Dr. Gรกbor Lenkei
Cholesterol
Medical dogmas and myths
Part 1.
Copyright © 2011 Dr. Gábor Lenkei All rights reserved Translated by Gabriella Meichl Designed by Emese Lukacs Published in Australia by Good to Live Pty. Ltd. 1/42 Bayswater Rd Rushcutters Bay 2011 NSW
What is a dogma and what is a myth? Dogma original, religion-related definition: “a doctrine proclaimed by ecclesiastical authority as true.” ++Based on above definition a new meaning of dogma has come into existence: “An authoritative scientific principle, belief, or statement of ideas or opinion.” ++Another definition: “An authoritative belief or doctrine considered to be absolutely true”. ++You don’t have your own opinion if you think in dogmas.
++Its
Myth
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++“An
unproved or false individual or collective belief.”
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Prevailing opinion – 1. Today’s prevailing opinion: “Cholesterol is bad for you”.
++According
to today’s approved approaches, if our blood cholesterol exceeds a certain level, it will accumulate in our veins. ++In time, the cholesterol accumulation will become calcified. ++The calcifying accumulation will narrow down the targeted vein therefore a reduced amount of blood will flow through that vein. ++That area in our body, which is supplied by the calcified vein, will be damaged due to the reduced blood flow and it may decay. ++One of the best known examples is the decay of the heart muscle which we know as a heart attack. Those who believe in today’s prevailing opinion, suggest that we should avoid consuming food rich in cholesterol.
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Food like certain fatty meat, milk and other dairy products (cream, sour cream, cheese etc.), bacon and egg. So we need to be careful not to put our body to risk with consuming food containing bad cholesterol. According to the propaganda advertised by those who believe in above described approach, we should measure our cholesterol level regularly and if it’s just a slightly bit over the officially approved normal level, we should take cholesterol lowering drugs. Based on this approach then, the key for our health is a cholesterol poor diet and finding the ways to keep our cholesterol level low even with the help of medicines. Today’s prevailing idea accepts this approach as the truth.
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Prevailing opinion – 2.
Dogma or science? – 1.
To summarize:
Is this theory – that cholesterol is bad for you – a dogma or a scientific fact?
++Cholesterol
is a harmful and dangerous material. ++Cholesterol is accumulated in our veins, causing arteriosclerosis and the damage of certain areas. ++We should avoid consuming food rich in cholesterol. ++We should keep our blood cholesterol level low. ++To achieve this, we should consider taking cholesterol lowering drugs. This is today’s prevailing opinion.
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Nowadays it is considered to be a proved and irrevocable fact. But is it really? What should we examine to make a final decision? My approach is simple. If a theory is correct, on one hand it gives an excellent explanation to those phenomena which it should make understandable. If a theory is correct, on the other hand, great solutions might be created which actually could help solving the problem for which the theory has come into existence.
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Let’s see the case of the cholesterol theory, then: If we accept the prevailing theory, then is evidence that cholesterol is really bad for you and there is evidence that the less cholesterol is the better for your body. ++Arteriosclerosis only occurs to people with high cholesterol level. ++All people with high cholesterol level have arteriosclerosis as cholesterol accumulates because there is too much of it in the body. ++People with low cholesterol level shouldn’t be concerned about arteriosclerosis, heart attacks, strokes etc. ++The now wide-spread popularity of low cholesterol and low fat diet has obviously resulted in lowering the number of patients with cholesterol issues. ++Lower cholesterol level has resulted in providing better health for people.
++There
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++The
decades-long worldwide usage of cholesterol lowering drugs has probably resulted in lowering the number of cholesterol related diseases.
Let’s examine the truth in above points.
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What do we need to know of the “accused”? – 1. Cholesterol is widely considered as a material which we do not need at all. In fact, it is dangerous and harmful. Our health could be much better if we lived without them. Let’s examine a person who follows the prevailing idea and doesn’t consume cholesterol rich food. A vegan person is probably the most suitable for this examination as they wouldn’t eat meat, milk, dairy or eggs.
We can find cholesterol even in those people’s bodies who haven’t consumed cholesterol in their entire lives. Moreover, at least the same level of cholesterol can be found in their bodies than in the average, cholesterol consuming person’s body. How is that possible? How does the harmful cholesterol end up in our body if we don’t consume it? It is very simple.
In their blood the cholesterol level should be zero. However! There is no such person whose cholesterol level would be zero.
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What do we need to know of the “accused”? – 2. Our body produces amount of cholesterol.
relatively
large
Only outdoor environment could provide water and air for the body but cholesterol is different and our body didn’t leave it to chance to get enough of it. The body is able to produce it for itself. Our body wouldn’t be able to function without cholesterol – just as it wouldn’t be able to function without oxygen.
Continuously, every single day. Not because there is something wrong with it. Not because it wants to damage itself. Not because it wants to upset the cardiologists1. The reason is much more prosaic. Our body produces large amount of cholesterol because it needs it. The human body desperately needs cholesterol. Cholesterol is just as important and essential to the body as water or air.
We can ascertain that life becomes impossible without the right amount of cholesterol. Without the sufficient amount of cholesterol we would die just as we’d do without sufficient water and oxygen. Therefore it is irresponsible to consider cholesterol as a harmful material which we should avoid and don’t need. The truth is exactly the opposite. Without sufficient amount of cholesterol we wouldn’t stay alive.
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Why is cholesterol essential to our body? Cholesterol is an essential material. Our body uses it for several purposes.
Vitamin D It is a well-known fact that Vitamin D is produced in our skin as an effect of the sun. It is not so well-known that we can only produce Vitamin D if we have enough cholesterol in our body because cholesterol is a so-called pre-material for Vitamin D.
We need cholesterol:
++For producing Vitamin D. ++For producing sex hormones. ++As the base material of stress hormones. ++As a building material for our nervous sys-
Vitamin D, produced from cholesterol, is essential for keeping our bones and teeth healthy. If we don’t have enough Vitamin D in our body, then the calcium, consumed with our food, wouldn’t be able to be absorbed from our digestive system.
tem and brain.
++For building cellular membranes. ++And the list could go on.
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Vitamin D has a key role in assisting our bones to regenerate themselves so they wouldn’t age as quickly.
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US health authorities have recently admitted that American people generally suffer from relatively high Vitamin D deficiency therefore they have significantly raised the recommended daily intake.
Sex hormones
The situation is not much better here than in the USA. The high level of Vitamin D deficiency can be considered a general fact here as well.
Women’s ability to become pregnant and men’s fertility depend on these hormones.
So it’s not a surprise to see the high number of patients with dental problems and osteoporosis. One of the reasons for the frequent and serious occurrences is Vitamin D deficiency.
Sex hormones are produced from cholesterol and they are essential factors for women becoming women and men becoming men.
The ladies’ well-balanced sex hormone production has a great effect on a regular and symptomless menstruation. A well-balanced sex hormone production is also a pre-condition of a smooth pregnancy.
Also, more and more scientific researchers suggest that Vitamin D has an essential role to strengthen our immune system.
