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Why Statins are Toxic

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Statins are technically defined as HMG Co-enzyme A reductase inhibitors.
Inhibiting HMG Co-enzyme A reductase (mevalonate enzyme) has extremely
toxic implications because our cells rely on the products of this
mevalonate synthesis.  Mevalonate, which is the basic building block for
cholesterol, CoQ10, dolichols and all the regulatory steroid hormones
etc…. (see diagram for more) This assembly line is so important
biochemists named it “The Mevalonate Metabolic Pathway” and teach it in
most basic courses.
The statin gamble – to reduce a symptom (not the
cause) i.e. sugar-damaged lipids. It works in that cholesterol
disappears, the lipids disappear, muscles and neurons start to
disappear. The myth pharma seek to exploit is lower LDL without causing
too much obvious toxic damage.
Sugar control will improve lipid
circulation, function and lipid health – without toxic consequences. It
won’t lower vital cholesterol! and raised LDL without sugar-damage
ensures longevity.  
The cholesterol paradox essay link: http://bit.ly/1fkGYgb

The Secret

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lizwainwright:

‘Can you not find somebody else?’
‘No. I’ve got this feeling, Mum, I can’t explain it, but he’s the one.’
‘The Heywood family aren’t our sort.’
‘I know, they’ve got money. But that’s not why I want Dan.’
‘I know it’s not, love, but I hope you’ll change your mind. Geoff Heywood’s all right but Dan’s mother would make your life hell. She’s a Buchanan, and takes after her father. Dan Heywood’s not for you.’
‘He is.’
Doreen Collins was again silent, struggling to make a hard decision.
‘You remember I told you I used to work at Kirkwood House, cleaning for them when you were a baby.’
‘Yeah. So what?’
‘They put the fear of God into me, her family. They wanted nothing to do with us – and she still doesn’t because there’s something I know about the Heywoods.’
‘What?’
‘It’s a secret and you must promise me you won’t tell anyone, ever. Promise.’
So Lynda made that unbreakable promise and listened to the secret that didn’t seem important at the time.

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Sugar-Damage & Heart Disease

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Heart disease is
often associated with undiagnosed diabetes. The secret of managing
this is to request an HbA1c blood test that measures your
sugar-damage. The results in UK are given as a number (mmols/mol)
which counts damaged blood molecules per 1000. That number should
always be less than your age – ideally under 49 for healthy folks
and under 59 for type 2 diabetics controlling it with lifestyle and
metformin. Sugar damage accumulates slowly so as we get older we can
relax the figure a little to avoid low blood sugar from medication.

If you feel hungry
2hrs after a sugary snack (biscuits) you are spiking you blood sugar
and after 2hrs your natural insulin has mopped up the blood sugar
turning it into visceral (belly) fat. The low sugar level / raised
insulin produces a hunger. Another sugar snack cycle begins. Break it
with a low sugar high fat snack and start to lose weight around the
middle (Nuts – check label to avoid added sugar/honey)!

Make your own food
and get to know its composition. Keep a food diary and weigh all
foods you eat to work out how much carbohydrate (sugar generating
food) you eat every day. There is a lot of helpful information on the
package. The per 100g column give you the percentage carbohydrates
and sugar. Don’t count the sugar twice as it is included in the
carbohydrate figure. (of which…)

Everyone is
different so start with 100g carbs per day and find out what you can
process using quarterly HbA1c blood tests from your GP. My personal
target is 80g per day. All foods contain a small amount of
carbohydrate but just worry about the explicit carbs like rice,
pasta, flour, starchy foods (like potato) and sugars.

You’ll need to get the balance of your 2,000
daily calories from fats. You will rarely feel hungry this way as no
excess insulin is produced because you have fewer smaller blood sugar
spikes to deal with. High cocoa-fat chocolate (low sugar) is a guilt
free treat! Try a double cream ganache chocolate for desserts.

Fructose is 7 times
more reactive (dangerous) than glucose so avoid all high fructose corn syrup
(HFCS) as over time they are very damaging to our proteins.

Check the weight of
dry starchy foods (pasta etc.) typically 60% Carbs and an egg sized
portion of potato is 10g carb. You’ll soon get become expert at
assessing portions.

http://bit.ly/1lNab2C has more information

Tiny Vessels in the Retina

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Tiny Vessels

Like all organs, our eyes rely on a complex network of blood vessels in order to function properly. Vessels supply blood to the retina, a thin layer of cells in the eye (shown here as pink, blue and red layers) that convert the light we see into electrical signals. If these tiny vessels develop badly, they can block the retina’s cells and cause vision loss. Scientists are studying a type of protein whose job is to keep a close eye on these vessels, and prevent them from growing awry. The team found that abnormal blood vessels were more likely to develop in mice that don’t have this protein in their retinal cells. Regions in their retina where this protein was missing are shown in bright green. This research helps us understand how specific proteins in the eye are there as a safeguard against vascular disease and ultimately, blindness.

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lizwainwright:

What are you going to do about Christmas, Lynda?’
‘I don’t know.’
The little furry jacket that she sent for Michael had a hood with cute little ears on top, so he would look like a little bear. She wrapped it carefully in paper with bright Father Christmas figures doing a dance across it, and a few of her tears had hidden themselves in the soft fabric as she’d pictured her one year old grandson wearing it.
She’d enclosed a Christmas card for the family, and had written the ‘sender’ address very clearly on the back of the brown paper parcel. She posted it at the beginning of December, allowing plenty of time for a response.

It came back a few days later. Robbie had examined the parcel carefully, and had guessed what it was. He was upset to see Lynda’s face turn white as he handed it to her.
‘It says ‘return to sender’. The post office must have delivered it to the wrong address, love.’
‘Yeah. Thanks.’ She clutched the package to her breast and fled up the stairs to her room

Lynda’s Christmas Heartbreak