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I send this as an interest item only. if you are being pressured to take statins, then you might want to copy this and give it to your health provider.Mike. This is part of an article that is well worth reading. The entire article can be found at the link provided, but with a warning. The intro to said article uses quite a few (unnecessary in my opinion) profanities. Read entire article at own risk.Cheer's from Clare in Tasmania Group Moderator. 5 Facts About Cholesterol Your Doctor Doesn’t Know AboutCholesterol is a versatile compound that is vital to the function of the human body and just like everything else; cholesterol levels differ greatly among individuals. In humans, cholesterol serves five main functions:1. Cholesterol is used by the body to manufacture steroids, or cortisone-like hormones, including the sex hormones. These hormones include testosterone, estrogen and cortisone. Combined, these hormones control a myriad of bodily functions.2. Cholesterol helps the liver produce bile acids. These acids are essential for proper digestion of fats and in ridding the body of waste products.3. Cholesterol acts to interlock “lipid molecules,” which stabilize cell membranes. As such, cholesterol is the building block for all bodily tissues.4. Most notably, cholesterol is an essential part of the myelin sheath.132 The myelin sheath, similar to the coating on copper wire, ensures that the brain functions properly by aiding the passage of electrical impulses. Without the myelin sheath, it is difficult to focus and we can lose memory. This is why those on cholesterol lowering drugs notoriously lose memory. Few users recognize this side effect because they forgot how important having a memory was.5. And finally, cholesterol has beneficial effects on the immune system. Men with high cholesterol have stronger immune systems than those with low cholesterol, as can be seen by the fact that they have more lymphocytes, total T cells, helper T-cells and CD8+ cells. Many strains of bacteria, which cause us to get sick, are almost totally inactivated by LDL-cholesterol.Due to its importance, cholesterol must be circulated to all parts of the body via the estimated 100,000 miles of arteries and veins within the adult human body. Its circulation is based on the fact that oil and water do not mix. Cholesterol is an oily substance, termed a lipid, and cannot blend smoothly with water-based blood. In order to transport this non-water soluble lipid through the bloodstream, the body packages it into special “vehicles” called lipoproteins.HDL and LDL FactsThe main cholesterol-carrying vehicle in the body is termed low- density lipoprotein or LDL. Because this LDL carries the lipid known as cholesterol, it is referred to as LDL-cholesterol. Another form of lipoprotein, and there are numerous, is known as high- density lipoprotein, or HDL-cholesterol. The notion that one is bad and the other is good is simply based on the fact that LDL- cholesterol has been found to be one of many components of arterial plaque – HDL has been shown to transport cholesterol back to the liver. The simplistic notion that one is good and the other bad is pharmaceutical sales rhetoric.Bad cholesterol is as real as the Easter Bunny. Whether a person’s cholesterol is high or low, LDL-cholesterol will still become a component of plaque. There is no relation to the amount of LDL- cholesterol and the severity of plaque. Plaque is nature’s “Band Aid” to the damaged inner layer of the artery, known medically as the endothelium. Without the packaging of LDL-cholesterol we would not be alive. How can this be bad? It’s like saying the immune system is harmful to us.Having grasped what cholesterol really is, we can now move on to understanding its relation to heart disease. While complex, it is not hard to learn the basics of how heart disease, or rather atherosclerosis, develops.What Really Causes Heart Disease?Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory response initiated by damage to the innermost layer (known as the endothelium) of the arteries, which faces the bloodstream. This can happen anywhere, but 90% of the time it happens in the spaghetti-sized arteries of the heart (coronary arteries), probably due to the mechanical stress in this region. Preventing damage to the endothelium of the arteries sets precedence over lowering LDL-cholesterol levels. Damage to the inner layer of the coronary artery can be attributed to any number of biological disturbances. Working to prevent these inflammatory disturbances is working to prevent plaque build-up and subsequent atherosclerosis/premature death that may follow.10 Reasons Why You Might Have Heart Disease• Oxidized Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL)• Infection• Smoking• High blood pressure• High blood sugar and insulin attributed to insulin resistance• Type II diabetes• Increased levels of homocysteine attributed to lack of folate and nutritive B vitamins• Increased levels of cortisol (i.e. stress)• Lack of exercise• Lack of nutritive vitamin C (best source citrus fruits)Once damage occurs to the inner layer (endothelium) of the coronary artery, the body’s natural repair mechanism takes over. The repair mechanism begins with circulating levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) into the damaged area, particularly between the smooth muscle layer and endothelium of the artery.Once LDLs move into the damaged area of the endothelium, there is an alteration in endothelium function. This alteration begins the inflammation cascade. Most notably, to signal for help, the endothelium begins to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). This attracts the immune cells to the damaged site. This, in turn, produces growth factors, which cause muscle cells to multiply and invade the damaged area of the blood vessel. Eventually, the conundrum of LDL, immune cells, muscle cells and debris from the initial damage form “plaque.”Here is the most important thing to understand, plaque is Nature’s “Band Aid” for damage to the arterial wall. This “Band Aid” forms whether an individual has high or low LDL. This, in part, explains why researchers have failed to find a correlation between levels of cholesterol and the growth of atherosclerosis.If damage to the endothelium persists, atherosclerotic plaque accumulates on the arterial walls. This leads to decreased blood flow from the heart, which causes lack of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. A lack of oxygen and nutrients leads to major problems, involving not only your heart, but also your brain, lungs, kidneys, penile reaction and eventually every bodily system.Over time, build up of atherosclerotic plaque initiates heart attack and stroke, sometimes without warning. As the artery narrows, tiny blood clots, which are normally harmless, become a death threat. These tiny blood clots, usually capable of passing through a healthy artery, become caught in the plaque and further block the blood flow.If an artery is blocked in the heart, a heart attack is the result. And if a blockage occurs in the brain, a stroke is the result. Aspirin won’t save you.Nature’s Heart Cures: Better than Aspirin for Preventing Heart AttackOut of fear of blood clots and subsequent heart attack, the majority of medical doctors in the USA also recommend aspirin for the prevention of first heart attacks to almost everyone age 50 or older. Such a recommendation has little scientific justification.Neither men nor women who supplement aspirin benefit from its use. Men who used it aged 55 to 74 with no history of heart disease showed no increase in longevity relative to those who did not use it. The Women’s Health Study, a 10-year randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled study conducted among 40,000 healthy women age 45 and older, found that aspirin did not prevent first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes.The major study used to rationalize widespread aspirin use today did not use aspirin alone. Most studies utilized buffered aspirin, which contains calcium and magnesium. Thus, the calcium and magnesium present in the pill may have been responsible for the beneficial effects – not aspirin. This is not inexplicable. Magnesium supplementation ensures normal heart rhythm and blood pressure – abnormalities in any one of these functions can increase the risk of complications after a heart attack.Aspirin use is not without risk. The