New study finds cholesterol meds don't work.
"Can it really be true that statins won't stop heart attacks?"
That was the incredulous headline in a recent edition of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.
They were referring to a damning new analysis from the Cochrane Collaboration, which found that statins don't make a drop of difference for 99.9 percent of all low-risk customers conned into taking them.
Yes, conned -- because these are the customers (let's stop calling them patients) who've made statins into the world's best-selling drugs. They're the millions of people who take these meds every day despite no history of heart attacks or heart disease.
Heck, some don't even have high cholesterol levels.
So why are they taking them? Good question -- because it's certainly not doing them any good: The new study looked at 14 clinical trials involving more than 34,000 customers, and found you'd have to give 1,000 of these people statins every day for an entire year to prevent a single death.
Put another way, that's an absolute reduction of a tenth of a percent -- smaller than a statistical blip.
But hold on a minute, because even that teensy-weensy "benefit" is just a wild exaggeration!
The Cochrane team found evidence of bias and selective reporting of results to favor the meds -- which shouldn't be a stunner since most of the trials in the analysis were funded by statin makers.
And in addition to exaggerating the drug's supposed benefits, the researchers either hid the side effects or never even bothered to report them at all.
So let me report them here: Statins have been linked to intense and debilitating muscle pain, kidney failure, liver dysfunction, and cataracts. Some people have reported severe memory loss.
Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency even warned recently that some statin users suffer from sexual problems, sleep loss, and depression.
So now that the cat's out of the bag and even the mainstream media has spotted it, let's get back to that headline: Can it really be true that statins won't stop heart attacks?
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Yes, its true!
And now, the rest of the world knows it too.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Doctor Has Proof That Acidosis, Not Blocked Arteries Cause Heart Attacks!
G-Strophanthin – A “New” Approach for Heart Disease
By WRF in Alternative Therapies
Coronary artery disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. Despite the increasing sophistication of surgical techniques, the introduction of new techniques such as balloon angioplasty, and a number of new drugs (e.g. beta blockers, calcium antagonists), it is estimated that over 1 million heart attacks will occur this year, resulting in 500,000 deaths. In short, we do not have an adequate therapeutic solution to the problem of myocardial infarction (heart attack).
The cornerstone of therapy for treatment and prevention of myocardial infarction is to remove blockages in coronary arteries that are thought to be the cause of the infarction. This adheres to the widely accepted coronary artery thrombosis theory of infarction; that is, arteries become clogged with plaque, damaged from such things as smoking or high cholesterol. A clot forms a fissure in the plaque. The clot may shut off the blood flow of the coronary artery, causing a heart attack. It is deceptively simple: The coronary arteries are clogged. No blood can flow, so the muscles of the heart cannot be supported, and heart metabolism stops, leading to death.
In Germany, another theory of myocardial infarction has been proposed by Dr. Berthold Kern (1911-1995). Dr. Kern, while performing autopsies in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, observed that the findings of these autopsies did not corroborate the coronary obstruction hypothesis. He began researching the literature, looking for clues as to an alternative etiology. What he found was not only a new theory that may provide the missing piece of the coronary obstruction theory, but a therapy now being used by over 5000 physicians in Germany with reportedly remarkable success.
Dr. Kern’s claims, as set forth in his 1971 informational paper, Three Ways to Cardiac Infarction, can be summarized as follows:
1. The coronary obstruction theory cannot adequately explain observed facts.
2. The major etiologic factor underlying myocardial infarction is a primary chemical destructive process, cause by unchecked metabolic acidosis (accumulation of acid) in the left ventricular tissue and substantially unrelated to coronary artery disease.
3. The regular, clinical use of oral g-strophathin (a cardiac glycoside derived from the West African plant strophanthus gratus):
Prevents lethal myocardial tissue acidosis, and thereby
Substantially reduces the incidence of myocardial infarction and completely prevents infarction deaths.
Dr. Kern’s observations that most myocardial infarctions occur in patients without significant obstruction of the coronary artery supplying the infracted tissue finds great support in the American peer-reviewed literature. Since 1948, over a dozen reports of post-mortem examination of infracted hearts have consistently failed to corroborate the coronary artery thrombosis theory of myocardial infarction. That is, victims of fatal heart attacks have had no evidence whatsoever of coronary occlusion.
An example of the degree of non-confirmation can be ascertained by the following quote from a 1980 article on Circulation:
“These data support the concept that an occlusive coronary thrombus has no primary role in the pathogenesis of a myocardial infarct.” The reviewer went on to note, “These reports also present clear refutation of the most common explanation used today to dismiss autopsy findings which detect no coronary thrombi, i.e. that thrombi existed at infarction but have since lysed, embolized or washed away.”
There does not appear to be any literature that effectively refutes these autopsy findings.
Another source of inconsistent data are the many reports in the literature of myocardial infarction in patients without coronary artery disease, as deduced by normal coronary angiograms. Other autopsy data has revealed widely scattered areas of necrotic tissue that produces a substantial incongruence between the area of infarction and the arterial supply.
In a 1988 editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Twenty years of coronary bypass surgery,” Thomas Killip observed that “Neither the VA [Veterans' Administration] nor CASS [the National Institute of Health's Coronary Artery Surgery Study] has detected a significant difference in long-term survival between the two assigned treatment groups [surgical vs. medical] when all patients have been included…”
More recent work with coronary angioplasty and anti-thrombolytic agents has also failed to demonstrate any clear cut improvements in survival.
Dr. Kern went a step further. In his review of the literature, he came across the notion of collaterals (or anastomoses), a finely-meshed network of small blood vessels that act as natural bypass channels in the heart muscle. These collaterals have been made visible by Professor Giorgio Baroldi in studies at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Baroldi developed a technique for filling the arteries of the heart with artificial blood, a chemical substance that thickens in the blood vessels. When later the tissues were dissolved in acid, the entire structure of blood vessels in the heart was revealed. Kern hypothesized that bypass grafts were created naturally by the body via the collaterals whenever a coronary artery became blocked. Therefore, heart bypass would be redundant to a large degree.
A study by Rentrop et al in the April 1, 1988 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology has produced results completely at odds with the coronary artery blockage theory, and consistent with Kern’s hypothesis. In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Stephen Epstein of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute summarizes Rentrop and colleagues’ “extremely important observations.” They found that in an advanced state of the narrowing of the coronary arteries, the supply of blood to the heart muscles is fully assured via collaterals that enlarge naturally in response to the blockage. Interestingly, they observed that the more the coronaries narrow, the less danger there is of heart infarction.
