Post by magnusmulliner on Apr 30, 2009 9:33:33 GMT
Statins
Not long ago, this quote appeared in a story in Business Week magazine: "What if you put 250 people in a room and told them they would each pay $1,000 a year for a drug they would have to take every day, that many would get diarrhoea and muscle pain, and that 249 would have no benefit? This is the comparable cost and benefit of taking cholesterol lowering medication.”
Too many Americans/British people have been put on cholesterol-lowering medication even though they have not been diagnosed with heart disease. Lowering cholesterol, while making no other significant lifestyle and diet changes, will not lengthen anyone’s life. In general, studies done on cholesterol levels are inconsistent in their conclusions, and lead to more questions than real answers. For instance, some studies indicate that those with cholesterol levels that are too low die more frequently than those whose cholesterol levels are too high.
Lowering cholesterol is big business: doctors, drug companies, labs that measure cholesterol, and pharmaceutical sales reps all profit from making sure that people spend a lot of time, money, and energy monitoring their cholesterol. Sadly, the pharmaceutical industry measures effectiveness in cholesterol-treatment not in terms of improved health for the patient, but in terms of the numbers that go up and down on the cholesterol tests. These numbers have very little to do with quality of life, experience of symptoms, or even life expectancy. Patients also often lose sight of health and well being as the ultimate goal, so fixated do they become on those numbers. You may have heard me say before it’s the level of Homocysteine
But the real numbers are important to pay attention to: 250 people need to be treated in order for one person to benefit medically from taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
So how should we approach treatment of high cholesterol? First, consider what cholesterol does: cholesterol is found in plaques that can grow until they block arteries. This only happens if your cholesterol is oxidised. Cholesterol is required for fat protection, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, hormone production, etc. Why are these things there in the first place? From a natural point of view, the cholesterol is acting as a patch to repair a portion of an artery damaged by inflammation. Cholesterol is useful and important, and lowering one’s cholesterol too far is dangerous, which explains why people with very low cholesterols can die sooner than people with high cholesterols. Interesting!!!
Reducing the inflammation is the solution. Sugar, flour, refined Omega 6 vegetable oils, processed foods, sweeteners, processed white salt and food additives all contribute to inflammation, and should be avoided.
The foods and habits that reduce inflammation are Omega 3 fatty acids, turmeric, garlic, ginger, drinking more water, and eating more raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
Over time, elimination of the foods that cause inflammation, and increase in consumption of those that reduce inflammation, will have long term and dramatic effects on your health. Heart disease is reduced, cholesterol levels balance out naturally, and there are no side effects or expenses of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
It is also important to remember that all animal products (including eggs, dairy, chicken, fish, and red meat) increase cholesterol in the blood. Plants have no dietary cholesterol, and will never raise blood cholesterol levels. That means your Coconut oil is a winner, if you use it and want to improve your liver and thyroid function as well as lose weight!
Statins
Not long ago, this quote appeared in a story in Business Week magazine: "What if you put 250 people in a room and told them they would each pay $1,000 a year for a drug they would have to take every day, that many would get diarrhoea and muscle pain, and that 249 would have no benefit? This is the comparable cost and benefit of taking cholesterol lowering medication.”
Too many Americans/British people have been put on cholesterol-lowering medication even though they have not been diagnosed with heart disease. Lowering cholesterol, while making no other significant lifestyle and diet changes, will not lengthen anyone’s life. In general, studies done on cholesterol levels are inconsistent in their conclusions, and lead to more questions than real answers. For instance, some studies indicate that those with cholesterol levels that are too low die more frequently than those whose cholesterol levels are too high.
Lowering cholesterol is big business: doctors, drug companies, labs that measure cholesterol, and pharmaceutical sales reps all profit from making sure that people spend a lot of time, money, and energy monitoring their cholesterol. Sadly, the pharmaceutical industry measures effectiveness in cholesterol-treatment not in terms of improved health for the patient, but in terms of the numbers that go up and down on the cholesterol tests. These numbers have very little to do with quality of life, experience of symptoms, or even life expectancy. Patients also often lose sight of health and well being as the ultimate goal, so fixated do they become on those numbers. You may have heard me say before it’s the level of Homocysteine.
But the real numbers are important to pay attention to: 250 people need to be treated in order for one person to benefit medically from taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
So how should we approach treatment of high cholesterol? First, consider what cholesterol does: cholesterol is found in plaques that can grow until they block arteries. This only happens if your cholesterol is oxidised. Cholesterol is required for fat protection, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, hormone production, etc. Why are these things there in the first place? From a natural point of view, the cholesterol is acting as a patch to repair a portion of an artery damaged by inflammation. Cholesterol is useful and important, and lowering one’s cholesterol too far is dangerous, which explains why people with very low cholesterols can die sooner than people with high cholesterols. Interesting!!!
