A pecan-enriched diet increases gamma-tocopherol/cholesterol and decreases thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in plasma of adults While the addition of any type of nuts to the diet improving health is not surprising, the blood levels of the tocopherols were interesting. Recall that most supplement forms of Vit E are in the alpha tocopherol form. While the […]
Blood pressure problems are extremely common in today’s nutrition poor lifestyles. As a result, many in our population are on medications to lower blood pressure. Rather than helping, this actually creates many problems. There are several main classes of blood pressure drugs: Beta blockers (“ols”) Angiotensen converting inhibitors (“prils”) Diuretics Angiotensen II receptor blockers or ARBs (“ars”) […]
This is the question everyone wants to know. It boils down to “risk.” Just what is my likelihood of dropping dead of a massive heart attack and leaving my family to fare without me? My question is…why? If we’re honest, from a mainstream medical standpoint, the risk is predicted purely to decide when to medicate. Do we start Lipitor […]
If you took a statin and it lowered your cholesterol, my first response would be “So what?” What does that REALLY mean? And does anyone really give a squat about their cholesterol, or is it really that they don’t want to have a heart attack or stroke? I’ve written before about the folly of using […]
Most importantly, you do not EVER, EVER, EVER (get the point…) do it with drugs. Just ask the patients who were taking torcetrapib, a drug made by Pfizer that was designed to raise HDL levels and lower risk of heart attacks. Wait–you can’t ask many of these patients because the risk of death was 60% HIGHER […]
