"Modern Medicine Is Killing People" - Carolyn Dean

Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD ND, is a well known book author and advocate for drug free medicine. Recently, she published the book “Death By Modern Medicine”, which has gained a wide readership due to its topical content. In this interview with Crusador’s Editor, Greg Ciola, the renown doctor shed light on a host of issues bordering alternative and orthodox medicines, especially how orthodox medicine is killing people
This is the concluding part of the interview published in our last edition (also published in this blog)

Chapter 3 of your book is titled “Death By Health Care Bureaucracy.” Tell us a little bit about what you get into here.

When I’ve been lobbying in Ottawa and Washington with my health freedom groups -- Friends of Freedom in Canada and Friends of Freedom International in America, we have seen our elected officials and many of them want to do what’s best. However, we’re facing a tough challenge given that we have to compete against very aggressive drug lobbyists. There are 10 lobbyists for every elected official.Unless the American people stand up for what’s right and express themselves to their elected officials in their home states and in Washington, we’re not going to get anything that we want. Without appropriate action, the hired lobbyists and drug companies will get what they want.

Do you talk about insurance companies when you talk about health care bureaucracy?

I really don’t write much about the insurance industry. Insurance companies stay in business by not paying out claims. We need an innovative, alternative insurance agency that will compensate for wellness rather than sickness.

People are forced into this modern medical system because the insurance companies don’t cover alternative medicine. The whole system is corrupt and needs to change. I don’t know when that’s going to ever happen, but it needs to happen.

That’s right. Another thing about health care bureaucracy deals with a situation in Canada that occurred in January 2004 where Health Canada legislated our dietary supplements into a drug category. It wasn’t a law; it was just a regulation by the bureaucracy. That has created a lot of economic hardship with companies trying to comply. It’s run a number of companies into bankruptcy and out of business.

So you can have health care bureaucracy that claims to be doing their job, but in fact, they’re probably doing the bidding of international trade organizations and pharmaceutical lobbyists who are determined worldwide to put dietary supplements into a drug category.

I get very angry every time I hear the media report that dietary supplements are unregulated, unsafe, and that they’re hurting people. You actually have a chapter in your new book, “Death by Media.” We’re being totally manipulated and misled by the media which is really just a mouthpiece for the pharmaceutical industry and for the medical establishment.

Yes! I learned a lot about the media through Marshall McLuhan (a Canadian media scientist). Chapter 5, “Death by Propaganda”, explains how we’ve been totally propagandized by the media. It is incredible how the medical research industry began. Initially, they intentionally made people afraid of disease in order to raise funding for the research. I talk about Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward L. Bernays. He wrote a book called “Crystallizing Public Opinion.” He said, “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society...

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OPRAH WINFREY ENDORSES HERBAL MEDICINE

When celebrities endorse a product, people flock to buy it. The Queen of Daytime Gab, Oprah Winfrey, recently raved about a new supplement on her show. After her own personal struggles with weight, her suggestion for a weight Loss supplement got everyone excited. Oprah endorsed Acai berry as a wonderful weight Loss supplement that is all natural and safe for the general public.

Oprah found out about Acai berries from Dr. Nicolas Perricone. He appeared on her show to discuss the top ten "superfoods" to help people get healthy. His number one "superfood" was MonaVie, which is derived from Acai berry. Dr. Perricone has done extensive research on Acai berry, which originated in the Amazon rainforest. He listed acai's amazing properties in his book, "The Perricone Promise", explaining the perks of using this miracle food. Fresh acai berries are the best choice for health benefits, but you can also get the fruit in juice, powder, or extracts. Many people enjoy drinking a cup of Acai berry tea. It's fruity flavor leaves a soothing sensation on the stomach. Acai berries have multiple benefits, but the most popular is increased weight Loss. Acai berries speed up the metabolism and help food travel through the body at a faster rate. This prevents fat from building up so you can loseWieght quickly. People lose an average of 8 to 25 pounds each month on Acai berry supplements. Acai berries are so rich in important vitamins and minerals that they can replace several high calorie foods. The acai berry has as much protein as an egg and 30 times as much anthocyanin as red wine. Oprah saw tremendous potential in this little "superfood" and it wasn't long before America jumped on board to give acai berries a try. People were instantly hooked to the high energy levels and rapid wieghtLoss. Competition heated up between companies and now you can easily sign up for Free Acai Berry Supplements.

