Cholesterol Facts

The cholesterol theory of heart disease may be the biggest scam in history!

Cholesterol is a waxy substance that can be found in all parts of your body. It aids in the production of cell membranes, some hormones, and vitamin D used for bone building. The cholesterol in blood comes from two sources: the foods you eat and manufacture.

Cholesterol and other fats are transported through the blood stream in the form of round particles called lipoproteins. The two most commonly known lipoproteins are low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL).

What is LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol?
This type of cholesterol is commonly called "bad" cholesterol. Research claims that it can contribute to the formation of plaque build up in the arteries, known as atherosclerosis.

What is HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol?
This type of cholesterol is known as "good" cholesterol, and is a type of fat in the blood that helps to remove cholesterol from the blood, preventing the fatty build up and formation of plaque.

What are triglycerides?
Triglycerides are another class of fat found in the bloodstream. The bulk of your body fat tissue is in the form of triglycerides.

The link between triglycerides and heart disease is under clinical investigation. However, many people with high triglyceride levels also have other risk factors such as high LDL levels or low HDL levels.

What causes elevated triglyceride levels?
Elevated triglyceride levels have been associated with diabetes, hypothyroidism, kidney disease, liver disease, and Syndrome X. Other causes of elevated triglyceride levels may include obesity and high intakes of fat, alcohol, age, certain medications, and concentrated sweets.

Cholesterol cannot be treated correctly until a blood test has been performed on all four categories of Lipids. All categories listed below. To receive an accurate cholesterol test you must fast for 12 hours. Always request a copy of your blood test from your doctor.

Total Cholesterol Level	Category
Less than 160 mg/dL	Undesirable (immune system weakening)
Less than 200 mg/dL	Desirable
200-239 mg/dL	Borderline High
240 mg/dL and above	High

LDL Cholesterol Level	LDL-Cholesterol Category
Less than 100 mg/dL	Optimal
100-129 mg/dL	Near optimal/above optimal
130-159 mg/dL	Borderline high
160-189 mg/dL	High
190 mg/dL and above	Very high

HDL Cholesterol Level	HDL-Cholesterol Category
Less than 40 mg/dL	A major risk factor for heart disease
40 - 59 mg/dL	The higher, the better.
60 mg/dL and above	Considered protective against heart disease.

Total Triglycerides Level	Category
Less than 200 mg/dL	Desirable
200-400 mg/dL	Borderline High
400 to 1000 mg/dL and above	High

Facts

• Since obviously the same cholesterol that passes through the arteries also passes through the veins, why is it that we only have plaque (plugging) in the arteries? No one has ever seen a plugged up vein! Another confounding fact - the blood which contains the cholesterol moves at a rapid rate through the arteries and a relatively slow rate through the veins. If cholesterol "sticks" to the walls of the arteries, wouldn't it stick to the wall of the veins where it is moving very slowly?
• Why didn't the folks of the early 1900's who ate fat meat, butter, lard, lots of eggs, cheese and other cholesterol rich foods have rampant heart disease? Fact: heart disease didn't become a problem until after margarine was invented and oils were refined in the late 1930's.
• Why do scientists now warn you against eating margarine and using Crisco and unsaturated oils but the news media will not give such news any space or time?
• There are hundreds of research studies on cholesterol that show that high cholesterol may not be what we've been lead to believe.
• Most of the strokes in the United States have been recorded with total cholesterol levels below 240.

Elevated cholesterol
What does it really mean to your health?

• Cholesterol is part of the immune system. Research is to believe that if it drops below 160 there is a weakening of the immune system.

• Research also believes that if it elevates above 200 that the immune system is requesting more cholesterol from the body (liver) to deal with a health problem.

• This would make us believe that if we force our cholesterol down in an overly aggressive way we may be taking a chemical ingredient called cholesterol away from our blood, when in reality we need it.

• Many patients with high cholesterol have reduced there levels just by exercise and treating their liver and immune system.

• There is no science that has proven that high cholesterol is harmful to our health. But we believe that there may be good reasons to help lower the Triglycerides and LDL cholesterol and raise HDL levels if needed.

Statin Drugs: (Baycol (cerivastatin) (recalled), Zocor (simvastatin), Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin).

Understanding what they are and the risks, and do they really lower cholesterol or is it a cover up.

Statin drugs have become very popular and are being widely prescribed in recent years to lower high blood cholesterol and thus reduce the risk for heart disease. These drugs block cholesterol production in the body by inhibiting the enzyme called HMG-CoA reductase in the early steps of its synthesis in the mevalonate pathway. This same biosynthetic pathway is also shared by CoQ10. Therefore, one unfortunate consequence of statin drugs is the unintentional inhibition of CoQ10 synthesis. Thus, in the long run, statin drugs could predispose the patients to heart disease by lowering their CoQ10 status, the very condition that these drugs are intended to prevent.

There are many doctors that are not sure about statin drugs lowering cholesterol. They have observed that most patients that decide to get off the statin drugs for one reason or another have a rebound effect of elevated cholesterol. In fact most of the patients reported that their cholesterol level returned much high then initially reported.

The other concern of many patients and doctors is the reports of all the side effects including extreme toxic liver effects, muscle pains, aches, stiffness, fever, memory loss, personality changes, irritability, weakness, fatigue, memory loss, cognitive problems, sleep problems, paralysis and neuropathy. Erectile dysfunction, problems with temperature regulation (feeling hot or cold, or having sweats), are among the other problems reported.

There is a continuing premise within the medical world that they believe drawing a blood liver panel will let you know if your liver is failing while on the statin drug. This is the furthest from the truth. All medical problems and side effects in the body start on a sub clinical level. This is a level of science that there is no medical test for diagnosing. In simple terms "no one wakes up with a disease, it takes many months to years before it becomes visible to the testing procedures of modern medical science." In many cases when it becomes visible it's too late.

What can a patient do if they have high cholesterol?
There are many all natural proven effective products available to balance bad cholesterol and help the body return to its normal immune function.

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