Dianazene
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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, claiming 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 and destroyed 21,000 Dianazene tablets because they were falsely labelled as a preventative and treatment for radiation sickness.[2]
Dianazene also plays a large role in the Narconon program, where it is similarly claimed that the large quantities of niacin in the compound, combined with the heat in a sauna, can "purify" the body by allowing it to "handle radiation".
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[edit] Ingredients
A standard dose of Dianazene contains the following ingredients[3].
- Vitamin B3 (Nicotinic acid): 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
Note: the above figure for Calcium was listed as 25-35 g in the 1957 first edition of Hubbard's All About Radiation.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ Hubbard, L. Ron, All About Radiation, as cited in Report of the Board of Enquiry into Scientology (PDF format - see also Anderson Report) by Kevin Victor Anderson, Q.C. Published 1965 by the State of Victoria, Australia.
- ^ Atack, Jon (1990). A Piece of Blue Sky. New York, NY: Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8184-0499-X.
- ^ "Hysterical Radiation and Bogus Science", Xenu.net