side effects of aspirin are so severe that they can cause a higher death rate relative to the populations who do not take it. These include hemorrhagic stroke (rupture of blood vessel in the brain), ulcers and allergic reactions.It would make more health sense to quit taking aspirin and utilize interventions that actually work to avoid heart disease (heart attack and stroke), most importantly losing body fat, increasing your sensitivity to insulin and lowering blood sugar with exercise, a high healthy fat diet and the removal of sugar and processed foods from your diet. Supplementally, garlic, magnesium aspartate, grapeseed extract and hawthorn work far better than aspirin, statins, or even blood pressure meds. Combined, they enhance blood flow, reduce inflammation, strengthen the arterial walls and work to prevent excess clotting – without negative side effects!LDL not BadGetting back to cholesterol – to highlight some of the main points of heart disease progression, the body uses numerous substances to form plaque on the arterial walls. This plaque acts as nature’s “Band Aid” to heal the inner layer of the arteries. The plaque consists of LDL, immune cells and muscle cells, among other things. Recognizing that LDL is one of many substances found in plaque and that it carries cholesterol, pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors coined the phrase “bad cholesterol” when referring to LDL. In a weak attempt to support this, they state that LDL is the culprit of deadly plaque buildup.Most medical doctors ignore the importance of preventing scarring of the mechanically stressed arterial wall. Instead, they hold on to the one-dimensional argument, which insists that LDL-cholesterol must be lowered to prevent heart disease. In the same breath they prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs.High Cholesterol Increases LongevityIncrease your cholesterol levels and protect yourself from premature aging. The researchers at the University of San Diego also highlight that epidemiological studies show high cholesterol in those over 75 years of age to be protective rather than harmful.Professor Beatriz Rodriquez of the University of Hawaii has also found that low cholesterol among the elderly is not healthy. Reported by BBC News, Professor Beatriz Rodriquez and colleagues found that men over the age of 70 who had cholesterol levels between 200 to 219 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) were less likely to develop heart disease than those with low levels. Elderly men with cholesterol levels of below 160 mg/dL had a 55% greater risk of heart disease.Other researchers have come to similar conclusions. The European Heart Journal has published the results of a three-year study involving 11,500 patients. Researcher Behar and associates found that in the low cholesterol group (total cholesterol below 160 mg/dL) the relative risk of death was 2.27 times higher compared to those with higher cholesterol. The most common cause of death in the low cholesterol group was cancer, with liver disease being second. Other scientists have focused on the link between low cholesterol and cancer. Behar and associates have linked blood cholesterol levels less than 160 mg/dL to a twofold-increased risk of death from cancer of the liver, pancreas and haematopoietic system. These same researchers also brought to our attention that healthy men, without any history of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or liver disease, who lower their total cholesterol, have an increased risk of prostate cancer. Also shown is that those with low cholesterol have an increased incidence of death from intracranial hemorrhage, respiratory, kidney and digestive disease.Looking deeper into the dangers of low cholesterol, it appears that cancer is not the only possible outcome. The chances of early death increase as total cholesterol drops. The most widely respected medical journal, The Journal of the American Medical Association, published a study entitled: “Cholesterol and Mortality. 30 Years of Follow-up from the Framingham Study.” Shocking to most, this in- depth study showed that after the age of 50, there is no increased overall death rate associated with high cholesterol! There was, however, a direct association between low levels (or dropping levels) of cholesterol and increased death. Specifically, medical researchers reported that CVD death rates increased by 14% for every 1 mg/dL drop in total cholesterol levels per year.141 For example, an individual whose total cholesterol levels dropped 14 mg/dL during 14 years would be expected to have and 11% higher death rate than persons whose cholesterol levels remained constant or rose during the same period.For those who have already suffered from heart failure, lowering cholesterol may just add to the problem and increase recovery time. The Journal of Cardiac Failure published the findings of Horwich and colleagues in a paper, Low Serum Total Cholesterol is Associated with Marked Increase in Mortality in Advanced Heart Failure.” In their analysis of 1,134 patients with heart disease, they found that low cholesterol was associated with worse outcomes in heart failure patients and impaired survival while high cholesterol improved survival rates. Interesting to note, their findings showed that elevated cholesterol among patients was not associated with hypertension, diabetes, or coronary heart disease.Low cholesterol has also been linked to depression and anxiety. Duke psychologist Suarez found that women with low cholesterol levels, below 160 mg/dL, were more likely to show signs of depression and anxiety relative to women with normal or high cholesterol levels. In 2003, Duke University showed a 20% absolute increase in depression among those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Their results add to the literature linking cholesterol and mood. Those who think they are safe from heart disease due to lowering their total cholesterol levels may want to seriously rethink their preventative efforts. Lowering cholesterol, whether by prescription drugs or dietary supplements like red yeast rice, would prove dangerous and goes against centuries of scientific research findings. High cholesterol is protective rather than detrimental.How Medical Doctors are Fooled – Selective CitationThis begs the question: How does one successfully convince the entire United States that each and every person should have the same cholesterol level? Why is there such widespread acceptance of the cholesterol myth?The belief that low cholesterol prevents heart disease is the result of selective citation rather than scientific results. Selective citation is the art of conveniently citing supportive studies while burying the unsupportive ones.In addition to smothering unsupportive studies from our medical history, pharmaceutical companies who sell cholesterol-lowering drugs produce brochures, web pages and various other publications to broadcast the cholesterol lowering myth to millions. As pointed out by the previous editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., major publications such as Lipid Letter, Lipids Online, and Lipid Management are supported and funded by cholesterol-lowering drug makers.Reaching millions of medical doctors, these publications relentlessly warn of the false dangers of cholesterol in an attempt to nudge doctors into prescribing their cholesterol lowering drugs. This ensures not only profit for these drug companies but also promotion of the cholesterol lowering myth. Preferential citation, combined with paid publications aimed toward medical doctors, guarantees that the pharmaceutical industry can “invent disease” while at the same time providing the remedy.Cholesterol is among the most important molecules in the human body, especially for children. It’s respective high and low levels do not cause heart disease or prevent heart attack and stroke. To truly live young, get your weight in check and adhere to the “nutrient logic” outlined in Over-The-Counter Natural Cures. Not only will you preserve health, but also wealth, allowing you to live long enough to achieve your dreams and hundreds more you never thought possible. But it starts, by saying no to Lipitor.FULL ARTICLE FOUND HERE: http://thepeopleschemist.com/does-the-family-really-need-lipitor-and-aspirin/ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter.SPAMfighter has removed 332 of my spam emails to date.Do you have a slow PC? Try free scan!

