Dr. Steve Blake
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 Vitamin C:
(a) Raises blood cholesterol.
(b) Has no effect on blood cholesterol.
(c) Lowers blood cholesterol.
(d) Raises homocysteine.
7. Vitamin C:
(a) Is found in fish and chicken.
(b) Does not leach out during cooking.
(c) Is rapidly depleted if not present in the diet.
(d) Is found in dairy products.
8. Supplemental vitamin C is best if:
(a) It is ascorbated and timed-release.
(b) Taken as ascorbic acid powder.
(c) Taken without bioflavonoids.
(d) All of the above.
9. The RDA for adults for vitamin C is:
(a) One to two grams per day.
(b) 45 to 60 mg per day. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 SFA was twice as potent in raising blood cholesterol levels as polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) was in lowering cholesterol levels. Monounsaturated fat (MUFA) was shown to have a neutral effect and dietary cholesterol raised the blood cholesterol level but less so than SFA. Other predictive equations have been developed for LDL-C and HDL-C [26-29].
The LDL-C response to fatty acid classes tracks with that reported for TC. |
Hyla Cass
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 There is no relationship between blood cholesterol and heart disease risk in women over fifty or in men over seventy. Statins given to these individuals are not only wasted, but expose them to risk of side effects that isn't outweighed by benefit to their hearts.
?A survey of South Carolina adults found no correlation of blood cholesterol levels with "bad" dietary habits, such as use of red meat, animal fats, fried foods, butter, eggs, whole milk, bacon, sausage, and cheese. Does that sound like heresy, or what?
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Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| Many well-controlled clinical studies followed, resulting in the development of blood cholesterol predictive equations for estimating the changes in total cholesterol in response to changes in type of fat and amount of dietary cholesterol consumed. The original equations developed by Keys et al. [24] and Hegsted et al. [25] demonstrated that SFA was twice as potent in raising blood cholesterol levels as polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) was in lowering cholesterol levels. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| There is no relationship between blood cholesterol and heart disease risk in women over fifty or in men over seventy. Statins given to these individuals are not only wasted, but expose them to risk of side effects that isn't outweighed by benefit to their hearts.
• A survey of South Carolina adults found no correlation of blood cholesterol levels with "bad" dietary habits, such as use of red meat, animal fats, fried foods, butter, eggs, whole milk, bacon, sausage, and cheese. Does that sound like heresy, or what? |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 We pose three questions: (1) do statins lower blood cholesterol? (2) do statins prevent heart attacks? (3) are statins effective in the treatment of heart disease?
First, there is widespread agreement that statins do lower blood cholesterol. According to the Physician's Desk Reference: 2005, there is a therapeutic response within weeks, with a maximum response in about four months. This effect is seen in male and females, and has been documented particularly in elderly populations. This result is dose dependent—the higher the dose, the greater the effect. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 High Blood Cholesterol
All animal foods raise the blood cholesterol; that includes beef, fish, chicken, dairy, and eggs. Plant-source foods do not contain cholesterol. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, in a private communication in July 2007 said that an LDL of greater than 80 increases your risk for heart disease, and levels lower than 80 are safe. Dr. Esselstyn said that LDL levels are the most important cholesterol indicator for propensity to heart disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 55. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| Has no effect on blood cholesterol.
(c) Lowers blood cholesterol.
(d) Raises homocysteine.
7. Vitamin C:
(a) Is found in fish and chicken.
(b) Does not leach out during cooking.
(c) Is rapidly depleted if not present in the diet.
(d) Is found in dairy products.
8. Supplemental vitamin C is best if:
(a) It is ascorbated and timed-release.
(b) Taken as ascorbic acid powder.
(c) Taken without bioflavonoids.
(d) All of the above.
9. The RDA for adults for vitamin C is:
(a) One to two grams per day.
(b) 45 to 60 mg per day.
(c) 75 to 125 mg per day.
(d) 95 to 150 mg per day.
10. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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 In phyto-chemistry, plant saponins are well known to have a wide spectrum of activities including lowering blood cholesterol, inhibiting cancer cell growth, and acting as antifungal and antibacterial agents. They are also known as natural detergent and foaming agents. Phytochemists report that saponins can act by binding with bile acids and cholesterol. It is thought that these chemicals "clean" or purge these fatty compounds from the body (thus lowering blood cholesterol levels). |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 If cholesterol from the diet is not able to enter the body, then it will not increase blood cholesterol levels. To clarify this protective effect of green tea, researchers from the Laboratory of Nutrition Chemistry at the Kyushu University School of Agriculture in Japan set up a series of animal experiments. Groups of rats were fed diets rich in cholesterol and saturated fat, with and without the addition of various green tea polyphenols. The absorption of cholesterol was markedly inhibited by the polyphenols, with the most effective cholesterol inhibitor being EGCG. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Research has shown that watching television for several hours at a time can drive up blood cholesterol more dramatically than any other so-called risk factors, including diet, sedentary lifestyle or genetic disposition. Exposure to television is a great challenge for the brain. It is far beyond the brain's capacity to process the flood of incoming stimuli that emanate from the overwhelming number of picture frames appearing on the TV screen every second. The resulting strain takes its toll. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| Higher total blood cholesterol.
