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WHY SPEND ON DRUGS WHEN NATURAL COMPOUNDS CAN DO WONDERS? – (02-21-05)
Phosphatidylinositol increases HDL-C levels in humans You need to know that the next strong push in the research for the pharmaceuticals is a drug that will inhibit lipoprotein lipase in the liver and thereby raise HDL levels. Still amazes me how much money a drug company will spend researching to find a patentable product when natural compounds exist that already work!! Incidentally, exercise, niacin and soy are also know to increase HDL levels as well… Read entire article here
POLY-PORTFOLIO FOR SECONDARY PREVENTION – (03-06-05)
A “poly-portfolio” for secondary prevention: A strategy to reduce subsequent events by up to 97% over five years
Ooops. I stand corrected. Mainstream medicine really is dumping the “one cause, one cure” model. See–here they have combined multiple medications into a single pill to achieve a 97% CVD reduction.
However, this article does not note the some odd 10-20% of the patients that will have an adverse reaction to this polypill…
LONG AND CREATIVE ARM OF THE DRUG INDISTRY – (03-28-05)
The long and creative arm of the drug industry
Just thought I’d throw this one in. Sometimes we become so oblivious to advertising around us that we don’t even notice how ubiquitous it is…
CARNITINE REMOVES TOXINS FORM FROM MITOCHONDRIA – (04-25-05)
Cardiac carnitine leakage is promoted by cardiomyopathy
Recall that carnitine is used to shunt fatty acids into the mitochondria so the mitochondria can burn the fatty acids for energy formation. It also functions in the reverse to remove toxins form the mitochondria. So, lowering carnitine==potential for less energy production and mitochondrial dysfunction. This effect would be larger in higher respiratory tissues like heart, brain, liver and skeletal muscle.
This particular study sees a link with cardiomyopathy.
WEAR THIS TO WORK AND YOUR SPERM WILL DIE
So maybe the title is a little dramatic. But problems with infertility do not rely solely on the woman. Viewing infertility from a male standpoint the most important factor to consider is environmental toxicity. Believe it or not, there are clothes you may wear to work everyday that will affect sperm quality and count.
The EPA registers some 83,000 chemicals for use in the US, and the vast majority of these have never been scrutinized for their health effects. However, there are some classes that have been evaluated more fully, and the picture is rarely a positive one. Frequently on the list of common household exposures are the flame retardants. They are in everything these days, from your mattress to your clothing to your furniture and your dog’s bedding. One would think we were under constant pressure to undergo spontaneous combustion.
Flame retardants have shown clear effects on the thyroid gland and cancer risk. This particular study looked at the presence of flame retardants in the house dust of men attending a fertility clinic. Researchers looked at the presence of two compounds, tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and triphenyl phosphate (TPP), and found that they were in 96% and 98% of the men. As the levels of these compounds in house dust increased, sperm quality decreased.
While one would think that dusting may help the issue, it is not likely to be the case. Researchers merely looked at dust rather than the blood levels in these patients. Exposure to these compounds likely comes from multiple sources, including those mentioned above. The best option is to reduce your overall exposure to these compounds by replacing old cushions, buying clothing without flame retardants and not sleeping on a flame retardant mattress.
In addition to the flame retardants, chemicals like BPA have also show to affect hormone levels in men that could lead to reduced sperm quality and quantity. Quitting smoking and dietary quality will also have a positive effect on fertility levels in men, with compounds like zinc and lycopene (the red pigment found in tomatoes) having been shown to help.
The bottom line is that, for those men who are a part of an infertile couple, it is not merely your job to just sit patiently at the “infertility” clinic appointment for your partner. You have to take an active role in improving your health as well.
AMERICA’S NEW “FOOD PYRAMID” – (05-23-05)
America’s New “Food Pyramid”
While this new pyramid is better than the last, the author of this editorial hits the nail on the head when they say that the US Dep’t of Agricultural has a direct conflict of interest in developing these guidelines and that they inappropriately promote dairy consumption and still do not specifically demonize refined carbs and red meat consumption that is at the root of much evil in America.