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Stress hormones Don’t get it wrong. Stress hormones don’t cause stress. Quite the contrary! They make it possible that in stressful periods of our lives we could keep going and wouldn’t be beaten. In case of an epidemic, it is quite easy to predict who are going to fall short. Not necessarily those people who haven’t gotten vaccination. Mostly those people will get sick whose body don’t produce enough stress hormones. Stress hormones, produced from cholesterol, are key factors of increased stress tolerance level.
The nervous system and the brain It is a well-known fact that our nervous system consists of a large amount of different types of fat or fat-like materials. The presence of these materials is one of the most important pre-conditions of a smooth nervous system operation. The most important building material of our nervous system is cholesterol and the fats which are built up from cholesterol. Here is one piece of information to demonstrate the necessary amount: 10 per cent of our brain’s dry content (that is when we don’t consider water in our brain) is cholesterol. It’s not difficult to realise how important cholesterol is in our healthy brain functioning.
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Cell membrane
Not by chance!
We do know that our body is built up from cells. We also know that all our cells’ most important part is the so called cell membrane, a layer as light as air.
Breast milk doesn’t contain cholesterol by chance.
Cell membranes have a deep effect on our life processes through their effect on the operation of cells. If there is no intact cell membrane, we don’t have our health. Cell membranes contain large amount of cholesterol and sources of cholesterol. So if we want our cell membranes and all of our cells to stay healthy, we cannot be without the versatile cholesterol.
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It contains much more than cow milk and approximately twice as much than goat milk which has a quite high percentage of fat. Indeed, cholesterol is essential for the development of an intact nervous system of a growing baby. Furthermore for everything else we have already mentioned before. Therefore, breast-feeding assists the development of a healthy baby much better than the artificial formula poor in cholesterol. A point of interest: It has been observed that when a breastfeeding mother who normally smokes, puts down the cigarette, the level of cholesterol in her breast milk does increase which is essential for the healthy development of her baby.
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It is worthwhile to know that breast milk is rich in other types of fat as well as cholesterol. It is not by chance!
It’s thought-provoking Would this material be harmful? The presence of the right amount of cholesterol of which depends: ++The healthy state of all our cells? ++The well-balanced operation of our nervous system? ++The wholeness of our thinking? ++The health of our bones and teeth? ++The strength of our immune system? ++The faultlessness of our sex hormones? ++Our fertility and ability to become pregnant? ++The high level of our stress tolerance level? ++The healthy development of our babies? Thought-provoking, to say the least. We need to search for more evidence. We need to examine more data to get the whole picture.
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Is it possible? We know already that our body produces large amount of cholesterol for itself. We have also seen it why.
Their cows didn’t produce milk with 0.1% of fat and they couldn’t get low-fat cream, sour cream or cheese on the markets. Our ancestors couldn’t cook tasty, crumbly chicken breast in a frying bag without using fat.
Is it possible that we get into trouble when we consume cholesterol rich food and so we add an extra amount of cholesterol to that already produced level? Is it possible that the consumed and produced level together too much? Too much with which our body is not able to cope and the excess is deposited in our veins? It would be strange if nature wouldn’t have taken this into consideration. After all, back then our ancestors couldn’t get their hands on mammoths with low cholesterol level.
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Syllabus
The less cholesterol our food contains, the more our body will produce.
Let’s see what the medical textbook has to say about this issue1: How does our body cope with this task? I quote: “There is inverse proportion between the level of cholesterol absorbed from the nutrient canal and the level of cholesterol produced in the body which means that in a healthy body the cholesterol absorbed from the nutrient canal controls the speed of cholesterol production.”
This whole process is very simple, rational and logical. Exactly the way we would expect it from the human body – a redefined and perfect design. It’s sensible and economical. It only works when it has to. If we provide sufficient amount of cholesterol, our body will work on the back burner or turn itself off. It’s perfect!
This means that when we consume cholesterol rich food, our body will produce less. The more cholesterol we consume, the less our body will produce.
1. Ferenc Guba: Medical biochemistry (1988)
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I will risk a question Like a child. With innocence in my widely opened eyes.
I know that according to the popular belief, it is forbidden to ask this question. I know that I might get a rap on the knuckles for this, but I thought I would risk it.
Based on what we have covered so far, is it possible that the higher our cholesterol level is, the healthier we are? After all, we need cholesterol for so many things. Are we sure that we should keep its level low? Wouldn’t that mean a danger? Without sufficient cholesterol there might not be enough Vitamin D, sexual hormones or stress hormones? Our nervous system might be in danger. Our brain. All of our cells.
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Especially because – 1.
Especially because – 2.
Especially because vegans could have “high” cholesterol level too.
Especially because there are scientific researches which suggest that people with higher cholesterol level had the possibility of living a longer life.
You see, I put high in quotation marks. Not by accident. “High” means the level which is considered to be high by today’s official approach. Is it possible that “high” is not really that high? Is it possible that vegans1 who don’t consume cholesterol at all, their body produce this level because that’s exactly the amount they need and not because there’s something gone wrong in their bodies?
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Especially because – 3.
In my opinion
Especially because having low cholesterol level doesn’t necessarily mean protection against arteriosclerosis and its consequences.
I don’t believe that the so-called cholesterol lowering drugs – which actually prevent producing cholesterol – don’t have harmful effect on ++Producing Vitamin D ++Our sex hormones ++Our fertility and ability to become pregnant ++Our stress tolerance level ++Our nervous system ++Our mental ability ++The functioning of all our cells ++And the list could go on.
Yes, that’s right. People with low cholesterol level, who often get compliments from their doctors based on the official testing figures, could also have arteriosclerosis, heart attack, stroke etc. Moreover, the risk of becoming affected by these diseases is not lower for those with low cholesterol than for people with high cholesterol level.
I have done my research. I haven’t found one reference that a researcher actually did examine this issue although it should have been done. For the safety of people who are treated by cholesterol lowering drugs.
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This most significant issue somehow was put on the backburner and instead the focus was on selling larger number of cholesterol lowering drugs as fast as possible. I strongly believe that the unnatural and forced reduction of the essential cholesterol level in the body is a highly risky thing to do. However, safety tests have been failed to happen yet. You will see that other reasonable safety tests haven’t been occurred either before distribution of cholesterol lowering drugs. Moreover, when later serious side-effects, for example carcinogenic effects of cholesterol lowering drugs had come into light, warning information was disregarded in a bold manner.
Additionally Careful studying of the research literature suggests that the blood cholesterol level is different to all of us. Therefore the healthy cholesterol level is different for each of us. One person functions well with lower cholesterol level, the other person needs higher level for being healthy. This fact is generally true, and applies to other factors as well not just cholesterol. I do believe that it is harmful to be labelled within a frame of “valid and mandatory normal cholesterol level for everyone�. We are not machines! The medical literature suggests that the level of cholesterol in our blood changes during the day.
