Burzynski was featured this spring in film festivals in California, New Jersey, Florida, and Australia and screened in major cities nationwide. It won the esteemed Humanitarian Vision Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival and has received glowing reviews from critics.

This film highlights Dr. Burzynski’s struggle against the FDA and other federal and state bureaucrats. In it, you’ll see the unjust persecution he’s faced simply because his effective therapy challenges traditional medicine’s expensive and unsuccessful cancer treatment paradigm.

For 90 minutes, you’ll ride a rollercoaster of emotions: from inspiration and motivation to infuriation and frustration. And at the end of the film, you’re sure to be as big of fan of Dr. Burzynski as I am.

My nonprofit Freedom of Health Foundation has been involved in the screenings and publicity of Burzynski, and we want to get it into the hands of as many people as possible. Please help me spread the word about this important movie. To get your DVD of this full-length feature film, along with key articles I’ve written about Dr. Burzynski, call (800) 792-4269, visit our Web site, thefhf.org, or send $20 (tax-deductible, postage included; make checks out to the Foundation) to:

Freedom of Health Foundation
P.O. Box 11599
Newport Beach CA 92658

We must get a handle on this. Sure, we need to tackle inflated prices, inefficient and inappropriate care, poor management, and waste. But, according to a study based on an extensive review of the medical literature, targeted use of nutritional supplements could save more than $24 billion in health care costs over five years. Here are some of the study’s findings.

• If everyone age 65 and older took calcium and vitamin D supplements, approximately 776,000 hospitalizations for hip fractures could be avoided. Estimated savings: $16.1 billion.
• If people in that same age group took 1,800 mg of fish oil daily, we’d be able to cut back on 374,301 hospitalizations for coronary artery disease. Estimated savings of hospitalization plus physicians’ fees: $3.2 billion.
• If just a quarter of the women of childbearing age not taking folic acid took 400 mcg every day, 600 families could be spared the heartbreak of having a baby with spina bifida or other neural tube birth defects. Estimated savings, minus the cost of supplements: $1.4 billion.
• If people with macular degeneration took 6–10 mg of lutein with zeaxanthin daily, 190,927 of them might be able to remain independent and stay out of nursing homes due to vision loss. Estimated savings: $3.6 billion.

Routine use of just a handful of supplements would result in astounding savings, not only in money but in pain and suffering as well. The government conducts public health campaigns encouraging people to get vaccinations, to say no to drugs, and to wear seatbelts. Why not broadcast the benefits of nutritional supplements? Insurance companies require only a small co-payment for drugs, hospitalizations, and surgeries. Why not help pay for supplements, too?

The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 would require registration and extensive reporting by any business engaged in “manufacturing, packaging, holding, distributing, labeling, or licensing” of supplements. This includes everyone from large manufacturers to people who sell multilevel products out of their homes. Failure to comply would be a violation of the law.

This bill would also make it easier for the FDA to remove supplements from the market. A list of “Accepted Dietary Ingredients” would be prepared, and if a nutrient didn’t make the list, it would be banned. It would also be easier for the FDA to outlaw any supplement with even a suspicion of potential harm. Furthermore, there are no safeguards to protect against abuses of these extensive powers—a real concern with this bureaucracy, which is openly hostile towards nutritional supplements.

Quite a few individuals and organizations are jumping on this bandwagon. After all, isn’t it all about safety and protecting the public? Wrong. Supplements are among the safest of all consumer products. The American Association of Poison Control Centers in their 2008 annual report did not attribute even one death to a nutritional supplement. Compare this to the 100,000 deaths per year caused by prescription drugs. These guys should be going after pharmaceutical companies instead of the supplement industry.

Current laws are perfectly adequate to ensure supplement safety. Let’s not invite in more unnecessary government red tape. Contact your U.S. Senators and encourage urge them to oppose the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010. To learn more and to email your Senators on this very important issue, visit anh-usa.org.