THE TRUTH ABOUT CHOLESTEROL
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By Dr. James Howenstine, MD.
February 20, 2005 NewsWithViews.com
Cholesterol is not really the villain portrayed in the pharmaceutical ads. It
is actually a vital substance needed in every cell of the body as it is the
chemical precursor from which the body produces bile acids, provitamin D3, male
and female sex hormones, and adrenal hormones (hydrocortisone and aldosterone
that regulates sodium and potassium balance). Cholesterol is needed to
construct the important membranes which surround cells.
The body is able to manufacture cholesterol but is unable to destroy this
substance. Cholesterol is removed from the body combined with bile acids. This
removal is increased by dietary fiber and diminished in the absence of dietary
fiber. Up to 94% of cholesterol and bile acids are reabsorbed and reused when
dietary fiber is lacking.[1] This is one reason that low fiber diets may
increase blood cholesterol levels.
The body can make cholesterol whether there is any cholesterol in the diet or
not. By removing all cholesterol from the diet, the blood cholesterol will
only fall by about 20% to 25%.
Cholesterol is dissolved and kept in solution as a flowing liquid when there
are adequate amounts of essential fatty acids. The melting point of
cholesterol, where it would deposit on artery walls, is 300 degrees F. When lecithin is
present, the melting point of cholesterol falls to 180 degrees where it is
still insoluble. However, when the essential fatty acids linoleic and linolenic
are present in sufficient quantity, the melting point of cholesterol falls to
32 degrees which is below normal body temperature. Even in the presence of an
arterial injury, cholesterol will have a more difficult time depositing with
fibrin and platelets on an injured artery surface because the essential fatty
acids have made the blood more fluid.
After gazing at a television advertisement depicting an attractive young
woman collapse on the street with a heart attack because her cholesterol was 280
mg. % you would certainly be justified in having considerable fear if your
cholesterol is elevated. Massive amounts of money are being spent by
pharmaceutical firms on advertisements to convince the public that their lives are in great
danger if their cholesterol levels are high.
These firms have gained nearly total control over the curriculums taught in
medical schools, the articles published in medical journals and who receives
research grants and what they are going to be allowed to study in these grants.
This control over research expenditures prevents research that might lead to
cures of serious diseases (cancer, schizophrenia, HIV, Alzheimer's Disease).
Conventional medical therapy uses drugs which generally have no ability to cure
these diseases. Persons thinking outside the box who might discover
information that would disturb the current pharmaceutical dogma about diseases will
experience considerable difficulty getting funds.
Of great importance the pharmaceutical industry has established the precedent
with the state boards of medical license that any therapies that do not use
pharmaceutical drugs are quackery which is dangerous to the public and should
be suppressed. This pressure to conform to pharmaceutical drug use has caused
great personal anguish and financial loss to many innovative physicians who
have dared to treat patients with alternative therapies that do cure patients.
Often these physicians must spend large amounts of money defending themselves
from attempts to remove their licenses.
The current dogmas about treating cholesterol are formulated by a committee
named National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP. This committee is a part of
the National Institute of Health within the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute.
Their most recent recommendations (2004) included more aggressive efforts to
lower blood cholesterol. The lower limit of safety for LDL cholesterol was
lowered from 130 mg. to 100 mg. Cholesterol lowering drugs were recommended for
all diabetics and elderly patients with high cholesterol levels. If
implemented, these recommendations would add about 4,000,000 persons to the multitudes
already taking statin drugs. (What a bonanza for drug company profits). Six out
of the nine members[2] of the NCEP making these new recommendations are
affiliated with the drug companies that manufacture statin drugs. Do you think this
is a coincidence?
This 2004 call for the "aggressive and increased use of statin medication to
treat high blood cholesterol values" would not be alarming if there would
actually be many lives saved by these new recommendations. The disturbing part of
this information is that there is little credible scientific information to
support these changes and there is a large amount of valid scientific
information suggesting that many persons taking statin drugs are suffering serious even
fatal side effects. Obviously increasing the number of persons taking statin
drugs would greatly increase the number of patients being injured by these
drugs.
