Unscrupulous FDA Makes Crucial Vitamins and Supplements Illegal

From Guest Writer Suzanne Crookshanks

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, has proved once again it is hellbent on prioritizing and protecting Big Pharma's multi billion dollar profits over the civil liberties and public health of American citizens. As though the Covid "vaccine" rulings under the Emergency Use Authorization have not been enough of an effrontery to our lives and freedom, the FDA has now declared that all homeopathic products are illegal. "The FDA is, and has been, out of control. It approves dangerous, expensive drugs that don’t work, and works to eliminate your access to natural alternatives to those dangerous, ineffective, and expensive drugs." (Alliance for Natural Health, "FDA Declares Homeopathy Illegal," December 8, 2022) The FDA can now target and ban any over-the-counter vitamin or supplement from the marketplace they choose to, at any time, effectively eliminating competition from companies that manufacture vitamins and supplements. 

As posted on fda.gov, "On December 6, 2022, FDA issued a final guidance, Homeopathic Drug Products, that describes the agency’s approach to prioritizing regulatory actions for homeopathic products posing the greatest risk to patients. The FDA is prioritizing specific categories of drugs, such as those intended for populations at greater risk for adverse reactions. There are currently no FDA-approved products labeled as homeopathic, and the agency cannot ensure these drugs meet standards for safety, effectiveness, and quality." 

Below is a list of "Enforcement and Regulatory Priorities" as outlined in the "Homeopathic Drug Products Guidance for FDA Staff and Industry." When the FDA made their genocidal decisions concerning Covid "vaccines," why did they not apply these same "enforcement and regulatory priorities" to the "vaccines"?

• Products with reports of injury that, after evaluation, raise potential safety concerns. (What about the millions of deaths and injuries mRNA gene editing "vaccine" products have caused? Why no concern over the safety of the "vaccine" that is in reality a Bioweapon and does not meet the definition of a "vaccine" at all?)

• Products that contain or purport to contain ingredients associated with potentially significant safety concerns. (What about the deadly spike protein being mass produced in the bodies of those unfortunate enough to have received mRNA "vaccine" products?)

• Products for routes of administration other than oral and topical. (The mRNA gene editing "vaccines" are in injectable form, so why no thorough investigation and analysis into the safety of these toxins?) 

• Products intended to be used for the prevention or treatment of serious and/or life-threatening diseases or conditions. (What about the false claims of safety and efficacy for treating SARS-CoV-2 when no clinical trials proved the Covid "vaccine" was effective in stopping infection or transmission?)

• Products for vulnerable populations. (What about all the fetuses in utero that miscarried, the babies just days or weeks old that died suddenly from "mysterious causes" or after being breast fed from a vaxxed mother? What about all the young people and athletes that have dropped dead or been permanently maimed with myocarditis or neurodegenerative diseases? What about patients with preexisting cancers or immunosuppressed systems or the elderly?)

• Products with significant quality issues. (What about the mRNA "vaccine" products shown to contain reduced graphene oxide, various metallic substances, polyethylene glycol and other cytotoxic ingredients?)

If only the FDA had applied the same scrutiny and criteria to Covid "vaccines" as they are now doing with natural products derived from plants, animals and minerals, millions of people would not be disabled or deceased today. 

The FDA uses devious strategies to guarantee the monopoly of Big Pharma's FDA-approved drugs remains secure since 45% of the agency's financial support comes from the drug industry in the form of "user fees." Since only FDA-approved drugs can legally claim to treat or prevent disease, the FDA invented a term, "implied disease claims," that allows them to reject supplement companies' legal "structure/function health claims on the basis of this "implied disease claims" workaround. More often than not, the supplement companies are not claiming to treat disease at all. The FDA plays duplicitous word games when creating their restrictive guidelines for homeopathic products so they will make compliance by the companies as expensive and tedious as possible. "In a slew of warning letters, the FDA has targeted seven companies for claiming that their supplements [like vitamin B3 and fish oil] treat heart disease. Well, not heart disease exactly: what the FDA has issue with is these supplements claiming to be able to lower cholesterol, even though we know they can." The FDA has also asserted that conditions like "inflammation" and "hangovers" can be classified as diseases. That sneaky little subterfuge prevents supplement companies from being able to label their products as effective for treating symptoms of inflammation or hangovers. (Alliance for Natural Health, "FDA Supplement Censorship Strikes Again," December 6, 2022)

