The War Is Now

by James Privitera, M.D.

Acting President, National Health Federation
December 2006

I now can imagine how President Ford or President Johnson must have felt after receiving a post they hadn't run for.  I wasn't prepared for the recent news that, after Maureen Salaman's death, I had become acting president of the National Health Federation (NHF) - an organization that has done more for me than anyone else.

It began years ago when NHF members were asked to write letters on my behalf to then Governor Jerry Brown (who was into nutrition himself).  I had been wrongfully convicted of a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor, which in the State of California is a felony.  The charge leveled against me was that I had been using laetrile to treat the nutritional needs of cancer patients.  Laetrile is an interesting and useful food supplement that increases the appetite and mood of cancer patients while alleviating their pain.  These beneficial effects were noted by the State Cancer Advisory Commission as long ago as the mid-fifties.

It was in 1982 that 15,000 letters found their way to the Governor's desk from the NHF faithful, including letters from, among others, our recently deceased president Maureen Salaman.  I would not have been able to practice medicine once again if that pardon had not been granted, and I will always be extremely grateful to this organization because of that.

I was granted a full and unconditional pardon but even so I have had to battle the establishment for the right to use dark-field microscopy, which they said would be appropriate if used in a laboratory setting but not in a private practice.  They stated that "bowel toxemia" didn't exist even though it is in the medical dictionary, and there is a laboratory test for it and for diagnosing hypothyroidism without the "benefit" of a blood test (i.e., using auxiliary temperature testing instead).   I sued the Medical Board in court for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the probation officer insisting that I bid on his daughter's 4-H cow to the tune of $2500.  The board eventually dropped all charges.

Nutritional doctors throughout the country are fighting a constant battle for our basic health rights as well as for their own right to continue practicing nutritional medicine.  A few years ago I wrote a book entitled Silent Clots, which included statements made by my political co-author about self-styled "Quackbuster" Steven Barrett.  Barrett sued both of us for statements that were in the book but it never went to trial as the charges were filed too late and the case was dismissed.

In a recent medical-board case, the dark-field microscopy test – which helps identify excess clotting – was again vilified.  Expert testimony given in that case by David Berg, who heads up Hemex Laboratories, a company that evaluates blood clotting, resulted in yet another win for our side, further solidifying the scientific and medical credibility of dark-field microscopy.

Why do I think clotting is so important and that all the legal battles surrounding this medical issue are worth it?  It's simple – because clotting causes heart attacks and strokes.  Randomly checking the medical charts of some 100 of my medical patients upon whom we have done this simple and inexpensive dark-field microscopy test, we found that 1 out of 3 of them have excess clotting!  That number is truly an epidemic.

So many lives could be saved with the health knowledge that already exists and the freedom to use that knowledge . . . but that may not be what the "powers to be" really want for us.  Have you ever wondered why we are in these seemingly-constant battles for our health freedoms?

I am suggesting that you all google "population control" and go to www.radioliberty.com.  Take the time, too, to read what Dr. Stanley Monteith has written about how the United Nations did not help Rwanda because of an expressed desire to reduce the World's population.  I suggest that you also read Dr. Monteith's book, The Brotherhood of Darkness.  In it, he writes of many organizations like the Bilderbergers and the Council on Foreign Relations that all work together against our vision of freedom.

Margaret Sanger started Planned Parenthood for the same reason – population control.  Dr. Ken Horowitz (www.tetrahedron.com) wrote the book, Emerging Viruses, Aids and Ebola.  In it, he notes how manufactured viruses are being used to reduce the population.

Not only are the manufactured viruses killing us, but there are also numerous carcinogenic substances that we are exposed to daily.  Fluoride is one of them, and it is not only carcinogenic but it makes people submissive.  Did you know that the drug Prozac contains fluoride as does its cousin Paxil?  A patient of mine, a woman in her 30s, came down with melanoma a few months after starting Prozac.  Although I have no proof, I strongly suspect that Prozac was the cause.

The carcinogenic product NutriSweet (aspartame) was not getting approved for general use until Donald Rumsfeld, who headed up Searle, the company that manufactures it, got it approved for commercial use.  In my opinion, it causes "beautiful" brain cancer in animals; and since its use began, there has been a 10% increase in human brain cancers.

The National Health Federation has a great website, www.thenhf.com, which informs you regularly of important issues.  One of the best ways to evaluate how good or hard hitting an organization is, is to see what the enemy says.  You can look up the Quackbuster website and read what they say about us and why we are constantly waging these wars against the establishment.   Also keep informed about CODEX.  Our own board members Scott Tips and Englishman Paul Taylor attend most of the important Codex Alimentarius meetings in Europe and other parts of the World.  Our precious president Maureen extolled the benefits of nutrition on her weekly television show and we will miss her, but we will continue keeping you informed.  We are asking for your continued support of the best health-freedom organization out there, the National Health Federation.