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Mike, this is why I personally believe blocking the mevalonate pathway is the ultimate bio-weapon. The victims self administer the drug under the belief it has cardiovascular benefits. Next the drug damages the nervous system and cognitive ability, destroys muscle tissue, inhibits digestion, and inhibits hormone production. In the right dosages, you could literally debilitate or wipe out a population without doing any damage to buildings, land, or environment. When I first thought about this, I discredited it with my imagination running away with me. Now I'm not so sure. Its frightening to think about it. Bobby Alternate email: marooned@...Bobby- Your Caribbean Travel Plannerwww.pinkystravel.com International Destinations, Resorts, Vacation PackagesPhilippine Destination Specialist To: Mike Shea Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 10:57 AM Subject: [stopped_Our_Statins] Does The Family Really Need Lipitor and Aspirin? | ThePeoplesChemist.com

I send this as an interest item only. if you are being pressured to take statins, then you might want to copy this and give it to your health provider.Mike. This is part of an article that is well worth reading. The entire article can be found at the link provided, but with a warning. The intro to said article uses quite a few (unnecessary in my opinion) profanities. Read entire article at own

risk.Cheer's from Clare in Tasmania Group Moderator. 5 Facts About Cholesterol Your Doctor Doesn’t Know AboutCholesterol is a versatile compound that is vital to the function of the human body and just like everything else; cholesterol levels differ greatly among individuals. In humans, cholesterol serves five main functions:1. Cholesterol is used by the body to manufacture steroids, or cortisone-like hormones, including the sex hormones. These hormones include testosterone, estrogen and cortisone. Combined, these hormones control a myriad of bodily functions.2. Cholesterol helps the liver produce bile acids. These acids are essential for proper digestion of fats and in ridding the body of waste products.3. Cholesterol acts to interlock “lipid molecules,†which stabilize cell membranes. As such, cholesterol is the building block for all bodily tissues.4. Most notably, cholesterol is an essential part of the myelin sheath.132 The myelin sheath, similar to the coating on copper wire, ensures that the brain functions properly by aiding the passage of electrical impulses. Without the myelin sheath, it