Another egregious example of reclassifying a symptom or process as a disease involves the efforts of MetroBiotech and company co-founder, Dr. David Sinclair, to get "aging" classified as a disease so they can become wealthy selling the nutrient, NMN (beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide), a precursor of NAD shown to help increase longevity by facilitating mitochondrial healing. An FDA back-channel tactic called the "drug preclusion clause" is a sleight of hand that enables companies to turn supplements into drugs. It is being used for this money grabbing technique of fleecing people for taking natural substances because they are trying to stay healthy while growing older. (Alliance for Natural Health, "Taking Away Your Anti-Aging Supplement," December 6, 2022) NMN is naturally found in edamame, broccoli, cabbage, cucumber and avocado. I thought substances from nature were ineligible for patents. I am especially perturbed with Dr. Sinclair's self serving actions, seeing as how I purchased his book, Lifespan, a few years ago as a gift for a family member and have invested time listening to several of his speeches and interviews. 

An article by Alliance for Natural Health, "Saving Lives -- And Money -- With Supplements," September 8, 2022, describes report findings issued by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade group for the supplement industry, that set out "to quantify how much can be saved if at-risk populations for certain chronic diseases utilized common dietary supplements. The results? If more people, especially those at risk for certain chronic ailments like heart disease, used certain dietary supplements, hundreds of billions of dollars could be saved and millions of medical incidents could be avoided…" 

"The report looks at coronary artery disease (CAD), osteoporosis, age-related macular degeneration, cognitive decline, irritable bowel syndrome, and childhood development disorders. Key supplements that help with each condition were examined, leading to estimates about how supplementation could affect incidence of that disease and healthcare costs.

Take coronary artery disease, for example. A review of the medical literature shows that supplementing with preventive levels of fish oil leads to a risk reduction of 10 percent for CAD events. If people at risk for CAD events supplement with fish oil, the report estimates that 174,811 CAD events could be avoided, saving $5.63 billion. The clinical literature indicates that the relative risk reduction of a CAD event with the use of magnesium supplements is 5.34 percent. This means that magnesium supplementation could prevent 93,349 CAD events resulting in $3 billion in healthcare savings. Vitamin K2 was found to reduce the risk for CAD events by 15.7 percent, meaning an estimated 274,933 CAD events could be avoided, resulting in $8.86 billion in savings."

This ANH article goes on to explain how the FDA deliberately makes it difficult for consumers to learn about the benefits of supplementation. This is just more evidence that members of the agency are willing to blatantly "lie by omission" to hide relevant health information from consumers. They apparently have no compunction about influencing the public to purchase expensive FDA-approved products over cheaper natural alternatives that have a long history of being safe and if not just as effective as their drug counterparts, they are often more effective. Nevermind the health and welfare of the patient. The concept of "Patient First" has become obsolete with the unethical and greedy FDA. A February 2022 ANH article by Tim Reihm highlights the FDA's refusal to accept a health claim that magnesium lowered blood pressure when the company did not even make that specific claim. What the company actually claimed was that magnesium was important to heart health and maintaining blood pressure, a fact that is established, evidence-based science with a long history of acceptance. Yet, the FDA would prefer to engage in torturous doublespeak, mislead and deprive people of a much needed nutrient and insure there is no interruption in feeding the Big Pharma Beast its billions of dollars. "The only explanation we can think of is that the agency is more concerned with protecting the profits of drug makers and the $26.3 billion antihypertensive drug market. Ex-FDA officials have stated that the FDA sees the drug industry as its client and represents its interests." [Emphasis mine.] (Alliance for Natural Health, "FDA Says No to Magnesium Claim: U.S. HHS and USDA say Americans get far too little of it," Tim Reihm, February 24, 2022)