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Samples taken from different times will show different cholesterol levels. Therefore the results of blood samples taken from the morning or the afternoon won’t indicate the full picture as they are just random results of your cholesterol level which changes all the time during the day. So this question should be treated with certain flexibility and intelligence.
Let’s exaggerate a little bit Let’s examine a person who consumes cholesterol rich food in a so-called excessive way. Bacon & eggs, sausages, salamis, fatty meats, cracklings etc. He consumes much more cholesterol than his body would produce for him. We have already seen that our body registers the level of consumed cholesterol and it adjusts itself to that level. But what happens when we consume much more than we would need for providing a rich supply of this essential material? Let’s look for a person like that. Does he put himself and his life to risk? I still remember those facts I studied for internal medicine.
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What will the increased level of cholesterol be when someone has a diet rich in fat and cholesterol? Will it be doubled? Or more?
That is exactly what it means!
According to the medical textbook1, weekslong diet rich in fat and cholesterol causes only a 10 or maximum 15% of increase of the cholesterol level.
Nature has taken care of us very wisely.
This change is almost negligible. Experts say this level of increase doesn’t even exceed the margin of error which is the possible difference derives from the imperfect measurements. One thing is for sure. Even in that case there will be no concentrated fat running in our veins.
The theory of evolution has been taught by the same science which now generously tries not to take notice of it. According to the theory of evolution those species which wouldn’t be able to learn to live under certain circumstances, have become extinct.
So does this mean that even consuming excessive amount of cholesterol wouldn’t result in our body collapsing?
Did you know that cholesterol related diseases have multiplied only in the last few decades? Previously, these cholesterol-related symptoms were found more rarely whilst people consumed much more cholesterol due to their natural nutrition.
1. Magyar-Petrányi: Introduction to internal medicine (1986)
1. Evolution: the growth and development of species in the past and now; derives from the Latin word evolutum which means unfold, roll out
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I find it hard to believe that the human body would have become incapable of dealing with cholesterol suddenly, in the last few decades. The truth is actually the contrary. 1. Our body is capable for perfect functioning even when our nutrition doesn’t include 1 gram of cholesterol because our body is able to produce it for itself. 2. If we consume cholesterol with our food, then our body will proportionally reduce the production of cholesterol. 3. In case we consume much more than the efficient amount, our body is capable to get rid of the occasional excess amount. Let’s see in what ways.
What ways? Our liver simply filters our blood and removes the excess cholesterol and puts it into the bile which is produced by our liver. Then the bile together with the cholesterol evacuate to the duodenum, which is a bile section after the stomach. The medical textbook1 writes the following: “Bile formation and biliation are the main ways for removal of cholesterol from the body.” Then it claims: “Bile contains considerable level of cholesterol.” By the way! Cholesterol has gotten its name from it. Chole is derived from the Greek kholé, which means bile. 1. Ferenc Guba: Medical biochemistry (1988)
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The reason is simple. For the first time this material was found in a living body’s bile, and in relatively high level. Sterol is simply a name from chemists and means a certain chemical structural type of fats. So chole-sterol is basically a certain structural type of fat first found in bile. We could simply call it “bile fat”.
Do we need to eat fat? So the excess cholesterol leaves with the bile. When? The bile evacuates to the duodenum if the food we consume contains sufficient amount of fat. So our regular fatty meals will actually help our bodies to get rid of the excess amount of cholesterol. Here’s a quote from another medical textbook1: “The strongest stimulus for evacuating the bile is fats and oils accessing the duodenum.” How wise Nature is!
1. Péter Bálint: Medical physiology (1986)
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Above facts also indicate that a low-fat diet, which is so popular these days, actually prevents the regular evacuation of bile which causes bile stagnation and consequently cholesterol stagnation. So we can say that a low-fat diet could destroy the effectiveness of cholesterol removal mechanism created by Nature most effectively.
Always losing it Our blood is constantly losing cholesterol because it is being used. One proportion of cholesterol will become Vitamin D whilst another proportion will become sex and stress hormones. Our cells also constantly need to keep their membranes intact. Our nervous system also feasts on it. And you might remember that 10% of the dry part of our brain consists of cholesterol. So it’s not a coincidence that our body constantly produces cholesterol – taking our nutrition and its consequences into consideration. If it wasn’t the case we would soon end up in the intensive care unit. We constantly need new supplies.
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It is most important for you to know that above mentioned list is only 10% what we actually use cholesterol for.
The remaining 90% The internal medicine textbook1 shows us a really interesting experiment. Large amount of cholesterol were injected to people’s blood. The particular cholesterol used for the experiment was “tagged” so it could be followed in the body. They found that the majority of our cholesterol, approximately 90% is soon withdrawn from our blood by our liver and it is transformed into bile acid. Bile acids are particularly useful materials. There is no healthy digestion without them. So majority of our consumed or produced cholesterol is transformed into bile acids, materials helping our digestion. This transformation happens in a really short time.
1. Magyar-Petrányi: Introduction to internal medicine (1986)
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The cholesterol transformed into bile acid gets to the bile produced by the liver and finally evacuates into the duodenum. And it’s there where it exerts its beneficial effects.
According to this According to this information the sufficient level of cholesterol is essential for our healthy digestion. In this case I would like to add to my previous list. I don’t believe that the so-called cholesterol lowering drugs wouldn’t have harmful effect on our digestion.
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Ten times more Let’s come back for a minute to the fact that in a short time our body transforms 90% of our cholesterol to bile acids. The measuring instruments couldn’t register that 90% which are transformed into bile acids, only the remainder 10%. So what are they actually trying to scare us with? After all, our body deals with ten times more cholesterol every single day whilst others make a big fuss about the remainder amount. Let’s imagine the following scenario: our body is like a porter who packs 100 heavy suitcases every day. That would be 100%. He moves 90 of them in the shape of cholesterol transformed into bile acids and 10 of them as pure cholesterol.
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Our medical instruments can only detect the suitcases shaped as pure cholesterol. Only 10 out of 100. So our porter moves 90 suitcases in a way we don’t even see so we leave it out of consideration. We only observe the movement of 10 suitcases. So it seems that our porter only works with 10 suitcases a day. We worry about the fact that it might be too much for him to move 11, 12 or – God forbid –13 suitcases, compared to his normal 10? We start racking our brains whether or not we should reduce the number of suitcases to 9, 8 or 7 to be considerate? Whilst he’s already moved 90. Easily, as part of his daily routine. Without us taking notice of his work. Do you understand how funny this is?
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Our body easily deals with a large amount of cholesterol. As a juggler. With at least ten times more than the official theory takes into account. So what is the big fuss about cholesterol? Too much hassle for nothing?
Not exactly for nothing According to market data, cholesterol lowering drugs are the second best selling products in chemistries. They mean big business for pharmaceutical companies to distribute them in as wide range as possible. Business so big that most of us wouldn’t even dare to dream about.
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The more people take the drugs…
So what happened was that a committee had a meeting and the next day an additional 7 million perfectly healthy Americans suddenly became patients who needed treatment.
