Suggestions for increasing the use of statin drugs to lower cholesterol levels are getting out of hand. Ideas about adding them to our drinking water supply have already popped up. It is too bad that the facts that get lost in all this anti-cholesterol nonsense are the health benefits of cholesterol. Indeed, cholesterol is a very important component of good health. Consider this observation: People with high cholesterol live the longest. This seems so incredible that it may take quite a while for you to clear your brainwashed mind to fully understand how important it is. Yet the observation that people with high cholesterol live the longest is clear in many research articles. In contrast, low cholesterol levels lead to several health problems. At best, cholesterol could be a secondary predictor for cardiovascular risk, meaning that other factors cause cardiovascular disease, not cholesterol.
Just to offer a balanced view of the importance of cholesterol, here is a short list of what it does for you: 1) Cell membranes contain cholesterol to help control everything that goes into and out of your cells; 2) When cells and tissues are damaged, cholesterol helps repair them; 3) Cholesterol is a powerful antioxidant that limits damage caused by free radicals; 4) Without cholesterol, your memory would be faulty and your brain would not function properly; 5) Bile, the substance that helps you digest dietary fat, has got cholesterol in it; 6) Many of your hormones need cholesterol to be formed properly, including sex hormones such as testosterone and progesterone, and hormones that control stress; 7) Cholesterol is involved in controlling inflammation all around your body, thereby preventing diseases from taking hold; 8) Cholesterol is involved in very important vitamin D production in your skin with the help of sunlight; 9) Your liver makes up to 1,000 mg of cholesterol a day for you, so you can survive and thrive.
Using drugs for artificially reducing cholesterol levels endangers all of these benefits. It is no surprise cholesterol-lowering drugs have so many dangerous side effects.
How about the influence of cholesterol on longevity? Consider the research by Dr. Harlan Krumholz at Yale University. In 1994 his research group discovered that older people who had low cholesterol levels died of heart attack at twice the rate as those who had high cholesterol levels. The anti-cholesterol campaign consistently ignores this study, or considers it as a rare exception among a huge number of studies finding the opposite. The Krumholz study is not a rare exception. Many more recent studies also contradict the statin-promoting medical view that cholesterol is bad for your health. Indeed, most studies of the elderly have shown that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for coronary disease and that high cholesterol does not lead to an early death. The latest results are crystal clear on that point.
What about cardiovascular disease now? The 1994 feature article in Time Magazine that pointed the way for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease was all about inflammation. This is the key to most modern chronic diseases. The simple logic is that, if inflammation is the cause of cardiovascular disease, then preventing or reversing disease requires stopping excessive inflammation.
The good news for your heart health is that, regardless of whether your inflammation load has already caused some damage to your cardiovascular system, almost any such damage can be stopped or even reversed without drugs. The first step is diet. Eliminate inflammatory foods, including sugars and processed carbohydrates. Add green leafy vegetables to every meal. Take supplements that include the best combination of inflammation reversing substances known to science: systemic enzymes and antioxidants. The most important systemic enzymes are nattokinase and serrapeptase. Antioxidant supplementation should include natural vitamin E, quercetin, coenzyme Q-10, MSM, and alpha lipoic acid. These supplements form an incredible combination of heart-healthy natural products for keeping your cardiovascular system humming, based on solid scientific research.
Just to offer a balanced view of the importance of cholesterol, here is a short list of what it does for you: 1) Cell membranes contain cholesterol to help control everything that goes into and out of your cells; 2) When cells and tissues are damaged, cholesterol helps repair them; 3) Cholesterol is a powerful antioxidant that limits damage caused by free radicals; 4) Without cholesterol, your memory would be faulty and your brain would not function properly; 5) Bile, the substance that helps you digest dietary fat, has got cholesterol in it; 6) Many of your hormones need cholesterol to be formed properly, including sex hormones such as testosterone and progesterone, and hormones that control stress; 7) Cholesterol is involved in controlling inflammation all around your body, thereby preventing diseases from taking hold; 8) Cholesterol is involved in very important vitamin D production in your skin with the help of sunlight; 9) Your liver makes up to 1,000 mg of cholesterol a day for you, so you can survive and thrive.
Using drugs for artificially reducing cholesterol levels endangers all of these benefits. It is no surprise cholesterol-lowering drugs have so many dangerous side effects.
How about the influence of cholesterol on longevity? Consider the research by Dr. Harlan Krumholz at Yale University. In 1994 his research group discovered that older people who had low cholesterol levels died of heart attack at twice the rate as those who had high cholesterol levels. The anti-cholesterol campaign consistently ignores this study, or considers it as a rare exception among a huge number of studies finding the opposite. The Krumholz study is not a rare exception. Many more recent studies also contradict the statin-promoting medical view that cholesterol is bad for your health. Indeed, most studies of the elderly have shown that high cholesterol is not a risk factor for coronary disease and that high cholesterol does not lead to an early death. The latest results are crystal clear on that point.
What about cardiovascular disease now? The 1994 feature article in Time Magazine that pointed the way for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease was all about inflammation. This is the key to most modern chronic diseases. The simple logic is that, if inflammation is the cause of cardiovascular disease, then preventing or reversing disease requires stopping excessive inflammation.
The good news for your heart health is that, regardless of whether your inflammation load has already caused some damage to your cardiovascular system, almost any such damage can be stopped or even reversed without drugs. The first step is diet. Eliminate inflammatory foods, including sugars and processed carbohydrates. Add green leafy vegetables to every meal. Take supplements that include the best combination of inflammation reversing substances known to science: systemic enzymes and antioxidants. The most important systemic enzymes are nattokinase and serrapeptase. Antioxidant supplementation should include natural vitamin E, quercetin, coenzyme Q-10, MSM, and alpha lipoic acid. These supplements form an incredible combination of heart-healthy natural products for keeping your cardiovascular system humming, based on solid scientific research.
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Dr. Dennis Clark offers a scientist's perspective on supplements in his free report on supplement confusion and what to do about it.
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