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Please note that this post is based on a recent radio broadcast from Naturopathic Pharmacist Ben Fuchs. You can listen to him week days at www.brightsideben.com on Genesis Communications Network. This post in no way is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or counsel you. If you have a medical symptom you are advised to consult with your qualified medical practitoner. This post is for your information and entertainment only.
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There is so much misinformation, disinformation and propaganda surrounding cholesterol. We are going to clear up the matter right now. Prepare to have your world rocked. If you want to be truly healthy you have to know the facts. Even more important is the fact that cholesterol is good for you and a lack of cholesterol can have serious consequences on your health. If you really do have a health crisis you need accurate information not myths and hype driven by ignorance and greed. Further, by pursuing the wrong strategies as they relate to your health will allow you to continue the same destructive behaviors that led to your health crisis in the first place.
Allow us to share one small but significant bit of information. There is such a thing as evil. It is personified by the devil. But all of us who believe in God should remember that the devil can not simply walk into your life and cause havoc. He must be invited in. One method used by devil worshipers is to use the victims own ignorance of a thing so that the person will unknowingly invite trouble into his own life. Thus we see the devil as a "joker" who delights on watching the unsuspecting cut his own switch. Therefore, we must use every means in our power to learn the truth about our own health in order to avoid inadvertently inviting the devil into our lives.
According to Pharmacist Ben Fuchs there are three big pharmaceutical scams being perpatrated on the people: Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SRI), the use of Estrogen and the notion that by lowering Cholesterol the heart will be protected. Serotonin has the reputation of being a "happy", feel good hormone when in reality it is a stress hormone. This is one of the main reasons why people on SRI's are prone to violence. You have to wonder why the SRI's are being prescribed if they are so dangerous? Maybe it has something to do with a lack of understanding about how drugs work and huge profits for the drug companies. If a patient behaves worse after taking SRI's the tendency is to prescribe more medication rather than to question the "wisdom" of prescribing medication in the first place.
A similar rationale exist with the use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol. There are other pharmacological strategies for lowering cholesterol which are equally ridiculous as statin drugs. The purpose of this blog is to give our readers an advantage when it comes to managing their own health and performing at higher levels in sport. Please take your time when going over this material. Chances are that you will not have heard this information from the usual sources. Prepare to have your world rocked.
Cholesterol is arguably the single most important biochemical in the body. It is a raw material used in the creation of numerous other compounds in the body. Human mother's milk for example which is the best substance available for forming a human being is packed with cholesterol and saturated fats. Cholesterol is used to create reproductive hormones such as Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone, Pregnanalone and DHEA. These are types of cholesterol which are used for building, repairing and youthfulness. Cholesterol is also used to make mineral balancing hormones such as Aldosterone and stress management hormones like Cortisol. Cortisol is a type of cholesterol. It is also used to make Vitamin D / hormone which is important for the immune system, growth process, anti-cancer and anti-aging and it can be said to be another type of cholesterol. When you lower your cholesterol you deprive yourself of all of these benefits and more. It could be said that lowering cholesterol is one of the best ways to destroy an entire population if one had a mind to do so.
You do not have to eat cholesterol. It is made by the liver, the reproductive glands and the nervous system. But if you do eat cholesterol your body will not have to make as much of it. Another bonus of cholesterol is that if you eat cholesterol rich foods such as seafood, organ meats, butter and eggs you will also be getting the other items found in the cholesterol complex such as Vitamin D in the correct form, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, Zinc, Iron, Magnesium and Selenium. You will also be getting good saturated fats. For this reason Pharmacist Ben Fuchs recommends that breast feeding mothers eat a lot of fresh eggs especially egg yolks. He also suggests that breast feeding mothers eat lots of butter, lobster, oysters and organ meats.
There are more good things about cholesterol. Cholesterol provides structural support for the cell membranes and the intracellular structures. Cholesterol helps to maintain oxygen levels in the cells. Cholesterol helps to protect from excess or unstable oxygen. Cholesterol provides a water barrier to the skin. It is necessary for a healthy nervous system. Also cholesterol is absolutely critical in the digestive process as it aids in the absorption of fats. It is used to make bile.