Dr. Kern’s second claim, i.e. his proposed new theory of metabolic acidosis, can be summarized as follows: Metabolic conditions in the most healthy of hearts are, at best, marginal in the constantly beating left ventricle. This is the part of the heart responsible for pumping blood to most of the body, the right ventricle merely supplying the lungs. Oxygen and energy requirements are always perilously close to available supplies, and any of the several stressors may cause an oxygen/energy deficit, with deterioration in oxidative metabolism, and consequent development of acidosis. Lack of oxygen sets off the process of zymosis or fermentation metabolism, an anaerobic process, in order to produce energy in the cells. This, in turn, lowers the pH.
This lowering of the pH sets off a destructive chemical process, literally a suicide reaction of the cell. Lysozymal enzymes are released, causing cell self-digestion. This starts as a single point in the muscle, then many points, which eventually join to form a small area of necrotic tissue. Finally, a critical mass is reached, no bigger than the head of a pin, which triggers larger and larger areas of damaged tissue, resulting in infarction (heart attack).
Ideally then, the remedy to address infarction would be a restoration of pH balance to the heart muscle, thereby preventing tissue damage and fatal infarction. The problem Kern faced was how to accomplish this without causing positive inotropy [increasing the strength of the muscular contraction], i.e. without putting further stress on the contracting heart muscle itself. The cardiac glycosides, including digitalis and the strophanthin byproduct known as ouabain, are known to produce such a deleterious effect, and this is why they are not effective against infarction.
This is where Kern made an important re-discovery. In reviewing the literature, he came across the work of Dr. Edens, who in the 1920s had reported on a qualitatively different effect of strophanthin given intravenously versus orally. Specifically, the positive inotropic effects [that is, increasing contraction] that accompanied intravenous administration were not observed with oral administration.
This important observation has been confirmed in a study by Belz published in the European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in 1984. Utilizing a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind methodology, the researchers found that the intravenous ouabain (strophanthin) produced the expected increase in cardiac inotropy. However, the investigators stated quite definitely that, “… the single sublingual (oral) dose of ouabain did not exert a positive inotropic effect.”
The postulated mechanism of action, based on animal research done by Adams, Powell and Erdmann, is that there are two receptors in the heart: “High affinity” and “Low affinity.” It is thought that intravenous administration triggers low affinity receptors, and thus positive inotropy. High affinity receptors, on the other hand, react to small concentrations of g-strophanthin via oral administration, thereby avoiding the dangerous effect of positive inotropy.
Dr. Kern reported results of his clinical practice in Stuttgart over the period 1947-1968 involving over 15,000 patients. His patients treated with oral g-strophanthin experienced no fatal infarcts and only 20 non-fatal heart infarcts. These patients included many suffering infarction prior to entering the study. In contrast with these results, government statistics for the same time period would have predicted over 120 fatal heart attacks and over 400 non-fatal infarctions in a group of patients this size.
Currently, there are approximately 5000 M.D.s in Germany using and prescribing oral g-strophanthin. The booklet Eine Dokumentation ambulanz-kardiologischer Therapie Ergebnisse nach Anwendung oralen g-strophanthin represents the results of a survey wherein 3645 medical doctors made statements on use of this remedy in their practices from 1976 to 1983. Of these, 3552 gave exclusively positive testimony with no reservations. No one gave a negative response.
In addition to accumulating clinical experience, a number of studies have demonstrated excellent results with oral g-strophanthin. One fascinating report in a real-life setting took place at a German coal mine. During the period 1972-1974, miners suffered episodes of acute chest pain 229 times. Medical help was a two-hour ride away, and 11 miners died during this period. From 1975-1980, all miners who experienced acute chest pain (280 episodes) were immediately given oral g-strophanthin. During this period, which was twice as long as the comparison period, no miners died after the onset of symptoms. No toxic side effects were observed. Many variables were studied, i.e. age better access to treatment, different working conditions, etc to ensure comparability of observation periods.
A rigorous, double blind, randomized control study of oral g-strophanthin in the treatment of angina showed impressive results at statistically different levels. After fourteen days, 81% of patients in the treated group experienced a reduction in attacks, while in the control group, 72% receiving placebos registered an increase in attacks.
In a study of 150 seriously ill heart patients, who altogether had 254 heart attacks, oral g-strophanthin was successful in 85% of the cases. Dr. Dohrmann, who conducted the study, observed, “A positive result was registered when the severe heart attack abated at least five minutes after the g-strophanthin capsule was bitten through, and after ten minutes at the latest, they disappeared completely.”
A consistent feature of clinical reports using oral g-strophanthin is the absence of side effects. The cost of this remedy, which is currently available to German physicians and their patients, is approximately $30 per month for typical use.
At this point, every indication suggests that oral g-strophanthin may be a significant breakthrough in the treatment and prevention of myocardial infarction. What is needed is a definitive American clinical trial.
At an annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans, it was mentioned that every year one million US citizens suffer a heart attack. Of these, about 60 percent get to the hospital alive. About 16 percent never leave the hospital, and a further 10 percent die within a year. This should be keen motivation for a complete and intensive investigation of the benefits of g-strophanthin.
The prospect of replacing heart bypass surgery with a safer, more effective, and less expensive treatment may be another reason to interest other parties in funding American research on oral g-strophanthin.
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Bill's Comments
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Acidosis, the over acidity of body fluids, appears to be at the heart of all degenerative diseases. This great doctor's research certainly proves that heart attacks are. Discover more about acidosis, the damage it can do and how to combat it.
By WRF in Alternative Therapies
Coronary artery disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. Despite the increasing sophistication of surgical techniques, the introduction of new techniques such as balloon angioplasty, and a number of new drugs (e.g. beta blockers, calcium antagonists), it is estimated that over 1 million heart attacks will occur this year, resulting in 500,000 deaths. In short, we do not have an adequate therapeutic solution to the problem of myocardial infarction (heart attack).
The cornerstone of therapy for treatment and prevention of myocardial infarction is to remove blockages in coronary arteries that are thought to be the cause of the infarction. This adheres to the widely accepted coronary artery thrombosis theory of infarction; that is, arteries become clogged with plaque, damaged from such things as smoking or high cholesterol. A clot forms a fissure in the plaque. The clot may shut off the blood flow of the coronary artery, causing a heart attack. It is deceptively simple: The coronary arteries are clogged. No blood can flow, so the muscles of the heart cannot be supported, and heart metabolism stops, leading to death.
In Germany, another theory of myocardial infarction has been proposed by Dr. Berthold Kern (1911-1995). Dr. Kern, while performing autopsies in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, observed that the findings of these autopsies did not corroborate the coronary obstruction hypothesis. He began researching the literature, looking for clues as to an alternative etiology. What he found was not only a new theory that may provide the missing piece of the coronary obstruction theory, but a therapy now being used by over 5000 physicians in Germany with reportedly remarkable success.