is difficult to focus and we can lose memory. This is why those on cholesterol lowering drugs notoriously lose memory. Few users recognize this side effect because they forgot how important having a memory was.5. And finally, cholesterol has beneficial effects on the immune system. Men with high cholesterol have stronger immune systems than those with low cholesterol, as can be seen by the fact that they have more lymphocytes, total T cells, helper T-cells and CD8+ cells. Many strains of bacteria, which cause us to get sick, are almost totally inactivated by LDL-cholesterol.Due to its importance, cholesterol must be circulated to all parts of the body via the estimated 100,000 miles of arteries and veins within the adult human body. Its circulation is based on the fact that oil and water do not mix. Cholesterol is an oily substance, termed a lipid, and

cannot blend smoothly with water-based blood. In order to transport this non-water soluble lipid through the bloodstream, the body packages it into special “vehicles†called lipoproteins.HDL and LDL FactsThe main cholesterol-carrying vehicle in the body is termed low- density lipoprotein or LDL. Because this LDL carries the lipid known as cholesterol, it is referred to as LDL-cholesterol. Another form of lipoprotein, and there are numerous, is known as high- density lipoprotein, or HDL-cholesterol. The notion that one is bad and the other is good is simply based on the fact that LDL- cholesterol has been found to be one of many components of arterial plaque – HDL has been shown to transport cholesterol back to the liver. The simplistic notion that one is

good and the other bad is pharmaceutical sales rhetoric.Bad cholesterol is as real as the Easter Bunny. Whether a person’s cholesterol is high or low, LDL-cholesterol will still become a component of plaque. There is no relation to the amount of LDL- cholesterol and the severity of plaque. Plaque is nature’s “Band Aid†to the damaged inner layer of the artery, known medically as the endothelium. Without the packaging of LDL-cholesterol we would not be alive. How can this be bad? It’s like saying the immune system is harmful to us.Having grasped what cholesterol really is, we can now move on to understanding its relation to heart disease. While complex, it is not hard to learn the basics of how heart disease, or rather atherosclerosis, develops.What Really Causes Heart Disease?Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory response initiated by damage to the innermost layer (known as the endothelium) of the arteries, which faces the bloodstream. This can happen anywhere, but 90% of the time it happens in the spaghetti-sized arteries of the heart (coronary arteries), probably due to the mechanical stress in this region. Preventing damage to the endothelium of the arteries sets precedence over lowering LDL-cholesterol levels. Damage to the inner layer of the coronary artery can be attributed to any number of biological disturbances. Working to prevent these inflammatory disturbances is working to prevent plaque build-up and subsequent atherosclerosis/premature death that may follow.10 Reasons Why You Might Have Heart Disease• Oxidized Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL)• Infection• Smoking• High blood pressure• High blood sugar and insulin attributed to insulin resistance• Type II diabetes• Increased levels of homocysteine attributed to lack of folate and nutritive B vitamins• Increased levels of cortisol (i.e. stress)• Lack of exercise• Lack of nutritive vitamin C (best source citrus fruits)Once damage occurs to the inner layer (endothelium) of the coronary artery, the body’s natural repair mechanism takes over. The repair mechanism begins with circulating levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) into the damaged area, particularly between the smooth muscle layer and endothelium of the

artery.Once LDLs move into the damaged area of the endothelium, there is an alteration in endothelium function. This alteration begins the inflammation cascade. Most notably, to signal for help, the endothelium begins to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). This attracts the immune cells to the damaged site. This, in turn, produces growth factors, which cause muscle cells to multiply and invade the damaged area of the blood vessel. Eventually, the conundrum of LDL, immune cells, muscle cells and debris from the initial damage form “plaque.â€Here is the most important thing to understand, plaque is Nature’s “Band Aid†for damage to the arterial wall. This “Band Aid†forms whether an individual has high or low LDL. This, in part, explains why researchers have failed to find a correlation between levels of cholesterol and the growth of

atherosclerosis.If damage to the endothelium persists, atherosclerotic plaque accumulates on the arterial walls. This leads to decreased blood flow from the heart, which causes lack of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. A lack of oxygen and nutrients leads to major problems, involving not only your heart, but also your brain, lungs, kidneys, penile reaction and eventually every bodily system.Over time, build up of atherosclerotic plaque initiates heart attack and stroke, sometimes without warning. As the artery narrows, tiny blood clots, which are normally harmless, become a death threat. These tiny blood clots, usually capable of passing through a healthy artery, become caught in the plaque and further block the blood flow.If an artery is blocked in the heart, a heart attack is the result. And if a

blockage occurs in the brain, a stroke is the result. Aspirin won’t save you.Nature’s Heart Cures: Better than Aspirin for Preventing Heart AttackOut of fear of blood clots and subsequent heart attack, the majority of medical doctors in the USA also recommend aspirin for the prevention of first heart attacks to almost everyone age 50 or older. Such a recommendation has little scientific justification.Neither men nor women who supplement aspirin benefit from its use. Men who used it aged 55 to 74 with no history of heart disease showed no increase in longevity relative to those who did not use it. The Women’s Health Study, a 10-year randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled study conducted among 40,000 healthy women age 45 and older, found that

