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PostPosted: Sat May 11, 2013 11:20 pm 
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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... 0130511IRG
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There’s serious confusion about cholesterol; whether high cholesterol levels are responsible for heart disease, and whether statins — which are cholesterol drugs — are really the appropriate solution to reduce heart disease risk.

The documentary above, Statin Nation — The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up, sheds much needed light on this topic. The film is available for free viewing for only seven days, so please share it widely as soon as possible.

As noted in the film, heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, the most common form of which is coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD affects the blood vessels supplying blood to your heart, causing them to narrow, thereby restricting the amount of oxygen supplied to your heart.

The conventional view is that high cholesterol is a major risk factor for this condition — even children “know” that cholesterol forms plaque and is bad for your heart.

The focus on cholesterol has created an enormous market for statins; drugs that act by blocking the enzyme in your liver that is responsible for making cholesterol.

Statins are now among the most widely prescribed drugs on the market, and are the number one profit-maker for the pharmaceutical industry, largely due to relentless and highly successful direct-to-consumer advertising campaigns.

Meanwhile, as of 2010, there were no less than 900 studies proving their adverse effects, which run the gamut from muscle problems to increased cancer risk! Besides the fact that statins are dangerous to your health, they also do not reduce your risk for heart disease, because high cholesterol does NOT increase heart disease risk...
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The producers of this film have allowed a FREE viewing for one week only!
Pure video: http://vimeo.com/65517435
Site: http://www.statinnation.net/

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20585068
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/data/Jo ... 2_1036.pdf

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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2013 6:26 am 
WTF ON THE ENDING SCREEN.


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PostPosted: Sun May 12, 2013 9:32 am 
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WTF ON THE ENDING SCREEN.
If you happen to be referring to the legal disclaimer, then remember that the USA is the country of the lawsuit.

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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 10:01 pm 
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Cholesterol-lowering medications do have value. Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of death among individuals with strong clinical histories of coronary heart disease: patients who have had heart attacks, angioplasties, and/or bypass surgeries. Because these patients are at a very high risk of having another event in the very near future, benefits can be seen in this group from statins. However, for people with a lower risk of an impending heart tragedy (the average American with elevated blood cholesterol levels), cholesterol-lowering medications are so ineffective that benefits cannot be detected. Plus any benefits present may be overshadowed by the harms caused by these drugs.

The arteries, and the rest of the body, are diseased from the toxic effects of the “free” vegetable oils and animal-foods (meat, dairy, eggs, fish, etc.) consumed by affluent people. The Western diet also lacks the health-supporting ingredients found in plants that allow the body to heal and stay healthy. Cholesterol-lowering drugs do simply that: they lower blood cholesterol levels. But they do not correct the underlying disease (the atherosclerosis). The end result is that people suffer and die with better looking numbers. The sick arteries stay sick until the cause is removed. Changing to a starch-based (no-cholesterol, low-fat) diet supports the natural health and healing capabilities of the body.

Quoted from http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2010nl/sep/fav5.htm

More on the subject:
http://drmcdougall.com/misc/2008other/n ... estor.html
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/statin-muscle-toxicity/
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_hot_cholesterol.html

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PostPosted: Sun May 19, 2013 11:21 pm 
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The arteries, and the rest of the body, are diseased from the toxic effects of the “free” vegetable oils and animal-foods (meat, dairy, eggs, fish, etc.) consumed by affluent people.
Conjecture.

There are a number of theorized causes - picking out two (ie animal food and vegetable oils) and saying those are THE cause is an oversimplification.

One is vegetable oils (poly-unsaturated fatty acids) and the omega-6 fats in them. Most people seem to agree that this is a big problem and there appears (at least at this moment) to be little argument that vegetable/seed oils are at least part of the problem.

Another theory is refined sugars. Again, a high probability that this is at least part of the problem. Nobody is suggesting that you eat more refined sugars...

Another theory is gluten. Definitely some interesting research just coming out about immune reaction to gluten even in non-celiac individuals. Possibly a big culprit in the rise of auto-imune disorders, and possibly a significant contributor to heart disease.

Another theory is lack of anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants are clearly important for overall health - again, possibly part of the picture.

Another theory is inflammation status and lack of inflammation reducing foods in the diet. Inflammation is a big part of heart disease, and without inflammation you don't the the hardening of the arteries and plaque formation that causes clots and heart attacks. Harder to trace this back to a single thing to avoid/seek out. Inflammation status can be affected by a variety of things including diet, exercise, exposure to toxins, and even things like suffering from gum disease...

Another theory is meat and animal products. Almost everyone seems to agree that factory-farmed, grain-fed meat is not particularly good. There are some camps that say ALL animal products are bad, there are some camps that say that pasture-raised or wild-caught animal products are neither good nor bad, and there are some camps that say that pasture-raised or wild-caught animal products are in fact very powerful in reducing heart disease. Each camp seems to have some decent evidence. At this point, no camp is "right".

Another theory is acidification of the blood stream (acidosis). This also seems to be a part of the problem that most people agree with, however the exact causes of acidosis are varied and its impossible to pin it on one cause. In general, eating less grains, less sugars, less grain-fed factory meat, less processed foods, etc. all seem to help reduce acidosis.

Moral of the story - there are lots of potential causes of heart disease - the complexity is enormous. Anyone who purports to be able to tell you THE cause for heart disease is highly untrustworthy and should be ignored. Nobody really knows what percentage each of the potential factors is contributing to "causing" heart disease, so admitting that is the first sign that someone is well informed.

The real problem is that people generally already have heart disease before they start trying to do anything about it...

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PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 1:10 am 
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Personally, i've felt great on an LCHF (low carb high fat) diet that I've been on for 6 months or so. Was on a high carb vegetarian diet and used to experience frequent chest pains, no sign of that now and my belly fat is melting away. I avoid poly-unsaturated fats since they lead to chest pains pretty quickly in me and stick to saturated and mono-unsaturated fats (e.g butter, coconut and olive oil)

http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
http://eatingacademy.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/keto


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