Two years ago Dr. Julian Whitaker proposed to the FDA that the package insert
supplied with a statin drug contain information that statin drugs decrease
the levels of the critical nutrient CoQ 10 in patients. He wisely suggested.
that all patients taking statin drugs should also be taking 100 to 200 mg. of CoQ
10 daily to avoid complications (heart failure, muscle breakdown with
potentially fatal kidney failure {myoglobulinuria}, muscle weakness, peripheral
neuritis, transient global amnesia etc.) The FDA ignored Dr. Whitaker's suggestion
because admitting that there was a danger from statin drugs, even if true,
might hurt the sales of statin drugs.
Cholesterol Is Not A Major Cause Of Arterial Disease
Several factors appear to be of greater importance than cholesterol in
causing arterial disease. Among these are deposition of toxic metals in the lining
endothelium of arteries, Vitamin C deficiency, excessive amounts of lipoprotein
(a), inflammation in arteries, excessive clotting of blood, homocysteine
elevation (hyperhomocystinemia) and dangerous foods.
An important study by Dr. Harlan Krumholz revealed that persons with low
cholesterol levels over the age of 70 died twice as often from heart attacks[3] as
older persons with high cholesterol values. Most studies in old persons have
shown that cholesterol is not a risk factor for coronary artery disease.
Approximately 90 % of cardiovascular disease is seen in persons over 60 years of
age. Almost all studies have shown that high cholesterol is not a risk factor
for women.[4] This leaves cholesterol as a risk factor for less than 5 % of
those persons dying of a heart attack.
High cholesterol values protect against infection. In a review of 19 studies
involving 68,000 persons low cholesterol values revealed an increased risk for
dying from lung and gastrointestinal diseases. Both lung and g.i. diseases
are often related to infections. This information was confirmed by a 15 year
study of 100,000 healthy persons in the San Francisco area. Persons entering this
study with low cholesterol values were more often admitted to hospitals
because of infectious diseases.[5] Patients with a history of a sexually
transmitted disease or liver disease were twice as likely to develop HIV infection[6]
over 7 to 8 year follow up if they had a low cholesterol value when entering the
study.
Patients with severe heart failure have high levels of endotoxins and
cytokines in their blood. Endotoxins are toxic substances derived from gram negative
bacteria. Cytokines are hormones secreted from white blood cells responding to
an inflammatory process in the body. A medical team in Germany learned that
the strongest predictor for death in a patient with heart failure was the
concentration of cytokines[7] in the blood. They felt that bacteria in the gut
found it easier to penetrate tissues when the pressure in abdominal veins was
elevated by heart failure. Endotoxins were highest in patients with edema and
endotoxin levels fell significantly when heart failure improved with therapy.
Patients with heart failure whose immune function is unable to respond to
bacterial antigens (anergy) had a higher mortality than patients who still responded
to bacterial antigens. In addition the mortality was higher in those patients
who had the lowest cholesterol, LDL, and triglyceride values. The risk of dying
in a group of 1000 patients with heart failure followed for 5 years was 62 %
in patients whose cholesterol was below 129 mg/dl. whereas patients whose
cholesterol was over 223 mg./dl had only one half this risk of death.
When arteries are examined visually, by xrays or ultrasound there has never
been any correlation between changes in cholesterol values and the extent of
arteriosclerosis.
Why Metal Deposition In Artery Linings (Endothelium) Is So Important
After more than 30 years of use intravenous chelation therapy (EDTA) has
become an accepted form of therapy because it has been found to be an effective,
safe relatively inexpensive way to reverse occluded arteries to the heart,
brain, kidneys and extremities. Chelation is known to have powerful anti-oxidant
effects but this may not afford a complete explanation for the benefits
observed.
