go for it. |
Justanother (talk | contribs) Revert to revision 155235500 dated 2007-09-02 16:35:39 by Justanother using popups |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''Dianazene''' was the name given by [[L. Ron Hubbard]] to a vitamin supplement containing [[iron]], [[Vitamin C]], and various [[B vitamins]], including especially large doses of [[niacin]]. Hubbard promoted it as a form of protection against radiation poisoning during the [[1950]]s, saying that "Dianazene runs out radiation - or what appears to be radiation. It also proofs a person against radiation in some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer." <ref name="all-about-radiation">{{cite book | last = Hubbard | first = L. Ron | isbn = 9780884040620 | title = [[All About Radiation]] }}</ref> |
'''Dianazene''' was the name given by [[L. Ron Hubbard]] to a vitamin supplement containing [[iron]], [[Vitamin C]], and various [[B vitamins]], including especially large doses of [[niacin]]. Hubbard promoted it as a form of protection against radiation poisoning during the [[1950]]s, saying that "Dianazene runs out radiation - or what appears to be radiation. It also proofs a person against radiation in some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer." <ref name="all-about-radiation">{{cite book | last = Hubbard | first = L. Ron | isbn = 9780884040620 | title = [[All About Radiation]] }}</ref> |
||
In 1958, the [[Food and Drug Administration]] seized from a Scientology company, the Distribution Center, and destroyed, 21,000 Dianazene tablets because they were falsely |
In 1958, the [[Food and Drug Administration]] seized from a Scientology company, the Distribution Center, and destroyed, 21,000 Dianazene tablets because they were falsely labelled as a preventative and treatment for radiation sickness.<ref name="Blue Sky">{{cite book | last = Atack | first = Jon | authorlink = Jon Atack | year = 1990 | title = A Piece of Blue Sky | publisher = Carol Publishing Group | location = New York, NY | id = ISBN 0-8184-0499-X}}</ref><ref>Wallis, Roy. ''Sectarianism: Analyses of Religious and Non-Religious Sects'', Page 92, [[1975]], ISBN 0470919108</ref> |
||
Vitamins continue to play a large role in the Scientology [[Purification Rundown]] and the secular version in the [[Narconon]] program, where it is similarly claimed that large quantities of niacin and other vitamins, combined with the heat in a sauna, can "purify" the body by allowing it to release [[toxin]]s stored in cellular [[Tissue (biology)|tissue]] and to "run out" or ameliorate prior radiation exposure including [[sunburn]].<ref>[[Clear Body, Clear Mind]] L. Ron Hubbard 1990</ref> |
|||
==Ingredients== |
==Ingredients== |
||
A standard dose of Dianazene, according to Hubbard's 1957 book ''[[All About Radiation]]'', contained the following ingredients: |
|||
*[[Vitamin B3]] ([[Niacin]]): 200 mg |
*[[Vitamin B3]] ([[Niacin]]): 200 mg |
||
*[[Iron]] ([[Ferrous gluconate]]): 10 g |
*[[Iron]] ([[Ferrous gluconate]]): 10 g |
||
Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
==Notes == |
==Notes == |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
===Further reading=== |
|||
{{refbegin}} |
|||
*Williams, Ian. ''The Alms Trade: Charities Past, Present and Future'', Page 130, [[1989]]. ISBN 0044404352 |
|||
*Wallis, Roy. ''Sectarianism: Analyses of Religious and Non-Religious Sects'', Page 92, [[1975]], ISBN 0470919108 |
|||
*Marshall, Gordon., ''In Praise of Sociology '', Page 178., [[1990]], ISBN 0044456875 |
|||
*Aldridge, Alan. ''Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction '', Page 19., [[2007]]., ISBN 0745634044 |
|||
{{refend}} |
|||
[[Category:Scientology beliefs and practices]] |
[[Category:Scientology beliefs and practices]] |
Revision as of 18:26, 2 September 2007
Template:ScientologySeries Dianazene was the name given by L. Ron Hubbard to a vitamin supplement containing iron, Vitamin C, and various B vitamins, including especially large doses of niacin. Hubbard promoted it as a form of protection against radiation poisoning during the 1950s, saying that "Dianazene runs out radiation - or what appears to be radiation. It also proofs a person against radiation in some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer." [1]
In 1958, the Food and Drug Administration seized from a Scientology company, the Distribution Center, and destroyed, 21,000 Dianazene tablets because they were falsely labelled as a preventative and treatment for radiation sickness.[2][3]
Vitamins continue to play a large role in the Scientology Purification Rundown and the secular version in the Narconon program, where it is similarly claimed that large quantities of niacin and other vitamins, combined with the heat in a sauna, can "purify" the body by allowing it to release toxins stored in cellular tissue and to "run out" or ameliorate prior radiation exposure including sunburn.[4]
Ingredients
A standard dose of Dianazene, according to Hubbard's 1957 book All About Radiation, contained the following ingredients:
- Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 200 mg
- Iron (Ferrous gluconate): 10 g
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): 25 mg
- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 50 mg
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid): 200-500 mg
- Calcium (Dicalcium phosphate): 15-20 g [1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Hubbard, L. Ron. All About Radiation. ISBN 9780884040620.
- ^ Atack, Jon (1990). A Piece of Blue Sky. New York, NY: Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8184-0499-X.
- ^ Wallis, Roy. Sectarianism: Analyses of Religious and Non-Religious Sects, Page 92, 1975, ISBN 0470919108
- ^ Clear Body, Clear Mind L. Ron Hubbard 1990