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Merck Engaged in Blatant Scientific Fraud with Vytorin Cholesterol Study? (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The drug companies -- with all their slick marketing, scientific fraud, political influence and celebrity sponsorship -- will soon find themselves selling products only to the uninformed, low-IQ junk food eating consumers who simply don't know any better. All the smart, successful, sexy, healthy and productive people are turning to natural remedies and increasingly adopting plant-based diets. It's pretty simple, really: Plants make you healthy; drugs make you sick. Plants protect your liver; drugs destroy it. Plants enhance brain function; drugs destroy brain function.

Too Profitable to Cure Brent Hoadley, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

The latest report by Public Citizen (2000)1 shows that: • The pharmaceuticals spent $262 million on political influence in the 1999-2000 election cycle-$177 million for lobbying, $65 million on issues-advertising, and $20 million in campaign contributions. • More than 625 lobbyists were hired to wine and dine members of Congress. The brand-name drug companies spend $90 million annually for these lobbyists. • Over half of the pharmaceutical lobbyists were former elected officials or federal employees.

The masses were dependent on the corporations for both goods and employment, and the corporations wielded undue political influence and power. Hitler was chosen by these power-mongers, and he served them well. The masses were subdued by the few. Benjamin Franklin stated: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Terrorism, as witnessed on September 11, 2001, did more damage than the killing and maiming of our citizens.

Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You Andreas Moritz See book keywords and concepts

He used his political influence to quash an FDA toxicologist's report naming aspartame as a cause of not only cancer, but brain tumors as well. In 1996 the Food and Drug Administration published a list of 92 adverse aspartame reactions that included seizures, blindness, obesity; testicular, mammary and brain tumors; sex dysfunction, and death, acquired from 10,000 consumer complaints.

Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation Charles Barber See book keywords and concepts

Given both a lack of resources and the fact that what resources it has are under political influence, the FDA's power to regulate the drug industry is surprisingly limited. For example, the agency reviews only a small percentage of the drug commercials that air on television. The FDA says, quite rightly, it doesn't have the resources to review the 54,000 drug promotions a year that come its way.40 The FDA's drug-marketing enforcement arm has only forty employees.41 Ads do not have to be reviewed and approved before they are aired.

The health insurance problem is not an insurance problem, it is a health problem Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

You'll never see that claim because the blueberry companies aren't going to engage in the corruption, bribery, and political influence that would normally be required for the FDA to approve something. Blueberries are just blueberries. They are straight from nature. They are healthy. And they actually lower bad cholesterol and improve cardiovascular health regardless of whether or not the FDA allows such a claim. Getting back to health insurance, you have to remember that the health insurance business is just that – a business.

Bacon, sausage, hot dogs and processed meats hike cancer risk by 67% due to chemical preservative, says nutritionist Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The USDA once tried to ban sodium nitrite, but was unsuccessful due to political influence and lobbying efforts of meat processing companies. Sodium nitrite is only one of several dangerous, disease-causing ingredients found in everyday foods and groceries, says Adams. In Grocery Warning, Adams teaches readers how to avoid dangerous foods and ingredients that promote diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, depression, behavioral disorders, cancer and many other common diseases. "Today's food supply is toxic," says Adams.

FDA accused of suppressing drug safety information (commentary) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Lots of political influence with the leaders of drug companies? Probably. Covering up facts about the dangers of prescription drugs? Most definitely. Absolutely. Without question. This is the FDA that we have here in the United States, running the drug industry. Running it! The FDA that tries to create a monopoly drug market in this country by banning the import of generic prescription drugs from elsewhere around the world.

Health Ranger hails CPSI effort to stop Kellogg Co. from marketing junk food to children Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Adams is also on the record accusing the FDA and even many media organizations of "selling out" to the financial and political influence of food companies. He characterizes the USDA Food Guide Pyramid as an "exercise in food marketing propaganda" and accuses the Food and Drug Administration of, "protecting profits instead of people." The CSPI is online at www.CSPInet.org The Health Ranger's articles on health and consumer safety are published at www.NewsTarget.com. Adams is also the co-author of the popular Real Safety(TM) series of consumer guides published at www.RealSafety.

