Re: Cholesterol just spiked to 329

[Guest guest]

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> So my question is.... " Has anyone seen their Cholesterol spike since taking

Buhner's protocol? " The past 13 months (when I had my cholesterol checked last)

I have climbed 66 points. That's crazy to me as I am NOT overweight, very

active, gluten & sugar free and I eat really well. Outside of hereditary

explanations....is anyone aware of these herbs possibly increasing my levels?

I don't have experience with this, but I guess something in your gut is changing

as a result of the herbs. I would not worry about it, cholesterol itself is not

bad, it is just statistically correlated to certain weigh/heart issues. Some of

the Buhner herbs have actions that are similar to some hormones, so that could

also be a factor.

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure how herbs effect cholesterol so I can't comment there. You

might want to experiment with decreasing your intake of meat and dairy since

these all contain cholesterol. Increase your fruit and veggie intake as

these contain no cholesterol. Just a thought...

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Ride4Ever <tomreed3339@...> wrote:

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> I have been on the Buhner protocol (Cat's Claw, Andrographis, Vit. C, Zinc,

> Vincamine, Sarsaparilla & Resveratrol) for about 3 months now. I just

> received my general health lab work back and my Cholesterol has climbed to

> 329. My LDL is also hight at 224. Triglycerides and HDL are great. So my

> question is.... " Has anyone seen their Cholesterol spike since taking

> Buhner's protocol? " The past 13 months (when I had my cholesterol checked

> last) I have climbed 66 points. That's crazy to me as I am NOT overweight,

> very active, gluten & sugar free and I eat really well. Outside of

> hereditary explanations....is anyone aware of these herbs possibly

> increasing my levels?

>

> Oh by the way, my liver function did show that it is working harder (not

> stressed)...which is good (in my mind) because that tells me that the herbs

> have to be working or doing something of benefit.

>

> Thanks Angi

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You might want to look into food grade diatomaceous earth (DE). This has a lot

of benefits but one of them supposedly is to lower cholesterol. It's also good

as an anti-parasite treatment plus it has silica which is an essential mineral

for skin, hair, collagen, etc. Note that it also has chelating properties.

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/diatomaceous-earth.html

The article closes with the mention of it working as a natural insecticide. I

can attest that it works incredibly well. I found an ant nest in my house. I

didn't know what it was - thought it was just some dirt so I took a dustbuster

to it and the ants came pouring out. Ran upstairs and did a quick google

search, found the reference to DE and poured some on the floor and the ants

disappeared and have never returned. Some say you can use it to dust a mattress

and then put sheets over it and this should prevent bedbugs. I haven't had the

occasion to try it but given the success with the ants, I don't doubt it would

work.

deb

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> > I have been on the Buhner protocol (Cat's Claw, Andrographis, Vit. C, Zinc,

> > Vincamine, Sarsaparilla & Resveratrol) for about 3 months now. I just

> > received my general health lab work back and my Cholesterol has climbed to

> > 329. My LDL is also hight at 224. Triglycerides and HDL are great. So my

> > question is.... " Has anyone seen their Cholesterol spike since taking

> > Buhner's protocol? " The past 13 months (when I had my cholesterol checked

> > last) I have climbed 66 points. That's crazy to me as I am NOT overweight,

> > very active, gluten & sugar free and I eat really well. Outside of

> > hereditary explanations....is anyone aware of these herbs possibly

> > increasing my levels?

> >

> > Oh by the way, my liver function did show that it is working harder (not

> > stressed)...which is good (in my mind) because that tells me that the herbs

> > have to be working or doing something of benefit.

> >

> > Thanks Angi

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is curious to me as these levels seem so high. I'm also wondering because

of an issue I just posted about (elevated liver enzymes on my last blood test).

I've also had nausea and some abdominal pain and so my PCP was wondering about

gallstones - and aren't gallstones caused by excess cholesterol deposits??

So I would like to find out the answer to this too.

[Guest guest]

I have NO idea if this is true or not, but I have heard alot of people

having to have their gallbladders removed because of long term antibiotic

treatment.

Would love to know if that's true.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:39 AM, karend27 <karend27@...> wrote:

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> This is curious to me as these levels seem so high. I'm also wondering

> because of an issue I just posted about (elevated liver enzymes on my last

> blood test). I've also had nausea and some abdominal pain and so my PCP was

> wondering about gallstones - and aren't gallstones caused by excess

> cholesterol deposits??

> So I would like to find out the answer to this too.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That is a complication of IV Rocephin (via PICC line). I had to go on a very

low fat diet to avoid developing gall bladder sludge or stones. If you are not

on IV Rocephin, I don't think it's a problem.

Re: [ ] Re: Cholesterol just spiked to 329

I have NO idea if this is true or not, but I have heard alot of people

having to have their gallbladders removed because of long term antibiotic

treatment.

Would love to know if that's true.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:39 AM, karend27 <karend27@...> wrote:

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>

> This is curious to me as these levels seem so high. I'm also wondering

> because of an issue I just posted about (elevated liver enzymes on my last

> blood test). I've also had nausea and some abdominal pain and so my PCP was

> wondering about gallstones - and aren't gallstones caused by excess

> cholesterol deposits??

> So I would like to find out the answer to this too.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My cholesterol also spiked to 322 four months after I started the protocol,

but there is no indication that the protocol has caused it. I discontinued

Cats Claw due to a skin allergy reaction but have continued with Eulethero

and Resveratrol. My new LLMD added several other homeopathic supplements,

new round of detox treatments, including liver detox, and indicated that he

expected my cholesterol to go back to normal levels in about 6 to 8 weeks.

Dida

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM, karend27 <karend27@...> wrote:

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> This is curious to me as these levels seem so high. I'm also wondering

> because of an issue I just posted about (elevated liver enzymes on my last

> blood test). I've also had nausea and some abdominal pain and so my PCP was

> wondering about gallstones - and aren't gallstones caused by excess

> cholesterol deposits??

> So I would like to find out the answer to this too.

>

>

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