| Cayenne is used in the treatment of arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, bleeding, chills, colds, cough, dysentery, flu, high cholesterol, migraine, and obesity.
Applied topically, cayenne is very effective as a styptic for bleeding wounds. It (or an extract of one of its constituents, capsaicin) is a common ingredient in lotions and creams designed to relieve pain in arthritic joints, sprains, shingles, and bruises. Cayenne can also be prepared as a gargle to relieve sore throat.
As a flower essence, cayenne helps those who feel immobilized, unable to make a decision or to make progress. |
Bottom Line Health
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| The conclusion: The tandem drug therapy was of some benefit to those who had diagnosed heart disease, but it nearly doubled the risk of death, heart attack or stroke in patients who only had risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Diabetes is one of several risk factors for heart disease, including smoking, diet, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history, depression, and stress. I recommend first addressing the risk factors by changing your lifestyle, and by looking at diabetes as one piece of the puzzle in terms of your risk of heart disease. If you have diabetes and heart disease you may benefit from a statin; however, I do not recommend taking statins to treat diabetes if you do not have heart disease. For more on statins, see Chapter 4. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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 Less frequently used drugs for high cholesterol include the bile acid sequestrants and fibrates.
DRUGS FOR HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS AND THE NUTRIENTS THEY DEPLETE attack.
CLASSES OF CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING DRUGS
BILE ACID SEQUESTRANTS: cholestyramine (Questran), colesevelan (Welchol), and colestipol (Colestid)
Bile acid sequestrants are sometimes used in combination with statins, and may be used alone in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Actions: Bile acid sequestrants work by preventing cholesterol from being absorbed, and increasing the amount that's flushed out of the body. |
| Drugs for diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, acid reflux, heartburn, constipation, arthritis, and depression are covered in detail.
• In Chapter 8, "Less Commonly Used Prescriptions," you'll get important information about depletions related to less commonly used medicines, including drugs for obesity, epilepsy, AIDS, contraception, menopausal symptoms, schizophrenia/bipolar disorder, gout, and cancer.
• The final chapter covers polypharmacy (taking multiple drugs) with some general principles to help you optimize your prescription use. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 And why was I still plagued with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and frequent colds? Because my activity level, food consumption, and "pain" all conspired to inform my genes that I wasn't a very successful animal, which you'll recall activates killer genes, as does taking more than your fair share of food.
Numerous studies on animals and humans confirm these results.18,20,25,29"34 As we leave this chapter, it's important to remember two things: First, despite my jokes to the contrary, your genes have no malicious intent. |
| But the bad news is that males develop high cholesterol and often die young of-you guessed it-coronary artery disease, not to mention other human diseases such as tuberculosis.26 In one generation, baboons with a lifestyle similar to ours-minimal exercise and a Western diet-mirror the contemporary human condition. Their "good" genes have turned "bad," just as predicted.
In Chapter 3, I'll begin to show you how you can reverse the damage already done to your system and find a new way to communicate with your genes so they work with you instead of against you. |
| Almost every new "health-conscious" patient I see with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a bulging tummy loves fruit. Just remember that doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result is insane. This time around you're going to do things differently.
Juices are particularly lethal because they activate your "Store Fat for Winter" program. You've been assured for years that fruit juice is a convenient way of getting those pesky five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, but, sorry to say, you've been duped. |
| You pop one or more daily pills for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, acid reflux, depression, and/or arthritis. You may be sending your dermatologist's children through college by having benign "skin tags" burned off your neck and armpits. While you're there, you may get treated for adult acne. If you're a woman, your hair may be thinning. Perhaps you've had some colon polyps and/or breast lumps removed. Am I hitting a little too close to home? |
| As expected, despite being on medications, Chip's blood test showed all the evidence of killer-gene activation: high insulin level, signs of diabetes, high triglycerides, and high cholesterol levels, as well as signs of inflammation. Beverly was right to be concerned: the gun was loaded, cocked, and ready to fire! Beverly's labs were much better than Chip's, but her lipoprotein(a), perhaps the most dangerous form of "cholesterol," was very high. Despite being a physician, until then she had never had her Lp(a) level tested.