Dr. Kern’s claims, as set forth in his 1971 informational paper, Three Ways to Cardiac Infarction, can be summarized as follows:
1. The coronary obstruction theory cannot adequately explain observed facts.
2. The major etiologic factor underlying myocardial infarction is a primary chemical destructive process, cause by unchecked metabolic acidosis (accumulation of acid) in the left ventricular tissue and substantially unrelated to coronary artery disease.
3. The regular, clinical use of oral g-strophathin (a cardiac glycoside derived from the West African plant strophanthus gratus):
Prevents lethal myocardial tissue acidosis, and thereby
Substantially reduces the incidence of myocardial infarction and completely prevents infarction deaths.
Dr. Kern’s observations that most myocardial infarctions occur in patients without significant obstruction of the coronary artery supplying the infracted tissue finds great support in the American peer-reviewed literature. Since 1948, over a dozen reports of post-mortem examination of infracted hearts have consistently failed to corroborate the coronary artery thrombosis theory of myocardial infarction. That is, victims of fatal heart attacks have had no evidence whatsoever of coronary occlusion.
An example of the degree of non-confirmation can be ascertained by the following quote from a 1980 article on Circulation:
“These data support the concept that an occlusive coronary thrombus has no primary role in the pathogenesis of a myocardial infarct.” The reviewer went on to note, “These reports also present clear refutation of the most common explanation used today to dismiss autopsy findings which detect no coronary thrombi, i.e. that thrombi existed at infarction but have since lysed, embolized or washed away.”
There does not appear to be any literature that effectively refutes these autopsy findings.
Another source of inconsistent data are the many reports in the literature of myocardial infarction in patients without coronary artery disease, as deduced by normal coronary angiograms. Other autopsy data has revealed widely scattered areas of necrotic tissue that produces a substantial incongruence between the area of infarction and the arterial supply.
In a 1988 editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine titled “Twenty years of coronary bypass surgery,” Thomas Killip observed that “Neither the VA [Veterans' Administration] nor CASS [the National Institute of Health's Coronary Artery Surgery Study] has detected a significant difference in long-term survival between the two assigned treatment groups [surgical vs. medical] when all patients have been included…”
More recent work with coronary angioplasty and anti-thrombolytic agents has also failed to demonstrate any clear cut improvements in survival.
Dr. Kern went a step further. In his review of the literature, he came across the notion of collaterals (or anastomoses), a finely-meshed network of small blood vessels that act as natural bypass channels in the heart muscle. These collaterals have been made visible by Professor Giorgio Baroldi in studies at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
Baroldi developed a technique for filling the arteries of the heart with artificial blood, a chemical substance that thickens in the blood vessels. When later the tissues were dissolved in acid, the entire structure of blood vessels in the heart was revealed. Kern hypothesized that bypass grafts were created naturally by the body via the collaterals whenever a coronary artery became blocked. Therefore, heart bypass would be redundant to a large degree.
A study by Rentrop et al in the April 1, 1988 issue of The American Journal of Cardiology has produced results completely at odds with the coronary artery blockage theory, and consistent with Kern’s hypothesis. In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Stephen Epstein of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute summarizes Rentrop and colleagues’ “extremely important observations.” They found that in an advanced state of the narrowing of the coronary arteries, the supply of blood to the heart muscles is fully assured via collaterals that enlarge naturally in response to the blockage. Interestingly, they observed that the more the coronaries narrow, the less danger there is of heart infarction.
Dr. Kern’s second claim, i.e. his proposed new theory of metabolic acidosis, can be summarized as follows: Metabolic conditions in the most healthy of hearts are, at best, marginal in the constantly beating left ventricle. This is the part of the heart responsible for pumping blood to most of the body, the right ventricle merely supplying the lungs. Oxygen and energy requirements are always perilously close to available supplies, and any of the several stressors may cause an oxygen/energy deficit, with deterioration in oxidative metabolism, and consequent development of acidosis. Lack of oxygen sets off the process of zymosis or fermentation metabolism, an anaerobic process, in order to produce energy in the cells. This, in turn, lowers the pH.
This lowering of the pH sets off a destructive chemical process, literally a suicide reaction of the cell. Lysozymal enzymes are released, causing cell self-digestion. This starts as a single point in the muscle, then many points, which eventually join to form a small area of necrotic tissue. Finally, a critical mass is reached, no bigger than the head of a pin, which triggers larger and larger areas of damaged tissue, resulting in infarction (heart attack).
Ideally then, the remedy to address infarction would be a restoration of pH balance to the heart muscle, thereby preventing tissue damage and fatal infarction. The problem Kern faced was how to accomplish this without causing positive inotropy [increasing the strength of the muscular contraction], i.e. without putting further stress on the contracting heart muscle itself. The cardiac glycosides, including digitalis and the strophanthin byproduct known as ouabain, are known to produce such a deleterious effect, and this is why they are not effective against infarction.
This is where Kern made an important re-discovery. In reviewing the literature, he came across the work of Dr. Edens, who in the 1920s had reported on a qualitatively different effect of strophanthin given intravenously versus orally. Specifically, the positive inotropic effects [that is, increasing contraction] that accompanied intravenous administration were not observed with oral administration.
This important observation has been confirmed in a study by Belz published in the European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology in 1984. Utilizing a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind methodology, the researchers found that the intravenous ouabain (strophanthin) produced the expected increase in cardiac inotropy. However, the investigators stated quite definitely that, “… the single sublingual (oral) dose of ouabain did not exert a positive inotropic effect.”
The postulated mechanism of action, based on animal research done by Adams, Powell and Erdmann, is that there are two receptors in the heart: “High affinity” and “Low affinity.” It is thought that intravenous administration triggers low affinity receptors, and thus positive inotropy. High affinity receptors, on the other hand, react to small concentrations of g-strophanthin via oral administration, thereby avoiding the dangerous effect of positive inotropy.
Dr. Kern reported results of his clinical practice in Stuttgart over the period 1947-1968 involving over 15,000 patients. His patients treated with oral g-strophanthin experienced no fatal infarcts and only 20 non-fatal heart infarcts. These patients included many suffering infarction prior to entering the study. In contrast with these results, government statistics for the same time period would have predicted over 120 fatal heart attacks and over 400 non-fatal infarctions in a group of patients this size.
Currently, there are approximately 5000 M.D.s in Germany using and prescribing oral g-strophanthin. The booklet Eine Dokumentation ambulanz-kardiologischer Therapie Ergebnisse nach Anwendung oralen g-strophanthin represents the results of a survey wherein 3645 medical doctors made statements on use of this remedy in their practices from 1976 to 1983. Of these, 3552 gave exclusively positive testimony with no reservations. No one gave a negative response.
