Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  The beauty of taking niacin is that it's even complementary when used in conjunction with statin drugs, like Lipitor. A study in the 2002 American Heart Journal showed that a relatively small amount of niacin added to a statin drug regimen led to significant improvements in HDL cholesterol. (Remember, statin drugs are usually good at reducing the "bad" LDL cholesterol but do not have a significant impact on raising the "good" HDL cholesterol. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  So when people try to lower their cholesterol with statin drugs, they often end up with a chronic deficiency of CoQ10. Many times, sadly, their doctors don't even tell them that they need to supplement CoQ10, which is one of the most important things a person needs to do when taking statin drugs. Of course, the number one thing they need to do is find ways to get off of statin drugs, and there are many easy ways to do that, frankly, through superfoods and nutrition, including eating blueberries, engaging in physical exercise, and so on. | | Without CoQ10, you would die in a matter of minutes.
Yet statin drugs, for example, inhibit the production of CoQ10 by interfering with the normal, healthy function of the liver. So when people try to lower their cholesterol with statin drugs, they often end up with a chronic deficiency of CoQ10. Many times, sadly, their doctors don't even tell them that they need to supplement CoQ10, which is one of the most important things a person needs to do when taking statin drugs. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  Surprisingly, some studies champion statin drugs as novel anti-cancer agents. [Clin Cancer Res 7:2067-75, 2001] Over a five-year period, one study did not confirm any association between statin drugs and the risk of cancer. [American Journal Medicine 15;110: 716-23, 2001] But other disturbing studies do confirm a relationship between statin drug use and breast and prostate cancer. [Epidemiology 13: 262-67, 2002] More studies are underway.
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Wherever electricity flows, electric and magnetic fields are present. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  This creates a chain of prescription drug dependence, and I think one of the best examples of this is statin drugs.
Let’s say a person goes to their doctor with high cholesterol levels. The doctor says, "Well, you've got to be on a statin drug for the rest of your life." So the uninformed, ignorant patient says, "Okay, I'll do anything you say, doc," and then starts taking statin drugs. statin drugs, of course, interfere with the production of CoQ10 at the cellular level, throughout the body. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  But also realize that the statin drugs have some significant side effects, and a lot of those side effects are due to the fact that statin drugs poison the enzymes of the mitochondria that produce coenzyme Q10. So if a person takes statin drugs, I would give that person an additional amount of coenzyme Q10 to help relieve the side effects of the prescription drugs. So that's an idea of, you might say, integrated or co-managed care, where we say, okay, you're going to be on the drug, but let's use some natural medicine to relieve the side effects of the drug. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  So-called "evidence-based medicine" has become modern-day quackery. statin drugs, for example, have now been proven to offer absolutely no medical benefit whatsoever to women, with zero reduction in the risk of heart attacks or strokes. HRT drugs have been scientifically proven to actually cause breast cancer and heart attacks, not prevent them. Antidepressant drugs cause diabetes, and diabetes drugs cause liver damage. I could go on, but you get the point. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  It's especially helpful for people who take statin drugs, because statins decrease levels of CQ10, which may be why statins can be associated with muscle cramps and pain— your arteries are literally being starved of energy and are crying for help.
Niacin (vitamin B3)
Sometimes
A dose of 500 milligrams can lower LDL cholesterol and lower triglycerides, and help raise HDL. Take it with aspirin when going to bed to help decrease the risk of hot flashes, a common side effect. You can take a higher dose but need to talk to your doc because higher doses often need to be prescribed (Niaspan). | | In any case, it does seem that men with shorter telomeres respond very well to statin drugs. So if you get your telomeres measured and they are shorter than you'd like, consider a statin.
Figure 11 Shutoff Arteries respond to cholesterol with an inflammatory reaction, so your body calls in immune cells called macrophages. They eat the cholesterol that forms the plaque and bloat up like marshmallows. The resulting foam cells hinder the blood supply to the plaque and increase inflammation, so it cracks—and results in an arterial explosion. | | Help can come in the form of niacin, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin B5, as well as some new-generation fibrate and statin drugs.