An important new concept about chelation relates to the inner lining of blood
vessels (endothelium). This lining tissue generates the powerful arterial
vessel dilator nitric oxide. The endothelium also produces prostacyclin which
decreases the clotting of blood and also causes dilating of arteries. A third
important endothelial product is heparin, a potent substance that helps prevent
clots from forming. Excessive deposition of heavy metals in the endothelium
diminishes the endothelium's ability to produce nitric oxide, prostacyclin, and
heparin.[8] Chelation may restore the body's ability to create these important
substances by removing these metals (iron, cadmium, lead, mercury) from the
endothelial lining. Additionally removal of excess iron can decrease the risk of
subsequent heart attacks.[9] By improving blood circulation, chelation may
benefit patients with angina pectoris, claudication, impotence, macular
degeneration, glaucoma, pancreatitis, gout, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, chronic
fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, dementia, multiple sclerosis, and cancer. Several
of the pioneers in chelation therapy are alive in good health in their 90's
after receiving thousands of intravenous chelation treatments.
The latest improvement in chelation permits this therapy to be adminstered
orally. Oral chealtion obviously will not be as fast as intravenous chelation
but this is not an important issue for most patients who have massive amounts of
metals needing removal. Doing chelation orally is simpler and less expensive
than the intravenous approach.
Lead poisons enzyme systems in the body. The bones of modern man contain 1000
times more lead[10] than the bones of men living 400 years ago. It takes 7 to
20 years for the body to completely replace the tissue in bone. Since bone is
the primary storage area for lead there is clearly no necessity in most
patients for rapid chelation by intravenous therapy. Nearly all health problems
(learning disorders, cancer, heart disease, infections, AHHD, autism,
hypertension etc.) are made worse by the high levels of lead found in our bodies. Lead is
an important cause for hypertension and removal of lead from patients with
hypertension often permits blood pressure values to return to normal. Recent
studies have implicated lead in the genesis of cataracts. The EDTA present in
chelating solutions binds lead so it can be excreted by the kidneys.
One of the leading authorities in chelation therapy, Dr. Garry Gordon, has
developed an oral chelation product Essential Daily Defense EDD. EDD contains
Niacin, garlic powder, Calcium EDTA, MSM (Methyl Sulfane Methane), Malic Acid,
Betaine HCL, Carrageenan, Papain, Silica, dl Methionine, Beta-Sitosterol,
Crataegus 6x (Hawthorne Berry), Modified Cellulose Gum, Cholesterol Free Stearic
Acid, and Gelatin.
Iron is now being recognized as a health hazard. The malic acid in EDD
derived from apples binds iron and decreases iron stores in the body. This does not
proceed to a state where iron deficiency anemia appears but it does lead to
decreased production of free radicals which is, of course, desirable.
One of the most important components in EDD is the sulfated polysaccharide
derived from red algae. This polysaccharide interacts with EDTA to produce a
definite decrease in the clotting tendency of blood (lower viscosity due to
heparin). This decrease in viscosity permits blood to flow more freely which
decreases the work load on the heart. Additionally, this heparin anti-clotting
effect acquired with EDD therapy makes it nearly impossible for a patient to have a
heart attack, stroke or gangrene. In this state of absent clotting and high
anti-oxidant activity arteriosclerotic plaques are slowly and steadily
dissolved. There is no problem with bleeding. Blood clots in arteries often occur in
sites where there is no or minimal plaque formation. The anticlotting effect of
heparin produced by chelation may help explain the nearly complete
disappearance of strokes and heart attacks in patients receiving chelation therapy.
Patients with severe arteriosclerosis may need 6 to 9 capsules daily along with
other measures to improve arteries (anti-oxidants, correct diet, cessation of
cigarettes etc.) The garlic, which EDD contains, binds mercury facilitating its
removal from the body.
Anyone taking EDD needs to be taking a good vitamin mineral supplement
because EDD over time might deplete the body of minerals. Half of all Americans are
taking a daily Multiple Vitamin Mineral Supplement. The results of this
supplementation are less than optimal because our bodies are being steadily poisoned
by toxic substances found in our water, food, and air. Oral chelation is
proving so effective in improving health that many practitioners have largely
switched from intravenous to oral forms of chelation.
