How cholesterol became wrongly demonized
I would dare say that there is no subject in this world that is as falsely portrayed and poorly understood as cholesterol. The extent of most people’s understanding of cholesterol is that it’s the demon that clogs arteries and leads to heart disease, and the magic number to strive for is 200. And if your blood tests show you’re in the elevated range, welcome to the world of statins. But how did we...
Everything you’ve been told about cholesterol is false
Back when I was earning my Nutrition Master’s, one of my reading requirements was the book Deep Nutrition by Dr. Cate Shanahan. In Deep Nutrition, Dr. Shanahan tells the story of how she was taught in medical school that cholesterol causes heart disease, that a diet low in cholesterol and saturated fats was “heart healthy,” and statins were the gold standard for lowering cholesterol. But something was troubling her. If saturated fats and cholesterol...
REAL heart disease prevention (without statins!)
February is Heart Health Month. Unfortunately, much of the hoopla that will be bombarding us this month has very little to do with actual heart health! As usual, we’ll all be reminded to wear red, to control our cholesterol with statins, and avoid saturated fats while using “heart healthy” vegetable oils. What a crock of BS. Let me tell you what this really means: 1- Drug companies get richer. Note that statins have NEVER,...
- Tags: Heart Health, Omega-3 fatty acids, Statins, Vitamin D, Vitamin K
Why statins are a joke and heart healthy fats are BS
February is American Heart Month, and this year’s marks the 57th consecutive heart health month since President Lyndon B. Johnson (a heart attack survivor) issued the first proclamation in 1964. Unfortunately, much of the hype that will be bombarding us this month has very little to do with actual heart health! As usual, we’ll all be reminded to wear red, to control our cholesterol (with statins, of course) and avoid saturated fats while using...
Don’t believe the lie—statins are NOT safe!
Anyone in the advertising world will tell you that sex sells. Just check out a Victoria’s Secret ad to see this for yourself—those overpriced bras don’t sell themselves; you know. But you know what else sells just as effectively. Fear. And that’s a choice tactic used by the pharmaceutical industry to sell medications. There’s nothing like fear to compel you to throw hesitance and gut instincts to the wind and arrive in the land...
Don’t be a sheep that falls for fear-based medicine
There is a dangerous trend that is exploding before our very eyes and the problem with that is so many people are caught up in it that they don’t even realize they are being manipulated. I’m talking about fear-based medicine. Over the last several decades we’ve seen the marketing of pharmaceutical products go from merely a recommendation or an option to YOU MUST DO THIS OR YOU WILL DIE! Yet when you take a closer...
- Tags: General Health, Healthy Living, Influenza, Statins
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