Husband and wife started Diet Evolution together. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 Today, the most widely prescribed therapy for high cholesterol is a class of drugs called statins. Although they are considered generally "safe" drugs, over time, statins can cause serious side effects, including liver damage. If you knew that you might be able to reduce your excess cholesterol by getting enough sunlight to convert it to vitamin D, wouldn't you rather hit the tanning salon before starting a lifetime of Lipitor? That's food for thought.
CHAPTER IV
HEY, BUD, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVA? |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 LDL ("bad") cholesterol in subjects who had high cholesterol to begin with.
Almonds Rich with Heart-Healthy Benefits
Far more important than the fact that they may lower cholesterol is the fact that almonds are rich in monounsaturated fat, which has heart-health benefits beyond the reduction of cholesterol. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Although her high cholesterol and thyroid problems remained, her short-term memory and mental clarity improved and her energy skyrocketed. Whereas for years she had experienced difficulty carrying out the tasks of a normal day, she now reported to Eaton:
"I just can't believe how much more energy I have! |
| She was put on medication for very high cholesterol, she developed thyroid problems and colitis, and her short-term memory became so severely compromised that her neurologist advised her that going back to school, which was something she had been planning to do, was going to be an enormous challenge. At one point, the counts for her liver enzymes skyrocketed, which could have been a symptom of the EMS or could have been related to a severe case of mononucleosis that had gone undiagnosed for a long time when she was a young adult. She also suffered from periodic bronchial infections. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Atherosclerosis is the most common underlying cause of a stroke, since it can result in narrowing of the arteries and possible association with a blood clot that blocks blood flow to the brain. high cholesterol levels are a risk factor for strokes. It is estimated by cardiovascular disease experts that 70 percent of strokes occur in people with high blood pressure. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| In addition to high cholesterol, participants had high blood pressure as well as one other risk factor for heart disease (e.g., diabetes, smoking, obesity) and therefore represented the typical patient who would normally be put on a statin. Fourteen percent had a known history of heart disease, and 35% had diabetes.
The study found identical mortality rates between the two groups at five years, and no significant difference in heart attacks and similar heart disease-related events: 9.3% of the pravastatin group compared to 10.4% of the nonpravastatin group experienced cardiac events. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Upon taking these drugs, the high cholesterol (the "disease") is regulated, but what was causing the liver to overproduce cholesterol in the first place? That causative factor remains ignored.
The root cause of high cholesterol, as it turns out, is primarily dietary. A person who eats foods that are high in saturated fats and hydrogenated oils will inevitably produce more bad cholesterol and will show the symptoms of this so-called disease of high cholesterol. It's simple cause and effect. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| The Bottom Line
I argue that if you are healthy; exercise; are not overweight; don't smoke; don't have a family history of heart disease, familial hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, or diabetes but have high cholesterol, you should not take a statin or any cholesterol-lowering drug. It's better to change your lifestyle.
Decrease the amount of animal fat you consume. Don't eat processed and junk food that has artificial ingredients like partially hydrogenated oils ("trans" fat). Trans fat is artificially produced oil that is widely used in restaurants and in the production of processed foods. |
| The risk of heart attack more than doubles for women over forty or women who smoke or have diabetes or high cholesterol. They also should not be used by women with a history of blood clots, untreated high blood pressure, breast or uterine cancer, migraine headaches with focal neurological symptoms, known pregnancy, or liver or cardiac disease. Some of the women taking the newer pills experience the same side effects—headaches, nausea, bloating, breast tenderness, and weight gain—as those who took the early pills. |
| There are a number of conditions for which we are now urged to obtain screening and potential treatment, including high cholesterol, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease. However, the potential benefit of medications to treat these conditions is often exaggerated, side effects are minimized, and in some cases recommendations are based on evidence from groups of people unrelated to the person being treated (e.g., women with risk factors for heart disease are urged to take cholesterol-lowering medications that are based on studies of men). |
| The fine print in these studies reveals some crucial information about the safety and efficacy of statins in patients with high cholesterol but no family history or risk of heart disease. Stay with me here as I review the research literature and show you why taking statins is most likely an unnecessary expense and risk if you are otherwise healthy.