Meanwhile, the low-grade inflammation occurring in response to LDL cholesterol (which, combined with inefficient mitochondria, causes the Major Ager of oxidation) sounds the alarm that summons your body's reinforcement immune cells called macrophages. These macrophages eat the LDL cholesterol, becoming engorged with fat and blowing up like marshmallows, then attach to the arterial walls. Pathologists call them foam cells, as they clog the artery walls. | | Inflame Shawe: Your Heart and Arteries
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The anti-inflammatory effect of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can be inhibited by taking more than 200 milligrams of vitamin C or more than 100IU of vitamin E a day in supplement form, so you need to be careful what you take with a statin. much tolerance for blood as you do for drivers who don't understand how to protect your heart, you have to get a wee bit sanguine. | | Finally, despite their lifesaving benefits, statin drugs can uncommonly cause reversible memory loss, a discussion that you should pursue with your doctor if you are more concerned about your memory than your heart. Surprising tidbit: Even over-the-counter cold and allergy medications can contribute to memory problems; in fact, injecting lab animals with the active ingredient in Benadryl (diphenhydramine) is a research model for memory loss that immediately simulates Alzheimer's.
YOU Tip: Learn to Tell a Joke. | | Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help maintain memory by preserving tree architecture, while also reducing inflammation that ages the brain cells directly (more on arterial health in the next chapter).
Your Neurochemicals: Nerve cells communicate with one another via neurotransmitters, chemicals that ferry information from neuron to neuron across the synapses between them. The most common neurotransmitter is called acetylcholine. When levels of this chemical fall, especially in the hippocampus (the part of the brain that controls our memory), we develop cognitive impairment. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  It's worth noting that many researchers believe that the good that statin drugs accomplish has much less to do with their ability to lower cholesterol than their ability to lower inflammation, which is indeed a definite risk for heart disease, as well as a component of Alzheimer's, obesity, and diabetes. The foods in this book are filled with natural anti-inflammatories like the flavonoid quercetin, for example. Spices like turmeric are so incredibly healthy largely because they are anti-inflammatory. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Don't combine grapefruit with the statin drugs lovastatin (Mevacor) or simvastatin (Zocor)... calcium channel blockers, such as amlodipine (Norvasc) and diltiazem (Cardizem).. .benzodiazepine tranquilizers (such as Valium).. .or the antihistamine loratadine (Claritin). Wait one to two hours after taking any of these drugs before having grapefruit or grapefruit juice.
•Bran muffins, whole-grain cereals and other high-fiber foods. Fiber slows the absorption of penicillin, ampicillin and other antibiotics. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  But in reality, there's no need for patients to be on statin drugs for the rest of their lives when foods offer a far more powerful healing benefit with far lower cost and zero risk of side effects.
As long as drug companies and the FDA continue their medical monopoly in the United States, doctors will continue to emerge from medical schools utterly ignorant of the foundations of nutrition. The FDA will regulate, ban or outlaw more herbs and nutritional supplements while Big Pharma pushes patented chemicals as the solution for every health symptom, disorder, or disease... |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | In the fight against heart disease, statin drugs are heavy artillery. Their cholesterol-lowering power has the potential to reduce heart disease, stroke and cardiac death by 25%.
Yet these medications are not for everyone. In two recent surveys, both published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, 60% to 75% of 100,000 people who started taking statins said they discontinued them within an average of eight months.
What goes wrong? If a patient has no insurance, cost is a factor—a month's supply of some statins exceeds $300. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, widely prescribed statin drugs, such as Crestor and Lipitor, block the activity of an enzyme that creates cholesterol in the body—but this action depletes the body of a substance called coenzyme Q10, which is vital for heart health.
Enzyme
A protein that accelerates the rate of chemical reactions, without being damaged or changed by the reactions.
Increased loss of nutrients through the urinary system. Any drug that causes an increase in urination can drain the body's levels of water-soluble nutrients, including B vitamins and minerals such as magnesium and potassium. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Because most prescription drugs -- and statin drugs in particular -- cause nutritional deficiencies. LivingFuel Rx Super Greens helps overcome those deficiencies, giving your body the nutrients it needs to return to full health.
