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The cholesterol - heart disease scam: How the medical-industrial
complex is raking in billions at our expense
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-cholesterol--heart-di-by-Richard-Clark-081121-736.html
Although a staggering amount of money has been spent on research to
conclusively prove the link between saturated fat, cholesterol and
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), there exists a massive volume of
scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed journals that
completely absolves dietary cholesterol, saturated fat and elevated
blood cholesterol of any harmful role in CHD.
Despite the fact that this research, contradicting the orthodox
hypothesis, has been published in prestigious journals for decades,
and despite the complete failure of the massive low-fat, anti-
cholesterol campaign to lower the overall incidence of CHD, the
cholesterol/saturated fat theory of CHD enjoys almost unanimous
acceptance among health authorities. And yet the amount of
cholesterol formed by the liver is controlled according to the needs
of the body. If dietary cholesterol is increased, a healthy liver
responds by making less cholesterol. However, if the cholesterol in
the diet is decreased, the liver makes more. In this way the body
regulates how much cholesterol is produced for its needs.
Yet at the drop of a hat, no few cardiologists will convince
unsuspecting patients that because they have "high cholesterol" they
should be subjected to an angiogram -- a very expensive and not
completely safe procedure in which a catheter is injected into an
artery in the groin and then pushed all the way up through the aorta
into the region of the heart, where dye is injected into the blood so
that an X-ray machine can see if there might be any blood flow
blockages (blockages that are caused by excessive homocysteine in the
blood). Evidence suggests that high levels of homocysteine in the
blood promotes atherosclerosis (fatty-cholesterol-plaque deposits in
blood vessels) by damaging the inner lining of arteries thereby
causing plaque build up at various points inside arteries, often near
the heart. Fortunately, folic acid, in combination with vitamins B-6
and B-12, helps break down homocysteine in the body, as shown in
several studies. Other studies show that low blood levels of folic
acid are linked with a higher risk of fatal coronary heart disease and
stroke. |
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