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Cholesterol; Truth about Target Numbers

LOW CHOLESTEROL IS DANGEROUS?!


Low  cholesterol  especially  in  older people, correlates  with  an  increased  risk  of death.  People suffering from diseases like AIDS, chronic fatigue, and  cancer  very  often  have  very  low  cholesterol reading. It  is  now  indisputable  that  for  those people approaching old age~75 years and older low  cholesterol  is  a  very,  very  bad  finding.  This seems unbelievable because doctors,  even  at these later ages,  still  continue  to  try  to  lower cholesterol with drugs.
If lowered cholesterol in older ages carries a higher risk of death, doesn’t it make sense that the earlier you  start on  drug-therapy  to  lower cholesterol,  the higher your risk of death  would be? My experience  definitely  shows  this,  but  the  Honolulu Heart  Program  study  truly  makes  it  clear.  Published in the August 2001  issue of I Vol. 358,  No.  9279,  this  quote from the program really sums it up:
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"Our data accord with previous  findings  of increased mortality in elderly people with low serum cholesterol, and show that long-term persistence of low cholesterol  actually increases the risk of death. Thus,  the  earlier patients  start  to  have  lower cholesterol  concentrations,  the  greater the risk of death.”

In  case  you  didn't catch  that fully,  the  study findings  showed  the  following:  The  information discovered  about low  cholesterol  was  the same as most all  other cholesterol  studies.  That  long-term lowered  cholesterol  in  older people  increases  the risk of death from all causes. And the earlier you start  to have lower cholesterol, the greater your risk of death.

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If You Are Sick, Keep Your Cholesterol Up

Normal  cholesterol  levels  run  around  150  to 250,  but  thanks  to  the  pharmaceutical  push,  doctors are trying to get cholesterol down around 80 to 130– a  dangerous  proposition  for  sure.  It  is  at values  around   100 or lower  that  people  with serious deteriorating diseases and cancer succumb.

If you  have cancer or any  other serious  infectious  disease,  you  need  to  check your cholesterol level. If it is  below  130 you  are in  trouble. If you are  also  taking  statin  drugs  and  your cholesterol  is this  low,  ask  your doctor to  stop  this  prescription ASAP.  Your  life  could  depend  upon  it.  The  best way  to  tell  if low  cholesterol  is  contributing  to  ill health  is  a simple assessment of how you feel especially  how  you  feel  while  on  statins  vs.  how you feel after 90 days off the drugs.
If you stop the drugs and feel  much better,  you need  to  get  your  cholesterol  back up  to  normal. And that can be tough,  especially  if you  are  very ill.  You  will  need  to  eat  a traditional  diet with  lots of egg yolks, whole milk, butter, cod liver oil, bone broth  preparations  and  more.  Even  then  it could take  a couple years  [o  get your cholesterol  levels back up.
Cholesterol is Essential                                                                    

And remember, when sick you are under stress, and  stress  hormones  are  made  from  cholesterol. Also,  your  brain  is  made  of large  quantities  of cholesterol.  And  you  can't  have  healthy  bones without  cholesterol  transformed  to  vitamin  D  in your skin by the sun. In other words, the vitamin D needed for strong bones is  made from  cholesterol. Indeed  you  can't  live  without  plenty  of  good cholesterol~and  the  statistics  of older folks  and those  with  serious  diseases  now  prove  this  indisputably.

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If Your Cholesterol is Naturally Low

If your cholesterol is  critically  low and always has been-without drugs-this is another situation altogether. I have to imagine that low cholesterol is genetically  normal  for  some people.  But having said  this,  when  I  see  a  patient  with  cholesterol below  130,  I  take  notice.  While there  may  be  no apparent problem or disease, the possibility of premature death is certainly real.

If this  is  you,  make  sure  there  isn't  undiagnosed  liver disease;  blood  tests  can  usually  make this  determination.  Make  sure you  are  not doing regular fasts,  severe  and  repeated  detoxification procedures,  too  many  bowel  cleanses, juice diets, taking  too  many  herbs,  avoiding meat and  meaty broths,  and  living  only  on  sprouts,  grains,  fruits, seeds,  and  vegetables.  These  kinds  of  habits combined  with low  cholesterol  can  lead to  "wasting" diseases.

It  is  always  best  in  these  cases  to  start  on  a more  traditional  diet.  A  tablespoon  of raw  cod liver oil  daily  (Carlsberg  makes  the best)  is  in  order.  Also add supplements for liver health.  Allow  two years or more for complete recovery.

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Physicians ' Accountability

Today  well-meaning  physicians  are  forcing cholesterol levels to extreme lows by inhibiting the liver's  ability  to  produce  this  much-needed  substance.  This  may  help  to  prevent  a  few  heart  attacks,  although  even  this  is  subject to controversy. By  starting people toward cholesterol  levels below 130 earlier and earlier, one must ask just how many thousands  of cases  of cancer,  other diseases,  and deaths are being caused.

As doctors, we need not look much farther than our own experience with people wasting away  and dying  early  while reducing their cholesterol. If this isn't  enough  evidence,  we  need  only  look  at the medical literature itself to make this connection.
What is a Traditional Diet?

Special thanks to researcher and physician Tom Cowan,  MD,  for some  of  the  information  in  this article.  Dr.  Cowan  writes  the  "Doctor's  Comer" articles  for  the  Weston  A.  Price  Foundation's wonderful journal,  Wise Traditions. His "Low Cholesterol"  article  was  from  the  Spring 2005  issue. When  one  needs  information  on  traditional  diets and foods, this organization has the data you need. (These articles have also been copied on our web page.)

Just go  to  www.westonaprice.org for what has been  deemed  "alternative"  by  modern  medicine. But  in  every  sense of the  word,  articles  like  this, and  all the information  on  proper diet  and natural foods found at the Weston A. Price Foundation, are indeed traditional.
Health Alert volume 22 issue 9 Dr Bruce West MD

Low Cholesterol

Low cholesterol  (below  150)  can result in hormone imbalances,  osteoporosis,  and  cancer.  It can  also  deplete  vitamin  D-needed  for  anti~ cancer activity  and to  build  strong bones.  Vitamin D  is needed in  the skin that is  transformed by sunlight.  Statistics  prove that  for people over age 75,  the  higher your cholesterol  level,  the  longer you  will  live.

Cholesterol  is out and  C~Reactive Protein (CRP) is in for heart tests. In reality, the important tests are cholesterol with HDL and LDL, Triglycerides  and  fasting  glucose,  CRP  and  Homo~ cysteine. With a high  CRP and heart disease, you can count on blood vessel inflammation as a major underlying cause of problems. A low~carbohydrate diet  and a heart protocol is  needed.  With  a  high  homocysteine,  a folic  acid deficiency is probable,  and three to four folic acid and B12 tablets daily must be added to the protocol.

Cholesterol has little to  do  with heart disease or death  from  heart  attack.  The more important  predicting  factors  are  Homocysteine,  C-Reactive  Protein,  Triglycerides,  and  your Heart Recovery  Rate.  After 30  years,  we  have proven that all patients  with  any  type  of heart  or blood vessel  disease  should  be  on  a  heart protocol.
From Health Alert Dr Bruce West
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