Eye-opening documentary "The Corporation" reveals the true evils behind some Big Business companies Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

So, when I say free trade, I'm talking about legitimate free trade that is free of the criminal influence or the political influence of these corrupt individuals who seem to be running everything in the country and around the world. And of course, I'm a big proponent of fair trade as it is known in the organic industry. Here's a wacky idea: When corporations serve their purpose, they should dissolve What does all this have to do with The Corporation?

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

The Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements Regardless of the political influence, phytochemical research continues at universities throughout the United States and especially at centers of science and medicine around the world (who are not so tightly controlled by U.S. pharmaceutical interests). What they are finding, across the board, is that phytochemicals work best in concert, not in isolation.

Through political influence, they managed to get the Bush administration to actually block an initiative by the World Health Organization that would have recommended that people all over the world limit their intake of refined sugars. Over the years, there have been some rather energized debates over the Food Guide Pyramid published by the USDA. Every industry wants its own foods and products to be the largest recommended group on the pyramid, and no matter what pyramid the USDA publishes, food manufacturers that didn't achieve the most prominent positions will complain loudly.

Yet, every time a lawmaker attempts to ban soft drinks in schools, for example, or pass new "junk food taxes" that would help dissuade consumers from buying so many soft drinks, they are steamrolled by a seemingly unstoppable political influence machine. The combined industries of food producers, media owners, and pharmaceutical companies, when taken as a whole, simply aren't interested in making people healthy since that would destroy their profits.

The Seven Laws of Nutrition Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

This pyramid, which was created primarily as a response to political influence by various food groups (read "Food Politics" by Marion Nestle to learn more), is little more than a promotional brochure for the farmers of America. It promotes the dairy industry, the grain farmers, meat producers and various food producers. But the number one recommendation by the USDA is of course the grains. And most people think that a slice of white bread is a healthy grain because it is recommended by the USDA. The USDA offers deadly nutritional advice They think pancakes count as grains.

Seeds of Change: Six Plants That Transformed Mankind Henry Hobhouse See book keywords and concepts

The free trade lobby, which objected to the laws in principle, was growing more vociferous, and to this vociferousness was added political influence with the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. Manufacturers and industrialists wanted in particular to remove the duty on grain in order to secure cheaper food for their workers, as well as cheaper raw materials and an expansion of their markets. Agitation against the Corn Laws centered on Manchester under the political leadership of Richard Cobden and John Bright, both cotton manufacturers.

Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

Both industries have tremendous political influence in Washington, and both industries manufacture a product that consumers actually enjoy consuming. It also seems both industries will stop at nothing to make sure their product continues to be legal to sell to unwary consumers, regardless of the health consequences. The primary difference between the two industries is that the tobacco industry's mirage vanished, and now the vast majority of scientists recognize that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.

Food Fight Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen See book keywords and concepts

The tobacco industry once felt invulnerable and believed that with enough political influence, advertising, and public relations, critics would be overwhelmed, disgraced, or at least neutralized. They were wrong. The food industry now stands at a critical juncture and may wish to benefit from lessons learned by tobacco. If the tobacco industry had instituted a monitoring process years ago in collaboration with health and public policy experts, the severe blows they have suffered might have been anticipated and some constructive, alternative plan developed.

What crops get subsidized, which commodities get shipped to schools through the National School Lunch Program, what foods get emphasized in the food guide pyramid, and whether soft drinks are permitted in schools are a few places where political influence can affect the national nutrition environment. There are many, many cases where business interests conflict with public health. People deserve to know how and when this occurs and the impact it has on them and their children.