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MY PIKIN STILL ON THE SHELF

The number of children dying from the consumption of My Pikin, an infant syrup from the stable of Paracetamol brand has risen to 84 even as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) saysit would ensure that the maximum penalty of 15 years jail term for those found culpable, is enforced. This was disclosed by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Mr. Paul Orhii at a press conference held in Lagos.
While addressing newsmen, Mr. Orhii said: “Under the Counterfeit/ Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Foods (Misc. Provisions Act of 1999), the maximum penalty is 15 years imprisonment or a fine not exceeding N500,000.00 for offenders. We are seeking the maximum penalty of 15 years in this case.”
My Pikin saga burst out on the 19th of November, 2008, when NAFDAC received a text message from a pharmacist that the drug was suspected to have caused the deaths of some children at ABUTH, Shika in Zaria. The agency dispatched a team of its officials to investigate the report. Samples received from ABUTH and those collected from many retail outlets in Kaduna and Lagos were sent to NAFDAC for a proper analysis. A poisonous chemical, Diethelene Glycol, was identified as the source of the contamination, and most likely must have caused renal failure and death in those infant that took My Pikin.
Chemical experts say Diethele Glycol is a poisonous liquid found in break fluids, antifreeze and fuel additives. It is also used to retain moisture in the industrial processing of many products. When ingested, they say, the liquid could cause renal failure and death.
Parents who lost their children to My Piken have continued to ask for justice while NAFDAC has intensified its bid to recall all packets of the drug from the market.
It would be recalled that some months ago, a Chinese court sitting in Beijing sentenced 40 year old Zhan Yuyin and his colleague to death for causing the deaths of consumers through the production of 776 tonnes of an additive poisonous powder identified as melamine. The substance was added to raw milk and sold to Sanlu Group, a multinational.

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SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT

Gas Flaring: NLNG to the Rescue

There is no doubting the fact that our environment is under serious threat from pollution, chief of which is poisonous emissions from factories and oil rigs. Acid rain and unusual hotness of the sun due to the depletion of the ozone layer are just two of the serious implications of environmental pollution. There is genuine fear that the existence of mankind itself would be at risk if something is not done about the environment and its threats.
Against this background, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) came into the nation’s Energy sector with project facilities aimed at curtailing the hazards posed by gas flaring. The control of the impact of the project facilities in the operating phase starts with a proper design and planning process, which incorporates state of the art measures to control the process, to minimise the safety risks and to protect the environment. The focus of such systems is prevention of impact in the first place. Implemented design solutions and general safeguard features apply to the LNG processing and export facilities.NLNG has developed a comprehensive regime for the management of Health, Safety and Environmental and Social issues since its incorporation in 1989 and in preparation for and execution of the Base and Expansion projects.

This regime includes a range of Company wide policies, management systems, controls and procedures. These have been drawn from Nigerian and international oil and gas industry experience, with particular input from its shareholders.

NLNG adopts the generally accepted definition of Sustainable Development "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (WCED, 1987). Sustainable Development comprises three areas of attention that are closely linked: economic development, environmental protection and social responsibility.

NLNG regularly reviews its activities and decisions against criteria for Sustainable Development through the inclusion of Sustainable Development in the relevant sections of the Common Management System and related systems. Moreover, NLNG use indicators to measure progress in its contributions to Sustainable Development and to communicate efforts in the respect to stakeholders inside and outside the Company.

The Company recognises that the development, implementation and maintenance of a system for the long term management of the environment must form an integral part of business quality management. NLNG has therefore adopted an integrated approach to Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) management. This is standard practice for the oil and gas industry. In order to achieve uniform standards across the entire Company, a structured approach is used, based upon a HSE Management System (HSE-MS). The HSE-MS is defined as a structured set of controls for managing HSE in the business to ensure and to demonstrate that HSE objectives are met. Such an HSE-MS was successfully developed and implemented for the Base project. The HSE-MS for the NLNGPlus project uses the same structure and organisational framework.
The HSE-MS contains procedures for examining and assessing environmental hazards and effects, both direct and indirect, from the project. Monitoring programmes, reporting procedures and control programmes are also specified. There have also been regular audits of the HSE-MS, which have identified various areas for improvement. The findings of the audits will be taken into account in the development of the HSE-MS for the NLNGPlus project. The committed mitigation measures resulting from this Impact Assessment will be integrated into the management system for implementation, performance monitoring and reporting. The Community Relations Department has already implemented a full programme of public consultation during the Base and Expansion projects. This has been successful and will be continued and expanded during the NLNGPlus project.

The environmental aspects of NLNG's HSE Management System has been certified to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) standard on 14th March 2002 in key areas of the plant site.

The construction contractor will be required to work fully in line with NLNG's policies and standards. Specific HSE standards for construction have been issued in the Project Specification (PS), which will be part of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract. In the same PS it is a requirement that the EPC Contractor shall have an ISO 14001 accreditation.