5. The B vitamins that can be made by bacteria in the large intestines:
(a) Biotin.
(b) Vitamin B12.
(c) Pantothenic acid.
(d) All of the above.
6. Transamination is:
(a) A trancelike state resulting from overdoses of folic acid.
(b) The synthesis of amino acids from parts of other amino acids.
(c) The synthesis of neurotransmitters.
(d) The animated state that occurs when all B vitamins are consumed.
7. The following two B vitamins are needed to keep red blood cells healthy:
(a) Vitamin B,2 and folic acid.
(b) Vitamin B6 and thiamin. |
| Lowers blood cholesterol.
(d) Raises homocysteine.
7. Vitamin C:
(a) Is found in fish and chicken.
(b) Does not leach out during cooking.
(c) Is rapidly depleted if not present in the diet.
(d) Is found in dairy products.
8. Supplemental vitamin C is best if:
(a) It is ascorbated and timed-release.
(b) Taken as ascorbic acid powder.
(c) Taken without bioflavonoids.
(d) All of the above.
9. The RDA for adults for vitamin C is:
(a) One to two grams per day.
(b) 45 to 60 mg per day.
(c) 75 to 125 mg per day.
(d) 95 to 150 mg per day.
10. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| A spread enriched with plant sterol-esters lowers blood cholesterol and lipoproteins without affecting vitamins A and E in normal and hypercholesterolemic Japanese men and women. J. Nutr. 132, 3650-3655.
238. Quilez, J., Rafecas, M., Brufau, G., et al. (2003). Bakery products enriched with phytosterol esters, alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene decrease plasma LDL-cholesterol and maintain plasma beta-carotene concentrations in normocho-lesterolemic men and women. J. Nutr. 133, 3103-3109.
239. Noakes, M., Clifton, P. M., Doornbos, A. M., and Trautwein, E. A. (2005). |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 Dietary supplementation with flaxseed over one year showed favorable, but not clinically significant, effects on blood cholesterol and caused no significant change in bone mineral density or symptoms in healthy menopausal women (Dodin et al, 2005).
Platelet Aggregation
Ingestion of ALA produces changes in the composition of platelet lipids with increases in ALA, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA), but not in docosa-hexaenoic acid (DHA). |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Consequently, blood cholesterol levels were correspondingly lower, as well. Rats fed a diet based on cholesterol and coconut oil absorbed 48.5 percent of the cholesterol, but simply adding EGCG to this diet reduced cholesterol absorption to 16.7 percent.
These investigators then set out to determine how EGCG blocked the absorption of cholesterol. They discovered that EGCG joined with bile salt and emulsified cholesterol to form an insoluble precipitate that cannot be absorbed by the intestine and is therefore excreted in the feces. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| First, there is widespread agreement that statins do lower blood cholesterol. According to the Physician's Desk Reference: 2005, there is a therapeutic response within weeks, with a maximum response in about four months. This effect is seen in male and females, and has been documented particularly in elderly populations. This result is dose dependent—the higher the dose, the greater the effect.
Second, are statins effective in primary prevention? |
Steven V. Joyal
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 At least part of the reason for this phenomenon is that they consume high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which reduce the blood's tendency to coagulate and form clots while simultaneously optimizing blood cholesterol and lipid levels, all important benefits in the context of diabetes.
The three major types of omega-3s found in foods and used by the body are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). When you eat foods that contain ALA, your body converts it to EPA and
DHA. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 It is known that rats subjected to stress experience increased levels of blood cholesterol and triglycerides. A Californian study showed that in accountants, the levels of these lipids rose before tax deadlines, showing the extreme sensitivity of lipid level to stress.
Clinical Evidence
Dr E. Cheraskin, a famous orthomolecular physician and dentist, used the Cornell Medical Index to show that dental students with higher intakes of niacin in their foods had lower scores, indicating that they were healthier and less stressed.5 In Sweden, Lars A. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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| First, they do treat the sign. blood cholesterol, particularly "bad (LDL) cholesterol" is reduced. One might therefore expect statins to be effective in the primary prevention of heart disease. Unfortunately and counterintuitively, treating the sign has little impact on dying from the disease. Statins are not effective in primary prevention. However, statins are effective in secondary prevention—that is, in preventing a recurrence of heart disease. |
Marshall Editions
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 It has been proven in China to prevent heart disease and reduce blood cholesterol. It is available as a raw root or in capsule, powder, or pill form. Try adding one or two raw roots (about 5-10 g) to chicken soup, letting it boil for two hours. Eat the soup and root.