World Without Cancer G. Edward Griffin See book keywords and concepts

This is a desirable environment if one is operating a cartelized industry and also has powerful political influence "at the top." That way, one can make larger profits and be part of the ruling class as well. These people do not fear the progressive taxation scheme that oppresses the middle class. Their political influence enables them to set up elaborate tax-exempt foundations to preserve and multiply their great wealth with virtually no tax at all. This is why monopolists can never be true capitalists.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

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Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? The Rest of the Story on the New Class of SSRI Antidepressants Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lovan, Luvox & More Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Breggin's TOXIC PSYCHIATRY: "If it turns out that Prozac received especially favorable treatment from the FDA, or that it had an extraordinary boost from certain media leaders, political influence may be at work. Eli Lilly, based in Indianapolis, was a large contributor to the senatorial campaigns of Dan Quayle. In addition, according to the October 1, 1988, Washington Post, 'Quayle's uncle, William C. Murphy, opened Lilly's government relations office in Washington in 1964 and his 1980 campaign manager, Mark D. Miles, went to work for the company in 1982 as director of communications' (p.

Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America E. Richard Brown See book keywords and concepts

Furthermore, the capitalist sector of medicine has grown rich and powerful, bringing the economic and political influence of insurance companies, banks, and industrial corporations into active support for retaining the private medical market. National health insurance is supported because it will further socialize the costs of medicine, but nationalizing medicine in a national health service is unacceptable to the powerful private market forces and therefore is ignored by health policy makers.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

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Jockeying among aldermen for political influence is often associated with machine politics. American Civil Liberties Union An organization founded in 1920 in the wake of the red scare to defend civil liberties. Usually called simply the ACLU, it has often defended the rights of individuals aligned with unpopular causes, including American Communists and Nazis. American Dream A phrase connoting hope for prosperity and happiness, symbolized particularly by having a house of one's own.

The New Holistic Health Handbook: Living Well in a New Age Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss See book keywords and concepts

We're the largest female occupational group in the nation (97 percent women), but we have no political influence as a constituency," Ginsberg notes. The ANA has none of the influence of the AMA; and only a small percentage of nurses are members. Once competitive, isolated, and even suspicious of each other, nurses are uniting in a variety of new organizations. (See resource list.) Traditionally, nurses have been caught in a conflict between taking a stand for their own rights and remaining totally dedicated to their patients.

When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies Kenny Ausubel See book keywords and concepts

As Starr notes, the profession was soon able to convert its authority into "social privilege, economic power, and political influence."25 Dr. Simmons also launched a crusade against "irregulars" and "quacks," which encompassed all schools of medicine other than allopathic M.D.'s. He vigorously targeted homeopaths, herbalists, osteopaths, chiropractors, and the diverse array of "irregular" practitioners who populated medicine at the time. Some were coopted through admission to the AMA, and the many who were excluded found themselves increasingly restricted from most medical practice.

Maross had already used his political influence to quash some other warrants. Hoxsey was convicted of practicing medicine without a license, contrary to evidence that he served merely as a technician for the physician. Sentenced to six months in jail and a $200 fine, he was bailed out by Maross and immediately appealed the verdict. Seventeen months later, the Michigan State Supreme Court overturned his conviction and fully exonerated him on December 6, 1932.40 But with his license revoked in Michigan, Dr.

The Politics of Cancer Revisited Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

The response of government to this national disaster is fragmented and contradictory, reflecting the $6 billion annual tax revenues and the political influence of the Southern congressional network. The USDA openly subsidizes the tobacco industry and, with the blessing of President Carter, sponsors research to improve crop yields. Educational and research activities of the NCI are weak. They include programs to develop "less harmful cigarettes" which are made palatable by chemical additives. Congress has banned cigarette advertising from broadcasting, but not from dinances.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

J*- Traditionally, the disproportionate concentration of wealth, social status, and political influence in the aristocracy has been resented by the middle class and lower class. at large A descriptive term for the election of public officials by an entire governmental unit rather than by subdivisions of the unit. For example, a delegate at large does not represent any specific district or locale, but speaks instead for a much wider group of people. atomic bomb (A-bomb) A nuclear weapon whose enormous explosive power results from the sudden release of energy from a fission reaction.

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