In addition to accumulating clinical experience, a number of studies have demonstrated excellent results with oral g-strophanthin. One fascinating report in a real-life setting took place at a German coal mine. During the period 1972-1974, miners suffered episodes of acute chest pain 229 times. Medical help was a two-hour ride away, and 11 miners died during this period. From 1975-1980, all miners who experienced acute chest pain (280 episodes) were immediately given oral g-strophanthin. During this period, which was twice as long as the comparison period, no miners died after the onset of symptoms. No toxic side effects were observed. Many variables were studied, i.e. age better access to treatment, different working conditions, etc to ensure comparability of observation periods.
A rigorous, double blind, randomized control study of oral g-strophanthin in the treatment of angina showed impressive results at statistically different levels. After fourteen days, 81% of patients in the treated group experienced a reduction in attacks, while in the control group, 72% receiving placebos registered an increase in attacks.
In a study of 150 seriously ill heart patients, who altogether had 254 heart attacks, oral g-strophanthin was successful in 85% of the cases. Dr. Dohrmann, who conducted the study, observed, “A positive result was registered when the severe heart attack abated at least five minutes after the g-strophanthin capsule was bitten through, and after ten minutes at the latest, they disappeared completely.”
A consistent feature of clinical reports using oral g-strophanthin is the absence of side effects. The cost of this remedy, which is currently available to German physicians and their patients, is approximately $30 per month for typical use.
At this point, every indication suggests that oral g-strophanthin may be a significant breakthrough in the treatment and prevention of myocardial infarction. What is needed is a definitive American clinical trial.
At an annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans, it was mentioned that every year one million US citizens suffer a heart attack. Of these, about 60 percent get to the hospital alive. About 16 percent never leave the hospital, and a further 10 percent die within a year. This should be keen motivation for a complete and intensive investigation of the benefits of g-strophanthin.
The prospect of replacing heart bypass surgery with a safer, more effective, and less expensive treatment may be another reason to interest other parties in funding American research on oral g-strophanthin.
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Bill's Comments
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Acidosis, the over acidity of body fluids, appears to be at the heart of all degenerative diseases. This great doctor's research certainly proves that heart attacks are. Discover more about acidosis, the damage it can do and how to combat it.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Harvard Researcher Pressured by Glaxo-Smith Kline to Withold Research Report!
Like a story pulled straight from the pages of an undercover-detective novel, the New York Times yesterday reported on the details of a private meeting that took place between Dr Nissen and GlaxoSmithKline executives just before the release of a Meta Study of the safety of its premier drug, Avandia.
Concerns about the cardiovascular safety profile of rosiglitazone (Avandia) gained widespread attention with the publication of the 2007 meta-analysis by Dr Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolski (Cleveland Clinic, OH). In that analysis of 42 trials, the use of rosiglitazone was associated with a 43% increased risk of MI and a borderline but statistically insignificant 64% increase in risk of cardiovascular death. (Note, other sources claim that over 900 diabetics Avandia patients died in the 4th Quarter of 2009 of heart attacks!)
Meeting in 2007, just a week before his meta-analysis was to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Dr David Nathan (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, secretly recorded the meeting out of fears he would face pressure from the company. In the taped conversation, Nissen, who shared the recording with the Times, said GlaxoSmithKline wanted him not to publish his study and wait for the results of the Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycemia in Diabetes (RECORD) trial instead.
According to the Times article, Dr Ronald Krall, the company's chief medical officer, almost predicts the final results of that study, even though the results should not have been known at the time. At one point, he asks Nissen what he would do if, hypothetically, RECORD showed a hazard ratio of 1.12, which was very close to the 1.11 hazard ratio for hospitalizations or death from cardiovascular causes that RECORD did show.
Krall denies knowing the results of RECORD, saying he did not learn of them until later.
Equally strange, the meeting played out with GlaxoSmithKline having inappropriately seen the full results of Nissen's yet-unpublished meta-analysis, although neither party discussed the results. As reported previously, Dr Steven Haffner (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the NEJM meta-analysis,leaked the paper to the company weeks ahead of publication.
The NYT article also notes that in the Senate report, GlaxoSmithKline is taken to task by Congress for threatening researchers critical of the drug's safety profile. For example, the company complained to the supervisors of Dr John Buse (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), a researcher who also gave presentations warning of rosiglitazone's risks.
GSK's reaction to the lasted study linking Avandia with death and heart trouble was to issue a Press Release saying that the study's findings were unscientific. They suggested a conclusive study, a huge, randomized study be undertaken to prove the drugs safety. However, it would not be concluded until 2020, which would give them time to pull Billions and Billions of additional profits from the suspect drug and perhaps kill thousands and thousands more.
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Bill's Comments
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So much for the Scientific Method! If it hurts profits, Fuggedabouit!
In the meantime, safe, inexpensive CURES for Type 2 diabetes are dismissed by Big Pharma and the Medical Mafia because they were not studied in "Double Blind Scientific Studies!"
Discover how Dr Batmanghelidij, a classically trained Gastroenterologist, routinely, for over 20 years, CURED Type 2 diabetes with Water! http://I-Beat-Diabetes.Com
Concerns about the cardiovascular safety profile of rosiglitazone (Avandia) gained widespread attention with the publication of the 2007 meta-analysis by Dr Steven Nissen and Kathy Wolski (Cleveland Clinic, OH). In that analysis of 42 trials, the use of rosiglitazone was associated with a 43% increased risk of MI and a borderline but statistically insignificant 64% increase in risk of cardiovascular death. (Note, other sources claim that over 900 diabetics Avandia patients died in the 4th Quarter of 2009 of heart attacks!)
Meeting in 2007, just a week before his meta-analysis was to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Dr David Nathan (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, secretly recorded the meeting out of fears he would face pressure from the company. In the taped conversation, Nissen, who shared the recording with the Times, said GlaxoSmithKline wanted him not to publish his study and wait for the results of the Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of Glycemia in Diabetes (RECORD) trial instead.
According to the Times article, Dr Ronald Krall, the company's chief medical officer, almost predicts the final results of that study, even though the results should not have been known at the time. At one point, he asks Nissen what he would do if, hypothetically, RECORD showed a hazard ratio of 1.12, which was very close to the 1.11 hazard ratio for hospitalizations or death from cardiovascular causes that RECORD did show.
Krall denies knowing the results of RECORD, saying he did not learn of them until later.
Equally strange, the meeting played out with GlaxoSmithKline having inappropriately seen the full results of Nissen's yet-unpublished meta-analysis, although neither party discussed the results. As reported previously, Dr Steven Haffner (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio), a peer reviewer for the NEJM meta-analysis,leaked the paper to the company weeks ahead of publication.
