How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

moo_203 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:57:15 GMT

how do you know if your getting the correct balance of omega 6 to 3 ratio? i don't use veg. oils.
i eat only whole foods and i take fish oil daily and olive oil on salad which contains the 9.. i know omega 6 is in the whole food i eat along with omega 3 ...so would i be getting too much 3's compared to 6's?

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

terryd1960 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:44:37 GMT

I already knew all this, but what the interview DIDN'T say is what foods CAUSE small LDL and which ones will make it bigger (and therefore healthier.) I know one thing about my own body, and that's that animal fat (which comes along with the protein), raises my LDL to astronomical levels, and starches and sugar raise the triglycerides and make me fat, so I'm either skinny with killer LDL and good triglycerides, or fat with with lower LDL and killer triglycerides. In other words, I have metabolic disorder, and diet has not fixed it, although I look, and FEEL better skinny on the higher fat and protein diet than fat on the higher carbohydrate diet. (I tried low-carb, low animal fat dieting, but I was just plain sick and hungry doing that, and I don't lose weight.) I'm sticking to what makes me feel better.

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

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re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

PPARGammaGirl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:34:15 GMT

You have to wonder if statins are fueling an epidemic of early menopause. Sadly (and no doubt deliberately on the part of big pharma) data on this question are lacking.

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

Robubba — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:45:53 GMT

Can HDL take oxidized cholesterol to the liver to unoxidize it? Because if the liver can produce cholesterol from scratch, then I believe it can unoxidize cholesterol.

Such complex machinery just shows how complex we really are, and how only small deviations of our system cause terrible health problems.

It just shows that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

lorray — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:06:40 GMT

This was a terrific interview that seems to truly put into perspective the "real deal" on Cholesterol. Afterall, there is a science and logic to the physiology of the human body and most people are oblivious to the function of cholesterol and are frightened and overwhelmed by the scare that the medical profession and pharmaceutical industry have created. The emphasis on good nutrition and avoidance of substances that cause oxidation in the body is told in a wonderfully straightforward way that is so easy to understand. A collective thanks for the education.
Sincerely, Lori Kaufmann, RN

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

ZPE — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:51:38 GMT

Very interesting interview. Thank you Dr Mercola for educating us about the myths and lies that the drug companies use to protect their profits.

With Lipitor being a US$12B+ industry in it's own right, it is no wonder that they don't want information like this going out about the great cholesterol lie.

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

The Herb Doc — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:36:23 GMT

I have always said this and had the worst time convincing patients that I was not crazy! “But what about the numbers?” they would always say. I said it is the quality not the quantities, we need the stuff! but they kept going back to what the MD drug pushers always said! I am going to put a link to this video that is so well explained – (and by a real MD - not some stupid “Herb Doc”) on my cholesterol page! I love the fact that the size of the stuff is mentioned! The wonderful Chinese herb, Jiao Gu Lan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum – a small vine in the cucumber family) has always worked great for this! It will even lower the numbers that the MDs want but I am sure that is because they become larger in size with not so much room for the numbers.

re: How You Have Been Fooled By Good and Bad Cholesterol

seg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:01:16 GMT

I could'nt access the video will try later , but first and foremost there's no such thing as good and bad cholesterol. Nature or our creator never made anything that bad for us and cholesterol is no exception, WE WOULD SURELY DIE WITHOUT IT.....HDL, LDL, VLDL they all got their uses and functions, but note, if any of these are outta whack, it's a signal that you're doing something wrong, either your diet, or better yet, your lifestlye needs to be checked. Correct them and your on your merry way again......LEAVE THE STATINS ON SHELVES !!!!!!