aspirin did not prevent first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes.The major study used to rationalize widespread aspirin use today did not use aspirin alone. Most studies utilized buffered aspirin, which contains calcium and magnesium. Thus, the calcium and magnesium present in the pill may have been responsible for the beneficial effects – not aspirin. This is not inexplicable. Magnesium supplementation ensures normal heart rhythm and blood pressure – abnormalities in any one of these functions can increase the risk of complications after a heart attack.Aspirin use is not without risk. The side effects of aspirin are so severe that they can cause a higher death rate relative to the populations who do not take it. These include hemorrhagic stroke (rupture of blood vessel in the brain), ulcers and allergic

reactions.It would make more health sense to quit taking aspirin and utilize interventions that actually work to avoid heart disease (heart attack and stroke), most importantly losing body fat, increasing your sensitivity to insulin and lowering blood sugar with exercise, a high healthy fat diet and the removal of sugar and processed foods from your diet. Supplementally, garlic, magnesium aspartate, grapeseed extract and hawthorn work far better than aspirin, statins, or even blood pressure meds. Combined, they enhance blood flow, reduce inflammation, strengthen the arterial walls and work to prevent excess clotting – without negative side effects!LDL not BadGetting back to cholesterol – to highlight some of the main points of heart disease progression, the body uses numerous substances to form plaque on the arterial walls. This plaque acts as nature’s “Band Aid†to heal the inner layer of the arteries. The plaque consists of LDL, immune cells and muscle cells, among other things. Recognizing that LDL is one of many substances found in plaque and that it carries cholesterol, pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors coined the phrase “bad cholesterol†when referring to LDL. In a weak attempt to support this, they state that LDL is the culprit of deadly plaque buildup.Most medical doctors ignore the importance of preventing scarring of the mechanically stressed arterial wall. Instead, they hold on to the one-dimensional argument, which insists that LDL-cholesterol must

be lowered to prevent heart disease. In the same breath they prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs.High Cholesterol Increases LongevityIncrease your cholesterol levels and protect yourself from premature aging. The researchers at the University of San Diego also highlight that epidemiological studies show high cholesterol in those over 75 years of age to be protective rather than harmful.Professor Beatriz Rodriquez of the University of Hawaii has also found that low cholesterol among the elderly is not healthy. Reported by BBC News, Professor Beatriz Rodriquez and colleagues found that men over the age of 70 who had cholesterol levels between 200 to 219 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) were less likely to develop heart disease than those with low levels. Elderly

men with cholesterol levels of below 160 mg/dL had a 55% greater risk of heart disease.Other researchers have come to similar conclusions. The European Heart Journal has published the results of a three-year study involving 11,500 patients. Researcher Behar and associates found that in the low cholesterol group (total cholesterol below 160 mg/dL) the relative risk of death was 2.27 times higher compared to those with higher cholesterol. The most common cause of death in the low cholesterol group was cancer, with liver disease being second. Other scientists have focused on the link between low cholesterol and cancer. Behar and associates have linked blood cholesterol levels less than 160 mg/dL to a twofold-increased risk of death from cancer of the liver, pancreas and haematopoietic system. These same

researchers also brought to our attention that healthy men, without any history of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or liver disease, who lower their total cholesterol, have an increased risk of prostate cancer. Also shown is that those with low cholesterol have an increased incidence of death from intracranial hemorrhage, respiratory, kidney and digestive disease.Looking deeper into the dangers of low cholesterol, it appears that cancer is not the only possible outcome. The chances of early death increase as total cholesterol drops. The most widely respected medical journal, The Journal of the American Medical Association, published a study entitled: “Cholesterol and Mortality. 30 Years of Follow-up from the Framingham Study.†Shocking to most, this in- depth study showed that after the age of 50, there is no increased overall

death rate associated with high cholesterol! There was, however, a direct association between low levels (or dropping levels) of cholesterol and increased death. Specifically, medical researchers reported that CVD death rates increased by 14% for every 1 mg/dL drop in total cholesterol levels per year.141 For example, an individual whose total cholesterol levels dropped 14 mg/dL during 14 years would be expected to have and 11% higher death rate than persons whose cholesterol levels remained constant or rose during the same period.For those who have already suffered from heart failure, lowering cholesterol may just add to the problem and increase recovery time. The Journal of Cardiac Failure published the findings of Horwich and colleagues in a paper, Low Serum Total Cholesterol is Associated with Marked Increase in Mortality in