…the bigger the business. There was a big scandal in the USA in 2004. Quote from Gábor Szendi a determined researcher of the area:
That’s how you produce a lot of “sick” people with the stroke of a pen. You don’t even need to pour some kind of poison to the water or spread some dangerous virus among the population. The stroke of a pen, that’s all you need.
“There was this huge scandal in 2004 in the USA when the committee which decide of the guidelines of the national cholesterol level program, has reduced the healthy level of cholesterol consequently making 7 million more Americans to start taking statins1 to live a longer life.”
The beauty of this case was the following, again quoting Gábor Szendi: „However, it soon turned out that 8 experts of the 9-member committee had financial connection with pharmaceutical companies manufacturing statins.”
1. Statin: the chemical name of the class of drugs used to lower cholesterol level
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When everyone takes them…
They claim that at the current level 90 per cent of people aged over 50 could be declared high-risk patients and ordered to take drugs.
…that’s the best business. This piece of news were taken over from BBC News by Informed, a medicine-related website which purpose would be: „to provide professional, valid information, written or verified by doctors.” Let’s see: „Don’t panic! A lot of people unnecessarily take cholesterol lowering drugs.” Two doctors protested:
The two doctors expressed their concerns that people shouldn’t take drugs if they don’t belong to the high risk cardiac patient group as it is unnecessary, costly and also has undesirable side-effects. According to the new threshold 76 per cent of Norwegian people would be in the high risk group, including half of people aged 24. Despite the fact that the average life expectancy is 78.9 years in Norway.” (March 2005)
„The European Cardiologists Association have determined the threshold of cholesterol level too low which might have the consequence of healthy people unnecessarily taking drugs.”
The process is so obvious, even doctors highly disapprove of it.
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Who should get cholesterol lowering drugs?
except for those patients who suffer from very high risk and imminently threatening coronary diseases.”
The Journal of the American Medical Association1 published – in my opinion – a most significant article about cholesterol lowering drugs on 3 January 1996. I’ll reveal the title of the article in the next chapter.
So the message from the scientists is that there is a need to significantly limit the number of patients who should be treated with cholesterol lowering drugs.
I’ll quote the summary of the warning from the authors: “Based on the results of animal research, treatment with lipid lowering drugs, especially fibrates2 and statins3, ought to be avoided, 1. American Medical Association: one of the largest American medical publication; JAMA 2. Fibrates: Bezalip, Fenobrat, Fenofibrate, Feno-Micro, Fenoswiss, Innogem, Lipanor, Lipanthyl, Lipidil, Lipidil Supra, Minilip stb. 3. Statins: Andever, Atorgamma, Atoris, Atorvanorm, Atorvastatin, Atorva-Teva, Atorvox, Atosener, Awestatin, Bombazol, Copator, Crestor, Decholest, Delipid, Dislipat,
Fluvastatin, Gletor, Haepcard, Hypolip, Lescol, Lipitifi, Liprimar, Lochol, Lopamol, Lovastatin, Luvinsta, Mertenil, Mevacor, Minicol, Nikron, Obradon, Pharmastatin, Prastin, Pravastar, Pravastatin Pliva, Pravator, Protegis, Rosutec, Rosuvastatin, Roxera, Selcol, Sicor, Simvacol, Simvagamma, Simvalip, Simvastatin, Simvep, Simvor, Sortis, Statonex, Stipatin, Stoplip, Tatinere, Torvacard, Torvalipin, Torvatec, Vasilip, Visacor, Voredanin, Xeter, Zavixin, Zocor stb.
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It would be just fair‌ It would be just fair and honest that the marketing materials related to cholesterol include this above information. The title of above mentioned scientific article was this:
I believe it would be just fair that everyone treated with these drugs, should be able to receive adequate information of the risks.
“Carcinogenicity of Lipid-Lowering Drugs� It was proven that the cholesterol lowering drugs belonging to the groups of fibrates and statins, caused cancer in the laboratory animals. The article also claims that the tests, which would be able to safely rule out the carcinogenic effect of these drugs on human, were actually never taken. It is not a coincidence that the authors warned us to be extra cautious.
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Summary
++It is questionable what is considered to be
Let’s summarize what we have learned so far:
++Pharmaceutical
“high” level.
++Cholesterol is an essential base material. ++We wouldn’t stay alive without cholesterol. ++Even breast milk contains cholesterol which is essential for the development of babies. body is able to produce sufficient amount of cholesterol for itself. ++Our body registers the amount of consumed cholesterol and adjusts its production accordingly. ++Nutrition rich in fat and cholesterol only minimally increases the cholesterol level in our blood. ++Our body easily gets rid of the excess cholesterol. ++Nutrition rich in fat assists the removal of the excess cholesterol. ++Low-fat nutrition makes it difficult to evacuate bile and cholesterol. ++People living on low-cholesterol diet could also have “high” cholesterol level.
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companies manufacturing cholesterol lowering drugs put pressure on committees which decide about “normal” cholesterol level. ++Even medical experts claim the official “normal” cholesterol level is too low. ++It is possible that higher cholesterol level is better than a lower one. ++The level considered to be “normal” is different for everyone. ++The cholesterol level is different in each period of the day. ++Our body easily juggles ten times more amount of cholesterol than what the officials calculate with. ++The aggressive reduction of cholesterol level could be extremely dangerous. ++Cholesterol lowering drugs actually prevent the natural production of cholesterol, so it would be more appropriate to call them preventers of cholesterol production.
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++Much more people are treated with cholesterol lowering drugs than it would be necessary. ++Distribution of cholesterol lowering drugs makes serious profit for pharmaceutical companies. ++Results of researches concerning the carcinogenic effect of cholesterol lowering drugs are kept in secret. ++Low cholesterol level doesn’t mean protection against cholesterol-related diseases. ++The low-fat diet advertised for decades and the treatments of several hundred million people with cholesterol lowering drugs haven’t produced the rightfully expected results.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating I have a few important questions: Why couldn’t we conquer cholesterol in this decades-long desperate battle? Why is that that the number of cholesterolrelated diseases (arteriosclerosis, heart attack, and stroke) hasn’t been decreased significantly? Why haven’t we become healthier? Was it worth eating low-fat milk, cream, sour cream, cheese or avoiding consuming fatty meat and eggs? Has it proved to be useful taking cholesterol lowering drugs?
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In a nutshell: Why isn’t there any convincing result backing up the validity of the official approach? Have you seen or heard any enthusiastic report from someone whose condition significantly improved? Or quite the contrary? Have the number and frequency of cholesterol-related diseases increased? I think you know the answer for this last question.
Back then I must admit, back then as a just graduated young doctor, I accepted the official theory without doubts. I considered it as unquestionable and scientifically proven. It was obvious for me that everything I was taught was true. I haven’t even thought about questioning the results. It is simple though. If there are no convincing results, there is something wrong with the official theory. So I started to examine particular elements of the official theory in details. Obviously, based on scientific facts. The more research I did, the more scientific facts I found which raised the gruesome feeling in me that the official theory is nothing else but an inveterate, harmful dogma.
