Tips to Lower Cholesterol Naturally

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suehere — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:07:48 GMT

I cried when I read these comments ..what statins had done to people..why oh why wont anyone listen to me here in the UK I just had to stop taking them and face my GP's wrath...I had memory loss muscle wastage sleeping almost all of the time...couldn't remember my own name let alone names of everyday items..was dribbling....thought I was dying..would be out driving and have TOTAL memory gaps ..NOTHING...very scarey..and no one will or would listen to me....still have the same after 4 years...was funny bright person..now moody..crying...sad...cant think straight...cant concentrate....and if anyone asks me a question..well forget it...I have turned into a little girl again...if I go anywhere I have to take someone with me in case someone asks me an unexpected question as panic sets in...can soo sympathise with the people in these case notes..its like reading my history..i.e man going to shop going home and forgetting to shop I used to lie to my family I was soooo ashamed I thought they may put me away thought I was going crazy...It was like a living death thats the best way I can describe it....am crying as I write this as I thought I was on my own and no one understood ..I stopped taking statins approx 3/4 years ago symptoms not too bad after 1 month but scars still left I never got my memory back as I was a funny bright individual now I just sit around with no interest in anything at all...how I look wether I eat or not wether I go out or not...sometimes I dont eat for days...just sit gazing as concentration level is zero...I live alone but visit family..so daughter notices these things too...not whinging and moanng here these are facts...this is the sum total of my life since starting on these statins that I was given..NOT BECAUSE i NEEDED THEM..BUT...BECAUSE THEY WONT DO YOU ANY HARM AND MAYBE WILL PREVENT A HEART ATTACK IS WHAT I WAS TOLD..

happy retirement eh..they stole my life...

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moneyman4012 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:34:07 GMT

I am 39 year old male. my last blood profile went like this: CHOL-230, TRIG-227, HDL-30, VLDL- 45, LDL-154, Cardiac Risk 7.6 out of 4.5. These numbers scared me. Of Course the doctors want me on medication but after my research this does not look good. Any suggestions

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sTiTch — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:21:51 GMT

To me fighting cholesterol is like blaming firefighters for fire. Yes, there are always there but they not the cause.

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Markk_203 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:37:53 GMT

Re: Whole grain and especially oats.

Dr. Mercola recomments not to use grains. I think that it is partially because grains almost always are consumed cooked - breads, pasta, cookies, cereals, porridge. Uncooked rolled oats (old fashioned or 'quick"), mixed with grated apples, carrots, or any kind of fruit or vegetable juice, as any raw food, are very benefitial. You need to chew the food, in such a case saliva enzymes will start dygestion in the mouse, so such a mixture should not have too much juice in it. I am 69 years old, hvae for breakfast the mentioned mixture of oats and grated apples during the last 5 years, and my digestion problems disappeared. My blood pressure is 115-120/65-70, no medications at all.

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yauboo — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:32:53 GMT

I remember my cholesterol number from 1971. It was 280 and the Doc said it is normal. There was only one cholesterol medication at the time with lots of side effects.

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helpothers — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:22:33 GMT

Take with a grain of salt to those who believe that cholesterol is related to heart disease - this is anecdotal. A friend's husband in his 30s had a heart attack (he did survive) - he was a toothpick of a guy and it was totally unexpected. I asked my friend if he had high cholesterol - she said no. His cholesterol was 148.

Also, I think like Mercola says about nutritional typing, everybody is different. I have had no luck lowering my own cholesterol with niacin, guggul or red yeast rice, but fish oil and policosanol did work for me. It has never been below 200 since having kids. My worst levels were when I was vegetarian - especially my HDL and total chol., and my HDL only went up when I took all the grains out of my diet and ate a lot more protein. Another friend took CoQ10 and lowered hers - that didn't affect mine either. I did see mine lower a lot right after a food elimination diet and it naturally comes down when I can reduce the stress in my life. So I think inflammation is a key but it can be difficult to find the cause of the inflammation in some instances. I personally don't worry about my 260+ cholesterol. I watch my BP, Lpa, homocysteine, crp, insulin.

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Gemini86 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:50:15 GMT

Dr. Mercola, I'm not getting the dividing of numbers here....my total cholestrol is 244, (HDL cholestrol is 97, HDL ratio is 2.5 and LDL 135). My doctor has been telling me for the last two years not to worry about my high cholestrol because I have very high HDL levels. Anyway, I'm dividing the HDL into my total and I'm coming up with 2.5...which basically means I should be dead according my records! (and I know that ain't true) I am doing something wrong. Could you please let me know what you think about VERY HIGH HDL and VERY HIGH LDL? You didn't go over that in your video. Thank you SO much!! p.s. I'm 53 and in generally great shape!