In order to assess the ability of a variety of medications to prevent heart attack, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored the Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALL-HAT). |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Hazelnuts Help with high cholesterol and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Hazelnuts—like pecans—contain beta-sitosterol, a plant sterol that has been found to have two very important properties: One, it lowers cholesterol,
And here's some really interesting trivia for you: "Raw" cashews aren't really raw. The nut meat has an outer protective layer that itself contains a rather nasty, caustic oil that is highly irritating to the skin—not surprising since cashews are a member of the poison ivy family. The oil is removed by heating the nuts in an inclined, perforated, rotating drum. |
| Additionally, studies have shown that OPCs may prevent cardiovascular disease by counteracting the negative effects of high cholesterol on the heart and blood vessels. The Physicians' Desk Reference states that grape seed proanthocyanidins may be "cardioprotective," a claim that was bolstered by a recent study in Spain showing that subjects who drank 100 ml of red grape juice every day for two weeks had significantly lowered LDL ("bad" cholesterol), increased HDL ("good" cholesterol), and decreased inflammatory markers. And OPCs (proanthocyanidins) are terrific for allergies. According to Dr. |
| The standardized extract has also been used to treat high cholesterol and triglycerides, and in test tube studies, the flavonoids from the artichoke (especially luteolin) have prevented the oxidation of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, a definite risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
While artichoke extract has a distinguished history as an herbal supplement, the vegetable itself is a really healthy food. |
| Soluble fiber breaks down as it passes though the digestive tract, forming a gel that traps some substances related to high cholesterol. Soluble fiber also helps control blood sugar by delaying the emptying of the stomach and retarding the entry of sugar into the bloodstream. This is why high-fiber foods like lentils have such a low glycemic load. Because fiber slows the digestion of foods, it can help blunt the sudden spikes in blood sugar and insulin that can cause you to be hungry again an hour after eating a low-fiber meal. |
| Shrimp and other shellfish have been given a bad rap for their high cholesterol content. But here's the thing: The cholesterol in your food has minimal effect on the cholesterol in your blood, at least for the vast majority of people. Trans fat (and to some extent, saturated fat) raises blood cholesterol far more than cholesterol in the diet. One well known study, published in 1996 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, actually tested a high-shrimp diet at Rockefeller University. They fed the subjects 300 g of shrimp a day. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 The drug is used to treat hyperactivity in children, lessen high cholesterol levels and ease premenstrual syndrome.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: Available as a medicinal/pharmaceutical preparation (with gammon acid standardized proportion of evening primrose oil) in capsule form (0.5 gm).
Daily Dosage: Capsules, with a standardized percentage of 0.5 gamma acids. To be taken 3 times daily, in doses of 1 to 2 capsules. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| THE PREVENTION OF UNHEALTHY BLOOD CLOTS
Aside from abnormally high cholesterol levels, other factors contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and, potentially, to a heart attack. Abnormal clotting of the blood is one such factor. The blood's ability to form clots is very important; without clots, bleeding from a cut or torn blood vessel could continue unchecked and ultimately lead to death. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 It is used in the treatment of broken bones, chronic fatigue, dizziness, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, fetal restlessness, headache, high cholesterol, hypertension, infertility (female), kidney deficiency, knee pain, lumbago during pregnancy, osteoporosis, polyuria, premature aging, prostate weakness, and threat of miscarriage.
Edible Uses
The bark is not generally considered edible, except as tea, but the young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.
Other Uses
Eucommia produces a latex that can be used to make a type of rubber. |
Ron Garner
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 In several research articles, it is cited as alleviatory for conditions such as excess weight, heart disease, high cholesterol, bowel conditions of Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome, Candida and giardia, diabetes, chronic fatigue, thyroid, and skin problems. Coconut oil has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Dr. Joseph Mercola calls coconut oil, "the healthiest oil you can consume ... and one of the most nutritious of all foods."45
When purchasing coconut oil for consumption, rather than for cooking purposes, look for extra virgin. |
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