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The theory of receptors – 1. Why does cholesterol cause arteriosclerosis? I’ll introduce to you the official theory. The theory of receptors. Don’t be afraid of the strange word. In our case receptor basically means porter. Like a receptionist. Someone receiving and recognising the guests at the door and letting through only those who are allowed to get in.
One of the most important tasks for the cell membrane is to decide who it lets in to the cell. Nature has solved this issue with the receptors or receptionists which are small organisms built in the cell membranes on the surface of cells and they are specialised in recognising and admitting only certain type of materials. There are a lot of receptors in a cell membrane as all of them recognise and admit only certain materials.
The word receptor derives from the Latin receptum, which means admit, receive. One of the most important parts of our cells is the versatile and intelligent cell membrane. Our cells take nutrients, essential for their functioning, through the cell membrane, and they also use it for the removal of the unnecessary roughage produced by their life processes.
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The theory of receptors – 2. The largest amount of cholesterol needed for our life processes are produced by our liver and small intestines. Mainly these organs provide cholesterol for our body. The produced amount is admitted to our blood then our blood delivers it to every single cell of our body. According to medical science, the tiny cholesterol receptors – the helpful receptionists – sit in the cell membranes and help cholesterols to be admitted to the cells.
As a consequence, our cells are not able to admit the produced or consumed cholesterol delivered by our blood so it gets stuck in our blood and thus its level increases. There will be too much cholesterol in our blood and it will be deposited in the veins. After time, calcium will be piled up in the deposited cholesterol and this constantly growing swelling will make the vein narrower which reduces the blood supply of the area. As a solution, it seems unavoidable to follow a low-cholesterol diet and to take cholesterol lowering drugs which prevent the natural production of cholesterol.
The theory of receptors claim: One has high cholesterol level because the cholesterol receptors are either completely missing or their numbers are significantly decreased.
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For the first glance, it’s a rather appealing theory.
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I have a few comments – 1. If our cells really didn’t receive the essential cholesterol – as it is stuck in the blood – serious consequences would occur in a very short time. In days the production of Vitamin D, sex and stress hormones would cease.
I believe if this theory was true, relatives would have accompanied people to their last journeys years before the first signs of arteriosclerosis appeared. This nonsense condition that our cells are not able to admit cholesterols cannot be survived for more than a few weeks.
In days the intactness of the cell membranes would be damaged causing the rapid collapse of the whole body. Probably it would happen before the occurrence of serious nervous system deficiencies which are unavoidable in a case like this. Due to the damage of our brain, we wouldn’t even have the chance to think about the deterioration of our digestion.
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I have a few comments – 2. If our cells weren’t able to admit cholesterol from the blood flow, it would mean that the blood cholesterol level would be increasing day after day. As cholesterol would be produced only but not used. Quote from one of the medical textbook1: “As a consequence […] cholesterol doesn’t get admitted to the cell and thus couldn’t have a regulator effect (that is to decrease production) and this way cholesterol synthesis (cholesterol production) will settle.” Furthermore, we also eat from it.
If there is no outflow hole, then the water level will be higher and higher in the barrel. It won’t stop half way. It will rise and rise and rise. Until the barrel is filled up with water. If the receptor deficiency theory was true then the cholesterol level of people, suffering from this condition, should have been rising constantly. At blood tests, the cholesterol level should be higher and higher every day. In time, as cholesterol would spread, there would be nothing else in the veins of these patients but cholesterol.
Let’s see an ordinary example. Imagine a barrel without an outflow hole and that water is slowly but constantly flowing into it.
1. Ferenc Guba: Medical biochemistry (1988)
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I have a few comments – 3.
I have a few comments – 4.
If the theory was true and arteriosclerosis is caused by cholesterol accumulating in the blood and then deposited there, then it wouldn’t be possible for people with normal cholesterol level to suffer from it.
If cholesterol is deposited in the veins because its blood level is more than it should be, than this process should take place at every point in the vascular system.
But arteriosclerosis does develop in people with normal cholesterol level.
Particularly in points where the blood flow is significantly slower. After all, a river also deposits its alluvium where the current is the slowest. So arteriosclerosis mostly should take place in the slow-flowing veins and capillary vessels. But quite the contrary! It occurs in fastest flowing parts, in the arteries. Besides, even there it doesn’t occur evenly but only in certain designated points.
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However this phenomenon couldn’t be explained with the official and widely accepted theory of cholesterol receptors deficiency.
I have a few comments – 5.
But this is the truth.
Let’s suppose that the official theory of cholesterol receptors deficiency is correct. Let’s start from this assumption.
Arteriosclerosis only occurs in arteries and only occurs in certain parts of the arteries.
If the theory was true then preventing the production of cholesterol is much more harmful than useful. Why? Because if the cells really weren’t able to admit cholesterol from the blood then they would be starving. This starvation would be a very dangerous condition and couldn’t be maintained for long. If the theory of receptors deficiency was assumed to be true, then somehow it should be achieved that cells would be able to admit the essential material of cholesterol from the blood.
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Because we know that we couldn’t live without them for too long. Let’s take a child as an example who doesn’t eat enough despite the fact that there is a well-laid table in front of him with plenty of food on it. But he has no appetite and doesn’t eat. In this case a sensible parent is not concerned that there will be too much food left on the table but will worry about the child who wouldn’t get the essential nutrition for his development. Therefore the solution is not to reduce the amount of food available for the child but rather treat the cause of the lack of appetite. As the problem wasn’t the fact that there was too much food on the table but the fact that the child wouldn’t eat anything.
I would be thinking the same If we wanted to achieve that the cells would be able to somehow admit the essential cholesterol, then a treatment like this would be sensible. It would be like a therapy. However, if we added to the cholesterol starvation of the cells with unnaturally preventing the cholesterol production of the body, we would create a serious condition. You see, as long as the blood cholesterol level is higher, at least there is a chance that despite the smaller number of receptors – that is the receptionists assisting in the admission –, sufficient amount of cholesterol can be admitted to the cells. If however, we lower the cholesterol level, there is no chance left. The cells become more defenceless and frail.
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At least that’s what I would be thinking if I represented the official theory of cholesterol receptors deficiency.
I have a few comments – 6. It is possible that there are some people whom this theory applies to. But this reason could only be a serious genetic condition. The gene1 which is responsible for producing the material of receptor would be either missing or deficient. Therefore there are not enough receptors produced which would admit cholesterol to our body. A gene deficiency like this affects one in every 100 thousand people. 1 in every 100 thousand. 10 in every 1 million. 100 in every 10 million. 1. Gene: Molecular unit of heredity, a stretch of DNA containing a code needed for a certain type of material. DNA is a series of codes
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One thing is sure: it’s not possible that 76% of the population has a genetic deficiency. (Note the chapter on Norway page 58). If the majority of the population had a genetic deficiency, then humanity would have become extinct ages ago. For me, the realistic proportion is 1 in every 100 thousand. 100 in every 10 million.
