The TGA LIE and Manufacturer's Trap
My perspective on this isn’t Academic; it comes from decades on the front lines. Back in 1987, I pioneered a completely new concept for Natural Supplements. My vision was to bring professional-grade, Therapeutic Botanical Formulas out from behind Exclusive Clinic Doors and make them Available to the public at Reasonable Prices.
Two Accomplished Herbalists privately backed my Vision at the time. Dennis Stuart who at that time was considered to be Australia's Father of Herbalism and ran the Southern Cross School of Herbalism in Sydney and Jesse Sleeman - his Associate in SA from England - was prepared to Endorse my Formulas "Free of Charge" when I had Capital raised for Martin & Clark in Sydney to manufacture them for me, when I say the word.
In the meantime, I was a little trusting, and had 3 of my Best Formulas pilfered by a Dodgy Company who still does that kind of thing currently. Anyway, within a few weeks, my Formulas hit the Shelves in Health Stores. Same Ingredients, same Doses, and the same Product Names. Talk about a Nerve!
Anyway, several weeks later, my Concepts which were resident in the Formulas themselves, got "Spread from East to West" across Australia, but sensing it was 'a cut-throat industry" I was about to get involved in, I gladly made a change of Direction into Independent Natural Health Research out of a Passionate Interest for Herbology Nutrition, along with an Interest in Essential Oils; Hydrosols (Therapeutic Fruit and Floral Waters) and some Nature Skincare, I personally practiced.
Back to where I started out in Natural Health: My formulas relied on a delicate, powerful biological bridge: combining targeted therapeutic herbs in moderate amounts with biochemic tissue cell salts for absolute cellular synergy.
As stated on this Page, I quickly hit a wall of Institutional Greed. Regulators like the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia began imposing rigid frameworks, demanding massive, including unphysiological mega-doses of isolated vitamins and minerals to approve formulas for manufacture. They pushed the narrative that genuine, moderate-dose synergistic supplements "would not work."
That was an absolute LIE then, and it remains an absolute LIE to this day! Truth be told, it is Absolutely Untrue - could not be further from the Truth. I remember Jesse telling me My Doses were the Same type of Doses he Prescribed in his professional Practice and he was accustomed to making people well.
Shortly after, three of my best formulas and concepts were pilfered by industry sharks. I saw first hand the moral decay and predatory Money-Harvesting that was beginning to Come In to the Natural Health World. I walked away from manufacturing and poured my energy into Independent Research, whereby I could still Benefit People in a different Way.
That proved to be a Smart Decision on my part because not long after that, the Supplement Industry had simply become a mirror image of the Pharmaceutical Model—heavy Doses and Synthetic, Isolated, and highly dependent on Industrial Processing.
Lessons from My Mum: The Wisdom of the Low Dose
The Industry wants you to believe that "more is always better" but True Cellular Biochemistry operates on Harmony, not force.
My own mother was the ultimate proof of this. She was a strictly low-doser—a very petite lady—and massive synthetic pills completely overwhelmed her system. Instead, moderate, Micro Doses of Tissue Cell Salts suited her ideally. And more importantly, they worked wonderfully well.
Tissue Cell Salts (known as Tissue Salts by Schussler and sole by Martin & Pleasance) don’t work by forcing massive amounts of isolated chemicals into your bloodstream. They act as Biochemic Keys. They provide the gentle Micro-Mineral Signals that allow your Cells to properly absorb, organize, and utilize nutrients.
Increasingly for some years my Passion is on the Therapeutic Value of Real Foods / Whole Foods being mostly Sufficient for Our Needs, and in Recent Years, I am intently Interested in in Ancient Grains / Heritage Grains: Spelt, Khorasan (Kamut), Barley and Millet, and the last two years have Drawn my Attention to the Ancient Heritage Pulses like Fonio, Bambara Beans, Tiger Nuts and Oloyin Beans from West Africa that are positively Laden with remarkable Nutrition and Therapeutic Benefits. Those People are sitting on a Gold Mine, Nutritionally speaking and are bringing Good Health to people in other Countries.
Now I have managed to find where to buy some Online, I will Share the Info on Ours Australia with my Readers and Visitors. All the best to you. Remember these words: When practicing Real Foods and Whole Foods around Our Tables at Home, most times, Supplements become Unnecessary. They're more the Exception than a "Be All and the End All" and So Often, they're a Big Jip. Not to mention, some Supplements with Indiscreet Doses can actually make you Unwell - not Well - so do be Informed.
If you desire to be Well, you need to do 3 Things: Turn away from Modern Convenience, chemical Laden Foods, and Most Supplements, and Adopt a Diet of Real Foods & Wholefoods AND add some of the TRUE Power Foods I've mentioned on this and Other Pages.
You should also Look After your Sleeping Hours and Move your Body around more often like 10 Minute Walks, and have more Filtered Water instead of all those gassy Soft Drinks. Enjoy some Quiet Time each Day/Evening (not so much Noise and Clutter)
These principles will also Benefit your Health more than you Realise.
With this Good News, I wish you "Happiness to Your Day"