Reducing the inflammation is the solution. Sugar, flour, refined Omega 6 vegetable oils, processed foods, sweeteners, processed white salt and food additives all contribute to inflammation, and should be avoided.
The foods and habits that reduce inflammation are Omega 3 fatty acids, turmeric, garlic, ginger, drinking more water, and eating more raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
Over time, elimination of the foods that cause inflammation, and increase in consumption of those that reduce inflammation, will have long term and dramatic effects on your health. Heart disease is reduced, cholesterol levels balance out naturally, and there are no side effects or expenses of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
It is also important to remember that all animal products (including eggs, dairy, chicken, fish, and red meat) increase cholesterol in the blood. Plants have no dietary cholesterol, and will never raise blood cholesterol levels. That means your Coconut oil is a winner, if you use it and want to improve your liver and thyroid function as well as lose weight!
Food Safety Tip of the Week
How to Avoid MSG & or Aspartame
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) & Aspartame are two of the most common and hazardous food additives on the market. MSG is reportedly more toxic than alcohol, tobacco and many drugs. MSG & Aspartame is an excitotoxin, so it tricks your brain into wanting to eat more and more foods containing the ingredient, even if you are already full. Side effects of MSG include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, depression, fatigue and disorientation. Food manufacturers know that health-conscious consumers try to avoid MSG, so it is oftentimes not listed in a product's ingredients. MSG is banned in organic foods. The list of side effects of Aspartame would fill about 4 pages!
Here's a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast -- Calcium Caseinate -- Gelatin Glutamate -- Glutamic Acid -- Hydrolyzed Protein -- Monopotassium Glutamate -- Monosodium Glutamate -- Sodium Caseinate -- Textured Protein -- Yeast Extract -- Yeast Food -- Yeast Nutrient.
Aspartame is found in Chewing Gum, Muller lite yoghurts, cereals, carbonated drinks, etc In fact it is found in over 6000 products! Please start reading the labels!
A third of people over 45 take Statins –Daily Telegraph
Analysis by the NHS Information Centre shows that one in three people in England over the age of 45 is taking a statin, and prescriptions for the drugs have risen more than sevenfold in a decade. It is thought the numbers could increase even further as the Government’s new health checks for the over-40s take effect. Prescriptions for antidepressants and drugs for obesity and attention deficit disorder have also risen by up to nine fold in 10 years.
(Telegraph,p8, 14 col.”, Rebecca Smith)
Please understand this… taking a drug to treat a symptom is socially accepted in Western Society. You do not question your Dr! You also know that, taking a drug to alter your body’s chemistry will only lead to further dis-eases further down the line! Why? Because you haven’t found the root cause! If your car broke down, why not stick some petrol in it? Your car still doesn’t work! So what’s the problem? Your mechanic will, if fully trained get to the root cause and then fix your car! So what stops you from asking SMARTER questions and getting to the aetiology (root cause) of your health challenges? Your body will naturally increase your cholesterol levels if you are STRESSED (mind & body - biochemistry) Please understand this. Your body will do the best it can to keep you functioning and upright so to speak. Your physical body will never lie, so by making simple changes to your lifestyle will if correct for you, allow your body to recover and for your cholesterol levels to lower. In all honesty, it’s your Homocysteine levels that are more important than cholesterol. Not many Dr’s know this and or are educated in biochemistry or nutrition. I have nothing against Dr’s, what I do have an issue with, is using drugs to treat symptoms and not educating people in HOW TO exercises, which will empower them to take control of their own health and not become a victim dependent on ‘socially acceptable’ drugs.
Food Safety Tip of the Week
How to Avoid MSG & or Aspartame
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) & Aspartame are two of the most common and hazardous food additives on the market. MSG is reportedly more toxic than alcohol, tobacco and many drugs. MSG & Aspartame is an excitotoxin, so it tricks your brain into wanting to eat more and more foods containing the ingredient, even if you are already full. Side effects of MSG include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, depression, fatigue and disorientation. Food manufacturers know that health-conscious consumers try to avoid MSG, so it is oftentimes not listed in a product's ingredients. MSG is banned in organic foods. The list of side effects of Aspartame would fill about 4 pages!
Here's a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast -- Calcium Caseinate -- Gelatin Glutamate -- Glutamic Acid -- Hydrolyzed Protein -- Monopotassium Glutamate -- Monosodium Glutamate -- Sodium Caseinate -- Textured Protein -- Yeast Extract -- Yeast Food -- Yeast Nutrient.
Aspartame is found in Chewing Gum, Muller lite yoghurts, cereals, carbonated drinks, etc In fact it is found in over 6000 products! Please start reading the labels!
