[AZLiberty]

My mom's in a panic about this, too. The Codex Alimentarius is an initiative, apparently sponsored by Big Pharma, to turn vitamins and other supplements into prescription drugs, if they exceed the recommended daily allowance. It's under the control the the World Trade Organization, and apparently both the EU and Canada have already signed it. If it's adopted, then the U.S. will be bound by it because of our membership in the WTO.

[supercat]

The Codex Alimentarius is an initiative, apparently sponsored by Big Pharma, to turn vitamins and other supplements into prescription drugs, if they exceed the recommended daily allowance.

This brings up a couple questions:

1. What about the fact that not every person needs the same quantity of different vitamins, minerals, etc.? The RDA for some substances may well be inadequate for some people.
2. If a company wants to package a supplement which contains 100% of the RDA for substance X and 500% for substance y, what difficulty would there be with bottling smaller tablets each containing 20% of substance X and 100% of substance Y. One wouldn't explicitly label the stuff as recommending that people take five tablets daily, but I would think they might be able to figure it out.

Those things being said, I am disquieted by the control that big pharma seems to have over everything.

[Colorado Buckeye]

My mom's in a panic about this, too. The Codex Alimentarius is an initiative, apparently sponsored by Big Pharma, to turn vitamins and other supplements into prescription drugs, if they exceed the recommended daily allowance. It's under the control the the World Trade Organization, and apparently both the EU and Canada have already signed it. If it's adopted, then the U.S. will be bound by it because of our membership in the WTO.

This fits with what I've heard. I think this is an excellent issue to educate the American people concerning the evils of GATT and the WTO. There will be a huge uproar if this is actually implemented. In Fort Collins, we have at least 3 natural food stores that are well stocked with supplements and the regular groceries are adding them as well. A lot of people use supplements.

[Sarah]

Please see my above posts

[Sarah]

ping for additional info above.
I hate to be paranoid, it's just that I've really found natural solutions to be better (yes, more expensive, as everything is out of pocket.)
And then if this is true, I'm really frightened to have to turn to synthetic solutions, as the side-effects have to do with mood and emotional balance.
Even here in Europe, normal Western medicine is reimbursed close to 100%, and natural medicine much less (at least it is recognised!)