Normal Cholesterol Can Be Treated

April 8th, 2010 |

A post by Blanche Scharf http://www.yourhealthupdates.com

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According to one drug giant normal cholesterol can be treated. For this we can all be thankful.

Cholesterol Myth

Since we are not sure of the dangers of higher than normal cholesterol, then why not treat normal cholesterol. This makes perfect sense in a way. We have a science based on the fact than cholesterol is bad.

Dr. R. Trattler and Dr. A. Jones, in their book “Better Health trough Natural Healing,” have 4 pages on the topic of bad cholesterol, that support the notion that the idea of high cholesterol being bad cholesterol, is an unfounded dogma (unsupported by scientific proof), a myth that makes doctors, laboratories and drug companies rich.

These two doctors point to a few facts that support their view. Using the most expensive effective lowering cholesterol drugs, the incidence of heart attack is reduced by at the very most a tiny 2%.

Cholesterol-Another Point Of View

There are about 9 scientific studies on cholesterol that backup another point of view.. Italian Americans with high bad cholesterol actually had 50% less deaths from heart attack that the rest of the USA. Either this makes a good case for being Italian or it is a flaw in the medical thinking.

Another point well taken is that diet particularly the use of margarine was likely more important in the production of coronary vascular disease.

These authors mention that there exists a strong association between sugar consumption and coronary heart disease, when comparing different societies. In these doctors opinion the cholesterol myth has kept doctors from seeing the real culprit.

According to Dr. Ron Rosedale, a nutrition and metabolic medicine expert, there are excellent scientific articles that have linked insulin resistance and leptin resistance to cardiovascular disease. The association of insulin and leptin resistance to heart disease is stronger than the association of cholesterol to cardiovascular disease. Insulin and leptin resistance causes your body to produce many smaller dense LDL particles that are easily transported to your arteries where they cause inflammation and plaque buildup.

Statins-New Guidelines

The new statin guidelines continued a steady expansion of the number of people considered candidates for statins over the last decade. The recommendations and guidelines by the FDA advisory committee have voted in favor of expanding the usage of statins. Many of whose members have been paid consultants for the drug industry.

The clinical trial on which the FDA approved the new Crestor use was a global study of nearly 18,000 people. It took the patients who had low cholesterol and an elevated level of inflammation in the body as measured by a test called high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, or CRP.

CRP Test

The CRP test is not disease specific. It is a general marker for infection and inflammation. Low levels of B-6 have been linked to elevated CRP levels. Nutritional treatments include Vitamin D and fish oil. A diet high in fruits and vegetables lower the levels of inflammation.

Now statins can be taken as a preventative for those with higher CPR test result.

Statin Risks

There is no consensus in the medical community that cholesterol is a direct cause of cardiovascular problems.

There are risks, recently published evidence indicates that statins could raise the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 9 percent. “It’s a good thing to be skeptical about whether there may be long-term harm from healthy people taking a drug like this,” said Dr. Mark A. Hlatky, a professor of health research and cardiovascular medicine at the Stanford University medical school.

Statin-New Label

With the new guidelines an estimated 6.5 million plus people who have no cholesterol problems and no sign of heart problems will be candidates for statins. This will be in addition to the 80 million who meet the current cholesterol-based guidelines. Half that number are now on statins.

The new and improved label says it may be prescribed for apparently healthy people if they are older-men over 50, and women over 60-and have one risk factor like smoking or high blood pressure, in addition to elevated inflammation in the body.

Statin Claims

The study claimed that it cut heart disease cases, however the patients were so healthy that they had little risk to begin with.

The statin drug Crestor helps the bottom line of the parent company. Crestor, which had sales of 4.5 billion, last year, will not have generic competition until 2016, and each pill sells for at least $3.50 a day, compared with only pennies a day for the generic version.

Conclusion You can turn healthy people into patients, while turning them into lifetime customers.

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