various types of statements on the label of dietary supplements, although claims may not be made about the use of a dietary supplement to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat, or cure a specific disease (unless approved under the new drug provisions of the FD&C Act). For example, a product may not carry the claim "cures cancer" or "treats arthritis." vm.cfsan.fda.gov This page of the AZNT web site lists no fewer than three products for cancer: amazon-treasures.com namely: Ipe Roco Tea: amazon-treasures.com Pau D'Arco: amazon-treasures.com Caa-c: amazon-treasures.com Oddly enough, only one of the corresponding product information pages, namely Pau D'Arco, mentions cancer or tumors directly, though the Ipe Roco Tea page mentions "cell control". Not to worry, with their customary attention to detail, they actually forgot to list a few: As an added benefit, "Hydrastis" fights cancer of the breast, uterus, stomach, nose and larynx. amazon-treasures.com ===== Dr. Astley Paston Cooper, an English surgeon has discovered "Ruta Graveolens" is an excellent ment for rectum cancer. amazon-treasures.com ===== The third 100% pure and natural ingredient "Ornithogalum Umbellatum" has been employed by English surgeion Sir Astley Paston Cooper in all cases of malignant stomach diseases, cancer of the stomach and in all cases of tumors and ulcers of the digestive system. amazon-treasures.com ===== "Conium Maculatum" has been proven to help most cases of tumors in the breasts. amazon-treasures.com ===== The remarkable properties of Malva tea made from the bark and leaves are: ...used as catapalsms with starch for tumors and contusions amazon-treasures.com ===== Incidentally, even though the name "Astley Paston Cooper" sounds bogus, there really was an English surgeon by that name (born 1768, died 1841). Not that the FDA would regard the mention of an undocumented endorsement by a 19th century surgeon as adequate evidence of safety and efficacy.