Slaying the Cholesterol Demons!
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Guy Edwards in Nutrition & Lifestyle
Slaying the Cholesterol Lowering Demon
By Kimberly Hartke | Published: September 10, 2009
The Devil is in the Absence of Details
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Weston A. Price Foundation, a nutrition education non-profit, claims cholesterol is misunderstood. It plays a key role in body chemistry, hormone balance, longevity. But if that is the case, why are we not told? Unfortunately, because the health information released through the media to the public often has a marketing objective. The objective is to sell more drugs.
Cholesterol lowering drugs (know as statins) have serious side effects. They suppress the immune system, they cause cancer, they cause muscle wasting. The pharmaceutical companies promote statins to doctors doing organ transplants, because they know these drugs have immuno-suppressant affects. One should think long and hard about going on them. There are even lifestyle changes that can dramatically improve ones blood lipid profile. But, it is also important to know all the facts. Cholesterol is a valuable and healing substance, it is a vital part of your immune system. If the public knew the whole truth, they would only lower their cholesterol as a last resort.
There is one organization setting out to slay the big fat demon who wants to lower everybody’s cholesterol.
Learn the Health Benefits of Cholesterol
The nutrition education non-profit, Weston A. Price Foundation is an important source of science based facts about the nutritional qualities and health benefits of cholesterol. Here is an excellent article on our website, Cholesterol, Friend or Foe? This article details how our cells are comprised of 50% cholesterol. Our nervous system needs cholesterol. Our digestion and source of vitamin D depends on cholesterol. Turns out, cholesterol is our friend, and we have been misled into believing otherwise.
Here is an excerpt from our recent press release:
WASHINGTON, DC, September 1, 2009–September is National Cholesterol Education Month, when government officials will stress cholesterol reduction as a top priority, claiming that “high levels of cholesterol significantly increase the risk of heart disease.” However, the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education organization, urges citizens to celebrate September by learning about the vital roles of cholesterol in the body chemistry and by embracing nutrient-dense, cholesterol-rich foods.
“Cholesterol is deemed a deadly poison. Most people are afraid of eating foods containing cholesterol and of receiving a diagnosis of ‘high’ cholesterol,” says Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation. “Yet, having adequate cholesterol levels in the body is key to good health. The notion that cholesterol is a villain in the diet is a myth, based on flimsy evidence and opposed by many honest scientists, including prominent lipids researcher, Dr. Mary Enig. But, this theory was promoted by the food processing industry to demonize animal fats, which are competitors to vegetable oils and by the pharmaceutical industry to create a market for the sales of cholesterol-lowering drugs.”
See the entire news release here: Nutrition Activists Celebrate Cholesterol.
Will Parents Accept the Truth About Cholesterol?
A scientist who received our press release, wonders if parents will reject the science which says cholesterol is vital to human health. Here is her question, and the Foundation President’s answer.
Meet the Cholesterol Lowering Skeptics
Here is a link to an excellent article by a medical doctor and scientist, Dr. Uffe Ravnskov, The Benefits of High Cholesterol. He is also the chairman of the International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics. This is a website worth investigating if you want to know the concerns a number of prominent medical professionals have about cholesterol lowering.
If media reporting on medical issues were truly balanced, every time you’d see a report about cholesterol, one of the cholesterol skeptics would be there to explain the other side of the story. But, where in the devil are
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