Oral and intravenous chelation are complex so therapy ideally should be
guided by a practitioner experienced in chelation. At times the metals simply move
from one site in the body to another instead of leaving the body. There is no
doubt that removing metals from the endothelial membranes improves oxygenation
and nutrient entry into cells resulting in improved health. Because of the
toxic metal, chemical, herbicide and pesticide exposure we all are exposed to I
think everyone should consider taking EDD or a similar oral chelation product
and remain on it permanently. Many leaders in the natural health field are
already doing so.
Essential Daily Defense can be obtained from Longevity Plus
sales@longevityplus.net or 800-580-7567. and from Natural Health team at 1-800-416-2806 or
www.naturalhealthteam.com
Vitamin C Deficiency
The late Dr. Linus Pauling and his associates were convinced that the
arteriosclerotic plaque is formed because of a deficiency of Vitamin C. In their
explanation of arteriosclerosis the structural protein (collagen) of arteries is
lacking due to Vitamin C deficiency. This causes the body to supply lipoprotein
(a) to these weak areas in an attempt to patch the weakness. This substance
lipoprtotein (a) is very sticky and when it deposits onto an injured artery
surfaces it seizes platelets, calcium, fibrin and cholesterol from the blood
which causes a deposit (plaque) that narrows the opening in the artery. These
narrowed openings can proceed to clot over (heart attack, stroke, or gangrene),
produce symptoms (angina, leg pain with exertion, brain symptoms from lack of
adequate blood flow) and small pieces of fibrin clot may break off the plaque
and are thrown to arteries more distant again producing strokes, heart attack
and gangrene.
In 1994 Linus Pauling and his associates announced that arteriosclerosis
could be cured by a substance important in making collagen (lysine 6 grams daily)
and large doses of Vitamin C (6 grams daily). The Pauling associates have
never seen an individual who was taking 10 grams of Vitamin C daily who had any
evidence of arteriosclerosis. Ninety five per cent of patients with advanced
arteriosclerosis admitted they took no Vitamin C or less than 500 mg. daily.
These findings have been confirmed by the Life Extension Foundation of Hollywood,
Florida.
The Pauling associates relate that end stage arteriosclerosis patients have
been completely cured by high dosage Vitamin C and lysine often within weeks.
These individuals lose their anginal pain, blood pressure drops to normal,
arterial blockages disappear, lipid profiles become normal, and energy increases.
They become able to pass treadmill tests normally.
Human beings and guinea pigs are unable to manufacture Vitamin C. Depriving
guinea pigs of vitamin C leads to the production of arteriosclerotic lesions
similar to human arteriosclerosis. No plaque forms in control guinea pigs
getting Vitamin C. Dr. Kilmer. McCulley has shown that guinea pigs depleted of
Vitamin C get high blood levels of homocysteine whereas the control guinea pigs
have normal homocysteine values.
Animals other than guinea pigs do not develop arteriosclerosis.
Arteriosclerotic plaques were studied by Dr. Earl P. Benditt with an electron
microscope[11] in 1977. His studies showed that plaques contain almost no cholesterol. They
are actually composed of new cell growth resembling what would be seen in a
tumor. The absence of cholesterol is certainly not what would expect if
cholesterol circulating in the blood was the cause of the atherosclerotic plaque.
The human arteriosclerosis plaques are often located at sites where injury to
blood vessels occurs from the impact of the arterial stream of blood rather
than in a random fashion which should occur if a toxic material in blood i.e.
cholesterol was the cause of arteriosclerosis. This explains why major plaque
formation often occurs at the sites where the forceful blood stream from the
aorta strikes the arteries to the heart and the arteries to the brain. Dr.
Pauling's findings have been ignored by the conventional medical community because
to accept such convincing insights would spell the end of the multi billion
dollar coronary bypass industry and the lucrative sales of cholesterol lowering
drugs.