If the body has trouble handling fats or absorbing fats then it will have trouble absorbing fat soluble nutrients such as Vitamins D, E, A and K. The strategy of lowering cholesterol will also lower your ability to absorb fat soluble nutrients by virtue of the fact that cholesterol is necessary in the production of bile. Many of these fat soluble nutrients are important for cardiovascular health. Cholesterol is critically important for the heart because it helps the body produce CoQ10.
Do you see a conflict here with lowering cholesterol? The sad truth is that there is very little evidence that blocking the production of cholesterol will protect the heart. In fact, some would hold that the lowering of cholesterol would potentially harm the cardiovascular system.
From a biochemical standpoint there is no such thing as "good" cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol. The concept of HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) and LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) is more propaganda rather than factual. Further, HDL and LDL are NOT even cholesterol.
Cholesterol, is a waxy fatty substance found in the body. It can not be measured in the blood. Instead the HDL and LDL are measured. Blood being the watery liquid that it is does not mix with fatty oil-like substances such as cholesterol very easily.
Checking the HDL and LDL to measure blood cholesterol is a "medical fantasy". The fact is that HDL and LDL are Lipoproteins. They are not cholesterol.
According to The American Heart Association it is recommended that blood cholesterol be checked every five years or so. The total recommended cholesterol is supposed to be no more than 200 mg per dl of blood. The HDL is supposed to be higher than 40 and the LDL has to be lower than 120. If your total cholesterol is higher than 200 or the HDL is lower than 40 or the LDL is higher than 120 a statin drug will be prescribed. This is unfortunate since like all drugs the body must detox from what it perceives as a poison which places an even bigger load on the system. The real question is how were the magic numbers of 200 / 40 / 120 used to determine whether or not a patient should be deliberately "poisoned"? The guidelines were changed in 2004 to capture an even larger of portion of the population all based on an ill-founded hypothesis.
The body does uses the circulatory system to transport cholesterol and many other fatty substances. This is done by wrapping the cholesterol molecule in a "bubble" of fat called HDL and LDL. The bubble is a fat water "adapter" with the fatty portion on the inside of the bubble and a watery coating on the outside. HDL and LDL are like little carrying cases. Any fatty substance is going to be transported inside these bubbles such as Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin D and Essential Fats.
When the HDL or LDL is being measured the entire transport vehicle is being tested not just the cholesterol component. Everything that is in the Llipoprotein structure is being tested. Since there is no "free" cholesterol in the blood there is no actual way of measuring it. How does one actually know how much cholesterol is in the blood? Answer: we don't.
In a recent interview on the Brightside radio show with Pharmacist Ben Fuchs which can be found at: www.brightsideben.com, Jonny Bowden, PhD., C.N.S., the author of "The Great Cholesterol Myth", states that lowering cholesterol will not prevent heart disease. Dr. Bowden goes on to say that, "Trying to lower heart disease by lowering cholesterol is like trying to lower your calories by taking the lettuce off your double french fries and chocolate shake,"
Pharmacist Ben Fuchs feels that you never want to take any drug that is intended to be used for the rest of your life including statins. Ben feels that if you have to stay on a prescription drug for the rest of your life that it is an indication of failure of the medical model. He says that a doctor should be able to protect your heart or lower your blood pressure without poison medicines if he truly understands the nature of chronic disease. From his experience of over 25 years there is not a single drug that a person needs to be on for an indefinite period of time.
Statin drugs are the most prescribed drugs in America. One out of four Americans over the age of 45 is on a statin drug. Its side effects have been implicated in numerous illnesses ranging from mild fatigue to chronic fatigue syndrome, memory problems, serious muscle disease, diabetes and more.
Heart disease is a eating condition. It is an affliction of modern society. Heart disease is very hard to find in indigenous people. The best way to reduce cholesterol is to reduce the intake of insulin spiking foods. It is ironic that statin drugs can also cause diabetes among other problems.
More to come....
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