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Cholesterol is not an accurate predictor of heart attacks. That unhappy outcome is from a poor lifestyle, and related to the amount of processed food. Just because you have a presumably higher overall reading doesn’t mean you should go on a low-fat kick.

HEARTBREAKING

Your heart is a workhorse, when given the proper nutrition. While the doctors are on patrol to see if your cholesterol is too high, they ignore the true cause of heart disease, nutritional deficiencies. It is heartbreaking in the literal, as well as figural, the miscalculations made on the part of the medical community.

The cholesterol lowing drugs cause nutrient deficiencies. The common assumption is that high cholesterol will cause clogged arteries.

INFLAMMATION 

The studies to pay attention to are the ones that show atherosclerosis is the response to injury. The body uses cholesterol to respond to injury of the cells lining the inside of the arteries. Vascular injury can occur from mechanical stress, tobacco fumes, metabolic consequences of diabetes, deficiencies of vitamins A and D, consumption of trans fatty acids, and microorganisms.

Sounds to me like a lifestyle problem. Omega 6s in our diet causes inflammation. Since this is in most processed food we know the solution, and it isn’t in a pill.

DIET AND EXERCISE

When diet and exercise doesn’t help who do we call, the doctor of course. What is wrong with this picture is that there isn’t a single culture that eats their natural diet that doesn’t find diet and exercise enough.

From the early Eskimos who ate a diet of whale blubber and other good fats to the native America’s who hunted on the Great Plains cholesterol wasn’t problematic.

Now, when they followed the path of civilization they now have to call the doctor.

HOW LOW

Physicians are so engaged in driving cholesterol to new lows, they never look at is the primary goal of health, which is to have individuals function at the best level possible.

As a result of cholesterol lowing medicine the persons has a higher risk of harm. The irony is that the hypothesis that cholesterol is harmful at a certain number is not only unproven, but false.

MYTH

One reason for the high cholesterol myth was the observation; mortality rates for heart attacks dropped in areas with a low food supply in World War ll. This phenomenon was noticed by Dr. Ansel Keys in the 1950”s.

Dr. Keys’ findings were eagerly endorsed by “cholesterol is harmful” advocates, but he himself did not state that cholesterol was the direct cause of heart disease or atherosclerosis. He pointed out that just because cholesterol is present in arterial plaque does not mean that cholesterol is the cause of arterial plaque.

What is wrong with the conclusions, most of the people were following an American diet that had sugar, and refined flour. They were on an inflammatory diet, which produces inflammation. Calorie restrictive diets are known to be anti-inflammatory.

Again wrong assumptions based on the wrong hypothesis. That is the Achilles heel of modern medicine.

DANGEROUS SCIENCE

The fist drug approved for the lowering of cholesterol appeared in 1967 called Atromid-S and was withdrawn from the market in 2000. The drug didn’t prove to lower mortality. However, it was found to increase the incidence of gallstones, cancer, liver disease, and inflammation of the pancreas producing pancreatitis.

The side effects included nausea, diarrhea, loss of sexual performance, weakness, abdominal pain, muscle pain and other discomforts. The newer drugs available for this bring some of the same risks and side effects. This is dangerous science.

CONSIDERATIONS

The biggest consideration is that most cardiovascular disease is seen in people over 60. Fact, higher cholesterol in the elderly is protective. Seniors with higher cholesterol levels tend to live longer than their peers with low cholesterol.

The two reasons for this, first cholesterol is protective, and second those with lower levels are on the dangerous medications. 

First and foremost take the prudent path with a healthy and active lifestyle.

Weight loss in a pill sounds strange. It says you can fit everything you need to be slim in a capsule an inch by a half inch. This makes it sound as if the path to weight loss is a pill away.

Get Real

There was a study called the Scout trial which is important for the field of obesity. It seems that this study contradicts what has been a long-held presumption, which is weight-loss drugs are more than just cosmetic. These geniuses assumed that a little pill will actually reduce serious health problems in the obese.

The Scout study was the first to test this presumption, to see if a diet drug could reduce the risk of a heart attack. The finding was that sibutramine actually increased cardiovascular risks in some patients. Now they think this could raise questions about the safety of other diet drugs. I guess Pfen-fen didn’t do it for them.

Why would anyone medicate people on a presumption? Allopathic medicine has taught the public to fear sunlight, while promoting untested drugs.

Surprise

The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended that the appetite suppressant sibutramine should no longer be prescribed by doctors and that pharmacists should no longer dispense the drug.

