Herbal Remedies

[Guest guest]

Hello, I'm new to this group. I have just been to my GP because of a

nagging ache which I've had for two weeks now on my right side. It

seems to be located just under the rib-cage and around the rib-cage

itself (going round to my back). The doctor thinks it may be

gallstones and I'm being sent to the hospital to have a scan. I've

been taking simvastatin tablets for cholesterol for about eight

months. Shouldn't this prevent stones from forming? My cholesterol

level is 4.5. I'm not convinced it is gallstones yet. I had been

sleeping at a friends place in London for a few days on a hard guest

bed and first noticed the pain then. I like to sleep on my right side

and thought it may have affected me. The other thing I thought may

have caused the pain was coughing too violently after having a bad

cold. If it does turn out to be gallstones, can group members suggest

some herbal remedies I could take to try and dissolve them? I've

heard that vitamin E is good. Also, the mint teas can help.

- Simon

[Guest guest]

Check out the official Lipitor

website, if in doubt. To understand the connection between cholesterol

and heart disease you may wish to read my article " Cholesterol Does

Not Cause Heart Disease " below.

With kind regards

s Moritz

s,

I have to agree with you about cholesterol. Dr. Mercola has some good info

about the dangerous effects of lowering your cholesterol too much, and it's

actually not the main cause of heart disease. Those cholesterol-lowering

drugs are dangerous. I think it's Lipitor that can harm your liver too.

Certainly a drug that is dangerous for your liver shouldn't be used on people

with gallstone problems.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Dear Simon,

If you have had elevated cholesterol levels you can expect to have at

least 2,000 intrahpatic stones in the bile ducts of your liver, and

perhaps a considerable number of bile stones or even gallstones in the

gallbladder. Taking cholesterol controlling drugs drastically increase

stone formation in the bile ducts of the liver. You can clear both

problems by doing the liver flush, exact directions are given in my

bestselling book, The Amazing Liver Cleanse (by s Moritz, see

details below). The pain described is typical for gallbladder and

liver bile duct congestion. The other factors you have mentioned

merely bring to the surface an existing weakness that you have had

there for a while. Herbal remedies are too slow for dealing with this

problem effectively, including the cholesterol issue. It is a great

disadvantage to use cholesterol controlling drugs since higher

cholesterol levels are required by the body to seal off cuts and

lesions in the artery walls that occur due to deposits of excessive

food proteins in their basements membranes. Besides, as stated by the

drug companies, these drugs have no effects whatsover in reducing the

risk of heart attacks or heart disease. Check out the official Lipitor

website, if in doubt. To understand the connection between cholesterol

and heart disease you may wish to read my article " Cholesterol Does

Not Cause Heart Disease " below.

With kind regards

s Moritz

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Cholesterol Does Not Cause Heart Disease!

By s Moritz

Cholesterol is an essential building block of every cell in the body,

required for all metabolic processes. It is particularly important in

the production of nerve tissue, bile and certain hormones. On average,

our body produces about half of a gram to one gram of cholesterol per

day, depending on how much of it the body needs at the time. By and

large, our body is able to produce 400 times more cholesterol per day

than what we would obtain from eating 3,5 ounces (100 grams) of

butter. The main cholesterol producers are the liver and the small

intestine, in that order. Normally, they are able to release

cholesterol directly into the blood stream, where it is instantly tied

to blood proteins. These proteins, which are called lipoproteins, are

in charge of transporting the cholesterol to its numerous

destinations. There are three main types of lipoproteins in charge of

transporting cholesterol: Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Very Low

Density Lipoprotein (VLDL), and High Density Lipoprotein (HDL).

In comparison to HDL, which has been privileged with the name `good'

cholesterol, LDL and VLDL are relatively large cholesterol molecules;

in fact, they are the richest in cholesterol. There is good reason for

their large size. Unlike their smaller cousin, which easily passes

through blood vessel walls, the LDL and VLDL versions of cholesterol

are meant to take a different pathway; they leave the blood stream in

the liver.

The blood vessels supplying the liver have a very different structure

from the ones supplying other parts of the body. They are known as

sinusoids. Their unique, grid-like structure permits the liver cells

to receive the entire blood content, including the large cholesterol

molecules. The liver cells rebuild the cholesterol and excrete it

along with bile into the intestines. Once the cholesterol enters the

intestines, it combines with fats, is absorbed by the lymph and enters

the blood, in that order. Gallstones in the bile ducts of the liver

inhibit the bile flow and partially, or even fully, block the

cholesterol's escape route. Due to back-up pressure on the liver

cells, bile production drops. Typically, a healthy liver produces over

a quart of bile per day. When the major bile ducts are blocked, barely

a cup of bile, or even less, will find its way to the intestines. This

prevents much of the VLDL and LDL cholesterol from being excreted with

the bile.

Gallstones in the liver bile ducts distort the structural framework of

the liver lobules, which damages and congests the sinusoids. Deposits

of excessive protein also close the grid holes of these blood vessels

(see the discussion of this subject in the previous section). Whereas

the `good' cholesterol HDL has small enough molecules to leave the

bloodstream through ordinary capillaries, the larger LDL and VLDL

molecules are more or less trapped in the blood. The result is that

LDL and VLDL concentrations begin to rise in the blood to levels that

seem potentially harmful to the body. Yet even this scenario is merely

part of the body's survival attempts. It needs the extra cholesterol

to patch up the increasing number of cracks and wounds that are formed

as a result of the accumulation of excessive protein in the blood

vessel walls. Eventually, though, the life-saving cholesterol begins

to occlude the blood vessels and cut off the oxygen supply to the heart.