Advanced Heart Failure.†In their analysis of 1,134 patients with heart disease, they found that low cholesterol was associated with worse outcomes in heart failure patients and impaired survival while high cholesterol improved survival rates. Interesting to note, their findings showed that elevated cholesterol among patients was not associated with hypertension, diabetes, or coronary heart disease.Low cholesterol has also been linked to depression and anxiety. Duke psychologist Suarez found that women with low cholesterol levels, below 160 mg/dL, were more likely to show signs of depression and anxiety relative to women with normal or high cholesterol levels. In 2003, Duke University showed a 20% absolute increase in depression among those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Their results add to the literature linking cholesterol and mood. Those who think they are safe from heart disease due to lowering their total cholesterol levels may want to seriously rethink their preventative efforts. Lowering cholesterol, whether by prescription drugs or dietary supplements like red yeast rice, would prove dangerous and goes against centuries of scientific research findings. High cholesterol is protective rather than detrimental.How Medical Doctors are Fooled – Selective CitationThis begs the question: How does one successfully convince the entire United States that each and every person should have the same cholesterol level? Why is there such widespread acceptance of the cholesterol myth?The belief that

low cholesterol prevents heart disease is the result of selective citation rather than scientific results. Selective citation is the art of conveniently citing supportive studies while burying the unsupportive ones.In addition to smothering unsupportive studies from our medical history, pharmaceutical companies who sell cholesterol-lowering drugs produce brochures, web pages and various other publications to broadcast the cholesterol lowering myth to millions. As pointed out by the previous editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., major publications such as Lipid Letter, Lipids Online, and Lipid Management are supported and funded by cholesterol-lowering drug makers.Reaching millions of medical doctors, these publications relentlessly warn of the false dangers of cholesterol in an attempt to nudge

doctors into prescribing their cholesterol lowering drugs. This ensures not only profit for these drug companies but also promotion of the cholesterol lowering myth. Preferential citation, combined with paid publications aimed toward medical doctors, guarantees that the pharmaceutical industry can “invent disease†while at the same time providing the remedy.Cholesterol is among the most important molecules in the human body, especially for children. It’s respective high and low levels do not cause heart disease or prevent heart attack and stroke. To truly live young, get your weight in check and adhere to the “nutrient logic†outlined in Over-The-Counter Natural Cures. Not only will you preserve health, but

also wealth, allowing you to live long enough to achieve your dreams and hundreds more you never thought possible. But it starts, by saying no to Lipitor.FULL ARTICLE FOUND HERE: http://thepeopleschemist.com/does-the-family-really-need-lipitor-and-aspirin/ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter.SPAMfighter has removed 332 of my spam emails to date.Do you have a slow PC? Try free