Learning how the FDA systematically and purposely suppresses valuable, pertinent information from American citizens to further its own and Big Pharma's financial gain, reminds me of Charles Wright's reporting from this past summer: "Between 1953-1977, the National Cancer Institute tested [and] screened over 35,000 species of plants for anti-cancer properties. They found over 3,000 plants with anti-cancer properties. The program was shut down in the 1980s. The results are unavailable to the public." [Emphasis mine.] ("Genus Artemisia Testing Model Proposal using Multiple Linear Regression," Charles Wright, C's Newsletter, July 16, 2022) Confirmation to me that three-letter government agencies have been hiding potentially life-saving health data, knowledge and research from the public for decades. The Mission Statement on fda.gov states in part, "FDA is responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medical products more effective, safer, and more affordable and by helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medical products and foods to maintain and improve their health." [Emphasis mine.] Unfortunately, just more empty words. The FDA is unrelenting in its obedience to "carry water" for Big Pharma. They are a clearcut saboteur of the American people's "right to know." 

The FDA will even demonize effective, inexpensive FDA-approved medications to make way for their highly priced equivalents whenever it suits their self-interest. Case in point is ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Going on right now, with no government, Big Pharma or corporate funding, is a voluntary clinical trial using ivermectin and the homeopathic supplement, lactoferrin, for the treatment of various types of cancers and prostatomegaly or enlarged prostate. The study is called "A Prostate Clinical Trial," and is being conducted in countries around the world. Ivermectin and lactoferrin are being used in combination, or sometimes each one exclusively depending on the individual needs of the patient. These two medications, one prescription and one over-the-counter, are yielding miraculous results by dramatically and consistently shrinking tumors and enlarged prostate glands, allowing chemotherapy patients to tolerate their treatments better by stabilizing blood counts and giving patients more energy, strength, better appetites and an overall improved sense of well-being. "A Prostate Community Trial" is being reported on through a series of articles by Charles Wright in C's Newsletter. ("Stefan Hartmann, PA updates Ivermectin and Lactoferrin Volunteer Trials on Cancer and Enlarged Prostate," Charles Wright, C's Newsletter, November 1, 2022) The case studies he has spotlighted are beyond encouraging and give hope that a real cure for cancer is on the horizon, due in part to a homeopathic supplement, lactoferrin.

A couple of excerpts from "A Prostate Community Trial" case studies, as reported by Charles Wright, are as follows:

"The following announcement comes from A.M. Gonzalez on Viber. I realize most people are not in the Viber group, so I wanted to pass this announcement along for medical professionals to consider.

ATTENTION COMMUNITY We have outstanding GOOD NEWS Do you remember our indigent case, Oscar Nacu with the huge tumor at his neck? You will remember that we immediately started him off on Ivermectin and subsequently began its upward titration? Well he is now at 120mg of Ivermectin per day. That's about 2.3mg/kg/day and 1000mg/day of Lactoferrin or about 19.23mg/kg/day. Well his tumor has began to shrink but that is not all. We took his chest Xray on Sept 10, 2022 & we repeated it today, Nov. 3, 2022. Look at their side by side comparison. Note the significant change. What looks like metastases all over the lungs has not progressed but has significantly lessened.

Ivermectin + Lactoferrin has just demonstrated it may just cure Oscar Nacu's cancer." ("Chest X-Ray results of Oscar Nacu in the Ivermectin/Lactoferrin and Cancer Study," Charles Wright, C's Newsletter, November 3, 2022)

"Aisha de la Cruz is one of the inspirations for the Ivermectin community trials. She took some very high doses of Ivermectin to treat her cancer. Here are some excerpts from Dr. Cruz on Rumble explaining her story on July 26, 2022.

Dr. Aisha de la Cruz: He (Dr. Allan Landrito) found out that I had cancer at that time. I had gall bladder carcinoma. And he introduced to me the Ivermectin. I’m having chemo at that time. I tried. The good thing is I stopped all my chemo and radiation because of Ivermectin. Yeah I stopped. I was supposed to have 8 sessions, and I stopped on the 6th. That was during the Pandemic, 2021.

I’m still taking Ivermectin up til now. During my chemo I’m taking 8 capsules daily for 4 months. 15 milligrams…

…From A. M. Gonzalez:

Dr. Aisha de la Cruz took 2.4mg daily for each kilo of her body's weight for 4 months and continued with 1/2 of this 8 months later. With no side effects, Dr. De La Cruz's fist sized tumor in her gall bladder disappeared after one year of Ivermectin. She started Ivermectin because she quit the chemo that did not work.