All this evidence makes a strong argument that lack of vitamin C plays a role
in causing arteriosclerosis and that taking large quantities of vitamin C
along with lysine should help narrowed arteries open back up. Large dosages of
vitamin C are safe but may cause loose stools.
Another aspect of Vitamin C therapy that has considerable importance is the
widely acknowledged role that Vitamin C has in healing infections (polio, HIV
etc.) The healing of infections might also be a reason for favorable response
of arteries to high doses of Vitamin C therapy as infections are becoming
recognized as a probable cause for arteriosclerosis.
High Levels Of Lipoprotein (a) Cause Accelerated Arteriosclerosis
Elevation of blood levels of Lipoprotein (a) is considered one of the best
predictors of impending trouble with heart disease. Lipoprotein (a) is a
substance found in the blood that has a "sticky" character. It has a strong tendency
to attach to sites of artery damage. This permits a clumping together with
platelets, calcium, cholesterol and fibrin derived from circulating blood at this
location decreasing the size of the artery. Free flow of blood past this site
is obstructed which may produce symptoms (angina, brain ischemic symptoms and
muscle ischemic symptoms i.e. claudication) or actual occlusion of an artery
(stroke, heart attack, gangrene).
The amino acid N-Acetyl Cysteine has been found to be the most effective
agent to lower lipoprotein (a) levels in the blood. With NAC therapy lipoprotein
(a) levels may decrease by up to 70 %. Obtaining lipoprotein (a) values during
health evaluations is a wise idea. Patients with elevated levels of
lipoptotein (a) should take N-acetyl cysteine 500 mg. twice daily. This can be obtained
from Natural Health Team and health food stores.
Arteriosclerosis Caused By Elevated Homocysteine And Its Correction
Methionine from red meat, milk and milk products is converted in the body
into homocysteine. When the body's stores of B6 (pyridoxine), folic acid and B12
fail to bring this homocysteine down to normal values there is a three times
greater risk of heart attack in males than in males with normal homocysteine
values.
Dr. Kilmer McCulley gets credit for discovering the critical role
homocysteine plays in the genesis of arteriosclerosis. Homocysteine stops the production
of the valuable vasodilating nitric acid, causes blood to thicken, and
facilitates the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, thus setting the stage for an
atherosclerotic plaque and blood clots to form. As more patients are studied it has
become evident that elevated levels of homocysteine are a common cause for
arteriosclerosis (at least 40 % of patients). If you have artery problems, measuring
homocysteine in the blood will frequently provide clear evidence that
homocysteine is causing the problem, not cholesterol.
A Norwegian[12] study discovered that in 587 patients with coronary heart
disease the risk of death within four years was proportional to total plasma
homocysteine level. The risk rose from 3.8 % with homocysteine below 9 micromols
per liter to 24.7 % in patients with homocysteine levels above 15 micromols per
liter.
The only way to be certain that you are getting the proper dosage of folic
acid, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin B6 and trimethylglycine to treat homocysteine excess
is to have regular blood homocysteine tests. Each 3 unit increase in HC
causes a 35% increase[13] in the risk of heart attack.
Trimethylglycine (TMG) also called Glycine Betaine is the most effective[14]
agent to lower homocysteine levels. The usual dose is 500 mg. three times
daily. If Homocysteine levels have not fallen adequately, up to 9000 mg. daily of
TMG may be needed daily.
Folic acid (800 mcg with each meal) and 1000 mcg. of B 12 daily is also
needed.
B6 (pyridoxine) reduces HC by a different method than folic acid. The dose of
B6 should be 100 to 200 mg. daily.
In a patient with previous bypass surgery, anginal chest pain reappeared
along with new areas of blockage of heart arteries. This man was taking 15,000
mcg. of folic acid daily. His blood homocysteine (HC) level was very high risk at
18. On 6 grams daily of trimethylglycine, his HC fell to 4 in one month.
Trimethylglycine functions in treating elevated HC levels by donating methyl
groups, which convert HC to the harmless aminoacid methionine.
