STOP STATIN, START EATING

Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart diseases protocols-- with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol -- have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of heart diseases and that standard prescriptions for lowering it, such as ineffective low-fat/high-carb diets and serious, side-effect causing statin drugs, obscure the real causes of heart diseases. Even doctors at leading institutions have been mislead for years based on creative reporting of researche results from pharmaceutical companies intent on supporting the $31 billion-a-year cholesterol-lowering drug industry.

  

  

MYTHS Vs FACTS

Myth - High cholesterol is the cause of heart disesase.

Fact - Cholesterol is only a minor player in the cascade of inflammation which is a cause of heart disease.

Myth - High cholesterol is a predictor of  heart attack.

Fact - There is no correlation between cholesterol and heart attack.

                  

Myth - Lowering cholesterol with statin drugs will prolong your life.

Fact - There is no data to show that statins have a significant impact on longevity.

 

       

Myth - Statin drogs are safe.

Fact-  Statin drugs can be extremely toxic inlcuding causing death.

        

 

Myth - Statin drugs are useful in men, women and the elderly.

Fact - Statin drugs do the best job in middle-ageed men with coronary disesases. 

   

Myth - Statin drugs are useful in middle-aged men with coronary artery disease because of its impact on cholestrol.

Fact - Statin drugs reduce inflammation and improve blood viscosity (thinning blood). Statins are extremely helpful in men with low HDL and coronary artery disease.

   

Myth - Saturated fat is dangerous.

Fact - Saturated fats are not dangerous. The killer fats are the transfats from partially hydrogenated oils.

        

Myth - The higher the cholesterol, the shorter the lifespan.

Fact - Higher cholesterol protects you from gastrointestinal disease, pulmonary disease and hemorrhagic stroke.

                           

Myth - A high carbohydrate diet protects you from heart disesase.

Fact - Simple processed carbs and sugars predispose you to heart disease.

Myth - Fat is bad for health.

Fact - Monosaturated and saturated fats protect you from metabolic syndrome. Sugar is the foe in cardivascular diseases.

                   

Myth - There is good (HDL) cholesterol and bad (LDL) cholesterol.

Fact - This is over-simplistic. You must fractionate LDL and HDL to assess the components.

       

 Myth - Cholesterol causes heart disease.

Fact - Cholesterol is only a theory in heart disease and only the small component of LP(a) or "bb shot" LDL predisposes one to oxidation and inflammation.