Fosamax: TURNING BONE TO MARBLE

Other non-estrogen drugs which are prescribed to supposedly reduce
the chance of osteoporosis, have serious side effects. In his video,
Dr. James Lee outlines the dangers of a very popular drug named
Fosamax. It's actually quite simple. Again, living healthy bone must
go through a constant process of old cells being replaced by new
cells, so that every few years we have an entire new skeleton.

Osteoclasts are cells that tear down bone; osteoblasts build new
cells in those spaces. Got that? OK.

The intellects behind Fosamax have decided that if they can stop the
osteoclasts from doing their normal job of tearing down bone, this
will prevent osteoporosis. How? '

By the buildup of Fosamax crystals in the bone, which just stay
there long after a normal lifespan, which artificially stops the
removal system - the osteoclasts. Now there are no spaces in which
new bone cells can form.

The Fosamax crystals cannot be broken down by the body, and remain
in the bone for 15 or 20 years, taking up space, and offering an
artificial, plastic-like composition in what should be normal
healthy bone.

Dr. Lee tells us that modern Fosamax is 1000 times more potent than
the original drug. Even the manufacturers caution against indiscriminate long term use
of this drug: on p 1657-8 of the 1998 Physicians Desk Reference we find that:

"bone formation is ultimately reduced Fosamax decreases the rate of
bone resorption [tearing down] directly, which leads to an indirect
decrease in bone formation."

Decreased bone formation? Does that sound like something that's
going to maintain normal bone and prevent osteoporosis in your
golden years? Dr. Lee and many others don't think so.

The PDR also tells us that they have no idea what effects Fosamax
may have after four years! (p1661) Here we have a prime example of the philosophical difference between allopathic and holistic medicine: they forgot that Mother Nature
Always Bats Last. You can't arbitrarily interfere with one half of a complete life process like bone synthesis and expect no adverse consequences.

With Fosamax, we have arrogantly overpowered the body's normal
system of bone building which has developed and maintained the
skeleton just fine for the person's whole life, by pretending that
one phase of that system exists in isolation from the whole rest of
the endocrine Internet, and can be omitted with no consequences.

Doctors trick women by telling them that Fosamax will increase "bone
mineral density" but what they don't tell them is that the new
mineral is not calcium and is no longer part of the living dynamic
process which has maintained their bones their entire lives.

This is not yet even mentioning the side effects of Fosamax:
- kidney disease
- ulcers
- heartburn
- joint pain
- headache
- rash

Fosamax is a risky, artificial approach to osteoporosis which
pretends like the problem can be divided up into separate, distinct
unrelated phases, like with a car. Same old idea, over and over:
another drug in search of a market.

Same old story. Osteoporosis is big business. Big business to keep
it happening, and big business to treat it. The dairy industry, the
meat industry, the soft drink industry all keep it happening. The
HRT industry, the nursing home industry, and the hospitals gain from
the treatment of osteoporosis. John McDougall explains:

"The diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis is so profitable
because millions of people unwittingly weaken their bones, making
them dependent for the rest of their life on diagnostic tests and
drug therapy that slows the disorder but never cures it."
- The McDougall Plan - p17

China has cornered the global market for vitamins

By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - If you pop a vitamin C tablet in your mouth,
it's a good bet it came from China. Indeed, many of the world's
vitamins are now made in China.

In less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the U.S.
market for vitamin C, driving almost everyone else out of business.

Chinese pharmaceutical companies also have taken over much of the
world market in the production of antibiotics, analgesics, enzymes and
primary amino acids. According to an industry group, China makes 70
percent of the world's penicillin, 50 percent of its aspirin and 35
percent of its acetaminophen (often sold under the brand name
Tylenol), as well as the bulk of vitamins A, B12, C and E.

In the wake of a pet food scandal, in which adulterated wheat gluten
from China led to the deaths of thousands of pets in North America,
and other instances of food and toothpaste tampering, China's vitamin
producers are reaching out to reassure U.S. consumers that their
vitamins are safe.

Whether that's true isn't clear, however. Foreign food-safety experts
say China's larger companies have reputations to protect. The question
is how they maintain quality control.