Just in case Certainly, in these cases a confirming examination should be taken to make sure that there is a genetic deficiency. Just in case. Without an examination, it would be barbarism to expose people – whose condition is presumed – to a life-long and potentially very dangerous treatment.
If there was only a 100 or – God forbid – a few hundred people who were supposed to follow a low-cholesterol diet and be treated with reference to the theory of the receptor deficiency, I wouldn’t have written this book.
I would be extremely cautious to start a treatment which carcinogenic effect has been proven on laboratory animals but its harmlessness on people hasn’t.
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It is possible though‌
It is unacceptable for me
It is possible that I would still have written this book even if the treatment of using cholesterol lowering drugs had affected only a hundred or a few hundred people in every 10 million.
I think my next comment is not going surprise you: The official theory of cholesterol receptor deficiency, particularly promoted by the pharmaceutical companies, is unacceptable for me.
Because I believe that even the unnatural prevention of cholesterol production wouldn’t help them.
I do believe that taking cholesterol lowering drugs would do more harm than use in their cases too.
If it was true, then: should be deposited in every vein with particular evenness. ++Particularly in those veins in which the blood flow is slower (veins, capillary vessels) ++People with low or normal cholesterol level shouldn’t have arteriosclerosis. ++People with receptor deficiency should have a constantly increasing cholesterol level. ++Due to the general cholesterol starvation of the body, there should be serious symptoms developed way before the development of arteriosclerosis. ++People with these symptoms would die before the development of arteriosclerosis.
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The only treatment that would help them is assisting or restoring the ability of their cells to admit cholesterol. Their problem is not the fact that they produce too much cholesterol but their inability to use the produced amount. They suffer from their cells not getting sufficient amount of cholesterol.
++Cholesterol
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a serious abnormality would affect approximately one in every 100 thousand people or 100 people of a 10 million population. ++If this abnormality would affect the same number of people than the current number of people treated with cholesterol lowering drugs, then humanity would have become extinct ages ago. ++It would have been possible to achieve a breakthrough in treating cholesterol-related problems ages ago. And even if the official theory was correct, even then the solution wouldn’t be the unnatural prevention of cholesterol production but rather assisting the cells to somehow admit cholesterol.
Despite the number of theories Here’s an abstract from a pharmacological textbook1: “The development of arteriosclerosis, its exact pathomechanism2 is still not known – despite the number of theories and intensive researches.“ I would like to emphasise that this sentence can be read in an official textbook of pharmacology. It is worthwhile for you to know that medical researches require considerable financial assistance.
1. Edited by Jozsef Knoll: Pharmacology university textbook (1990) 2. Pathomechanism: The mechanism by which a pathological condition occurs.
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It is also worthwhile for you to know that nowadays there are very few independent research institutions left as most researches are directly or indirectly financed by the pharmaceutical industry. The industry, however, needs fast results. Results which assist them to make profit.
They are desperate to make everyone believe that they have found the right path and the best solution. Which is none other than the fact that people should take cholesterol lowering drugs.
Results which could quickly lead to the mass production of drugs and consequently provide significant income and profit expected by investors. Thus the pharmaceutical industry invests in researches that indicate that they would get their money back fairly quickly. And that is the reason why they ignore warnings like the one just you read from an official medicine textbook.
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Point of interest On 1st January 1990, the Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy gave permission for the distribution of a cholesterol lowering drug (belonged to the group of statins) called Mevacor (This same medicine was on the pharmacy shelves from 1987 in the US).
So the “medicine” of the disease with an unknown origin could start its conquering journey. With the help of government funding.
It’s interesting that the quote from the last chapter was also originated from 1990: “The development of arteriosclerosis, its exact pathomechanism is still not known – despite the number of theories and intensive researches.“ It seems that the official curriculum didn’t create much difficulty in the authorisation process. The above thesis was taught in 1990 and even after that.
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Invasion
Way out of the maze
We can ascertain that the use of these drugs have become a general and routine habit.
Fortunately there is a way out of the maze.
In spite of the official curriculum.
Following the warning in the medicine textbook I just quoted, the author also writes about the areas which were thoroughly examined in order to find the cause of the arteriosclerosis.
In spite of the expert warning that practitioners should narrow down the number of patients treated with these drugs. In spite of the incomplete safety tests. In spite of the unclarified carcinogenic effects. In spite of the fact that the necessity and usefulness of cholesterol lowering drugs have never been scientifically proved. Indeed!
They did examine a lot of areas but they couldn’t find the answer. It also turns out that there was something they have never examined. It is something that definitely should have been examined however they did ignore the most important data concerning arteriosclerosis. Let me introduce to you this data.
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The most important though ignored data Yes, arteriosclerosis does really exist. Yes, there is larger amount of cholesterol can be found in the calcified veins. We would still need to find an explanation though for the fact that cholesterol accumulates in the arteries. Why there? And for the fact that anyone could have arteriosclerosis, regardless the level of cholesterol in their blood. Why?
The most important but ignored data is the following: The deposit of cholesterol must be preceded by the damage of the artery!!! Yes, with three exclamation points! Because if we understand this ignored data, we’ll immediately find our way out of the maze. This data, however, has never been the subject of an examination before.
Dr. Matthias Rath German researcher’s experiments and discoveries have contributed in a great extent to understand this mysterious question. Studying Dr. Rath’s papers helped me a lot to get the full picture.
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Arteries are prone to damage When our heart contracts, it presses blood to the arteries with great strength. When that happens, the arteries greatly expand. This expansion is so great that we could easily feel it with our fingers. Just place your fingers on your wrist from your palm side. The artery is beating. It expands then contracts. It expands then contracts. This beat is called the pulse1. The artery expands and contacts the same amount of time as our heart contracts or pumps. On average, 70 times a minute. 4200 times in an hour. More than 100 thousand times in a day. 1. Pulse: derived from the Latin pulsus, meaning beating
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More than 3 million times in a month. Close to 37 million times in a year. Close to 400 million times up to our 10th birthday. Arteries work extremely hard. All arteries work really hard but probably the arteries closest to the heart; the coronary arteries have the hardest job. It is not a coincidence that the most frequent problem is the coronary sclerosis which is the predecessor of a heart attack. The life of veins and capillary vessels is a big vacation compared to that. The arteries are more prone to damage because of the extreme pressure on them. The deposition of cholesterol is preceded by the damage of a vein, every time. What does it depend on that the arteries are able to take the pressure or get damaged?
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Flexible and strong Nature – as its nature – provided an excellent solution. The frame of our body is built up from an essential special kind of protein, invisible to the eye. This material is extremely strong, almost unbreakable and really flexible. An excellent solution. This material – which also enmeshes the walls of our veins – is called collagen.
The collagen threads are so strong that a 1-millimetre diameter collagen fibre is able to hold the weight of 40 kilograms. If it has good quality. A 3-millimetres diameter collagen thread is able to hold the weight of a robust 120-kilogram man. If the quality of the collagen is really good. You can guess that if this material is such an essential building material, we’ll need a significant amount of it to stay healthy. In the body of a 70-kilograms adult, there is approximately 12-13 kilogram of protein.