The NYT article also notes that in the Senate report, GlaxoSmithKline is taken to task by Congress for threatening researchers critical of the drug's safety profile. For example, the company complained to the supervisors of Dr John Buse (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), a researcher who also gave presentations warning of rosiglitazone's risks.
GSK's reaction to the lasted study linking Avandia with death and heart trouble was to issue a Press Release saying that the study's findings were unscientific. They suggested a conclusive study, a huge, randomized study be undertaken to prove the drugs safety. However, it would not be concluded until 2020, which would give them time to pull Billions and Billions of additional profits from the suspect drug and perhaps kill thousands and thousands more.
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Bill's Comments
************************************************************************************
So much for the Scientific Method! If it hurts profits, Fuggedabouit!
In the meantime, safe, inexpensive CURES for Type 2 diabetes are dismissed by Big Pharma and the Medical Mafia because they were not studied in "Double Blind Scientific Studies!"
Discover how Dr Batmanghelidij, a classically trained Gastroenterologist, routinely, for over 20 years, CURED Type 2 diabetes with Water! http://I-Beat-Diabetes.Com
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Vitamin E Very Effective Protects Diabetics From Heart Attacks!
A study published in the Journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology revealed that our body needs an antioxidant protein called haptoglobin that prevents inflammation of the artery walls and this wards off cardiovascular events like heart attacks.
While most diabetics are deficient in antioxidants, some diabetics have a genetic condition (Hp 2-2) that causes a deficiency of haptoglobin making them even more prone to cardiovascular damage.
A group of Israeli researchers discovered that vitamin E supplements were able to thwart heart attacks in diabetics, even those with the Hp 2-2 gene. They studied the effects of vitamin E on 1,400 type 2 diabetics with the Hp 2-2 gene and over 55 years old. They were divided into 2 groups - with one receiving placebo and the other 400 IU vitamin E daily.
At 18 months, the results showed that the placebo group had twice the number of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular related deaths. Because of such a phenomenal result, the trial was terminated early and all the placebo patients were put on vitamin E supplementation.
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The conclusion is that Vitamin E is a protector of the cardiovascular system. Without an adequate supply of vitamin E and other antioxidants, diabetics will suffer deadly complications of the disease. That is why their glucose lowering drugs have little to no impact on the progression of diabetes because they do not address the underlying disease, which is caused by free radicals (which the antioxidants eliminate) and over acidity of the blood, which also damages blood vessels and is neutralized with an alkaline diet.
For more information on alkaline diets, alkaline water and antioxidant supplementation, GO HERE!
While most diabetics are deficient in antioxidants, some diabetics have a genetic condition (Hp 2-2) that causes a deficiency of haptoglobin making them even more prone to cardiovascular damage.
A group of Israeli researchers discovered that vitamin E supplements were able to thwart heart attacks in diabetics, even those with the Hp 2-2 gene. They studied the effects of vitamin E on 1,400 type 2 diabetics with the Hp 2-2 gene and over 55 years old. They were divided into 2 groups - with one receiving placebo and the other 400 IU vitamin E daily.
At 18 months, the results showed that the placebo group had twice the number of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular related deaths. Because of such a phenomenal result, the trial was terminated early and all the placebo patients were put on vitamin E supplementation.
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The conclusion is that Vitamin E is a protector of the cardiovascular system. Without an adequate supply of vitamin E and other antioxidants, diabetics will suffer deadly complications of the disease. That is why their glucose lowering drugs have little to no impact on the progression of diabetes because they do not address the underlying disease, which is caused by free radicals (which the antioxidants eliminate) and over acidity of the blood, which also damages blood vessels and is neutralized with an alkaline diet.
For more information on alkaline diets, alkaline water and antioxidant supplementation, GO HERE!
Monday, September 7, 2009
The True Cause of Heart Disease and How to Cure It!
For decades you have been told that a fatty diet, resulting in high cholesterol, is the culprit for heart disease.
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Cholesterol is Not the Cause of Heart Disease, This is...
For decades you have been told that a fatty diet, resulting in high cholesterol, is the culprit for heart disease.
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient, collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a free, confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory? “In spite of the fact that there was no initial evidence to support the low-fat theory in the first place, the diet continues to be the focus of the government, the medical establishment, and almost every food manufacturer in this country.
Why? Profit for everyone except the consumer soon to be heart patient, collectively putting Billions of dollars into the covers of the Medical Mafia!
Study after study in the medical journals show that the accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Oxidation of the artery walls by free radicals, also known as inflammation.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries. It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when abnormal LDL cholesterol, transformed by high blood sugar (acidosis) and/or oxidation moves into the arterial wall.
Then the immune system in response to the inflamation, causes the arterial wall to bring in the circulating white blood cells, which in turn enter into the arterial wall.
The white blood cells do their job and consume the abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells become overloaded with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become 'foam cells'. A collection of these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall.
As the artery tries to heal itself, smooth muscle migrates to cover the plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued inflammation causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and eventually rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart disease in your body!
This is best accomplished by a combination of:
An Alkaline Diet
Proper Exercise
Certain Antioxidant Nutritional Supplements
Heart Supporting Herbs
Meditation/Prayer
Iodized Antioxidant Water
Of these measures, the administration of the Ionized Antioxidant Water is the most acute. It immediately acts to eliminate the harmful acids from the blood caused by chronic ingestion of acidic food and excess blood sugar.
Most importantly it floods the body with an avalanche of free radical fighting antioxidants.
It reinforces and supports the body's key antioxidants which protect the walls of the cardiovascular system from oxidation/inflammation by free radicals. Some of these antioxidants such as Vitamin E (tocotrienols) can actually remove the plaque buildup from the walls of the blood vessels, dramatically reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke.
Subsequently, the rest of the regimen can be implemented as soon as feasible.
Click here to find out how over acidity and free radicals damage the Cardio Vascular System and how the Ionizing Alkalized Water can protect the body, click here:
Kangen Water!
Contact me for a free, confidential, no obligation consultation if you would like to set up a custom program to implement this heart attack/stroke prevention program for you and your loved ones.
Bill Young,
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
NutritionTherapyCoach@gmail.com
Friday, September 4, 2009
The Low Down on Alpha Lipoic Acid
What It Is:
Alpha-lipoic acid (or lipoic acid) is the body's master anti-oxidant, able to neutralize harmful chemicals known as free radicals. Free radicals are at the root of many, many seemingly disparate diseases, such as high blood pressure, psychological and brain disorders and diabetic neuropathy.
It is naturally produced in the body and found in small amounts in foods such as liver and spinach. assisting in the conversion of glucose to energy.
