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"Held Hostage. The FDA ruled last week that your own stem cells from your own fat are a drug and only they have jurisdiction over them. All stem cell treatments using your own cells in the USA now must be from bone marrow. Japan, Panama and many other progressive countries have moved in the opposite direction and have approved stem cells from your fat for their citizens due to the high safety and efficacy rate. This affects all of us. Big Pharma is now regulating your body. Legally."

My podcast guest on today's show, Dr. Tami Meraglia is a double board certified MD, who recently posted to a private Facebook group we are both part of the message above.

I found this post so disturbing that I invited her on my podcast to discuss the current state of stem cells and legality in the US and we take a deep dive on this show. Dr. Meraglia is the author of The Nationally Best Selling book The Hormone Secret and the CEO of Global Stemology and Seattle Stem Cell Center, the only Stem Cell Clinic in the Nation that provides complimentary hormone, nutrition and inflammation program to every stem cell patient.

She is keynote speaker for the American Academy of Anti-Aging and conferences in the US, Canada, Asia and Dubai. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox National News and has hosted multiple radio shows. After an illustrious career in the ballet, she discovered that she had a great talent for chemistry; combining that with her intense desire to make a difference and a career in medicine was launched.

During our discussion, you'll discover: -Tami's history in the realm of stem cells, and how she began using them in her practice...8:55

• Her dad had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Research to save his life led to stem cells over and over
• Initial treatments, while positive results, took 3-6 months or longer to see any results
• Further research led to knowledge of supplements, sleep, even quantum physics
• Book: Bruce Lipton's "Biology of Belief"
  • "Look to the environment, not the cells"
  • Negative thoughts can lead to the immune system shutting down
• Dr. Dawson Church's book "Mind to Matter"
• Carotenoids and the risk of developing lung cancer: a systematic review
  • Carotenoids should be ingested as food in order to see any efficacy

-How the FDA is currently regulating stem cells...15:26

• Many stem cell clinics store their cells at U.S. Stem in Florida
• U.S. Stem uses a collaganese enzyme to break down fat and access the stem cells
• U.S. Stem was issued a cease and desist by the FDA
  • Anything that is more than "minimally manipulated" (by the FDA's parameters) has become a drug, and therefore must be regulated by the FDA
  • It must go through a pharmaceutical manufacturing process
  • Extremely expensive process; pharmaceutical companies will profit handsomely while delivering an inferior product
• "Why should the FDA say we have the right to one source of stem cells and not the other?"
• The next wave of stem cell scrutiny will be with bone marrow
• Big Pharma perhaps sees stem cell industry as a threat to the status quo, hence this legal action
• Pain is a perceptive thing; the procedure isn't really painful