Trimethylglycine (Glycine Betaine) can be purchased in health food stores.
Inflammatory Conditions In the Body Predispose To Artery Damage
Inflammation in the body is strongly associated with the development of
occlusion in arteries. For this reason blood tests that measure inflammatory
reactions (sedimentation rate, C reactive protein) have been found to be of great
value in detecting persons who are at higher risk of developing heart attacks
and strokes.
Bacteria and viruses from inflammatory conditions in the body (gingivitis)
and acute infections (cytomegalovirus, Chlamydia pneumonia (TWAR bacteria),
Coxsackie, herpes, etc. appear to be responsible for 25 % of heart attacks and a
similar percentage of strokes. Evidence of bacterial and viral infections in
the walls of arteries have been found by electron microscopy and
immunoflourescence microscopy in many patients. Two hundred reviews about infectious
relationships to arteriosclerosis[15] have been published but this evidence has been
largely ignored as it does not encourage the use of statin drugs which remains
the prime focus of the pharmaceutical industry with their control over the
media and medical community. Infectious disease causes deleterious affects on
blood clotting with sludgy blood flow which promotes vascular occlusion.
Discovering and treating inflammatory conditions like gingivitis may permit patients
to avoid vascular occlusions.
During the weeks preceding a heart attack or stroke many patients have
experienced a bacterial or viral infection. Thirty seven of 166 patients with a
stroke had a bacterial or viral infection[16] within 7 days of the vascular
accident. Eleven of 40 male patients below age 50 had suffered an influenza like
illness within[17] 36 hours of onset of their heart attack.
During infections an inflammatory infectious reaction may be occurring in the
arteries. Infections also are associated with slow sludgy blood flow which
would make it easier for a clot to occlude an already narrowed artery where
blood flow is already slower than normal.
There appears to be a conflict between the concept that high cholesterol
causes arterial disease and the observation that high levels of cholesterol have
an ability to protect against infection. The high cholesterol causing
arteriosclerosis theory is damaged by the observations that:
- Persons with high cholesterol do not have any more arteriosclerosis than
persons with low cholesterol values.
- Lowering cholesterol values by drugs does not cause a decrease in the
amount of arterial disease.
- High cholesterol is associated with longevity in older persons. High
cholesterol occurs in elderly persons with the lowest mortality rates and appears to
protect against infectious illnesses.
- Less than 50 % of persons having heart attacks have abnormal cholesterol
values
Measuring indices of inflammation appears to be a wise preventative health
measure. There is evidence that the statin drugs have an anti-inflammatory
effect and this may be the main reason for any beneficial effects seen with statin
therapy rather than actual lowering of cholesterol values.
Dangerous Foods Cause Arteriosclerosis
The proper diet for patients with angina and heart attacks to follow has been
a source of controversy. The two parts of the world that have the lowest
incidence of arteriosclerotic heart disease are the island of Crete and the
Japanese island of Kohama. People in both these places eat a diet that is high in
linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid. The Cretans get their linolenic acid
from walnuts and purslane, whereas the Japanese islanders are getting their
linolenic acid from non genetically modified soybeans and canola oil (rapeseed
oil).
Researchers in France followed 605 patients after a first heart attack, with
one half receiving the American Heart Association Diet (low cholesterol) and
the other half receiving the Cretan Diet (lots of whole grains, roots, and
green vegetables, fish, daily fruit, chicken and olive oil). The study was
terminated at 27 months and all patients were switched to the Cretan diet because of
dramatic benefits from this diet (see chart)
American Heart Association Diet
Total # of Heart Attacks 33
Deaths from Heart attacks 16
Sudden Death 8
Mediterranean Diet Cretan
Total # of Heart Attacks 8
Deaths from Heart attacks 3
Sudden Death 0
Linolenic acid has two desirable qualities. It makes blood less likely to
clot and prevents ventricular arrhythmias. Note the 8 sudden deaths on the AHA
diet and the absence of sudden death in the Cretan diet.