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Nigerian Herbal Doctor Makes Historic Breakthrough

Nigerian Herbal Practitioner Receives American Patent for the Cure of Diabetes

The natural health segment of the Nigerian alternative health industry received a global attention, last month, when a Nigerian, Dr. Louis Obyo Obyo Nelson, finally crushed the mystry surrounding diabetes, the deadly scourge affecting hundreds of millions all over the world, with the discovery of AD1, a herbal anti-diabetic phytopharmaceutical remedy

Dr. Louis Obyo Obyo Nelson, a Nigerian herbal medicine researcher, has discovered a cure for diabetes. The drug, called ADI presents a major landmark in the global search for safer alternative medicament for the treatment of diabetes. Nelson is the patent owner of AD1, a herbal anti-diabetic phytopharmaceutical.
Unlike insulin which has been used for many decades to manage diabetes, Nelson’s “wonder” drug can be administered orally, making it possible for patients to administer it as capsule, tablet or syrup. Insulin can only be injected into the body. To begin the commercial production of the drug said to be the first of its kind in the herbal world, Dr. Nelson has entered into agreement with a United States based company GDPAU. For a pharmaceutical discovery to be valid and accepted by the medical community, it must have gone through series of rigorous experiments (clinical trials), and findings shared among peers via medical publications and conferences.
Dr Aliyu Idi Hong, Minister of State for Health, described the breakthrough as "epoch and historical" the production of Antidiabetic Phytopharmaceutical by Nelson in collaboration with the Nigerian Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Diabetes is a potentially life-threatening condition in mammals brought about by an inability of the mammals to produce insulin. Insulin, a polypeptide hormone produced in the pancreas of the mammal, controls the amounts of glucose present in the blood by stimulating the uptake of glucose by the muscle and adipose tissue.
Nelson was, last year May, granted a United States patent entitled "Medicament for the Treatment of Diabetes", a feat that raised hopes for millions of sufferers of the disease worldwide. Hong said at the signing of an agreement between Nelson and GDPAU, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, for the commercialisation of an Antidiabetic Phaytopharmaceutical in Abuja, that the drug would contribute to the quality of health care all over the world and boost the economy of the country.
The drug, which was said to have been administered on many diabetic victims, has been found to be very safe and highly effective. It was also said to have corrected erective dysfunctions noticed in those victims. The minister said the drug would expand the landscape of medicare in the world and encourage more researches into herbal drugs in the country.
"I believe that there are so many of such leaves in the bushes in Nigeria that can cure many of these diseases that are proving difficult in the world. This is an epoch and historical day in the history of this country," he said.
The minister noted that diabetes has posed a serious health challenge worldwide, and is the sixth largest killer in Nigeria "There is hardly a house you go to in Nigeria that one person will not be affected by this killer disease," he said.
He pledged the support of the Federal Government to the efforts of research institutes, especially those who are into herbal medicine research.
Director-General of Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research, Dr. Ufot Inyang, described as unfortunate the inability of the Federal Government to explore the enormous benefits in the herbal market. He regretted that although the market had the capacity of generating over $100 billion annually, the country was not taking advantage of it.
He said the ongoing global economic crisis would adversely affect the fortunes of Nigerian pharmaceutical companies and stressed the need to focus on the herbal drugs."It is an opportunity we have been missing and I don't want us to miss it again," he said.
Representative of GDPAU, Prof. Ramesh Pandey, who described the drug as one of the greatest things that will come out of the continent, said it could go a long way in helping to launder the image of the country. He commended the efforts of Nigerian researchers, describing them as one of the best in the world.
The drug will be funded and marketed by a Nigerian company, TREC International Limited. It is estimated that it will cost the company an initial $10 million to deliver the drug to the market.
Nelson recorded a breakthrough in his research for a drug that could cure diabetes when the US government issued him with a patent (No. 6,531,461) for his medication, which can effectively treat Type I and Type II diabetes. A documented proof of the discovery showed that Nelson, who then resided at Plot 574 Yakubu Gowon Crescent, Asokoro, Abuja, filed his application for a US patent June 4, 2001.
The award to Nelson, a graduate of Chemistry from the University of Ibadan, was made on the strength of his research, which determined the exact chemical structure of the active ingredient. The research was also able to determine the quantity of the drug, which could be tolerated in the human body, and yet be able to stem the patient's condition.
Nelson's drug had been subjected to two clinical trials the last being at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital (UJTH). At the first clinical trial, the initial extract derived from Vernonia amygdalina was orally administered to 26 patients all of whom had been previously diagnosed as suffering from insulin deficiency. For control, a group of five were used, who maintained diet discipline throughout the trial. The initial extract was dosed to the patients three times daily in 100mg aliquots for six months.
The blood glucose levels of all 31 subjects were closely monitored. It was revealed that the 26 patients receiving the initial extract no longer required maintaining diet discipline after the first month and examination showed remission of the disease after three months. Fifteen patients were said to have continued receiving medication for the remaining three months of the trial.

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