So, while most of the American public views the food pyramid as an unbiased guideline for a healthy lifestyle–we need to remember it for what it truly is–a guideline put out by persons who’s main goal is to keep us buying their products.
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHARACTERISTICS AMONG ADULTS – (05-23-05)
Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics Among Adults in the United States, 2000
Okay, so I don’t expect all of my patients to start eating tofu and rice just because I say so. But in a recent survey of 153,000 US adults, only a whopping 3% follow the four.
“Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics” used in this study: no smoking, 5+ fruits and veggies/day, health BMI and exercise 30 mins 5X/week. 3%. And these recommendations are basic!! No wonder the health of this country continues to decline and we are now looking at a reduction in the life expectancy (something I have been predicting for several years now).
INFECTIOUS AGENTS CONTRIBUTE TO CANCER – (08-13-07)
Environmental exposure to bacteria and viruses may provide oncolytic protection against cancers, and declining exposure to infections may contribute to a rising incidence of cancer.
Medical Hypothesis is one of my favorite journals; many of its articles are written by very foresighted people. This author suggests that recurrent exposure to bacteria and viruses over our lifetimes leads to constant surveillance by the immune system for these agents.
Since various infectious agents are well known to contribute to cancer (using the recent hype over the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer as an example), keeping our immune system vigilant in fighting off these agents could ward off cancer as well.
HONESTY NOT THE BEST POLICY IN DRUG COMPANIES
I would hope that even the most naive of us do not think that pharmaceutical companies have the patient’s best interest in mind. Drug companies are large companies with the goal of making money for its principles and shareholders. Any benefit to the patient is usually secondary. History has presented us with many examples of how large businesses have concealed the truth of the dangers of their drugs.
Troglizitone and liver failure. Vioxx and heart attacks. Hormone replacement having no benefit. Cigarette smoking being good for us. Baychol and fatal rhabdomyalysis. I’m sure there are many more, but these are the quick ones off the top of my head.
When it comes to diabetic drugs, almost every drug out there is more likely to kill you before you die of diabetic complications. Sulfonylureas destroy the beta cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. TZDs like Actos lead to weight gain. The new classes of drugs that affect GLP-1 signalling may increase the risk of thyroid cancer and lord knows what else.
Interestingly, Actos and Avandia, used for diabetes, greatly increases the risk of a patient getting congestive heart failure. Considering that 70% of diabetic die of cardiovascular complications, one could say this is a slight problem…
The problem with all the drugs on the market today is that we just don’t know. We don’t know what the true long term effects are. We don’t know what the true dangers of the drug are. Everyone who takes a new drug for the first 20 or 30 years are participating in a very large, non-randomized clinical trial. Many times it is not until decades later that someone realizes that drug A increased the risk of condition C; the relationship might never have been noticed until someone paid attention and then asked the question. 10 years ago, how many people who had heart attacks were wondering whether their anti-inflammatory drug caused it?
This particular note in British Medical Journal relates to the manufacturer of Actos suppressing information on the drugs’ increased risk of both congestive heart failure and bladder cancer. While this is only a brief report of a lawsuit filed by a disgruntled employee, past examples makes one believe the lawsuit has merit.
HIDING THE EVIDENCE OF ADVERSE DRUG EFFECTS – (07-09-07)
Dangerous Deception — Hiding the Evidence of Adverse Drug Effects
For many years, mainstream medicine has hidden behind the validity of their approach using pharmaceuticals that were based on clinical trials. The facade has come crashing down in so many ways–funding biases, canceling negative trials, not publishing negative trials, data manipulation… The list has become so extensive as to question every single trial. Is there really ANY validity to intervention trials? I personally lean towards basic physiology trials.
No one has financial interests in these types of studies and bias is not as likely. Funding usually comes from government or universities w/ no goal for a positive or negative outcome. This is a very interesting article outlining the deception that occurred with the study and approval of Bayer’s drug aprotinin and how they hid negative effects from the FDA when they requested approval.
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