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2005/02/12, 01:19 PM
I have been pushing against the notion of dietary cholesterol as the main cause of CAD. Evidence is mounting in my favor. (of course if you are predisposed to CAD, of course be smart with dietary cholesterol), but read on!
The experts want you to believe that cholesterol is your archenemy. Apparently, they were asleep during Biology 101 when the professor explained that your body more specifically, your liver actually produces cholesterol naturally to convert into hormones.
Although, the cholesterol hypothesis is handy for one thing: Selling over-priced statin drugs. The real truth lies deeper than that shallow money-making myth.
You see, the plaque in your arteries isn't made up of naturally occurring cholesterol. It s made up of a special kind of cholesterol: Damaged, oxidized cholesterol! Free radicals steal electrons from your cholesterol.
Let's see, if oxidized cholesterol is a cause of heart disease, then the solution must be statins, right?
Wrong!
The way to keep free radicals from damaging your cholesterol is to zap them with antioxidants!
Again, vitamins and minerals are not an "afterthought", they should be a daily habit as part of your healthy lifestyle. Again, the disease does not happen overnight, but the symptoms do, and over time this leads to the damage becoming excessive, thus the CAD or Alzhiemers magically "appear". Folks, these diseases are not normal in any way. We are in fact in control of our lifespan. Few of us live it out due to inadequate lifestyle choices.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
bb1fit@freetrainers.com
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2005/02/12, 05:42 PM
To add to BB1fits' post....
For those who had or ever heard of gall stones (found in the gallbladder), these stones are made up from cholesteral.
Not only does the cholesterol cause the plaque in the veins leading to and from the heart (called athrosclerosis) it clots and causes a heart attack, but also causes clots leading to our veins going to the brain which results with a stroke.
This info is from the AHA (American Heart Association).
So, like bb1fit said...get out your vitamins and minerals.
If you are atheletic in anyway, don't forget, you need more than the RDA.
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Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet!
Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press.
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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