Don’t get me wrong, I strongly believe that there is a place in the health care system for cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor and other statin drugs. My problem is that most doctors don’t explain to patients that in at least 90% of cases the person could lower their cholesterol into the ideal range with diet, exercise and supplementation alone.
Why make the effort to lower cholesterol with lifestyle modification if drugs can do it instead? The answer is very simple – statin drugs can ...
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The promoters of coconut oil are happy to tell you that it is a source of medium-chained triglycerides, which, although being mostly saturated fats, do not raise cholesterol levels. What they fail to tell you is that most of the saturated fat in coconut oil are long-chain fatty acids, which do elevate total cholesterol and the really bad cholesterol, known as LDL-cholesterol. Studies investigating the effects of coconut oil on human subjects have shown disturbing findings:
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The most recent study on folic acid and colon cancer reveals that a higher blood level of folic acid, a well known B-vitamin, appears to be an important measure in colon cancer prevention. There has been much debate about this in recent years. Bruce Ames, a leading cancer researcher, pointed out in the Journal of the American Medical Association, many years ago that, low blood folic acid levels increase risk of cancer in many tissues. This is because folic acid is required by cells to make their DNA and RNA (the gene...
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I recently published a paper showing that eating foods high in saturated fat is a prime culprit in raising blood cholesterol levels. It’s amazing how many practitioners have written to me, questioning and challenging this well-established feature of human physiology, based on information they have received from other sources. Don’t be mistaken, high cholesterol is a cardinal risk factor for heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and other vascular problems. Moreover, eating saturated fat, trans-fats and deep fried ...
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Last Saturday, I had the honour of lecturing all day on the subject of nutrition and cancer in the beautiful city of Kelowna, British Columbia. The audience included a registered nurse and medical doctor, who are starting up a clinic that will offer integrative cancer therapies to residents in western Canada. Sally, the nurse, recently came to Toronto to visit the integrative cancer treatment centre, where I work with an oncology nurse and a brilliant medical doctor. Working together, we provide cancer patients wit...
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