Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a Senior Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), completed research in 2017 that concluded: “People who take cholesterol lowering drugs had over 2.5 times the risk of developing Alzheimers.”
The brain contains approximately 25% of the body’s total cholesterol, so restricting this essential fat is not good for the mind. Cholesterol is also a necessary precursor for many of our hormones, without which life is just not up to par. Read Hormones Make You Happy to understand more.
Add to this recent finding the fact that 50 YEARS ago, research showed that high cholesterol had little to do with arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, and therefore heart disease.
Dr. Kilmer McCully discovered that cholesterol and clogged arteries are not the causes, but rather the symptoms of heart disease. McCully’s research, published in the American Journal of Pathology in 1969, linked elevated homocysteine levels to heart disease, NOT cholesterol levels. Homocysteine is a naturally occurring amino acid that is damaging if it accumulates in the blood.
Despite McCully receiving numerous awards for his research, including the 1998 Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Award, he lost Harvard University funding and was denied further research jobs for more than two years.
McCully says: “My suggestion was that the cause of arteriosclerosis in the general population was an underlying deficiency of certain B vitamins—B6, B12 and folate (B9), (leading to elevated homocysteine levels). The role of cholesterol and fats was secondary. This was too much for the establishment to take.”
His research unfortunately coincided with industry and pharmaceuticals investing multi millions into the low cholesterol fad, low cholesterol foods, and cholesterol lowering drugs. In other words, it was very un-profitable for this research to be released to the public. B Vitamins are not expensive. Statin drugs sell billions of dollars per year.
When Lorene Benoit first started teaching this in the 1990’s, homocysteine blood tests were rare. They have now become common place for doctors and patients in the know. So if you are at risk of the number 1 North American disease, Cardiovascular Disease, you would be wise to consider taking quality B vitamins and other lowering cholesterol naturally. Do you want to risk having a healthy heart , but spending your golden senior years with Alzheimers? Not many people do.
McCully was also one of the earlier researchers to also suggest that genetic defects can play a significant role in the metabolism these B vitamins—B6, B12 and folate. As genetics studies increase and are refined, more defects have been discovered, indicating that at least 12% of the population are affected. This increases both the amount and type of folic acid needed to keep homocysteine levels in the normal range. Leading edge supplement companies are now producing better assimilated methylated forms.
We have seen significant positive results using either Methyl B Combo, (B12 and folate) and Liquid Methyl B12 ( B12 plus Bs: 1,2,3 & 6).
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Other Factors Contributing to Cardiovascular Disease
When homocysteine levels rise, they damage the cells and tissues of artery linings. In an attempt to repair the damage to arterial walls, the body stimulates growth of artheriosclerotic plaques. This is similar to the body’s process of forming scar tissue to heal an external wound – the plaque is like applying glue to fill in the damaged areas. This is what leads to arterial clogging and heart disease.
Besides lack of or poor metabolism of B Vitamins, there are several other factors that can increase homocysteine levels, leading to greater chance of arteriosclerosis:
- Toxic factors such as cigarette smoking, pharmaceutical drugs, environmental and industrial toxins
- poor nutrition, especially inadequate intake of anti-oxidants required to neutralize free radical damage
- stressful lifestyles – read more about stress and cortisol effects on cholesterol.
Solutions to these are well explained in Chapter 6, “The Road to Wellness: The 4 Pillars of Health” in Lorene Benoit’s book, The Paw Paw Program .
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This is why we suggest for more information, or to get yourself on a daily Health and Vitality Program, contact Lorene Benoit, MHH.
It is always encouraging to get confirmation of my research, even if many years later, by medical doctors – usually those who have finally been convinced that natural is better than pharmaceutical. (Exceptions are EMERGENCY, such as car accidents, broken bones, cardiac arrest, aneurysms).
This extensive article, full of more research than most people will ever want, corroborates pretty much everything I have ever taught about cholesterol.
Not just that statin drugs increase risk of Alzheimer’s, but that decreasing cholesterol can actually increase the RISK OF DEATH by 22%!
What They Don’t Tell Us About Heart Disease
Unpacking the Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins
Story at a Glance:
•There is a widespread belief that elevated cholesterol is the “cause” of cardiovascular disease. However, a large body of evidence shows that there is no association between the two and the real data shows lower cholesterol significantly increases one’s risk of death.
•An alternative model (which the medical industry buried) proposes that the blood clots the body uses to heal arterial damage, once healed, create the characteristic atherosclerotic lesions associated with heart disease.
I will add that injury and inflammation cause the arterial damage, which is the root cause. This results from: nutritional deficiencies (diet), stress, toxic overload.and lifestyle. Healing with natural health, including using the correct herbs at the correct time, in the correct dosages, is the addresses all these issues.
Full article:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-169315654
The research about cholesterol myths just keep coming. This long article tells the history of this myth.
This excerpt summarizes it very well:
Consider the famous Framingham Heart Study, the longest-running cardiovascular study in history. After 30 years of data collection, the directors made a stunning admission buried deep in their report:
“For each 1 mg/dl drop in cholesterol, there was an 11% increase in coronary and total mortality.”
The study found that people whose cholesterol decreased were more likely to die. But this devastating finding was never publicized. Instead, the study continues to be cited as supporting cholesterol reduction. As William Castelli, former director of Framingham, admitted, “In Framingham, Mass., the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower the person’s serum cholesterol.”
The article is extensively covers clots, metabolic dysfunction related to sugar intake, minerals, keto, heart function, and summarizing the deceit:
“The Corporate Conspiracy
The story of how sugar replaced fat in our diets isn’t just a tale of scientific error – it’s a deliberate corporate strategy. As Kendrick reveals through recently uncovered documents, the sugar industry paid scientists to produce research blaming fat for heart disease. They funded studies designed to fail, showing no benefit from sugar reduction. They infiltrated nutritional guidelines committees.”
Billions have been made by Big Pharma because of this deception. The wrong enemy has been identified. The real killers are known. The solutions are available.
The revolution begins with understanding. It succeeds through action. It spreads through truth.
Your heart is waiting.
A few of several references:
Kendrick, Malcolm, MD. The Clot Thickens: The Enduring Mystery of Heart Disease. Columbus Publishing Ltd, 2021.
Kendrick, Malcolm, MD. The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It. John Blake Publishing, 2008.
Cowan, Thomas, MD. Human Heart, Cosmic Heart: A Doctor’s Quest to Understand, Treat, and Prevent Cardiovascular Disease. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016.