Over the last couple of months I’ve written extensively about a threat we all face – at least those of us who choose to look after our bodies with natural or alternative remedies before we reach for the pharmaceuticals and mainstream medicine. Now, this threat has become a reality here at Agora Lifestyles.

Effectively, we’ve been told to do our valuable work in silence...

How long before they ban us from writing the truth about these natural cures in our newsletter as well? Your guess is as good as mine . . .

All I know is that the combined forces of the medical establishment, the pharmaceutical companies and Brussels ‘dictocrats’ are lining up to make sure that they control what you’re allowed to know about.

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The modern translation of the Hippocratic Oath read as follows: ‘ ...I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect...’

For those who may not know, The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by doctors swearing to ethically practice medicine. However, if the results of a recent study are anything to go by then inadequate training maybe preventing many doctors from being able to stay true to this oath.

Over the next two months, more than nine million people in priority groups, such as pregnant women and those with long- term illnesses, and another two million front line health and social care workers will be offered the Swine Flu H1N1 vaccine in the UK.

In light of this and the looming threat that there may be adverse side effects from this vaccine, medical experts have been told to watch for any cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome. Some research suggests there may be a link between a flu vaccine used in America in 1976 (during a similar pandemic scare) and the condition. With Guillain-Barre syndrome the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks part of the nervous system and can be fatal in some cases.

Following on from yesterday’s alert, Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Under Threat in the UK, the Daily Health can reveal today that our ability to gain access to information about the health benefits of nutritional supplements and various foods is also under serious threat.

The ANH also warned that the 2006 EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation could be exported around the world and noted the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Health Organization (WHO) body that recommends food codes internationally, favoured the European system.

Codex Alimentarius’ regulations will eventually become trade laws and once this happens we can all kiss our health freedoms goodbye because it will have a global impact.

Now Herbal Medicine, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are under serious threat in the UK. Trade bodies believe these therapies could even cease to exist in Britain within a few years; practitioners could stop practicing and people may not be able to get some herbal pills, capsules, tinctures and ointments they use every day.

How did this happen and where does this sudden fear come from? The last we all knew ‘traditional therapists’ were to be regulated in the interest of public safety. It seemed fair...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is responsible for establishing a system of guidelines, standards and recommendations that guides the direction of the global food supply. These guidelines and standards are supposed to ensure ‘fair trade practices’ and consumer protection within global food trade.

Now, you can imagine that in such a system of guidelines small producers and suppliers are left out in the cold. The same happens with small governments that disagree with the Codex guidelines. Codex’s power and influence covers almost all areas of food supply, ranging from cocoa, meat, meat hygiene, cereals, sugars, dairy and fresh fruit and vegetables. It also deals with more controversial issues such as food additives, contaminants in food, food labelling, pesticide residues and genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

One thing that we can all do to strengthen our immune systems is to lower our levels of stress. In the current economic climate it’s understandable that people experience more pressure and stress and as a result feel more run down and fatigued.

Not only does persistent mild fatigue or a chronic lack of energy affect your productivity but it also adds more stress to our already hectic day-to-day schedules. Luckily this can be curbed by taking a select few good supplements.

However, he reality we may face under Codex Alimentarius will one of living without the choice to take supplements and purchase them at the strength and dosage you prefer or need to take them. Imagine the principle of self medication with herbal/vitamin/mineral food supplements being restricted to 'prescription only' status., if not grimmer. I am not exaggerating. In yesterday’s alert, I told you about the dangers of Codex Alimentarius.

After looking at the official Codex Alimentarius website and scratching a bit deeper, I am afraid to say we are all in for a massive unpleasant surprise. The Codex Alimentarius plan is to suppress all beneficial, high-potency nutrients, and to allow only those and a few other vitamins and minerals that will be high-priced, low-dosage, and synthetically-made by drug companies.

Codex Alimentarius regulations will become binding internationally. Any nation that has entered into trade agreements through the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its adjunctive treaties will eventually be forced to adopt Codex Alimentarius standards.

You may argue that people like us - The Daily Health – contribute to this ‘cold war’ by advocating natural remedies and alternatives against pharmaceutical drugs. Yet, we believe you cannot improve on Nature and that our answers to good health, nutrition and healing lies within what Nature has to offer, before we look at treatments and cures from hardcore, chemical and often very harmful pharmaceutical drugs.

According to latest market research, sales of vitamins and supplements have fallen since 2007. It is estimated that 38 per cent of adults now believe they can get their vitamins and minerals from a healthier diet rather than from supplements in comparison with 1 out of 4 in 2005.

Of course, the economic downturn has forced all of us to look at our expenses and tighten the belt where we can, but is it wise to cut out supplementing with essential vitamins and minerals that your diet may not necessarily provide.