It can fight free radicals that operate in both water and fat, as opposed to the anti-oxidants vitamin E (which works only in fat) and vitamin C (which works only in water). It also "stands in" for these antioxidants when they are unavailable. It also regenerates these other anti-oxidants after they have neutralized free radicals.
What It Does:
Diabetes:
As an oral supplement alpha-lipoic acid has been used to reduce symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in diabetes patients in Europe for 2 decades.
It treats and alleviates symptoms such as burning, pain, numbness, and prickling of the feet and legs. The numbness is especially serious as it can allow sores and wounds to fester without the knowledge of the patient, necessitating amputation when gangrene sets in.
There is evidence that alpha-lipoic acid supplements may also help diabetic patients in many areas including helping convert sugar to glycogen. It also lessens damage to the heart, kidneys and small blood vessel which also affects the onset of diabetic retinopathy which has made diabetes the leading cause of blindness.
Alpha-lipoic acid may also improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, but it doesn't seem to lower glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c) levels.
Other Conditions:
Alpha-lipoic acid may be helpful in treating burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a condition characterized by unexplained scalding sensations in the mouth. Preliminary studies suggest that it might also help prevent or treat a myriad of conditions including age-related hearing loss, glaucoma, cancer, and cataracts. Its antioxidant effects might provide protection in cerebral ischemia, other causes of damage to brain or neural tissue, mitochondrial dysfunction, liver disease, aminoglycoside-induced cochlear damage, heavy metal and chemical poisoning and radiation exposure. Alpha-lipoic acid inhibits replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro and, in AIDS patients, might improve blood antioxidant status and increase T-helper lymphocytes and T-helper to T-helper suppressor cell ratio.
To find out more about the underlying causes of most chronic diseases and how antioxidants and alkalizers can help prevent, control or cure them, click here:
For more info call me:
Bill Young, Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Alpha-lipoic acid (or lipoic acid) is the body's master anti-oxidant, able to neutralize harmful chemicals known as free radicals. Free radicals are at the root of many, many seemingly disparate diseases, such as high blood pressure, psychological and brain disorders and diabetic neuropathy.
It is naturally produced in the body and found in small amounts in foods such as liver and spinach. assisting in the conversion of glucose to energy.
It can fight free radicals that operate in both water and fat, as opposed to the anti-oxidants vitamin E (which works only in fat) and vitamin C (which works only in water). It also "stands in" for these antioxidants when they are unavailable. It also regenerates these other anti-oxidants after they have neutralized free radicals.
What It Does:
Diabetes:
As an oral supplement alpha-lipoic acid has been used to reduce symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in diabetes patients in Europe for 2 decades.
It treats and alleviates symptoms such as burning, pain, numbness, and prickling of the feet and legs. The numbness is especially serious as it can allow sores and wounds to fester without the knowledge of the patient, necessitating amputation when gangrene sets in.
There is evidence that alpha-lipoic acid supplements may also help diabetic patients in many areas including helping convert sugar to glycogen. It also lessens damage to the heart, kidneys and small blood vessel which also affects the onset of diabetic retinopathy which has made diabetes the leading cause of blindness.
Alpha-lipoic acid may also improve blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, but it doesn't seem to lower glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c) levels.
Other Conditions:
Alpha-lipoic acid may be helpful in treating burning mouth syndrome (BMS), a condition characterized by unexplained scalding sensations in the mouth. Preliminary studies suggest that it might also help prevent or treat a myriad of conditions including age-related hearing loss, glaucoma, cancer, and cataracts. Its antioxidant effects might provide protection in cerebral ischemia, other causes of damage to brain or neural tissue, mitochondrial dysfunction, liver disease, aminoglycoside-induced cochlear damage, heavy metal and chemical poisoning and radiation exposure. Alpha-lipoic acid inhibits replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in vitro and, in AIDS patients, might improve blood antioxidant status and increase T-helper lymphocytes and T-helper to T-helper suppressor cell ratio.
To find out more about the underlying causes of most chronic diseases and how antioxidants and alkalizers can help prevent, control or cure them, click here:
For more info call me:
Bill Young, Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Monday, August 31, 2009
Cold, Hard Mortality Facts on People with Diabetes
According to the Diabetic Information Clearing House, diabetes is more than high blood sugar:
Diabetics are twice as likely to die at a given age than non diabetics.
Diabetics are 2-4 times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to a non diabetic.
80% of diabetics will die of a heart attack or stroke
75% of diabetics have high blood pressure
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the age group 20-74
Diabetes is the leading cause of Kidney failure in the US
About 70% of diabetics have or will develop damage to their nervous systems including pain or numbness in the feet and erectile dysfunction among others
Diabetes is the leading cause of amputations, about 60% of all amputations in the US
One Third of diabetics will have severe gum disease
Diabetics are more likely to die from pneumonia and the flu than non diabetics
On average, diabetes will cut about 10-15 years off the normal lifespan of an individual.
Managing blood sugar alone will not prevent these complications from developing, although it will help.
Most of these complications arise from the oxidative stress and excess acidity diabetics live with.
This means that a shortage of antioxidants in the body allows free radicals to attack cells, tissues and organs in the body. Free radicals are the waste products of burning oxygen for fuel in the body. Free radicals are missing one electron in their atomic structure and will attack healthy cells to get the missing electron, thereby damaging or destroying the victimized cell. This can cause the cell to malfunction or die.
Acidity refers to the Ph level of the blood. Most people, including diabetics have too much acid in their bloodstream. This encourages the growth of disease producing microbes and can physically damage sensitive tissues such as the lining of the blood vessels, leading to high blood pressure, heart attacks and stroke.
Diabetic complications can be prevented by controlling blood sugar and by alkalizing your diet, exercise, herbal and nutritional supplements and by regular prayer or meditation.
You can get more information on how to do this here:
For more information or a private consultation, please contact:
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Diabetics are twice as likely to die at a given age than non diabetics.
Diabetics are 2-4 times as likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to a non diabetic.
80% of diabetics will die of a heart attack or stroke
75% of diabetics have high blood pressure
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the age group 20-74
Diabetes is the leading cause of Kidney failure in the US
About 70% of diabetics have or will develop damage to their nervous systems including pain or numbness in the feet and erectile dysfunction among others
Diabetes is the leading cause of amputations, about 60% of all amputations in the US
One Third of diabetics will have severe gum disease
Diabetics are more likely to die from pneumonia and the flu than non diabetics
On average, diabetes will cut about 10-15 years off the normal lifespan of an individual.
Managing blood sugar alone will not prevent these complications from developing, although it will help.
Most of these complications arise from the oxidative stress and excess acidity diabetics live with.
