My sister
went to her local health food store the other day to buy some Agnus Castus, and
was disappointed to realise she could only buy 100mg capsules, whereas
previously she could buy the more efficacious 500mg. Many such herbs and
supplements have been downgraded to comply with regulation recently, rendering
them impotent and apparently useless snake oil. This of course propels people
towards pharmaceuticals and the “safety” of their doctor.
I went to
my health food store the other week, and was shocked at just how many of the
diverse, unadulterated and shop- manufactured products had been taken from the
shelves and replaced with other, commercial brands of inferior quality, full of
fillers, gelatine and other unnecessary preservative crap. There is a quiet
revolution going on down the health food store. Along with increased regulation
comes commercialisation, and degradation in quality. And so we become silent.
I was
attending a conference several years ago, and was disturbed to find out that it
is now illegal to identify a product as “GMO free” and a test case in Canada resulted in the bankruptcy of a
health food store owner for labeling his products as such. Have you noticed,
unlike previously, there are no products which say they have GMO content,
because the international treaties and regulatory agreements are complicit in a
cover- up with the big agricultural corporations to make that goop more cheaply
and shove it down your unwitting neck like a farm animal?
And with the regulation and licensure of the
natural health “profession” comes a cessation of power and autonomy. You have
to play by the rules of orthodox medicine to get your little badge and make a
living. In all the years I have been interested in natural health, the current
malaise marks a low water mark in health freedoms of individuals.
By South Utsire
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