Cholesterol Management, (Going beyond statins, arriving at a true understanding)

[HysteryDiagnosis]

http://www.lef.org/LEFCMS/aspx/PrintVersionMagic.aspx?CmsID=118549

Last sentence says it all.

Cholesterol Management

Emerging research into underappreciated aspects of cholesterol biochemistry has revealed that levels of cholesterol account for only a portion of the cardiovascular risk profile, while the properties of the molecules responsible for transporting cholesterol through the blood, called lipoproteins, offer important insights into the development of atherosclerosis.

In fact, the size and density of lipoproteins are important factors for cardiovascular risk – for example, large, buoyant LDL (“bad cholesterol”) particles are much less dangerous than small, dense LDL particles; likewise large, buoyant HDL (“good cholesterol”) particles offer greater vascular protection than smaller, more dense HDL. The development of advanced lipid testing strategies that take the importance of lipoprotein particle size into consideration, such as the Vertical Auto Profile (VAP) or NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) tests, allows a far deeper assessment of cardiovascular risk than a conventional lipid profile utilized by most mainstream medical practitioners.

Furthermore, metabolic processes, such as oxidation and glycation, modify the functionality of lipoproteins, transforming them from cholesterol transport vehicles into highly reactive molecules capable of damaging the delicate endothelial cells that line our arterial walls. This endothelial damage both initiates and promotes atherogenesis. Scientifically supported natural interventions can target the formation of these modified lipoproteins and help avert deadly cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke.

The pharmaceutical industry has been very successful in promoting cholesterol reduction with statin drugs as essentially the most important strategy for reducing cardiovascular risk. However, although the use of pharmaceutical treatment has saved lives, Life Extension has long recognized that optimal cardiovascular protection involves a multifactorial strategy that includes at least 17 different factors responsible for vascular disease.

[Altoid_Cyclist]

1. Thank you for this link. Bookmarked for later reference.

There are days, weeks and months when I feel like just tossing all of my Rx's into the trash.

What a wonderful world it would be if Rx's didn't have their adverse characteristics.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Well this simple 4 or 5 page article covers it but if you are really interested....

there is this:

http://www.amazon.com/Prescription-Drug-Alternatives-All-Natural-Options/dp/0470183993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310688200&sr=8-1


And more importantly this:
http://www.amazon.com/Ignore-Awkward-Cholesterol-Myths-Alive/dp/1453759409/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310688232&sr=1-2
The cholesterol campaign is the greatest medical scandal in modern time. If you have read the author's previous books ´The Cholesteol Myths´ (out of print) or 'Fat and Cholesterol are GOOD for You', you should know that for certain. For instance, according to more than 25 scientific studies old people with high cholesterol live the longest. Another shocking fact is that the authors of a recent American study of more than 130,000 patients with acute myocardial infarction found that on average, their cholesterol was lower than normally. Their finding has already been confirmed by others. What they also found was that three years later, mortality was twice as high among those whose cholesterol was the lowest. Their conclusion? We must lower cholesterol even more! But there is much, much more.

The author's aim with this book is to show how prominent scientists have turned white into black by ignoring all conflicting observations; by twisting and exaggerating trivial findings; by citing studies with opposing results in a way to make them look supportive; and by ignoring or scorning the work of critical scientists. Those who have not read his previous books may not quite understand the width of these misleading processes. He has therefore included a short and simplified review of the most obvious contradictions to the cholesterol hypothesis. At the end he presents what he and his colleague Kilmer McCully think is the real cause, here told in a more simple way than in his previous book.

[laconicsax]

3. Would it kill you to not copy-and-paste supplement advertisements?

It's a neat dodge though, using the "print-friendly" version to hide the fact that the links otherwise come complete with links to buy the recommended products.

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[BuddhaGirl]

5. It's great information

thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

[SidDithers]

6. Oh look, it the Life Extension Foundation again...

:rofl:

Sid

[HuckleB]

7. After all that, the authors admit that they made it all up at the end.

"These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."

:rofl:

[IcyPeas]

8. Lipitor - best selling drug in the world!!

It's being pushed by the pharma industry BIG TIME...

from wiki

Atorvastatin was first synthesized in 1985 .... . With 2008 sales of US$12.4 billion, Lipitor was the top-selling branded pharmaceutical in the world. U.S. patent protection is scheduled to expire in June 2011. However, Pfizer made an agreement with Ranbaxy Laboratories to delay the generic launch in the U.S. until November 2011....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atorvastatin

[mzteris]

9. my son's genetic high-cholesterol dropped

below 200 only after becoming vegetarian. Statins - and a very low-fat diet - brought it down "some" but not enough, but the side affects from the cholostyramine (for an 8 yo) were too severe for him to continue.