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regulars
4 EDITOR’S LETTER
6 MEET OUR EXPERTS
8 AUTHOR GIFTS
10 THIS MONTH'S PIONEER
12 LETTERS
natural
nutrition
42 THE KITCHEN
APOTHECARY
By Daniel Jardim
49 RECIPES
Baked coconut and lime
Cheesecake
18 NEWS & NOTES
26 ASK OUR EXPERTS
40 BOOK REVIEWS
70 SUBSCRIPTIONS
JUICING CORNER
46 HEALTHY RECIPES FOR
A FLU-FREE WINTER
By Jason Vale
family
health
52 CONCEPTION
COUNTDOWN
By Patrick Holford
CHILDREN'S CORNER
58 PROTECT YOUR CHILD
AGAINST WINTER ILLS
WITH HEALTHY
NUTRITION
By Katherine Megaw
ANIMAL CORNER
63 A CONSTIPATED CAT
By Rev Dr Alex Niven
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improving
health
72 COLDS & FLU REMEDIES
– how to choose
By Natasha Bolognesi
FITNESS CORNER
66 SPORT RECOVERY DRINKS
– beyond carbs and protein
By Ian Craig
contents
natural
remedies
80 PROBIOTICS – your
body's best friend
By Daleen Totten
PRODUCT NEWS
86 TAKA TUMERIC
natural
living
88 THE WONDER OF
WATER
By Sally-Ann Creed
95 DON'T LET YOUR
BACK BE A PAIN
BEAUTY CORNER
98 ECZEMA
natural
therapies
mind, body
and soul
106 GETTING MORE
ENERGY FROM MUSIC
112 LITTLE CHILDREN
By Dr John Demartini
By Dr Frances Le Roux
YOGA CORNER
108 HOME YOGA
– is it safe?
By Sharni Quinn
By Dr Linda Mayer
on our cover
PIONEER OF THE MONTH
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EDITOR’S LETTER
CAMS
CRACKDOWN
– so far only six health products pass
regulations (for now)
Many companies did not comply
with the recent registration process
for complementary and alternative medicine
(CAMS) as per the regulations set out by the
Medicines Control Council (MCC). This is
largely due to the lack of guidelines, definitions (resulting in huge confusion) and to top
it all, the enormous cost involved to comply!
Some industry members simply gave up or
sold off while others hoped ‘someone else’
will fight this, clarify everything, and just tell
them what to do next.
Well ‘next’ just happened in a major zero tolerance crackdown on complementary medicine.
The MCC is preparing to seize many now-illegal natural health products ‘making claims for
and purporting to treat, diagnose and modify
conditions associated with high-risk’ such as
diabetes, heart disease and cancer as well as
viral illnesses (HIV/AIDS).
An official MCC announcement on the lucrative slimming and sexual hormone section of
the CAMS market is expected soon.
A letter was issued to the industry this April
(almost two years after the application for
registration deadline), informing all stakeholders and complementary medicine applicants,
that only six (!) products submitted in terms
of the call-up notice satisfied the (unclear and
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incomplete) requirements set by the MCC.
These products* could remain on the market,
until further scrutiny and pending their registration. Six products! Out of 24 applications
received for the above-mentioned life threatening conditions, and hundreds on the market
. . . to be further tested for their safety, quality
and efficacy.
THERE MAY YET BE A BIG FIGHT
In May last year, the Health Products Association (HPA) held a meeting with Dr Joey
Gouws, Registrar of Medicines. ‘The meeting
was positive,’ reported HPA chair, Norman
Fels. ‘The Registrar conceded that the current
Road Map was not working, that CAMS had to
be regulated differently from allopathic medicines, and that “out-of-the-box” thinking was
required. She advised that the Complementary Medicines Council (CMC) had completed
its assessments of the various submissions
made by industry on Regulations and Guidelines, and said that the definition of CAMS is to
be changed. A streamlined registration system
for CAMS is a priority and will probably follow
the Canadian system.’
Exactly a year ago, another meeting was conducted with the Department of Health (DOH)
Industry Task Group (ITG) that was attended
by MCC Chairperson, Professor Helen Reece,
who stated that the CMC has been ‘energised’
and is working on Amended CAMS Regulations, Guidelines and a Roadmap.
Negotiations, meetings, interactions and discussions continued, resulting in the HPA’s decision to suspend litigation against the DOH
and the MCC. Will the HPA resume litigation?
Or the Traditional and Natural Health Alliance
on the basis that ‘the entire regulatory process has been unconstitutional on the basis of
discrimination (by not including African Traditional Herbal Medicine); it remains ultra vires
(without an enabling clause in the principle
Act for these products), irrational, and procedurally unlawful.’
SO WHERE TO FROM HERE?
Companies need to remove all health claims
from their products and associated marketing
materials and, as in many other parts of the
world, simply state the name of the product
and the main ingredients it contains.
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We will publish articles about the health benefit of the raw ingredients. Example: a garlic
extract can no longer have printed on the label (or on any marketing material) that it is an
anti-viral. We will publish (in print, online and
social media) various articles/reviews etc. on
garlic and its anti-viral properties. Just make
sure your product is featured in our pages and
we will encourage the consumer to make the
connection.
Talking of garlic: the colds and flu season is
here and this issue is packed with advice, recipes for home-made remedies and product
offerings for adults and children against the
symptoms associated with winter ills.
*
Modhomco’s Cralonin oral drops, Bioforce SA’s Crataegus
Oxy Liquid, Bell Lifestyle Products’ Cardio Health,
the Medical Nutritional Institute’s AntaGolin, Brunel
Laboratories’ Patrick Holford Cinnamon, and Avid Brands’
Bioharmony Cinnabalance.
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