This same material can also be found – in large proportions – in the cartilages, tendons and bands of the joints – which also have great pressure on. It also makes sure that our skin is flexible. Also, the solid materials of our bones and teeth are deposited to the gaps of the collagen mesh. That’s how our bones and teeth become strong and flexible at the same time.
Of this amount, at least 30-40% is this special protein, the collagen. It means that in the body of a 70-kilogram person there should be at least 3.6-5.2 kilogram of collagen.
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Everything you need to know about the general role of collagen can be found in one of my other books, called Beauty and collagen.
Heavy-duty It’s very simple. Our veins are able to do the hard work in direct proportion to the quantity and quality of collagen found in them. There are two main conditions: 1. There has to be enough collagen. 2. The collagen has to be in excellent condition. The collagen mesh interweaves the wall of the veins. At least 14% of the material of the arteries is collagen. It provides extreme flexibility to the material of the arteries and it also makes sure that the vein doesn’t expand more than it would be safe. If the quantity and quality of collagen is insufficient then the arteries won’t be able to take the extreme pressure for long and would be damaged soon.
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The weaker wall of the arteries overexpands and cracks appear in the veins. The cracks will appear particularly in those areas where the arteries have the most pressure on. Like the coronary arteries. So this is the missing link. We have already known that the deposition of the cholesterol must be preceded by the damage of the veins. Veins, especially arteries are more prone to damage if there is less or worse quality of collagen in their walls than they would need to have to be more heavy duty.
It’s a unique task… It’s not surprising that collagen has to have a special composition in order to do its unique task. It’s important for the collagen to be strong and flexible at the same time. It also has to be extremely resistant. The composition of the collagen is very unique and special. In order to fulfil its duty, it has to be kept fresh at all times. Otherwise, even this really strong thread grows tired and loses from its strength and flexibility.
Now the only thing we would need to know is the cause of the decrease of quantity and quality.
However, Nature has provided a solution for this problem too. The life span of the collagen threads – under normal circumstances – is not longer than a few weeks.
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After that period they disintegrate and our body builds new, fresh threads ready to work. It prevents the collagen mesh to become aged. This way the threads only need to bear the extreme pressure for a few weeks.
To keep it fresh – 1. To be able to constantly change the collagen for fresh ones, we basically need two things. One of them: As a consequence of the unique composition, it is advantageous to consume sufficient amount of food rich in collagen. For example: knuckle of ham, roast, chicken with the skin, cracklings, fatty meats etc. The popularity of low-fat and cholesterol diet have basically ruled out these kinds of food, although they are rich in collagen. Still, this is the smaller problem. Our body is able to produce the materials needed to build collagen even if we don’t provide them for it. We would make it easier for our body if we helped it to get them in the first place but it is not an essential condition.
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To keep it fresh – 2. The other one: The more important one! We have known it for quite a while that sufficient amount of collagen is only produced when our body receives enough Vitamin C. What is even more important to know is that the collagen becomes perfect, excellent quality, really unbreakable and flexible when and if our body get enough Vitamin C. Producing collagen is a process which needs a lot of Vitamin C.
Our need is at least 30-50 milligrams of Vitamin C for every kilogram of weight. For a 50-kilogram person: 50 × 30-50=1500-2500 milligrams, that is 1.52.5 grams. For a 70-kilogram person: 70 × 30-50=2100-3500 milligrams, that is 2.13.5 grams. For a 100-kilogram person: 100 × 30-50=3000-5000 milligrams, that is 3-5 grams. At least. Every single day.
How much Vitamin C we need depends on the individual and their lifestyle. For example, smoking draws away a lot of Vitamin C from the important life processes. However, I can give you some useful information which can be applied to anyone.
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Dr. Matthias Rath So the process of producing collagen requires a lot of Vitamin C. Unfortunately, we, humans are not able to produce Vitamin C for ourselves so we completely have to rely on the amount we consume. Dr. Matthias Rath’s thoughts on the subject: “I realised that cardiac and circulatory diseases are basically unknown among animals whereas they are the most frequent causes of death among humans.”
“The more the Vitamin C, the more the collagen, the more stable are the walls of veins and the less are the heart attacks.” “Animals suffer heart attacks so rarely because they are able to produce sufficient amount of Vitamin C.” “We, humans are not able to produce molecules of this vitamin; furthermore our diet typically contains less than enough vitamins; therefore our vascular system loses its strength and deposition could develop.”
“The next discovery is groundbreaking for natural health in the whole world: animals are able to produce Vitamin C in their bodies which they need for producing collagen that is molecules strengthening the resistance of their body and vascular system.”
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Compared to this‌ So we would need at least 30-50 milligrams of Vitamin C for every kilogram of our weight. Every single day. Compared to this, according to the official data, we consume only 80 milligram of Vitamin C altogether a day. Even those people who regularly eat fruit and vegetables.
That is the consequence of us not providing the necessary conditions for a constant renewal of collagen. The faster ageing veins become sensitive and prone to damage and open the door to vein damages and consequently deposition of cholesterol and later arteriosclerosis. Regardless of our cholesterol level!
This, however, provides only 5% of the minimum amount (1500 mg) of what a 50-kilogram person would need a day for staying healthy.
I’m not saying that Vitamin C deficiency is the only cause of arteriosclerosis but I do believe that it is the leading cause of this undesirable change.
No wonder that our joints, tendons, bones, teeth, skin and veins age in an accelerated speed, twice as fast as it would be normal. Compared to what? Compared to our abilities encoded in our genes.
Other factors also play crucial roles such as Vitamin E deficiency which has a serious affect on all of us. You can find more details about this and other factors in my other books. But I do strongly believe that the most important of all is the Vitamin C deficiency!
An excessively accelerated ageing!
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Scurvy
This phenomenon is called scurvy.
There is a lowest level of Vitamin C deficiency under which everything just collapse.
This is the condition when the level of available Vitamin C has fallen to so low that maintaining the collagen stock becomes impossible and it simply falls apart.
Under this level the amount of Vitamin C we have is so low that our body is not able to produce collagen any more. In this case the collagen stock excessively ages, falls apart and its cohesive power stops working. This is a serious problem because the collagen threads constitute the essential frame of the body which is invisible to the eyes. The most obvious sign of this collagen collapse when the weakened veins break one after the other and first smaller than gradually larger haemorrhages appear on the body. In the fast process the walls of the veins simply disintegrate until the haemorrhages reach a life-threatening level.
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Latent scurvy
That is the reason why scurvy was called “sailor disease”.
How much is it? It seems that consuming the daily amount of 60 milligrams of Vitamin C prevents but just prevents the collapse of our body. With this amount we are similar to tightrope walkers who can fall down any minute but if we are lucky we can survive without our vascular system falling apart.
Nowadays the majority of people suffer from latent scurvy. One of the signs of the latent scurvy is the damage of the veins and consequently the development of arteriosclerosis.