Please everyone, talk to all doctors you know in your state. Tell them about us. Tell them to come and see the cancer cases we're treating. Tell them that no thanks to them people in other parts of the world are becoming better and ask them what are they going to do about it?" (Ivermectin/Cancer case study, Dr. Aisha de la Cruz," Charles Wright, C's Newsletter, November 17, 2022)

Lactoferrin is a homeopathic supplement proving to have a treasure trove of health benefits. It is a "smart" enzyme found in the raw, unpasteurized milk of mammals and currently available as a supplement in the form of freeze-dried capsules. Many states have restrictive laws forbidding sales of raw milk for human consumption, so unless done through herd share co-ops, raw milk is often inaccessible.

Lactoferrin is abundant in several types of body tissues that are frequently exposed to aggressive microbial pathogens, it decreases inflammation by modulating cytokine production, is protective of the kidneys and can deliver chemotherapy to brain tumors since it is able to cross the blood brain barrier. Most exciting is its high selectivity towards cancer cells. It actually has the ability to distinguish between normal and cancer cells, promoting normal cells and inhibiting cancer cells by modulating iron levels inside those cells. Lactoferrin starves cancer cells of iron causing them to die and maintains a careful balance of iron in normal cells, which translates to a normal hemoglobin and red blood cell count in the patient. Consequently, chemotherapy patients taking lactoferrin in the "A Prostate Community Trial" are demonstrating less severe fluctuations in blood counts post chemo and have better appetites and endurance.

This amazing little homeopathic enzyme appears to have promising potential for cancer prevention and other therapeutic benefits based on the early responses being seen in the clinical trial patients mentioned above. However, the FDA could suddenly take a notion to eliminate lactoferrin from the market altogether since it may become seen as a threat to Big Pharma's revenue from their pricey cancer-related prescription drugs and that would be a shame.

The FDA will undoubtedly persist with its conniving ways, trying to restrain itself from eliminating too many vitamins and supplements from the market all at once since that would garner too much attention and cause public outrage. No, they will dream up convoluted excuses to incrementally remove from the consumer's reach popular homeopathic medicines that actually work while forcing costly patented drugs on them instead. As a result, smaller, independent supplement companies will be put out of business. 

"In all, just 14 mega corporations—many of them drug manufacturers—now own over 100 of the more popular nutritional supplement brands on the market. Importantly, this monopoly over the supplement industry gives drug companies massive regulatory influence—and also a means to potentially destroy independent supplement makers who can’t compete financially." ("Call to Action: FDA and Big Pharma Want to Ban Vitamins and Supplements," Michelle Edwards, Undercover DC, July 22, 2022)

(Screenshot Dr. Neal Smoller)

Growing up in a medically oriented family, having a thirty year nursing career and practically blind faith in institutions like the FDA and CDC and all things medical has not precluded me from having an about-face and turning away from man made chemical concoctions and towards more natural, unadulterated homeopathic substances the more I learn. I have realized many cures and remedies civilization seeks have likely been right under our noses for centuries, contained in the plethora of plants, animal life and other natural substances right in our own backyards. These gifts from nature should never be illegal. 

Please contact your state representatives and voice your outrage at the step-by-step reduction in personal freedoms imposed on our citizenry by the FDA and Big Pharma. Urge Congress to allow continued access to homeopathic products before the FDA and Big Pharma has their way and destroys the vitamins and supplements industry. 

"Immediate grassroots involvement right now is critical to defeating this dangerous and radical proposal. While phone calls are most effective, the Alliance for Natural Health has created a prewritten email that will automatically be sent to the U.S. President, senators, and representatives. Click HERE to access and take action."

("Call to Action: Big Pharma and FDA Want to Ban Vitamins and Supplements," Michelle Edwards, Undercover DC, July 22, 2022) 

Note: At the end of each Alliance for Natural Health article referenced above are available prewritten emails relating to the specific subject of the article that will automatically be sent to U.S. senators and representatives. 

Suzanne Crookshanks