The European reaction to the dangers of the drug Merida, which contains the ingrediant Sibutramine was to pull it from the market. Since the studies indicate that people with specific health problems had more heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events that people taking a placebo.

The F.D.A. suggested a stronger warning label on the diet drug Merdia after a study showed the risks. This should not be surprising, since sibutramine seemed to significantly increased blood pressure and heart rate in numerous people. It seems no one keeled over on the spot, so why not let the drug pushers profit.

The F.D.A. recommended people on sibutramine should see their doctor to discuss an alternative, the same doctor that already prescribed this looser of a pill. In the mean time they can safely discontinue its use.

Obstacles

The real obstacle is sibutramine promotes weight loss with meager results, and no proven safety record. By having people think weight loss is one pill away, we are sticking to a failed method. Currently pills have no place in the management of obesity.

They help fuel a pill mentality and earn drug companies ill begotten fortunes. The diet pill industry should be falling to pieces. However, the trend is still the same supplying the public with a  magic bullet. While the drug companies should be shaking in their booties, they are reeling in a fortune. The only thing the magic bullet will do is shoot us in the heart.

The race is on to find the weight loss solution in a pill. A glimpse into the future will show, the lure for a pill to control weight will be a quest for the holy grail. The arsenal of weight loss medication will not change in the foreseeable future. One lawsuit after another has not brought change.

The Legacy of the 21^stcentury will not be only of biopharmaceuticals advances. They will not shape the future unless we want a world hell bend on a disease model that helps people cling to life.

Health and wellness companies of the future will fill the void left by healthcare. There are companies that are turning on light bulbs. Yes, literally and are re-engineering our healthcare system.

Science

The health and wellness companies of the future will boost our horse power, more power means more mileage. With the future rushing into the present at a pace never before experienced, we are at the mercy of events we are not prepared for.

There are innovative companies that use information and apply it to teach people successfully master their lives in these troubling times.

Better than our healthcare system they are able to get results. The first one we are going to feature is a weight management company.

Metabolic Balance

This company gets amazing results. They proceed using a thorough blood analysis, and the support of a certified consultant that takes the guessing out of weight management. Personalized weight management is one part weight control, and another part lifestyle management. This isn’t a “here we go again diet.” This is the answer to why you are overweight.

They create a lifestyle for you and stay fully vested in helping you achieve it. This is a sure fire way for everyone, and yet it is a sure fire way for only one individual at a time. This is unprecedented in the weight loss industry.

Validation

This company has taken off in Europe, and is now being introduced in America. The European countries know there is no substitute for real health. The line between health and food is not blurred in Europe. Where here in the United States it is not just blurred, but wiped out altogether.

Europe is seeing the future. They do not allow our re-engineered food to be sold in their country. They have been demonized for protecting their citizens. Why?  Big business profits come from stocking the shelves of supermarkets with hybrid foods.

The European Union has banned hormone-treated beef, and genetically modified foods. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is an artificially inserted foreign ´gene´ that was developed in the laboratory and then injected into the DNA of a plant. The primary reason companies genetically engineer-plants is to make them tolerant to their brand of herbicide. These GM plants are designed to survive a deadly dose of pesticides. These crops have much higher residues of toxic herbicides. About 68% of GM crops are herbicide tolerant.

The Fake Slim

It seems that everyone thinks they are meant to be super thin, and can consume faux foods, pills, and in some cases abandon eating enough calories to subsist. Just like we are approaching being the fattest nation, we are also fantasizing about becoming the slimmest.

The trouble with that is we are stuck with a poor model of what healthy weight is, and how to archive it. Metabolic Balance is helping people who are stuck, and keep trying solutions that fail. It is a sane approach to both finding the power, and will to know what you need to succeed.

While it slims you down  it rebuilds your body by supplying the right nutrients. This way your body can find its optimal weight.

Perfect Clarity

Not only are the results perfectly clear, but so is the roadmap that is supplied. New Year means not just another resolution, but a new solution. What is needed is a transformation in lifestyle, not a short term weight lost. The thinking for the last few decades was that weight loss methods were not the great concern.

The lamest reasons were behind many of the weight loss efforts. The most used; fit into a wedding dress, look great at a high school reunion,  get ready for bikini season, and be able to wear the holiday party dress.

We have come a long way from that kind of thinking, however, the diet industry had just begun to leave the shadows of antiquated thinking.

Cracking the Code

Metabolic Balance takes you where you need to be. Finally a weight management company that does what it promises. Metabolic Balance is on track to become one of the leading health and wellness companies. That is because they know what’s right for you. They have cracked the code to what makes you function at your best. It is a science based company, which puts your health first.