Jan 15

Statin Cholesterol drugs' potential side effects are significant

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Every 34 seconds an American dies of heart disease!
 
Concerning heart disease, we get disease if cholesterol is too high or too low.
But in the broad range of cholesterol levels from 180 to 240 there is no correlation with heart disease. Below 180 there is increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke, depression, and suicide. Above 240 (some experts would say even higher) there is increased risk of cardiovascular disease and ischemic stroke. Over age 70, elevated cholesterol and cardiovascular events no longer correlate. All told, total serum cholesterol alone is a poor indicator of cardiovascular disease.
 
***1/2 of all heart attack patients have normal total cholesterol levels.
 
There is a huge amount of misinformation about cholesterol, leaving most
people thinking it is the grinch who steals youthful vitality. The truth is cholesterol
is vital for health and we'd all be dead without it.
 
So why are doctors recommending statin drugs for cholesterol levels above 200?
 
Ask the pharmaceutical companies who sponsor the drug studies and also
help determine what normal cholesterol levels are. The upper limit of normal total
cholesterol recently went down from 220 to 200, creating "disease" in additional
millions of Americans.  How convenient that the drug companies just so happen to  have the "cure" for that disease!
 
Statin/cholesterol drugs' potential side effects are significant. In some they deplete
coenzyme Q 10 within the liver enough to cause liver enzyme elevations and within
the muscles to cause myopathy. Also, and this is not published to my knowledge, but
in many physician's experiences, statins cause depression or loss of motivation in the
majority of patients, probably due to alteration of cholesterol metabolism
in the brain. As a result, many of these patients are also on SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)
drugs (eg Zoloft, Paxil, Prosac).
 
There are far safer ways to decrease cardiac deaths and treat abnormal
cholesterol levels without risking drug side effects.
 
Depite this, you would be astounded how many people would rather take a pill with
potential severe side effects than consider changing anything else 
 
So if you are not one of those people then you are ready to take Responsibility and take Charge...
 
Make sure your doctor does the following tests...if he/she won't find another doctor
 
Diet/ what you consume & supplement with on a daily basis and Lifestyle/how you live your life...
 
Ideal Levels...
 
Total Cholesterol*

 

 Ideal Range = 180 to 200 mg/dL if less than age 70
Ideal Range = Up to 300 if older than age 70

HDL Cholesterol

 Ideal level = Above 50 mg/dL

LDL Cholesterol

 Ideal level = Below 100 mg/dL

HDL % or Ratios

 Ideal levels = See table below

Triglycerides(TG)

 Ideal level = Below 100 mg/dL

C-Reactive Protein(CRP)

 Ideal level = Below 1 mg/L (0.1 mg/dL)

Homocysteine

 Ideal level = Below 8.0 micromoles/L

Lipoprotein(a)ieLp(a)**

 Ideal level = Below 10 mg/dL

Ferritin

 Ideal range = 20-50 ng/ml (Above 80 is trouble)

Fibrinogen

 Ideal range = 150-300 mg/dL

Blood glucose(8hr fast)

 Ideal range = 60-85 mg/dL
Pre-diabetic = 95-110 mg/dL
Diabetic = Above 110 mg/dL
Hypoglycemic = Below 60 mg/dL
Critical levels = Below 40 or Above 450 mg/dL

Insulin (8 hr fasting)

 Good level = Below 5 microUnits/ml
Best level = 2-3 microUnits/ml
High risk Diabetes= Above 10 microUnits/ml
Hemoglobin A1C*** Ideal range = Below 6% of total hemoglobin
 
* Cholesterol: It is not advisable to have total cholesterol below 150 at any age due to increased risk for internal hemorrhage, depression, and suicide.
 
Besides obtaining blood work, your doctor has other tests he can order to determine your cardiovascular state including resting EKG, treadmill stress test, CT coronary calcium scoring, echocardiogram, nuclear medicine scans, and coronary angiography. ***These are useful if you have known or suspected disease; however, as you advance from non-invasive to invasive studies there are increased risks for the tests themselves. There is a one in
one thousand chance of dying from a coronary angiogram. This is an average. In your doctor's hands you may have a much lower risk but it also could be much higher.

***These tests must be used wisely. Dr. Brian Vonk M.D.
 

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According to Naturals News-

Chronic disease caused by lack of water, says doctor, but Big Pharma treats symptoms and kills 250,000 Americans each year

 
The human body manifests dehydration by a series of symptoms and signs, perceptive symptoms of dehydration -- in other words, brain senses dehydration, or tiredness when you haven't done a good day's work, or first thing in the morning when you want to get up out of bed and you're tired, you can't get up -- that is a sign of dehydration. Then anger, quick reaction, depression, these are all signs of dehydration, when the brain has very little energy from hydroelectricity to cope with the information or take action. These are some of the perceptive signs of dehydration. Then the body has its drought management program, which are allergies, hypertension, diabetes, and also immune diseases.
 
 

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