Not long ago, this quote appeared in a story in Business Week magazine: "What if you put 250 people in a room and told them they would each pay $1,000 a year for a drug they would have to take every day, that many would get diarrhoea and muscle pain, and that 249 would have no benefit? This is the comparable cost and benefit of taking cholesterol lowering medication.”
Too many Americans/British people have been put on cholesterol-lowering medication even though they have not been diagnosed with heart disease. Lowering cholesterol, while making no other significant lifestyle and diet changes, will not lengthen anyone’s life. In general, studies done on cholesterol levels are inconsistent in their conclusions, and lead to more questions than real answers. For instance, some studies indicate that those with cholesterol levels that are too low die more frequently than those whose cholesterol levels are too high.
Lowering cholesterol is big business: doctors, drug companies, labs that measure cholesterol, and pharmaceutical sales reps all profit from making sure that people spend a lot of time, money, and energy monitoring their cholesterol. Sadly, the pharmaceutical industry measures effectiveness in cholesterol-treatment not in terms of improved health for the patient, but in terms of the numbers that go up and down on the cholesterol tests. These numbers have very little to do with quality of life, experience of symptoms, or even life expectancy. Patients also often lose sight of health and well being as the ultimate goal, so fixated do they become on those numbers. You may have heard me say before it’s the level of Homocysteine
But the real numbers are important to pay attention to: 250 people need to be treated in order for one person to benefit medically from taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
So how should we approach treatment of high cholesterol? First, consider what cholesterol does: cholesterol is found in plaques that can grow until they block arteries. This only happens if your cholesterol is oxidised. Cholesterol is required for fat protection, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, hormone production, etc. Why are these things there in the first place? From a natural point of view, the cholesterol is acting as a patch to repair a portion of an artery damaged by inflammation. Cholesterol is useful and important, and lowering one’s cholesterol too far is dangerous, which explains why people with very low cholesterols can die sooner than people with high cholesterols. Interesting!!!
Reducing the inflammation is the solution. Sugar, flour, refined Omega 6 vegetable oils, processed foods, sweeteners, processed white salt and food additives all contribute to inflammation, and should be avoided.
The foods and habits that reduce inflammation are Omega 3 fatty acids, turmeric, garlic, ginger, drinking more water, and eating more raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
Over time, elimination of the foods that cause inflammation, and increase in consumption of those that reduce inflammation, will have long term and dramatic effects on your health. Heart disease is reduced, cholesterol levels balance out naturally, and there are no side effects or expenses of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
It is also important to remember that all animal products (including eggs, dairy, chicken, fish, and red meat) increase cholesterol in the blood. Plants have no dietary cholesterol, and will never raise blood cholesterol levels. That means your Coconut oil is a winner, if you use it and want to improve your liver and thyroid function as well as lose weight!
Statins
Not long ago, this quote appeared in a story in Business Week magazine: "What if you put 250 people in a room and told them they would each pay $1,000 a year for a drug they would have to take every day, that many would get diarrhoea and muscle pain, and that 249 would have no benefit? This is the comparable cost and benefit of taking cholesterol lowering medication.”
Too many Americans/British people have been put on cholesterol-lowering medication even though they have not been diagnosed with heart disease. Lowering cholesterol, while making no other significant lifestyle and diet changes, will not lengthen anyone’s life. In general, studies done on cholesterol levels are inconsistent in their conclusions, and lead to more questions than real answers. For instance, some studies indicate that those with cholesterol levels that are too low die more frequently than those whose cholesterol levels are too high.
Lowering cholesterol is big business: doctors, drug companies, labs that measure cholesterol, and pharmaceutical sales reps all profit from making sure that people spend a lot of time, money, and energy monitoring their cholesterol. Sadly, the pharmaceutical industry measures effectiveness in cholesterol-treatment not in terms of improved health for the patient, but in terms of the numbers that go up and down on the cholesterol tests. These numbers have very little to do with quality of life, experience of symptoms, or even life expectancy. Patients also often lose sight of health and well being as the ultimate goal, so fixated do they become on those numbers. You may have heard me say before it’s the level of Homocysteine.
But the real numbers are important to pay attention to: 250 people need to be treated in order for one person to benefit medically from taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
So how should we approach treatment of high cholesterol? First, consider what cholesterol does: cholesterol is found in plaques that can grow until they block arteries. This only happens if your cholesterol is oxidised. Cholesterol is required for fat protection, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, hormone production, etc. Why are these things there in the first place? From a natural point of view, the cholesterol is acting as a patch to repair a portion of an artery damaged by inflammation. Cholesterol is useful and important, and lowering one’s cholesterol too far is dangerous, which explains why people with very low cholesterols can die sooner than people with high cholesterols. Interesting!!!
