You can hear the missiles whistling by one after another, aimed straight for the alternative health industry. And next August, international governments plan a massive attack. An assault that will wipe out vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements by 2007 if it goes unchecked.1

That means thousands of supplements Americans use to improve their health, may disappear. You may not be able to walk into a store, and buy vitamin E, amino acids, or essential fatty acids. You won't even be able to buy enough vitamin C, to do you any good. You'll have to go to a pharmacy, and pay three to four times more!2

*Dealing the Deathblow to Supplements*

For over a decade world governments have tried to restrict your access to supplements through something called the Codex Alimentarius. The Codex was set up among 165 nations to govern food standards...supposedly to ensure international food safety.

But like most things governments get their hands on, it turned into something much different.

In the late '90s German drug companies got Codex to start pushing the idea to classify all supplements as DRUGS! Plus, under the German proposal, Codex would create its own list of "approved" supplements. All others become illegal.3 Two years ago, the European Union accepted this directive and plans to enforce it starting next August. It is a deathblow to supplements in Europe.

I thought the U.S. would never adopt such an extreme restriction, but I've had to think again. In 1997, only an 11^th-hour blitz by consumer advocates, prevented it from happening here. And the matter has come under consideration again.

When we signed on with the WTO, we agreed to revise our regulations to comply with WTO policies. If we don't, the WTO can bring us before their Dispute Resolution Panel and force us to do so!8

It recently happened in Australia. Over 1300 products were recalled by a government agency, under very suspicious circumstances. It devastated health stores there. They had to pull 80% of their inventory off their shelves!

*What You Can Do*

If we want to keep our rights to alternative medicine, we have to stand together. And here's how you can help. Support the case brought by the British Alliance for Natural Health. They've filed suit to overturn the European Food Supplements Directive. You can get more information about it at http://www.alliance-natural-health.org/. Write your state and national politicians and tell them to oppose these two acts: S.722, the Dietary Supplement Act, and H.R. 377, the Dietary Supplement Access and Awareness Act.

Time is running out. Promise yourself to do these two things today.