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kennyscientist — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:11:35 GMT

Does cholestrol protect against HIV by absorbing the lipid surface. persons in Africa with AIDS have very low cholesterol. Further those with low serum albumin often have very high cholesterol.

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Into_health — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:40:18 GMT

Last year I applied for life insurance and based on "high" cholestral reading which was under 300, I didn't qualify for their best rates. My HDL, the "good" guy was 89.4. I pointed this out to the insurance company. They wouldn't budge. I ended paying a higher premium for having good health!

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finninam — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:07:14 GMT

Dr. Mercola, is Niaspan considered a sustained release type of naicin?

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Peewee — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:01:56 GMT

Can anyone tell me how to find Dr Mercola's free "Report on Cholesterol"? I saw it only days ago, while researching the subject for my wife's supposedly out of whack cholesterol levels - but I cannot find this article now.

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DrKinnane — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:29:12 GMT

Fifty years of cholesterol lowering pharmaceuticals have not caused the morbidity and mortality rates for cardiovascular disease to change signficantly in the least . In 1950 cardiovascular disease was the number one killer of Americans and in 2009 cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted on what should be a discredited and useless therapy supposedly designed to "cure" cardiovascular disease. When this did not happen they began throwing in the "other risk factors". In truth the whole theory of CV disease being caused by "high cholesterol" is junk science carried to the extreme.

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AwakenedHeart — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:25:37 GMT

Dr. Mercola,

As a long time health practitioner, Natural Vision specialist and now cancer survivor due to the Vitamin D out of balance, I enjoyed your video today. Yes, even during my training with natural vision, the use of light, all kinds, and even some that 'they' say are harmful actually turned people's health around. Of course full-spectrum is best...and the lack of light is what causes most of the light-sensitivity. I wanted to acknowledge your statement about the medical drugs and how the potential for 'not killing us' with them still causes tremendous harm regardless, for a little pregnant is of course, still pregnant. I had Optometrists who worked with me, be totally manipulated into using eye drugs, and RX when the last thing they ever wanted to do was prescribe drugs when there were natural ways of reversing some eye problems. They, like many physicians are actually 'forced' to comply with new protocols in order to stay current, and to stay 'in step' with colleagues even with they don't agree. I had natural optometrists be literally afraid to see and work with my studens when they needed to back-step their RX as their eyesight got better and better for fear of being ostracized. We are in a very sad time in our holistic health time in our world for the drug companies have smuggled themselves into all of the disciplines.. .including funding the making of contacts, and so very much more. We as citizens simply MUST explore alternative ways and this forum is a brilliant way to give us a voice through which to educate, inform and reverse so many things that have NO side effects but good health returned. BRAVO. Now I promote, educate and give solutions in many areas as I did have cancer, reversed it, and other things through the alkalizing of my body in a very particular way with ultimate health water using whole life water. I am so grateful that after all these years, what is natural is, and will always work for our body, for its wisdom is beyond any drug!

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thericker52 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:44:40 GMT

I am taking Zetia. Is that a safer med than satins? My total cholesterol is now 178 (from 260 and higher) I get very little exercize due to a disability. My triglcerides are very high though. My muscle enzymes are high and I have an irregular heartbeat. Only half a colon (diverticulosis) and no gall bladder. Other meds are coumadin, atenolol, terazosin, allopurrinol, neurontin for permanent nerve damage, fish oil, vitamin D3, and prilosec.

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soleprobe — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:16:53 GMT

Several years the 3 or 4 doctors that I visited said my cholesterol was borderline high at about 200 and a casually suggested that it might be a good idea to take medication if I desired to do so. I said to myself if it’s borderline high why don’t he just recommend that I make a few minnow lifestyle changes and that should bring it down. So I did some research on the Internet about cholesterol and found out about the HDL, LDL and triglycerides. According to my research, high triglyceride levels were a more important factor in this regard than high cholesterol levels and if the HDL/LDL ratio was optimal then you could safely have a much higher cholesterol level.

So what I did is I got a blood tests, got the results and noticed that my HDL/LDL ratio was optimal and my triglycerides were very low. So I presented the printout results of this test to another one of my doctors. He too said that I had borderline high cholesterol. Then I asked him what my HDL/LDL ratio was and he took another look and said, “Well when you consider the ratio you’re actually normal.” And when I considered my low triglyceride levels I considered myself to be better than normal.

In short: the few doctors that I’ve seen only look at cholesterol levels and nothing else. They just wanted to leave the door open to get me on drugs.