Slaying the Cholesterol Lowering Demon
By Kimberly Hartke
The Devil is in the Absence of Details
The work of Weston A. Price determined the critical importance of cholesterol in the diet as he found that the diets of healthy cultures worldwide were all very high in traditional fats of all kinds–from butter, lard, coconut oil, egg yolks and meat with the fat to even blubber. Cholesterol plays a key role in body chemistry, hormone balance, longevity. But if that is the case, why are we not told? Unfortunately, because the health information released through the media to the public often has a marketing objective. The objective is to sell more drugs.
Cholesterol lowering drugs (know as statins) have serious side effects. They suppress the immune system, they cause cancer, they cause muscle wasting. The pharmaceutical companies promote statins to doctors doing organ transplants, because they know these drugs have immuno-suppressant affects. One should think long and hard about going on them. There are even lifestyle changes that can dramatically improve ones blood lipid profile. But, it is also important to know all the facts. Cholesterol is a valuable and healing substance, it is a vital part of your immune system. If the public knew the whole truth, they would only lower their cholesterol as a last resort.
There is one organization setting out to slay the big fat demon who wants to lower everybody’s cholesterol.
Learn the Health Benefits of Cholesterol
The nutrition education non-profit, Weston A. Price Foundation is an important source of science based facts about the nutritional qualities and health benefits of cholesterol. Our cells are comprised of 50% cholesterol. Cholesterol is very important in the proper functioning of our hormones. Our nervous system needs cholesterol. Our digestion and source of vitamin D depends on cholesterol. Turns out, cholesterol is our friend, and we have been misled into believing otherwise.
When government officials will stress cholesterol reduction as a top priority, claiming that “high levels of cholesterol significantly increase the risk of heart disease.” However, the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education organization, urges citizens to learn about the vital roles of cholesterol in the body chemistry and by embracing nutrient-dense, cholesterol-rich foods.
“Cholesterol is deemed a deadly poison. Most people are afraid of eating foods containing cholesterol and of receiving a diagnosis of ‘high’ cholesterol,” says Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation. “Yet, having adequate cholesterol levels in the body is key to good health. The notion that cholesterol is a villain in the diet is a myth, based on flimsy evidence and opposed by many honest scientists, including prominent lipids researcher, Dr. Mary Enig. But, this theory was promoted by the food processing industry to demonize animal fats, which are competitors to vegetable oils and by the pharmaceutical industry to create a market for the sales of cholesterol-lowering drugs.”
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Best in health,
Kathryne Pirtle
The widespread acceptance of statins and other cholesterol lowering drugs is related to deliberate cherry-picking of data. The studies that showed lower cholesterol were simply ignored. Thus, it is a massive scientific fraud to bolster sales at the cost of the health of the consumer.
More than likely it will be revealed that sugars are the culprit-they cause inflammation that is then “repaired” with the plaques.
That this blatant fraud has persisted for so many decades should get us all suspicious about other “truths” we believe in eg man-made global warming. We should all be smelling a rat here. Anything that claims to be a panacea MUST be taken with a grain of salt. Every self – proclaimed panacea I have ever come across has turned out to be a load of rubbish. In the case of global warming, the claim is that if we destroy our whole energy intensive life style, we will somehow magically not burn in a hell-on-earth. Smell a rat?