Guest guest Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 >Although I feel more comfortable eating like this, I cannot help but >wonder what is happening to my cholesterol level. I think all the >media hype on anti-fat for the last two decades is still in my brain >cells somewhere. I know I should go get the panel done myself but I >haven't yet. ami, cholesterol is a non-issue unless you have familial hypercholesterolemia, which is quite rare. it may take some reading on your part to get over the fear of it - i'll say it did take me a while before i let go of my fears of cholesterol after much reading and thinking and also after the WAPF conference in May 2003 which was dedicated to debunking the cholesterol myths. a good place to start is: http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm and check out the URL in my sig line. Suze Fisher (who LOVES cholesterol) Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- “The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Check out www.thincs.org As Suze says in her tag line, it is a group of doctors and scientists who are working hard to debunk the cholesterol myth. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Suze Fisher [mailto:s.fisher22@...] >Although I feel more comfortable eating like this, I cannot help but >wonder what is happening to my cholesterol level. I think all the >media hype on anti-fat for the last two decades is still in my brain >cells somewhere. I know I should go get the panel done myself but I >haven't yet. ami, cholesterol is a non-issue unless you have familial hypercholesterolemia, which is quite rare. it may take some reading on your part to get over the fear of it - i'll say it did take me a while before i let go of my fears of cholesterol after much reading and thinking and also after the WAPF conference in May 2003 which was dedicated to debunking the cholesterol myths. a good place to start is: http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm and check out the URL in my sig line. Suze Fisher (who LOVES cholesterol) Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 > Is you > husband by chance a diabetic? No he isn't. I think he has serious bowel problems, but I can't get him to flush. He gets constipated a lot and then has these double heartbeats. Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Aren't husbands wonderful! Actually, I'm having more problems with my parents -- my father is convinced that a naturopath killed his father, so he won't have anything to do with anything that might be outside " orthodox medicine " -- not even chiropractors! Anyway, my husband started having racing and irregular heartbeats about 9 years ago. He went to lots of doctors and they said " could be caffeine, could be stress, could be MSG " so... he went without caffeine, went without MSG, and tried to avoid stress. Still had the heart problems. One day I read that allegies could cause the heart beat to race like that -- so I started thinking about what he was eating. He was practically LIVING on peanut butter! Since I knew that peanuts are one of the most deadly allergens out there I asked him to experiment and go without peanuts for a week or two. Voila! His heartbeat came back to normal! This is so hard on him because he LOVES peanuts and peanut butter, and so does his mother. It's taken her YEARS to learn that he can't have peanuts and to stop serving " something special " with peanuts all over it! He's adapted, though, and doesn't seem to even think about what he's missing now. I hope I can take a page out of his book because I seem to be getting more and more sensitive to wheat and other grains (causing hives, edema, and arthritis-like symptoms in my knees!) and it's no longer something I can just put up with. Just a thought, but you might try to see what foods your husband relies on in his diet and see if his health improves when he goes without that food for a couple of weeks. It's possible that without allergens circulating in his blood that it will stablize on its own and he won't need to take the drugs. If you can, read up on food allergies and food " sensitivities " and learn about the " allergy pulse test " which is the easiest way I have found so far of learning what foods I'm allergic (or at least sensitive) to. Hope something here helps. Luci > I have a husband who is very sick and trusts doctors > and doesn't like me " dabbling " in alternative > medicine. However, gradually he is becoming healthier > as I read about healthy foods and keep feeding them to > him <g> On occasion he's even been known to exercise! > > He has a tachycardia and is currently taking > medication for it. One of the side effects is high > cholesterol. Of course he has high cholesterol. He's > been told if it doesn't lower in the next 6 months, > they will put him on cholesterol lowering drugs (which > have an 80% chance of damaging the liver, go figure?) > > My question is, are there any foods I can feed him, or > anything I can do, apart from encourage him to > exercise, to help avoid him going on cholesterol > lowering drugs? > > Tina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Can you get him to take Vitamin C tablets? That really helps with constipation, and it works great for indigestion for me as well. I seem to be hung up on allergies -- does he eat a lot of milk products? Milk is a common allergen and can cause celiac disease, but it also tends to bind people up more than most other foods. Luci > > Is you > > husband by chance a diabetic? > > No he isn't. I think he has serious bowel problems, but I can't get > him to flush. He gets constipated a lot and then has these double > heartbeats. > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 --- Lucinda <jlsuther@...> wrote: > Can you get him to take Vitamin C tablets? That > really helps with > constipation, and it works great for indigestion for > me as well. > Correct balance of Potassium & Magnesium would be helpful...more often than not one isn't getting enough Magnesium. Potassium affects the constriction of the heart and is so important in the summer when one is sweating and losing a lot of it, and Magnesium the relaxing of the heart between beats. ===== L. Meydrech, CN http://nutritionist.tripod.com HerBulletin FREE Health Analysis: http://www.mynsp.com/web/meydrech/healthAnalyzer.jsp mailto:journey2health@... " A cheerful heart is good medicine " Prov. 17:22a ****************** Accept Credit Card Payments ~ Safe, Reliable https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=WCJNLUACA9ACJ ****************** __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 > I seem to be hung up on allergies -- does he eat a lot of milk > products? Milk is a common allergen and can cause celiac disease, > but it also tends to bind people up more than most other foods. No, milk is a banned product in my house as my son is allergic to it. I do think that he is allergic to wheat, but it's not yet been proven. He always seems to feel bad after eating bread. He does sneak sugar products when at work. Sugar is a banned product in my house too. <G> Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 > Correct balance of Potassium & Magnesium would be > helpful...more often than not one isn't getting > enough Magnesium. So you think I should sneak some epsom salts in his morning smoothie? <VBG> Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 --- frinh <frinh@...> wrote: > > > Correct balance of Potassium & Magnesium would be > > helpful...more often than not one isn't getting > > enough Magnesium. > > So you think I should sneak some epsom salts in his > morning smoothie? > <VBG> > > Tina Ha! Cute Tina :-) I wasn't necessarily speaking of the Epsom Salts form of Magnesium, but rather the kind in over the counter supplements, there are a few, I use a Magnesium Complex with malate and citrate forms. ===== L. Meydrech, CN http://nutritionist.tripod.com HerBulletin FREE Health Analysis: http://www.mynsp.com/web/meydrech/healthAnalyzer.jsp mailto:journey2health@... " A cheerful heart is good medicine " Prov. 17:22a ****************** Accept Credit Card Payments ~ Safe, Reliable https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=WCJNLUACA9ACJ ****************** __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 Well, Tina, it sounds like you have the means to check out some food allergies, then, if you are able to ban things like that from your home. I hope you are able to get to the bottom of his troubles. You might want to read up on " pulse testing " for allergies -- you'll have to do an online search, since the only book I happen to know of that mentions them is rather old -- because they are the easiest method I've seen yet to help sort out food allergies. There is an expensive blood test that requires about 4 vials of blood so they can individually test small amounts of blood with suspect foods, but I can't remember the test initials or the labs that do it. It's one of those things I read about several years ago, couldn't afford, and tucked away in a mouldy corner of my memory. Luci > > > I seem to be hung up on allergies -- does he eat a lot of milk > > products? Milk is a common allergen and can cause celiac disease, > > but it also tends to bind people up more than most other foods. > > No, milk is a banned product in my house as my son is allergic to it. > I do think that he is allergic to wheat, but it's not yet been proven. > He always seems to feel bad after eating bread. He does sneak sugar > products when at work. Sugar is a banned product in my house too. <G> > > Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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