Acupuncture: Treatment can help with high cholesterol by increasing blood circulation and energy flow. An experienced acupuncturist will choose the point combination that will best address your individual needs. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| Dietary lipids and blood cholesterol: Quantitative meta-analysis of metabolic ward studies. BMJ 314, 112-117.
27. Hegsted, D. M., Ausman, L. M., Johnson, J. A., and Dallal, G E. (1993). Dietary fat and serum lipids: An evaluation of the experimental data. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 57, 875-883.
28. Mensink, R. P., and Katan, M. B. (1992). Effect of dietary fatty acids on serum lipids and lipoproteins. A meta-analysis of 27 trials. Arterioscler. Thromb. 12, 911-919.
29. Yu, S., Derr, J., Etherton, T. D., and Kris-Etherton, P. M. (1995). |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| Nicotinic acid has been used to lower blood cholesterol in large doses of 3000 mg or more per day. This has resulted in a lowering of the bad LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol and also raises the good HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Liver damage and aggravation of diabetes are potential dangers of such high doses. People with a history of liver disease or abnormal liver function, diabetes, peptic ulcers, gout, cardiac arrhythmias, inflammatory bowel disease, migraine headaches, or alcoholism are more susceptible to the adverse effects of excessive nicotinic acid intake. |
Elaine Magee
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 Reduce blood cholesterol, Your risk of stroke rises with elevated total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. And in men only, low levels of HDL cholesterol increase risk as well. (See page 12 for cholesterol-lowering strategies.)
4. Control high blood pressure. Keep your blood pressure out of the danger range (systolic pressure above 140 and diastolic above 90) using any means available-through diet, exercise, and medication, if necessary. This is a concern to the nearly one in three adults with high blood pressure. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Because the body uses cholesterol to make bile acids, increasing bile acid production may balance blood cholesterol. Increasing bile acid secretions also aids digestion—one reason why artichokes have traditionally been used for indigestion. Its leaves contain phytonutrients with numerous health-enhancing effects.
Kale
This nutritious vegetable comes in quite a few variations and colors—green and purple being the most common. It is part of a typical traditional diet in parts of Africa where people live very long and healthy lives.
Kale is a rich source of various anti-cancer compounds. |
| A study of the Maori people in New Zealand showed that those with the lowest levels of blood cholesterol had the highest mortality rates.
Similar findings were also borne out by the Framingham Heart Study. Forty years after the Framingham Heart Study began, its researchers looked at total mortality and cholesterol. They found "no increased overall mortality with either high or low serum cholesterol levels" among men over forty-seven years of age. In addition, no relationship was found in women older than forty-seven or younger than forty. |
| Artificially lowering blood cholesterol with synthetic drugs removes that protection and can generate an entire host of health problems, starting with disrupting the production of adrenal hormones. This, in turn, can lead to:
• Blood sugar problems
• Edema
• Mineral deficiencies
• Chronic inflammation
• Difficulty in healing
• Allergies
• Asthma
• Reduced libido
• Infertility
• Various reproductive disorders
• Brain damage
The last side effect on the list- brain damage- may be one of the most disturbing side effects resulting from long-term use of statins. |
| So, for children too, low blood cholesterol is clearly unhealthy. And once again, the official line is for parents to reduce their children's fat intake in order to lower their cholesterol or keep it low. Parents should instead be told that it is better to let cholesterol rise naturally. This effectively lowers their children's risk of disease and death.
The low-cholesterol-cancer connection has been known for many years. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Within recommended limits for blood cholesterol overall, a high level of HDL-cholesterol relative to LDL-cholesterol is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.
Heart attack. A condition involving serious organ damage that occurs when the blood flow to the heart is severely limited or stopped; also called myocardial infarction.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The virus that causes AIDS.
Hypertension. High blood pressure. Blood pressure readings above 140/90 are considered high and indicate that the heart and arteries are under excessive strain.
Hyperthyroidism. |
| In fact, only about one-third of blood cholesterol can be traced to dietary sources, and a number of researchers have pointed out that for this reason avoiding cholesterol-rich foods has only a limited effect on lowering total cholesterol levels. However, other dietary factors, particularly the amount of saturated fat in the diet, do influence cholesterol levels greatly. |
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