Reducing the inflammation is the solution. Sugar, flour, refined Omega 6 vegetable oils, processed foods, sweeteners, processed white salt and food additives all contribute to inflammation, and should be avoided.
The foods and habits that reduce inflammation are Omega 3 fatty acids, turmeric, garlic, ginger, drinking more water, and eating more raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
Over time, elimination of the foods that cause inflammation, and increase in consumption of those that reduce inflammation, will have long term and dramatic effects on your health. Heart disease is reduced, cholesterol levels balance out naturally, and there are no side effects or expenses of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
It is also important to remember that all animal products (including eggs, dairy, chicken, fish, and red meat) increase cholesterol in the blood. Plants have no dietary cholesterol, and will never raise blood cholesterol levels. That means your Coconut oil is a winner, if you use it and want to improve your liver and thyroid function as well as lose weight!
Food Safety Tip of the Week
How to Avoid MSG & or Aspartame
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) & Aspartame are two of the most common and hazardous food additives on the market. MSG is reportedly more toxic than alcohol, tobacco and many drugs. MSG & Aspartame is an excitotoxin, so it tricks your brain into wanting to eat more and more foods containing the ingredient, even if you are already full. Side effects of MSG include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, depression, fatigue and disorientation. Food manufacturers know that health-conscious consumers try to avoid MSG, so it is oftentimes not listed in a product's ingredients. MSG is banned in organic foods. The list of side effects of Aspartame would fill about 4 pages!
Here's a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast -- Calcium Caseinate -- Gelatin Glutamate -- Glutamic Acid -- Hydrolyzed Protein -- Monopotassium Glutamate -- Monosodium Glutamate -- Sodium Caseinate -- Textured Protein -- Yeast Extract -- Yeast Food -- Yeast Nutrient.
Aspartame is found in Chewing Gum, Muller lite yoghurts, cereals, carbonated drinks, etc In fact it is found in over 6000 products! Please start reading the labels!
A third of people over 45 take Statins –Daily Telegraph
Analysis by the NHS Information Centre shows that one in three people in England over the age of 45 is taking a statin, and prescriptions for the drugs have risen more than sevenfold in a decade. It is thought the numbers could increase even further as the Government’s new health checks for the over-40s take effect. Prescriptions for antidepressants and drugs for obesity and attention deficit disorder have also risen by up to nine fold in 10 years.
(Telegraph,p8, 14 col.”, Rebecca Smith)
Please understand this… taking a drug to treat a symptom is socially accepted in Western Society. You do not question your Dr! You also know that, taking a drug to alter your body’s chemistry will only lead to further dis-eases further down the line! Why? Because you haven’t found the root cause! If your car broke down, why not stick some petrol in it? Your car still doesn’t work! So what’s the problem? Your mechanic will, if fully trained get to the root cause and then fix your car! So what stops you from asking SMARTER questions and getting to the aetiology (root cause) of your health challenges? Your body will naturally increase your cholesterol levels if you are STRESSED (mind & body - biochemistry) Please understand this. Your body will do the best it can to keep you functioning and upright so to speak. Your physical body will never lie, so by making simple changes to your lifestyle will if correct for you, allow your body to recover and for your cholesterol levels to lower. In all honesty, it’s your Homocysteine levels that are more important than cholesterol. Not many Dr’s know this and or are educated in biochemistry or nutrition. I have nothing against Dr’s, what I do have an issue with, is using drugs to treat symptoms and not educating people in HOW TO exercises, which will empower them to take control of their own health and not become a victim dependent on ‘socially acceptable’ drugs.
Food Safety Tip of the Week
How to Avoid MSG & or Aspartame
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) & Aspartame are two of the most common and hazardous food additives on the market. MSG is reportedly more toxic than alcohol, tobacco and many drugs. MSG & Aspartame is an excitotoxin, so it tricks your brain into wanting to eat more and more foods containing the ingredient, even if you are already full. Side effects of MSG include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, depression, fatigue and disorientation. Food manufacturers know that health-conscious consumers try to avoid MSG, so it is oftentimes not listed in a product's ingredients. MSG is banned in organic foods. The list of side effects of Aspartame would fill about 4 pages!
Here's a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG:
Autolyzed Yeast -- Calcium Caseinate -- Gelatin Glutamate -- Glutamic Acid -- Hydrolyzed Protein -- Monopotassium Glutamate -- Monosodium Glutamate -- Sodium Caseinate -- Textured Protein -- Yeast Extract -- Yeast Food -- Yeast Nutrient.
Aspartame is found in Chewing Gum, Muller lite yoghurts, cereals, carbonated drinks, etc In fact it is found in over 6000 products! Please start reading the labels!