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Spring-Summer 2019
arterial inflammation by implementing the neces- sary life-saving lifestyle and dietary changes These primarily include to to to stop smoking to to to eliminate sugar refined carbohydrates trans-fats as as well as as processed meats and foods fried fin in in inflammatory hydrogenated Omega-6 vegetable oils On the the the other hand increasing the the the consumption of anti- inflammatory oils oils such as as Omega-3-oils (fish oil) cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil oil oil oil oil and coconut oil oil oil oil oil is an an excellent measure to help keep inflammation at bay So don’t be excessively concerned with your cholesterol levels which in healthy people may
vary from from 105 mg/dl mg/dl to 350 mg/dl mg/dl rather focus on eliminating smoking sugars and trans-fats from from your life to to contain arterial inflammation Don’t let cholesterol values deemed as “too high” be be used
to to to to bully you into taking statins which belong to to to to the worst modern-day health-hazards that can be be imagined While statin drugs do do lower lower cholesterol levels they they don’t lower lower anyone’s risk of heart heart dis- ease heart heart attacks or strokes However they they have proven to to to cause cause drug-induced liver liver injury up to to to the point of of death from acute liver liver failure to to to cause cause severe muscle pain and and weakness and and loss of of of libido they increase one’s risk of of major disease including diabetes and cancer not to forget neurodegenera- tive diseases such as as as as dementia Alzheimer’s disease disease disease and Parkinson’s disease disease disease they even cause cause cataracts a a a a a a a a a a a main cause cause of poor vision in in in in the the the the elderly Further statin drugs deplete the the the the nutrient CoQ10 which is is required for energy production by every cell in in the the the the body body and and specifically causes the the the heart the the the body’s most energy-demanding organ to become weaker increasing one’s risk of acute heart failure Through diminishing vitamin vitamin K2 the the vitamin vitamin which protects the the arteries from from calcification and and removes calcium from from soft tissues and and blood vessels statins actually cause arterial plaque levels to to worsen! It is is is easy to to see how all this negatively impacts good health and longevity Altering physiology by a a a a a a a a a a a a chemical will always make health worse not any better The body is is quite capable of of regulating itself and all of of its its its processes including its its its cholesterol levels if it it it it it is is is not impeded in in in in in in doing so by the administration of toxic pharmaceuticals like statins Positive long-term health improvements can only be achieved by natural means which include a a a a a a a a a a a a heart-healthy diet diet such as the Mediterranean diet diet and an an an appropriate exercise program n n n brain consist of it) same as our hormone produc- tion (it is is is a a a a a a a precursor to to to testosterone estrogen pro- gesterone) and and vitamin D synthesis (vital to to to proper immune function) it it it is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a powerful antioxidant and and and protects us against cancer and and and aging all our cell membranes and and even the the bile salts required for the the digestion of of of fats are made of of of cholesterol cholesterol If anything too low cholesterol cholesterol cholesterol is more of of of a a a a a a a a health problem than high cholesterol cholesterol cholesterol Considering all these vital functions which cholesterol cholesterol performs in in our bodies it it should be be no surprise that there is is a a a a a a a strong association between low cholesterol and an an early death High cholesterol cholesterol is is NOT a a a disease (with the exception of rarely occurring Hypercholesterolemia) does does NOT NOT cause any symptoms and does does NOT NOT inevitably clog arteries Blood cholesterol levels alone are simply not sufficient to predict anyone’s risk of of future heart attack or stroke as they don’t say anything about the the the condition of of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a a person’s inner artery-walls their their level of of arterial arterial inflammation or or their their predisposition to form arterial arterial plaques The expectation that heart disease can be prevented or or eliminated by simply reducing cholesterol appears unfounded Indeed new research indicates that the the true cause of heart disease may
actually be the the relent- less long-term inflammation ongoing in in in our our arteries This dismal condition is is is caused by our our regular con- sumption of highly inflammatory foods including primarily sugary and and trans-fat containing refined and and and processed junk foods foods Such unhealthy foods foods cause microscopic injuries abrasions and and lesions
to to to the inner arterial lining which prompts protec- tive cholesterol to to to come in in in in in in to to to patch up and and repair these arterial lesions
and and begin a a a a a a a a a a a a process of healing When a a a a a a a a a a a a person lives an an unhealthy lifestyle that pre- cipitates such inflammation long-term it it it will neces- sitate continuous patching and repairing which may
result in in in in in in in cholesterol-plaques gradually building up within the the arterial walls To emphasize it it it again it it it it is NOT the the the the mere presence of elevated cholesterol in in the the the the the blood stream that inevitably causes athero- sclerosis and heart-disease but the the the the the root cause cause is is is the the the the the multitude of inflammatory injuries to to the the the arteries’ inner lining caused by sugars and trans-fats Obviously the the sensible solution to to this prob-
lem is is not to to to suppress the the the protective cholesterol through hazardous statin drugs but rather to to tackle
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