WDDTY e-News - Scandal of irradiated vitamins

WHAT DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU E-news broadcast, 3 February 2006
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HALF OF ALL HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN IRRADIATED

New study highlights the importance of a safe source for your vitamins

Half of all health vitamins and supplements contain irradiated ingredients, the UK's Food Standards Agency has announced this week. It's illegal to sell irradiated foods in the UK as the process changes the composition of products - and may present a health risk.

Tests on 48 well-known vitamins found that half were wholly or partly irradiated. Irradiation is used to kill bugs and also to extend the shelf life of products, and is allowed only on a few herbs and spices, which have to be clearly labelled.

But there was no warning on any of the labels of some big-name brands the FSA tested, including products sold at Superdrug and Boots.

An FSA spokesman said that people were being 'duped', as they believed they were buying products that were good for their health.

The latest findings come as no surprise to What Doctors Don't Tell You, whose own investigators discovered that the vast majority of health supplements contained little or none of the active ingredient claimed on the label.

As a result, it has launched its own vitamin service, which sources the very best products available at competitive prices. To see the range, log on to: http://www.myhealthbuilder.net

The irradiated supplements included ginseng and aloe vera. Siberian ginseng, sold at Holland & Barrett, a product claimed to boost energy and vitality, two Superdrug products, a Boots' brand of garlic, and Solgar's aloe vera tablets were all found to be wholly or partly irradiated.

"This has been a gray area for far too long," said WDDTY editor Lynne McTaggart. "People pay a lot of money for their health supplements, and they at least deserve to know that what they are buying is helping their health."

WDDTY first highlighted the supplements scam several years ago in its sister publication, PROOF, which discovered in laboratory analysis that far too many vitamins sold in the High Street and by mail order contained little or no active ingredient. "In one review of vitamin C our laboratory researchers discovered that several products contained less than 10 per cent of the vitamin," said Lynne.

WDDTY decided to do something about it. The result is a new web service called My HealthBuilder, which sources health products of the highest quality. Visit the website today on: http://www.myhealthbuilder.net

My HealthBuilder is an exciting new venture for WDDTY, which is able to call on its vast resources and contacts to source the best products around. Initially the product range is restricted to just vitamins and supplements — all personally selected by Lynne as vital building blocks for health - but it's planned to add to the range very shortly.
Waiting in the wings is a range of 'quantu'’ vitamins, based on light energy, which are already being used by some of the more forward-thinking hospitals in the USA. But My Health Builder will go far beyond vitamins and supplements. It's also shortly to announce the launch of hi-fi speakers that produce such a natural sound that they have been used by therapists, and it will also be representing an astonishing water filtration system for the home.
"We want to provide everything that can touch on everyone's health and well-being," said Lynne.

To take a look at the range, visit: http://www.myhealthbuilder.net

WDDTY is well placed to provide the very best in health products for its many customers and supporters. It hopes soon to offer a range of CDs that are claimed to offer genuine therapeutic benefit - in fact, doctors in Germany prescribe them! The World Health Organization also carried out a trial on the CDs and concluded that they were every bit as beneficial as stress-relievers as powerful drugs.

"We're lucky to know so many great people around the world who truly are at the cutting edge of health care. They're having enormous success with a wide range of drug-free approaches, and it's our privilege to be able to offer them to our own readers," said Lynne.

In time, My HealthBuilder will also be a catalogue, full of amazing products as well as plenty of good health advice.

You can leave your details on the website now, and we'll send out the catalogue just as soon as the first one is ready. To visit the site, go to: http://www.myhealthbuilder.net