THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH- IT COULD COST YOU DEARLY
Heart disease is the number one killer in the US today. Who is
at risk? Well, consider this: NBC television reported in Feb 10
1997, that the risk of cardiovascular disease starts early in
life. In fact, research at Louisiana State University found that
the risk of heart disease starts early -as early as 5 years old!
What is the major cause of heart disease? High cholesterol? Well
NOT NECESSARILY. If high cholesterol were the major cause of
heart disease, the bear and other hybernating animals should
have been extinct ; their cholesterol, at least during the
winter, is over 350! Research work by Dr Matthias Rath, a
cardiovascular expert and an associate of Dr Linus Pauling,
proved that the major cause of heart diseases [heart attack,
strokes, clogged arteries] is POOR NUTRITION! In this
groundbreaking work, Dr Rath found that supplementation with a
combination of some special vitamins, minerals, amino acids and
antioxidants could prevent, reverse, and correct cardiovascular
problems. Over many years of poor nutrition, lessions develop in
the arteries. The body deposits lipoproteins at the damage sites
to repair the damage. This constant "tear and repair" results in
layers of cholesterol deposited in the arteries, eventually
blocking them. And the consequencies as we know, is tragic. Dr
Rath's research has been comfirmed by other researchers. Dr
Passwater's research in the 70s found that the risk of strokes
and heart attacks is not so much as the amount of cholesterol in
the bloodstream, as POOR NUTRITION. He also found that some
vitamins actually raise good cholesterol levels. In addition,
epidemiological research has proved that people with low blood
selenium, are 2-3 times at risk of heart disease than those with
adequate selenium levels. Selenium is very important, especially
to men: about half of their body selenium is in their sperm
store. Selenium lowers the risk of prostate, colon, rectal and
lung cancer-Science News Jan 4 1997. Dr Rudolph Riermers of the
University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Dr Fred Gey of the
University of Berne in Switzerland, found that people with
adequate levels of beta carotene, vitamin C and particularly
vitamin E are "less likely to experience clinical symptoms of
heart disease." The arteries are prevented from undergoing
"oxidative stress" with the help of these nutrients. These
findings have been confirmed in Japan, Italy, Finland etc. These
researches confirmed Dr Rath's findings-that cardiovascular
diseases are NOT NECESSARILY caused by blood cholesterol but by
POOR NUTRITION. You would think that this good news would be
shouted from every rooftop. Do'nt bet on it. Cholesterol
lowering drugs are been aggressively marketed. But most
cholesterol lowering drugs are carcinogenic! The FDA knew this a
long time ago. Not only that, cholesterol lowering drugs
depletes the body's CoenzymeQ10 supply.CoQ10 is an important
heart nutrient. It's lowering can actually trigger more heart
attacks. But there is good news in all of this- the fact that
there are some things we can do to enhance our chances of
beating the number one killer in America- with adequate
information and involvement in our own well being. This article
could be reprinted only on the condition that the author is
given the proper credit, and resource info is included and
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