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Thanks for the article and links. A very concise, informative treatment.Dave. I send this as an interest item only. if you are being pressured to take statins, then you might want to copy this and give it to your health provider.Mike. This is part of an article that is well worth reading. The entire article can be found at the link provided, but with a warning. The intro to said article uses quite a few (unnecessary in my opinion) profanities. Read entire article at own risk.Cheer's from Clare in Tasmania Group Moderator. 5 Facts About Cholesterol Your Doctor Doesn’t Know AboutCholesterol is a versatile compound that is vital to the function of the human body and just like everything else; cholesterol levels differ greatly among individuals. In humans, cholesterol serves five main functions:1. Cholesterol is used by the body to manufacture steroids, or cortisone-like hormones, including the sex hormones. These hormones include testosterone, estrogen and cortisone. Combined, these hormones control a myriad of bodily functions.2. Cholesterol helps the liver produce bile acids. These acids are essential for proper digestion of fats and in ridding the body of waste products.3. Cholesterol acts to interlock “lipid molecules,” which stabilize cell membranes. As such, cholesterol is the building block for all bodily tissues.4. Most notably, cholesterol is an essential part of the myelin sheath.132 The myelin sheath, similar to the coating on copper wire, ensures that the brain functions properly by aiding the passage of electrical impulses. Without the myelin sheath, it is difficult to focus and we can lose memory. This is why those on cholesterol lowering drugs notoriously lose memory. Few users recognize this side effect because they forgot how important having a memory was.5. And finally, cholesterol has beneficial effects on the immune system. Men with high cholesterol have stronger immune systems than those with low cholesterol, as can be seen by the fact that they have more lymphocytes, total T cells, helper T-cells and CD8+ cells. Many strains of bacteria, which cause us to get sick, are almost totally inactivated by LDL-cholesterol.Due to its importance, cholesterol must be circulated to all parts of the body via the estimated 100,000 miles of arteries and veins within the adult human body. Its circulation is based on the fact that oil and water do not mix. Cholesterol is an oily substance, termed a lipid, and cannot blend smoothly with water-based blood. In order to transport this non-water soluble lipid through the bloodstream, the body packages it into special “vehicles” called lipoproteins.HDL and LDL FactsThe main cholesterol-carrying vehicle in the body is termed low- density lipoprotein or LDL. Because this LDL carries the lipid known as cholesterol, it is referred to as LDL-cholesterol. Another form of lipoprotein, and there are numerous, is known as high- density lipoprotein, or HDL-cholesterol. The notion that one is bad and the other is good is simply based on the fact that LDL- cholesterol has been found to be one of many components of arterial plaque – HDL has been shown to transport cholesterol back to the liver. The simplistic notion that one is good and the other bad is pharmaceutical sales rhetoric.Bad cholesterol is as real as the Easter Bunny. Whether a person’s cholesterol is high or low, LDL-cholesterol will still become a component of plaque. There is no relation to the amount of LDL- cholesterol and the severity of plaque. Plaque is nature’s “Band Aid” to the damaged inner layer of the artery, known medically as the endothelium. Without the packaging of LDL-cholesterol we would not be alive. How can this be bad? It’s like saying the immune system is harmful to us.Having grasped what cholesterol really is, we can now move on to understanding its relation to heart disease. While complex, it is not hard to learn the basics of how heart disease, or rather atherosclerosis, develops.What Really Causes Heart Disease?Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory response initiated by damage to the innermost layer (known as the endothelium) of the arteries, which faces the bloodstream. This can happen anywhere, but 90% of the time it happens in the spaghetti-sized arteries of the heart (coronary arteries), probably due to the mechanical stress in this region. Preventing damage to the endothelium of the arteries sets precedence over lowering LDL-cholesterol levels. Damage to the inner layer of the coronary artery can be attributed to any number of biological disturbances. Working to prevent these inflammatory disturbances is working to prevent plaque build-up and subsequent atherosclerosis/premature death that may follow.10 Reasons Why You Might Have Heart Disease• Oxidized Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL)• Infection• Smoking• High blood pressure• High blood sugar and insulin attributed to insulin resistance• Type II diabetes• Increased levels of homocysteine attributed to lack of folate and nutritive B vitamins• Increased levels of cortisol (i.e. stress)• Lack of exercise• Lack of nutritive vitamin C (best source citrus fruits)Once damage occurs to the inner layer (endothelium) of the coronary artery, the body’s natural repair mechanism takes over. The repair mechanism begins with circulating levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) into the damaged area, particularly between the smooth muscle layer and endothelium of the artery.Once LDLs move into the damaged area of the endothelium, there is an alteration in endothelium function. This alteration begins the inflammation cascade. Most notably, to signal for help, the endothelium begins to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). This attracts the immune cells to the damaged site. This, in turn, produces growth factors, which cause muscle cells to multiply and invade the damaged area of the blood vessel. Eventually, the conundrum of LDL, immune cells, muscle cells and debris from the initial damage form “plaque.”Here is the most important thing to understand, plaque is Nature’s “Band Aid” for damage to the arterial wall. This “Band Aid” forms whether an individual has high or low LDL. This, in part, explains why researchers have failed to find a correlation between levels of cholesterol and the growth of atherosclerosis.If damage to the endothelium persists, atherosclerotic plaque accumulates on the arterial walls. This leads to decreased blood flow from the heart, which causes lack of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. A lack of oxygen and nutrients leads to major problems, involving not only your heart, but also your brain, lungs, kidneys, penile reaction and eventually every bodily system.Over time, build up of atherosclerotic plaque initiates heart attack and stroke, sometimes without warning. As the artery narrows, tiny blood clots, which are normally harmless, become a death threat. These tiny blood clots, usually capable of passing through a healthy artery, become caught in the plaque and further block the blood flow.If an artery is blocked in the heart, a heart attack is the result. And if a blockage occurs in the brain, a stroke is the result. Aspirin won’t save you.Nature’s Heart Cures: Better than Aspirin for Preventing Heart AttackOut of fear of blood clots and subsequent heart attack, the majority of medical doctors in the USA also recommend aspirin for the prevention of first heart attacks to almost everyone age 50 or older. Such a recommendation has little scientific justification.Neither men nor women who supplement aspirin benefit from its use. Men who used it aged 55 to 74 with no history of heart disease showed no increase in longevity relative to those who did not use it. The Women’s Health Study, a 10-year randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled study conducted among 40,000 healthy women age 45 and older, found that aspirin did not prevent first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes.The major study used to rationalize widespread aspirin use today did not use aspirin alone. Most studies utilized buffered aspirin, which contains calcium and magnesium. Thus, the calcium and magnesium present in the pill may have been responsible for the beneficial effects – not aspirin. This is not inexplicable. Magnesium supplementation ensures normal heart rhythm and blood pressure – abnormalities in any one of these functions can increase the risk of complications after a heart