Sudden death is caused by an electrical gradient being established between an
area of well oxygenated heart muscle and an adjacent area of poorly
oxygenated heart muscle. This gradient often permits a dangerous heart rhythm
(ventricular fibrillation) to occur. This is a condition where purposeless, small,
feeble muscle contractions move no blood and cause instant death. This is seen
often in smokers, when the nicotine constricts a coronary artery so much a
gradient is created leading to ventricular fibrillation. When smokers quit
cigarettes their incidence of sudden death instantly returns to the same as a
nonsmoker. Tragically, in approximately 35 % of individuals, the presence of serious
coronary artery arteriosclerosis is uncovered by the occurrence of sudden death.
Linolenic acid is found mainly in seeds (flax, hemp, soybean, walnut,
pumpkin). It is easily destroyed by light, air, and heat. By the end of 27 months,
the blood linolenic acid levels in the French patients had reached the same
range as those seen in Crete. Notice that all foods consumed in the Cretan diet
will spoil (no processed food).
The processed food diet consumed by 90 % of Americans certainly contributes
to promoting arteriosclerosis. The U.S. soil has been seriously depleted of
nutrients with important minerals lacking. Selenium is no longer found in much of
the U.S. soil. This mineral has dramatic effects in lowering the incidence of
cancer when 200 mcg. is consumed daily.
Highly significant deterioration in the health of U.S. citizens was brought
about by the introduction of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium NPK chemical
fertilizer which has promoted the development of chronic degenerative diseases.
This use of chemical fertilizer instead of manure caused the protein content of
vegetables to drop. Additionally farmers no longer can afford to replace the
vital soil minerals. This has lead to steadily decreasing deficiencies in the
mineral content of food grown from U.S. soil. Humans lacking the trace minerals
from food have failure of proper enzyme function. The trace minerals (zinc,
chromium, manganese, vanadium, selenium etc) are vital to normal enzyme
performance in the body. Many soil samples lack some or most of these minerals and the
quantity of minerals in U.S. soil has been steadily declining since the
introduction of NPK fertilizer.
Numerous foods have been genetically modified which subjects the consumer to
a myriad of unnecessary dangerous problems. No testing for safety could be
done on GMO foods because these GMO foods were likely to increase the incidence
of cancer and degenerative diseases like arteriosclerosis. Powerful
agribusiness forces wanted GMO foods released.
One of the world's leading geneticists Dr. Mae-Wan Ho states "Genetic
engineering bypasses conventional breeding by using artificially constructed,
parasitic, genetic elements, including viruses as vectors to carry and smuggle genes
into cells. The insertion of foreign genes into the host genome has long been
known to have many harmful and fatal effects[18] including cancer of the
organism".
Ninety percent of U.S. families are using synthetic chemical oils to cook
food. These are dangerous transfats that the body has a hard time processing. Use
of this synthetic food causes massive production of free radicals and leads
to the development of Type 2 diabetes, arteriosclerosis and cancer.
The substances Americans think they use in cooking (corn, saffola, canola,
sunflower, and soy oils) are actually chemicals compounds manufactured at high
temperatures using harsh chemicals that completely remove all nutrient value
from food. These chemical oils will not spoil, have no nutritional value and are
very hard for the body to process and eliminate. Prolonged usage of these
synthetic chemical oils leads to arteriosclerosis, Type 2 diabetes and cancer.
These synthetic oils are a major factor in the deteriorating health of the
American people.
The nutrients, vitamins, minerals and fiber have been largely removed from
white bread, white flour, and white rice. Non organic food consumed by most
persons has heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, chemicals and estrogenic
hormones. A simple remedy would be to eat only organic food that spoils.
Increased Clotting Can Produce Heart Attacks And Strokes
An increased tendency of blood to clot can have a major influence in causing
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