This means that a shortage of antioxidants in the body allows free radicals to attack cells, tissues and organs in the body. Free radicals are the waste products of burning oxygen for fuel in the body. Free radicals are missing one electron in their atomic structure and will attack healthy cells to get the missing electron, thereby damaging or destroying the victimized cell. This can cause the cell to malfunction or die.
Acidity refers to the Ph level of the blood. Most people, including diabetics have too much acid in their bloodstream. This encourages the growth of disease producing microbes and can physically damage sensitive tissues such as the lining of the blood vessels, leading to high blood pressure, heart attacks and stroke.
Diabetic complications can be prevented by controlling blood sugar and by alkalizing your diet, exercise, herbal and nutritional supplements and by regular prayer or meditation.
You can get more information on how to do this here:
For more information or a private consultation, please contact:
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Sunday, August 30, 2009
FDA Issues Heart Attack Warning for Avandia Users
From MedRecallNews:
The FDA is now raising strong concerns about the long-term safety of Avandia due to the potential for serious heart complications.
Avandia came under scrutiny for the potential increase in Heart Attack risks by 43% and Cardiovascular-related Deaths by 64%
The FDA criticized GlaxoSmithKlines marketing for adopting "blatant selective manipulation of data" to exaggerate benefits and understate risks of the Avandia Drug.
Liver failure, vision loss, and Osteoporosis have also been suggested as a potential side effects of this drug treatment.
Studies suggest that many users of Avandia have already suffered injury or even death. Many are advising that patients adopt alternative treatments.
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Wow! Can you imagine how great the danger Really is if the FDA is publicly issuing warnings about Avandia? (Read earlier post on Scientists forced to lie about research findings adverse to drug companies!)
"Many are advising that patients adopt alternative treatments."
How about alternative, natural treatments that are as effective as the drugs with none of the side effects? Treatments that use diet, water, exercise and prayer to Stop the complications of diabetes? Would you like to know more? Click Here!
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
The FDA is now raising strong concerns about the long-term safety of Avandia due to the potential for serious heart complications.
Avandia came under scrutiny for the potential increase in Heart Attack risks by 43% and Cardiovascular-related Deaths by 64%
The FDA criticized GlaxoSmithKlines marketing for adopting "blatant selective manipulation of data" to exaggerate benefits and understate risks of the Avandia Drug.
Liver failure, vision loss, and Osteoporosis have also been suggested as a potential side effects of this drug treatment.
Studies suggest that many users of Avandia have already suffered injury or even death. Many are advising that patients adopt alternative treatments.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Wow! Can you imagine how great the danger Really is if the FDA is publicly issuing warnings about Avandia? (Read earlier post on Scientists forced to lie about research findings adverse to drug companies!)
"Many are advising that patients adopt alternative treatments."
How about alternative, natural treatments that are as effective as the drugs with none of the side effects? Treatments that use diet, water, exercise and prayer to Stop the complications of diabetes? Would you like to know more? Click Here!
Bill Young
Nutritional Therapy Coach
646-961-3818
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Healthy lifestyle reduces risk of chronic illnesses
13 August 2009
Researchers at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta studied data from 25,513 adults aged 35 to 65.
They found that never smoking, having a body mass index lower than 30, doing physical activity for at least three and a half hours per week, and following a healthy diet, reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 93 percent.
These four factors also showed 81 percent reduced risk of heart attack, 50 percent reduced risk of stroke and 36 percent reduced risk of cancer.
Pav Kalsi, Care Advisor at Diabetes UK, said: "This research confirms what we already know – a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight is the key to reducing the risk of long term health conditions such as Type 2 diabetes.
"The current obesity crisis in the UK is directly causing a huge surge in the number of people with Type 2 diabetes. At time of diagnosis, around 80 per cent of people with Type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese so there is a very clear link between the two.
Diabetes UK recommends that people eat a healthy, balanced diet which is low in fat, salt and sugar and includes plenty of fruit and vegetables and do at least 30 minutes of physical activity at least five days a week."
The study is by published in the Archives of Internal Medicines.
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THIS STUDY ONLY HINTS AT THE BENEFITS OF ALKALIZING YOUR LIFESTYLE!
AN ALKALIZED LIFESTYLE WILL ALLOW YOUR BODY TO PREVENT, CONTROL OR EVEN CURE ALL THE MAJOR DISEASES, INCLUDING DIABETES, CANCER AND HEART DISEASE! FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE!
Researchers at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta studied data from 25,513 adults aged 35 to 65.
They found that never smoking, having a body mass index lower than 30, doing physical activity for at least three and a half hours per week, and following a healthy diet, reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 93 percent.
These four factors also showed 81 percent reduced risk of heart attack, 50 percent reduced risk of stroke and 36 percent reduced risk of cancer.
Pav Kalsi, Care Advisor at Diabetes UK, said: "This research confirms what we already know – a healthy lifestyle and maintaining a healthy weight is the key to reducing the risk of long term health conditions such as Type 2 diabetes.
"The current obesity crisis in the UK is directly causing a huge surge in the number of people with Type 2 diabetes. At time of diagnosis, around 80 per cent of people with Type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese so there is a very clear link between the two.
Diabetes UK recommends that people eat a healthy, balanced diet which is low in fat, salt and sugar and includes plenty of fruit and vegetables and do at least 30 minutes of physical activity at least five days a week."
The study is by published in the Archives of Internal Medicines.
___________________________________________________________________________________
THIS STUDY ONLY HINTS AT THE BENEFITS OF ALKALIZING YOUR LIFESTYLE!
AN ALKALIZED LIFESTYLE WILL ALLOW YOUR BODY TO PREVENT, CONTROL OR EVEN CURE ALL THE MAJOR DISEASES, INCLUDING DIABETES, CANCER AND HEART DISEASE! FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
How to Stop a Heart Attack!
Did you know that most, 65-75% diabetics die of a heart attack? You need this information if you or anyone in your family has diabetes!
How to Stop a Heart Attack in 30 Seconds
by Madison Cavanaugh
Can an ordinary cooking condiment used in cooking spicy, hot dishes really stop a heart attack or stroke? These doctors say it can.
Cayenne pepper (also called capsicum frutescens) is a red, hot chili pepper used
primarily for flavoring dishes, but it has also been used for medical purposes for
centuries. This stimulating herb has been widely used all over the world to treat a variety of health conditions, including heart disease, poor circulation, weak digestion, chronic pain, sore throat, headaches and toothache, among others.
Cayenne pepper derives its medicinal properties from a resin-like substance known as
capsaicin. Capsaicin is an ingredient that has thermogenic properties, that is, it increases body temperature and is the greatest blood circulation stimulant known. It doesn’t cause palpitations, hyperactivity or an increase in blood pressure that most other stimulants cause.
