The big lie is defined as "the intentional distortion of the truth,
especially for political or official purposes."
This tactic of trying to deceive a country's citizens was written
about by Adolph Hitler.
"The great mass of people will more easily fall victim to a big
lie than to a small one." Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), German
dictator. Mein Kampf, vol. 1, ch. 10 (1925)
Although most people are not yet aware of it, the
mass media is being used as a
propaganda weapon to spread misinformation about cheap alternatives
to drugs and other pharmaceutical products.
Would Medical Authorities Deliberately Misrepresent Science?
Certain elements associated with the medical establishment
have declared war on the antioxidants.
We are being flooded with erroneous information daily about
vitamin C and other anti-oxidant nutrients.
While it is hard to believe
that anyone would deliberately risk increasing human suffering,
either to protect their vested economic interests or for
any other reason,
these biased and highly inaccurate reports
are being disseminated by the
Media, HMOs and even Chiropractors. (Chiropractors claim they must do
it to satisfy the health insurance companies. Companies
that pay some of their patient's bills.)
So who and why would human beings attack vitamin C and the
other antioxidants?
That is what we need your help to find out. If
you are offended by this campaign,
contact us. You can help us get at the truth.
You can help!
As you notice false, slanted or questionable reports, please
forward them to the Vitamin C Foundation so that we may investigate and respond.
Have vitamins been the target of a BIG LIE smear campaign? And if so, what
does that really mean? It means that if there has been a smear campaign,
somebody thought they had something to worry about. It would mean that
there must be really something to the
health claims attributed to vitamins -- otherwise why bother spreading
disinformation?
On page 56 of P. Joseph Lisa's book The Assault on Medical
Freedom the author presents interesting evidence that vitamins have been targeted by pharmaceutical
interests, at least since the year 1985:
"In a letter dated February 7, 1985, Roger Miller sent Paul Chusid information about the "Roper poll on
quackery." This was a survey of the general public that the PAC/FDA campaign had commission in October
1984, in order to identify targets for the campaign. An inspection of the survey is revealing.
Judging from the survey questions asked, it appears that those surveyed would get the impression that they
were being asked these questions to solicit how effective these treatments were. However, the
survey results apparently were used to identify what the public considered most effective in order to
determine top-ranking priorities for the "anti-quackery" campaign. The following is a sampling of the
survey:
How effective do you think (read item) is/are?
Heard Very Moderately Not Very
of Effective Effective Effective/Other
a. Vitamins for 95% 29% 49% 9%/8%
improved health
b. Chiropractors 85% 25% 40% 8%/12%
for back problems
c. Psychological 68% 25% 32% 4%/8%
Counseling for
improved mental
health
The category that "scored" fourth-highest was alternative cancer treatments. Others that appeared in the
survey were weight reduction, body wraps, wraps for slimming, electrical muscle stimulators for body
toning, creams to eliminate cellulite, DMSO for aches and pains, air ionizers for feeling healthier, laetrile
for cancer, pills for a better sex life, pills to sober up, and creams to grow hair. The BIG THREE targets for
the campaign became (1)vitamins, (2) chiropractic, and (3) alternative cancer treatments."
The Problem Now
When the organized "anti-vitamin" propaganda campaign was begun (apparently)
in the early 1980s,
it is highly probable the participants believed that "there was and is
no value in amounts of essential nutrients over and above the Recommended
Daily Allowance (RDA)." At worst, people might get a few more colds every year. No
big deal.
Today, the situation is different. We now know that human lives are at stake.
It is a scientific fact (as much as any statement can be)
that: limiting the intake of vitamin C to the RDA (60 milligrams)
causes chronic occlusive heart disease in human beings.
This is what the greatest scientist this century thought.
This is what
a medical doctor who specialized in heart research and who has
extensively studied (post mortem) human aorta's hardened with plaque thinks.
This is what any person thinks after seeing the pictures of animal
atherosclerosis that has been induced by limiting the animal to the U. S.
RDA of vitamin C!!
It is now a matter of life and death and the
despicable misinformation campaign against the vitamins must stop.
Although most people are not yet aware of it, the
mass media is being used as a
propaganda weapon to spread misinformation about cheap alternatives
to drugs and other pharmaceutical products.
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