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Heart Disease
How to Lower Your Cholesterol Without Drugs
Date: 31/03/11
Keywords: The Cholesterol Truth, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Health, Cholesterol, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Natural remedies, Alternative medicine
With millions of people taking cholesterol-lowering statins, you can imagine how disconcerting it must be to discover they may be taking dangerous side-effect ridden drugs that have absolutely no benefit when it comes to preventing heart attacks... After all, that is why doctors tell us we must take these drugs... to prevent dying from a heart attack.
Last week, I told you about 'number needed to treat'
statistics, or NNT.
For those of you who missed last week’s alert, here’s a brief catch-up: NNT answers the question: How many people have to take a particular drug to avoid one incidence of a medical issue (such as a heart attack)?
For example, if a drug had an NNT of 50 for heart attacks, then 50 people have to take the drug in order to prevent one heart attack...
Now, if you’re a drug manufacturer, you would much rather that folks like me and you didn’t focus on NNT... because we’d see their so-called ‘miracle drugs’ in an entirely different light.
In fact, we’d soon realise that the majority of cholesterol-[delete space] lowering drugs just aren’t worth taking, simply because they don’t work.
A case in point is the statin Lipitor, manufactured by Pfizer. A large clinical study showed that 3% of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a heart attack compared to 2% of patients taking Lipitor. So, ultimately, taking Lipitor resulted in just one fewer heart attack per 100 people...
Take away the risk without taking the drugs
With millions of people taking cholesterol-lowering statins, you can imagine how disconcerting it must be to discover they may be taking dangerous side-effect ridden drugs that have absolutely no benefit when it comes to preventing heart attacks... After all, that is why doctors tell us we must take these drugs... to prevent dying from a heart attack.
What doctors don’t tell us, is that there are ways to maintain healthy cholesterol levels and protect our hearts, WITHOUT taking any drugs. Of course, you won’t hear about these safe and effective natural alternatives because that would mean less money flowing into Big Pharma’s bottomless pockets!
The following simple measures can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels and a healthy heart:
Heart Disease and Stroke: Related Reading
The Polypill is Still Being Pushed as The Next ‘Miracle Cure-All’
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Sources:
"Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?" published online, January 17, 2008, BusinessWeek.com
‘The Cholesterol Myth that is Harming Your Health’ published online 10.08.2010, articles.mercola.com
Back to topFor those of you who missed last week’s alert, here’s a brief catch-up: NNT answers the question: How many people have to take a particular drug to avoid one incidence of a medical issue (such as a heart attack)?
For example, if a drug had an NNT of 50 for heart attacks, then 50 people have to take the drug in order to prevent one heart attack...
Now, if you’re a drug manufacturer, you would much rather that folks like me and you didn’t focus on NNT... because we’d see their so-called ‘miracle drugs’ in an entirely different light.
In fact, we’d soon realise that the majority of cholesterol-[delete space] lowering drugs just aren’t worth taking, simply because they don’t work.
A case in point is the statin Lipitor, manufactured by Pfizer. A large clinical study showed that 3% of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a heart attack compared to 2% of patients taking Lipitor. So, ultimately, taking Lipitor resulted in just one fewer heart attack per 100 people...
Take away the risk without taking the drugs
With millions of people taking cholesterol-lowering statins, you can imagine how disconcerting it must be to discover they may be taking dangerous side-effect ridden drugs that have absolutely no benefit when it comes to preventing heart attacks... After all, that is why doctors tell us we must take these drugs... to prevent dying from a heart attack.
What doctors don’t tell us, is that there are ways to maintain healthy cholesterol levels and protect our hearts, WITHOUT taking any drugs. Of course, you won’t hear about these safe and effective natural alternatives because that would mean less money flowing into Big Pharma’s bottomless pockets!
The following simple measures can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels and a healthy heart:
- Omega-3 is key: Make sure you’re getting plenty omega-3 fatty acids. Research has shown that as little as 500mg per day can lower your total cholesterol and triglyceride(blood fat) levels and increase your HDL ‘good’ cholesterol.
- Say no to sugar: Eliminate sugar (especially refined sugar) from your diet. If your HDL ‘good’ / LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol ratio is abnormal it may be a good idea to avoid eating fruit too, since it is a source of fructose. Once your cholesterol improves, you can gradually reintroduce it to your diet.
- Eat a good portion of your food raw, especially vegetables like broccoli, carrots, beetroot and garlic, which have all been shown shown to help reduce LDL cholesterol.
- Eat healthy fats: These include olive oil, coconut and coconut oil, organic raw dairy products (including butter), avocados, raw nuts, seeds, eggs (lightly cooked with yolks intact) and organic, grass-fed meats.
- Exercise: When you exercise you not only increase your circulation and the blood flow throughout your body, but you also strengthen your immune system, giving your body a better chance of fighting an illness before it has the opportunity to spread.
- Avoid smoking and drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
- Address your emotional challenges and stress.
Heart Disease and Stroke: Related Reading
The Polypill is Still Being Pushed as The Next ‘Miracle Cure-All’
HDL Cholesterol Shows Therapeutic Potential In The Fight Against Heart Disease
High HDL Cholesterol Levels Lower Bowel Cancer Risk
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Want to know the real truth about cholesterol? Ever wondered why doctors, surgeons, hospitals, drug companies — or anyone else in the medical profession — don't tell you the shocking truth about statins? Why wouldn’t they want you to know that these cholesterol-lowering drugs come with a huge list of side-effects — including kidney failure and increased risk of stroke! Ask yourself why Big Pharma also don't want you to know that statins seriously deplete your body of Coenzyme-Q10 (CoQ10) – the vital heart nutrient that naturally PREVENTS heart attacks and strokes? To answer all these questions as well as exposing one of the biggest mainstream cons in medical history, click here |
Sources:
"Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?" published online, January 17, 2008, BusinessWeek.com
‘The Cholesterol Myth that is Harming Your Health’ published online 10.08.2010, articles.mercola.com
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