It also provides temporary relief of pain, which is why it is used in pain-reducing topical preparations such as Capsazin-P, Zostrix-HP,Dolorac, R-Gel and others.
Cayenne has steadily gained the reputation of being a wonder herb over the past few decades. Dr. Richard Schulze, a notable medical herbalist and naturopath, stated, “If you master only one herb in your life, master cayenne pepper. It is more powerful than any other.”
Perhaps the most important recognition that cayenne has gained in recent years has been its ability tostop a heart attack or stroke. Dr. Richard Anderson, author of “Cleanse & Purify Thyself,” reported that one of his fellow doctors rushed out into the parking lot to attend to a man who had died of a heart attack while parking his car. The doctor put cayenne tincture into the mouth of the man, and within a few minutes, the man’s heart started beating again.
According to Dr. John Christopher, pioneer of herbal medicine, “In 35 years of practice, and working with the people and teaching, I have never on house calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason is,whenever I go in--if they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water), and within minutes they are up and around."
Cayenne has been shown to stop heart attacks in as little as 30 seconds. Perhaps the most well-known anecdotal evidence of this involved a 90-year-old man in Oregon who had a massive heart attack. When the medics arrived at his home, he was pronounced dead. His daughter was able to administer cayenne extract into his mouth, and within a few minutes, he regained consciousness.
Thereafter, he was rushed to the hospital, and while he was in a semi-conscious state, his daughter continued giving him the cayenne extract. By the time they arrived at the hospital, he had fully recovered and insisted that he be taken home
so that he could mow his lawn!
When the doctor asked the daughter what she had given him, and she told
him it was cayenne, the doctor declared it was the closest thing to a miracle he had ever seen.
The capsaicin in cayenne pepper is unrivaled in its ability to boost circulation and increase heart action.
It has a mechanism of action that has the extraordinary ability to enhance cardiovascular performance while actually lowering blood pressure. Capsaicin has an energizing effect on the entire cardiovascular system.
Dr. Anderson believes that cayenne greatly strengthens the heart and could possibly even prevent heart attacks. He routinely carries capsules of cayenne with him in the car and whenever he goes hiking, mountain climbing or backpacking. “You never know when you may find someone having a heart attack,” he says.
Other doctors, however, insist that cayenne capsules are not as effective as cayenne tinctures or cayenne powder in emergency situations, such as in the event of a heart attack or stroke.
If a heart attack or stroke should occur and the person is conscious, it is suggested that 5 to 10 droppersfull of cayenne pepper tincture (or 1 teaspoon of cayenne powder in a glass of hot water) be administered into the mouth,
and repeated every 15 minutes until the crisis has passed.
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Although this is an extreme and dramatic use of natural treatments; it has been proven that when you restore the body's alkaline (Ph) balance, it can naturally cure itself of any disease, which would even include heart disease so you would not have the heart attack in the first place! Click here, register and receive a free ebook on how to restore your body's Ph value with water!
Disclaimer: The information in this report is based upon research conducted by the author, unless otherwise noted. This information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of the author. The author encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
How to Stop a Heart Attack in 30 Seconds
by Madison Cavanaugh
Can an ordinary cooking condiment used in cooking spicy, hot dishes really stop a heart attack or stroke? These doctors say it can.
Cayenne pepper (also called capsicum frutescens) is a red, hot chili pepper used
primarily for flavoring dishes, but it has also been used for medical purposes for
centuries. This stimulating herb has been widely used all over the world to treat a variety of health conditions, including heart disease, poor circulation, weak digestion, chronic pain, sore throat, headaches and toothache, among others.
Cayenne pepper derives its medicinal properties from a resin-like substance known as
capsaicin. Capsaicin is an ingredient that has thermogenic properties, that is, it increases body temperature and is the greatest blood circulation stimulant known. It doesn’t cause palpitations, hyperactivity or an increase in blood pressure that most other stimulants cause.
It also provides temporary relief of pain, which is why it is used in pain-reducing topical preparations such as Capsazin-P, Zostrix-HP,Dolorac, R-Gel and others.
Cayenne has steadily gained the reputation of being a wonder herb over the past few decades. Dr. Richard Schulze, a notable medical herbalist and naturopath, stated, “If you master only one herb in your life, master cayenne pepper. It is more powerful than any other.”
Perhaps the most important recognition that cayenne has gained in recent years has been its ability tostop a heart attack or stroke. Dr. Richard Anderson, author of “Cleanse & Purify Thyself,” reported that one of his fellow doctors rushed out into the parking lot to attend to a man who had died of a heart attack while parking his car. The doctor put cayenne tincture into the mouth of the man, and within a few minutes, the man’s heart started beating again.
According to Dr. John Christopher, pioneer of herbal medicine, “In 35 years of practice, and working with the people and teaching, I have never on house calls lost one heart attack patient and the reason is,whenever I go in--if they are still breathing--I pour down them a cup of cayenne tea (a teaspoon of cayenne in a cup of hot water), and within minutes they are up and around."
Cayenne has been shown to stop heart attacks in as little as 30 seconds. Perhaps the most well-known anecdotal evidence of this involved a 90-year-old man in Oregon who had a massive heart attack. When the medics arrived at his home, he was pronounced dead. His daughter was able to administer cayenne extract into his mouth, and within a few minutes, he regained consciousness.
Thereafter, he was rushed to the hospital, and while he was in a semi-conscious state, his daughter continued giving him the cayenne extract. By the time they arrived at the hospital, he had fully recovered and insisted that he be taken home
so that he could mow his lawn!
When the doctor asked the daughter what she had given him, and she told
him it was cayenne, the doctor declared it was the closest thing to a miracle he had ever seen.
The capsaicin in cayenne pepper is unrivaled in its ability to boost circulation and increase heart action.
It has a mechanism of action that has the extraordinary ability to enhance cardiovascular performance while actually lowering blood pressure. Capsaicin has an energizing effect on the entire cardiovascular system.
Dr. Anderson believes that cayenne greatly strengthens the heart and could possibly even prevent heart attacks. He routinely carries capsules of cayenne with him in the car and whenever he goes hiking, mountain climbing or backpacking. “You never know when you may find someone having a heart attack,” he says.
Other doctors, however, insist that cayenne capsules are not as effective as cayenne tinctures or cayenne powder in emergency situations, such as in the event of a heart attack or stroke.
If a heart attack or stroke should occur and the person is conscious, it is suggested that 5 to 10 droppersfull of cayenne pepper tincture (or 1 teaspoon of cayenne powder in a glass of hot water) be administered into the mouth,
and repeated every 15 minutes until the crisis has passed.
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Disclaimer: The information in this report is based upon research conducted by the author, unless otherwise noted. This information is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as medical advice. It is intended as a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of the author. The author encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional.
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