attack.Aspirin use is not without risk. The side effects of aspirin are so severe that they can cause a higher death rate relative to the populations who do not take it. These include hemorrhagic stroke (rupture of blood vessel in the brain), ulcers and allergic reactions.It would make more health sense to quit taking aspirin and utilize interventions that actually work to avoid heart disease (heart attack and stroke), most importantly losing body fat, increasing your sensitivity to insulin and lowering blood sugar with exercise, a high healthy fat diet and the removal of sugar and processed foods from your diet. Supplementally, garlic, magnesium aspartate, grapeseed extract and hawthorn work far better than aspirin, statins, or even blood pressure meds. Combined, they enhance blood flow, reduce inflammation, strengthen the arterial walls and work to prevent excess clotting – without negative side effects!LDL not BadGetting back to cholesterol – to highlight some of the main points of heart disease progression, the body uses numerous substances to form plaque on the arterial walls. This plaque acts as nature’s “Band Aid” to heal the inner layer of the arteries. The plaque consists of LDL, immune cells and muscle cells, among other things. Recognizing that LDL is one of many substances found in plaque and that it carries cholesterol, pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors coined the phrase “bad cholesterol” when referring to LDL. In a weak attempt to support this, they state that LDL is the culprit of deadly plaque buildup.Most medical doctors ignore the importance of preventing scarring of the mechanically stressed arterial wall. Instead, they hold on to the one-dimensional argument, which insists that LDL-cholesterol must be lowered to prevent heart disease. In the same breath they prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs.High Cholesterol Increases LongevityIncrease your cholesterol levels and protect yourself from premature aging. The researchers at the University of San Diego also highlight that epidemiological studies show high cholesterol in those over 75 years of age to be protective rather than harmful.Professor Beatriz Rodriquez of the University of Hawaii has also found that low cholesterol among the elderly is not healthy. Reported by BBC News, Professor Beatriz Rodriquez and colleagues found that men over the age of 70 who had cholesterol levels between 200 to 219 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) were less likely to develop heart disease than those with low levels. Elderly men with cholesterol levels of below 160 mg/dL had a 55% greater risk of heart disease.Other researchers have come to similar conclusions. The European Heart Journal has published the results of a three-year study involving 11,500 patients. Researcher Behar and associates found that in the low cholesterol group (total cholesterol below 160 mg/dL) the relative risk of death was 2.27 times higher compared to those with higher cholesterol. The most common cause of death in the low cholesterol group was cancer, with liver disease being second. Other scientists have focused on the link between low cholesterol and cancer. Behar and associates have linked blood cholesterol levels less than 160 mg/dL to a twofold-increased risk of death from cancer of the liver, pancreas and haematopoietic system. These same researchers also brought to our attention that healthy men, without any history of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal or liver disease, who lower their total cholesterol, have an increased risk of prostate cancer. Also shown is that those with low cholesterol have an increased incidence of death from intracranial hemorrhage, respiratory, kidney and digestive disease.Looking deeper into the dangers of low cholesterol, it appears that cancer is not the only possible outcome. The chances of early death increase as total cholesterol drops. The most widely respected medical journal, The Journal of the American Medical Association, published a study entitled: “Cholesterol and Mortality. 30 Years of Follow-up from the Framingham Study.” Shocking to most, this in- depth study showed that after the age of 50, there is no increased overall death rate associated with high cholesterol! There was, however, a direct association between low levels (or dropping levels) of cholesterol and increased death. Specifically, medical researchers reported that CVD death rates increased by 14% for every 1 mg/dL drop in total cholesterol levels per year.141 For example, an individual whose total cholesterol levels dropped 14 mg/dL during 14 years would be expected to have and 11% higher death rate than persons whose cholesterol levels remained constant or rose during the same period.For those who have already suffered from heart failure, lowering cholesterol may just add to the problem and increase recovery time. The Journal of Cardiac Failure published the findings of Horwich and colleagues in a paper, Low Serum Total Cholesterol is Associated with Marked Increase in Mortality in Advanced Heart Failure.” In their analysis of 1,134 patients with heart disease, they found that low cholesterol was associated with worse outcomes in heart failure patients and impaired survival while high cholesterol improved survival rates. Interesting to note, their findings showed that elevated cholesterol among patients was not associated with hypertension, diabetes, or coronary heart disease.Low cholesterol has also been linked to depression and anxiety. Duke psychologist Suarez found that women with low cholesterol levels, below 160 mg/dL, were more likely to show signs of depression and anxiety relative to women with normal or high cholesterol levels. In 2003, Duke University showed a 20% absolute increase in depression among those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Their results add to the literature linking cholesterol and mood. Those who think they are safe from heart disease due to lowering their total cholesterol levels may want to seriously rethink their preventative efforts. Lowering cholesterol, whether by prescription drugs or dietary supplements like red yeast rice, would prove dangerous and goes against centuries of scientific research findings. High cholesterol is protective rather than detrimental.How Medical Doctors are Fooled – Selective CitationThis begs the question: How does one successfully convince the entire United States that each and every person should have the same cholesterol level? Why is there such widespread acceptance of the cholesterol myth?The belief that low cholesterol prevents heart disease is the result of selective citation rather than scientific results. Selective citation is the art of conveniently citing supportive studies while burying the unsupportive ones.In addition to smothering unsupportive studies from our medical history, pharmaceutical companies who sell cholesterol-lowering drugs produce brochures, web pages and various other publications to broadcast the cholesterol lowering myth to millions. As pointed out by the previous editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., major publications such as Lipid Letter, Lipids Online, and Lipid Management are supported and funded by cholesterol-lowering drug makers.Reaching millions of medical doctors, these publications relentlessly warn of the false dangers of cholesterol in an attempt to nudge doctors into prescribing their cholesterol lowering drugs. This ensures not only profit for these drug companies but also promotion of the cholesterol lowering myth. Preferential citation, combined with paid publications aimed toward medical doctors, guarantees that the pharmaceutical industry can “invent disease” while at the same time providing the remedy.Cholesterol is among the most important molecules in the human body, especially for children. It’s respective high and low levels do not cause heart disease or prevent heart attack and stroke. To truly live young, get your weight in check and adhere to the “nutrient logic” outlined in Over-The-Counter Natural Cures. Not only will you preserve health, but also wealth, allowing you to live long enough to achieve your dreams and hundreds more you never thought possible. But it starts, by saying no to Lipitor.FULL ARTICLE FOUND HERE: http://thepeopleschemist.com/does-the-family-really-need-lipitor-and-aspirin/ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter.SPAMfighter has removed 332 of my spam emails to date.Do you have a slow PC? Try free scan!