In addition to this complication, reduced bile flow impairs the

digestion of food, particularly fats. Therefore, there is not enough

cholesterol made available to the cells of the body and their basic

metabolic processes. Since the liver cells no longer receive

sufficient amounts of LDL and VLDL molecules, they (the liver cells)

assume that the blood is deficient in these types of cholesterol. This

stimulates the liver cells to increase the production of cholesterol,

further raising the levels of LDL and VLDL cholesterol in the blood.

The `bad' cholesterol is trapped in the circulatory system because its

escape routes, the bile ducts and the liver sinusoids, are blocked or

damaged. The capillary network and arteries attach as much of the

`bad' cholesterol to their walls as they possibly can. Consequently,

the arteries become rigid and hard.

Coronary heart disease, regardless of whether it is caused by smoking,

drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, overeating protein foods,

stress, or any other factor, usually does not occur unless gallstones

have impacted the bile ducts of the liver. Removing gallstones from

the liver and gallbladder can not only prevent a heart attack or

stroke, but also reverse coronary heart disease and heart muscle

damage. The body's response to stressful situations becomes less

damaging, and cholesterol levels begin to normalize as the distorted

and damaged liver lobules are regenerated. Cholesterol-lowering drugs

don't do that. They artificially reduce blood cholesterol, which

coerces the liver to produce even more cholesterol. But when extra

cholesterol is passed into the bile ducts, it remains in its

crystalline state (versus soluble state) and, thereby, turns into

gallstones. People who regularly use cholesterol-lowering drugs

usually develop an excessively large number of gallstones. This sets

them up for major side effects, including cancer and heart disease.

Cholesterol is essential for normal functioning of the immune system,

particularly for the body's response to the millions of cancer cells

that every person makes in his body each day. For all the health

problems associated with cholesterol, this important substance is not

something we should try to eliminate from our bodies. Cholesterol does

far more good than harm. The harm is generally symptomatic of other

problems. I wish to emphasize, once again, that `bad' cholesterol only

attaches itself to the walls of arteries to avert immediate heart

trouble, not to create it.

This is confirmed by the fact that cholesterol never attaches itself

to the walls of veins. When a doctor tests your cholesterol levels, he

takes the blood sample from a vein, not from an artery. Although blood

flow is much slower in veins than in arteries, cholesterol should

obstruct veins much more readily than arteries, but it never does.

There simply is no need for that. Why? Because there are no abrasions

and tears in the lining of the vein that require patching up.

Cholesterol only affixes itself to arteries in order to coat and cover

up the abrasions and protect the underlying tissue like a waterproof

bandage. Veins do not absorb proteins in their basements membranes

like capillaries and arteries do and, therefore, are not prone to this

type of injury.

`Bad' cholesterol saves lives; it does not take lives. LDL allows the

blood to flow through injured blood vessels without causing a

life-endangering situation. The theory of high LDL being a principal

cause of coronary heart disease is not only unproved and unscientific.

It has misled the population to believe that cholesterol is an enemy

that has to be fought and destroyed at all costs. Human studies have

not shown a cause-and-effect relationship between cholesterol and

heart disease. The hundreds of studies so far conducted on such a

relationship have only shown that there is a statistical correlation

between the two. And there should be, because if there were no `bad'

cholesterol molecules attaching themselves to injured arteries we

would have millions of more deaths from heart attack than we already

have. On the other hand, dozens of conclusive studies have shown that

risk of heart disease increases significantly in people whose HDL

levels decrease. Elevated LDL cholesterol is not a cause of heart

disease; rather, it is a consequence of an unbalanced liver and

congested, dehydrated circulatory system.

If your doctor has told you that lowering your cholesterol with

medical drugs protects you against heart attacks, you have been

grossly misled. The #1 prescribed cholesterol-lowering medicine is

Lipitor. I suggest that you read the following warning statement,

issued on the official Lipitor web site:

" LIPITORÒ (atorvastatin calcium) tablets is a prescription drug used

with diet to lower cholesterol. LIPITOR is not for everyone, including

those with liver disease or possible liver problems, and women who are

nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. LIPITOR has not been shown

to prevent heart disease or heart attacks.

" If you take LIPITOR, tell your doctor about any unusual muscle pain

or weakness. This could be a sign of serious side effects. It is

important to tell your doctor about any medications you are currently

taking to avoid possible serious drug interactions… "

My question is, " Why risk a person's health or life by giving him/her

a drug that has no effect, whatsoever, in preventing the problem for

which it is being prescribed? " The reason why the lowering of

cholesterol levels cannot prevent heart disease is because cholesterol

does not cause heart disease.

The most important issue is how efficiently a person's body uses

cholesterol and other fats. The body's ability to digest, process and

utilize these fats depends on how clear and unobstructed the bile

ducts of the liver are. When bile flow is unrestricted and balanced,

both the LDL and HDL levels are balanced as well. Therefore, keeping

the bile ducts open is the best prevention of coronary heart disease.

[Excerpt from the new edition of The Amazing Liver Cleanse, by s

Moritz]

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