"I strongly recommend LivingFuel Rx Super Greens to anyone who wants to improve their health. I now drink one scoop of LivingFuel each morning with a chocolate avocado smoothie, and I drink a second scoop after a heavy workout. I give this product my highest recommendation and am now recommending it to family and friends. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | The people on the Mediterranean diet experienced 70 percent less heart disease than the group getting the "standard" advice, about three times the reduction in the risk of further heart disease achieved with statin drugs! Their overall risk of death was 45 percent lower than that of the group getting the conventional advice. And—get this— their cholesterol levels didn't change much. Though they had significantly less heart disease and less risk of dying, their cholesterol levels pretty much didn't budge. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  For example, statin drugs continue to be hyped up by drug companies as a miracle pill for high cholesterol. They are heavily promoted by drug companies who, of course, minimize the toxic side effects of these drugs and exaggerate their benefits.
One of the better-known toxic side effects of statin drugs is brain fog. It can also cause confusion, forgetfulness, and chronic muscle pain. To me, these documented side effects indicate the drug is impairing the normal function of the nervous system. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | In the famous Lyon Diet Heart Study, people following the Mediterranean diet, with its high level of monounsaturated fat (the same kind that's in cashews) experienced 70 percent less heart disease risk than is achieved by taking statin drugs. Monounsaturated fat is really good for you!
Hazelnuts Help with High Cholesterol and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Hazelnuts—like pecans—contain beta-sitosterol, a plant sterol that has been found to have two very important properties: One, it lowers cholesterol,
And here's some really interesting trivia for you: "Raw" cashews aren't really raw. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts | | This means that most people living in the modern world have high need for antioxidants—especially when you consider the fact that many commonly used drugs reduce the body's production of such antioxidants as coenzyme Qw (depleted by statin drugs) and glutathione (depleted by the over-the-counter drug acetaminophen, or Tylenol).
How can you keep free radicals at bay? Increase your intake of antioxidants, a family of nutrients with the power to mop them up. | | Graveline, Duane, M.D. Statin Drugs: Side Effects and The Misguided War on Choles-terol. Duane Graveline, 2006.
Websites
International Coenzyme Q10 Association—www.coenzymeqlO.it/home.html: Provides articles, research summaries, and study citations on CoQ10.
Chapter 5: Prescriptions for Arthritis Books
Cass, Hyla, M.D. User's Guide to Vitamin C. Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications, 2003.
Sarno, John, M.D. Healing Back Pain: TheMindbody Connection. New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing, 1991.
Sarno, John, M.D. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  A lot of drugs, most notably statin drugs, greatly interfere with brain function. If you're on statin drugs, and you can't figure out why your memory is fading and why you seem to be unable to concentrate the way you used to be able to, the reason is probably because of the drugs you're on. So you want to get off of those drugs and return to normal, healthy brain function.
Other food ingredients that affect brain function include artificial colors. These have been known to cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Given the cholesterol benefits of aloe and blueberries, statin drugs are actually obsolete. There are natural alternatives that are far safer, less expensive and more effective. Aloe vera is one of them.
Click here to read more articles on aloe vera and cholesterol.
Aloe vera relieves joint and muscle pain
This effect is directly related to the inflammation factor mentioned above. It works when used both internally and externally. Essentially, aloe reduces overall inflammation. Of course, is you continue eating a pro-inflammatory diet (red meat, milk, sugar, white flour, fried foods etc. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  If you take Power Immune on a regular basis, you'll also notice an improvement in triglycerides and cholesterol levels (thanks to the garlic and ginger ingredients), meaning you might also be able to transition off your statin drugs. In fact, there are a number of pharmaceuticals made obsolete by the ingredients found in Power Immune.
But that's not the purpose of this product. It's not meant as an all-around herbal supplement. It has one purpose: To save you from colds, flus and infectious disease. |
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