Unfortunately, those sailors didn’t survive who ages ago went to long journeys but forgot to take any fruits. Because the once built up collagen stock is only able to function for a few weeks, then it starts deteriorating quite quickly. As a consequence, more than 1 million sailors died in scurvy during the long journeys between 1600 and 1800.
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Ascorbic acid
Patching and mending
It is well-known that the chemical name of Vitamin C is ascorbic acid. In Latin acidum ascorbicum.
We only patch and mend our collagen stock if we only consume 60-80 milligram of Vitamin C a day. There is no real maintenance with this low level of consumption. There is no long-term safety. There is only excessively accelerated ageing!
What does this name mean? The meaning of acidum is acid. The prefix ascorbicum very wisely refers to scurvy. “A” in a Latin compound could mean “no” or “there is no”. “Scorbic”= Scurvy “A” plus “Scorbic”= “there is no scurvy”. Ascorbic acid = acid against scurvy. And with sufficient amount of ascorbic acid that is Vitamin C, there really is no scurvy.
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Professor Albert Szent-Györgyi who received his Nobel Prize for his research on Vitamin C wrote the following to his Nobel Prize winner colleague, Linus Carl Pauling in 1966: “Regarding the ascorbic acid, I have had the feeling for a long time that the public is being misled by the medical profession. You see, doctors claimed that if there was no Vitamin C in our nutrition, scurvy would appear. If however, scurvy didn’t appear, everything was fine. I believe this is a serious mistake. “
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“Scurvy is not the first symptom of Vitamin C deficiency. Scurvy is a sign for the final collapse of the body, syndrome before death and there is an extremely wide gap between the edges of scurvy and being healthy.”
We haven’t fallen down yet… The fact that we haven’t fallen down to the abyss yet doesn’t mean that we are fine. We can live our whole life as a tightrope walker. Always balancing around the life-threatening line, always just a little bit above it. The daily consumption of 60-80 milligram of Vitamin C is just enough for that. It’s little consolation that we are just above the level at which our veins would start falling apart. We are really far from that state which could be called healthy. Anyone who have experienced bleeding from their gums during tooth-brushing knows – even though they might not had any idea what was that – that their veins are prone to damage.
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Under a certain level of Vitamin C, the damage and falling apart of the veins will become a reality very quickly. If we consume more but still not enough Vitamin C, in that case the same process will happen only slower, in years, probably unnoticed. The veins will not fall apart but get damaged. Small cracks will start to appear. Especially in the arteries, particularly in those with a lot of pressures on, like the coronary vessels. There is a really wide gap between scurvy and being healthy. To maintain our healthy state, we need to consume at least 30-50 milligrams of Vitamin C for every kilograms of our weight. Every single day.
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The chicken or the egg? – 1. Which was first? Well, it’s an easy question if we look at arteriosclerosis. The official theory makes you think that the high level of cholesterol itself would be enough for the deposition of cholesterol in the veins. The theory states that this deposition is the first step and consequently comes the damage of veins. But it is not true! If it was true, as I said before:
++Everyone with high cholesterol level should have arteriosclerosis but that’s not the case. ++No one with normal cholesterol level should have arteriosclerosis but unfortunately that’s not the case.
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should be deposited in each veins particularly in the slow flowing areas but the reality is the contrary. It is deposited only in certain fast flowing areas.
And as you already know the deposition of cholesterol is always preceded by the damage of the vein. You also know the reason why this happens in the arteries in the first place. Let’s see now how cholesterol access the damaged parts of the veins.
Trying to mend it If our body doesn’t receive sufficient amount of Vitamin C, then we would have less and worse quality of collagen. The flexibility and heavy dutiness decreases as a consequence. The weakness will first appear where the pressure is increased such as the joints, teeth, skin and naturally the arteries. Small damages and cracks will appear in the arteries. Our body will try to mend these damages with producing more and better quality collagen but to do that it would need more Vitamin C. Since the body doesn’t receive enough Vitamin C, it looks for something else.
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My theory is this:
As…
Cholesterol is a creamy kind of material and is suitable for filling up and making the cracks smooth.
As our body has used a stopgap measure, the condition further deteriorates. We don’t have more and better collagen. The „cholesterol band aid” doesn’t make the vein stronger, it only serves as a good powder foundation. It conceals the flaws.
That’s how cholesterol gets into the cracks. It tries to mend the problem. Naturally it is a stopgap measure as the real solution would be more and better collagen.
However, the vein is still weak so more and more damage will appear. So more cholesterol is deposited to fill up the gaps.
But this is still better than nothing. But the vein is still weak. So finally our body – in its desperation – tries to strengthen the weak wall of vein with bringing calcium so it might become stronger. The poor man cooks with water (Hungarian proverb).
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Without Vitamin C, the „poor” body tries to fix the problem with cholesterol first and deposition of calcium next. Naturally it can only lead to a shoddy piece of work.
The chicken or the egg? – 2. Let’s imagine an incorrectly structured house which foundation is weak. The walls of the house built on the weak foundation will move from their places and cracks will appear on the walls. The walls will look ugly, full of cracks. We want to repaint the house. What would be the first step? Either tear up the foundation and build up the whole thing again. (Which our body would be able to do!) Or at least fill up the cracks on the walls. So here comes the tradie who fill in the cracks with a special material which is soft, easy to spread and makes them even. Here we have our walls with no cracks but with visible irregular streaks in the place of the gaps which is filled with that special material. Imagine someone who walks into this room.
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Let’s suppose that they don’t understand the processes, don’t know what happened for what reasons, they can only see that the walls of the house is full of this irregular fill-in material streaks.
Dogma is born
This person who has never seen something like this before, doesn’t understand how the fill-in material got into the wall. They could only see that there are cracks behind the fill-in material. They don’t understand that the precedent was the cracks of the walls. So they settle their case as being certain of the fact that the fill-in material is really dangerous because it obviously caused the cracks on the walls.
We either discover the correct explanation or in the meantime we make a presumption, that is a theoretical possibility which seems to be explaining that experience.
And then they make up a theory that we should avoid the fill-in material to keep the walls’ safe.
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We are always looking for answers for what we experience in our lives. That’s just natural.
One of the most important characteristics of a dogma is that an innocent presumption becomes an absolute rule. Without proof. From this point, however, it couldn’t be considered innocent. How does this happen? As time and generations pass, descendants with the appealing presumption as inheritance, forget about the fact that originally the theory was a presumption. Only a presumption and not a scientifically proven fact.
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And they would also forget that in time, that presumption could be proved wrong. They would forget about it and later they would assume that they are the protectors of the truth. It is even possible that they truly believe in it with no malice at all. But the fact remains fact. When they forget about the presumption that it is only a possible theoretical explanation, that theory could be turned into dogma.
That’s how we saw it back then… Centuries ago, with no telescopes or modern astronomical knowledge the Earth could have been seen as the centre of the Universe. It appeared to be obvious that the Sun moved around the Earth. It could only be seen this way because there was not enough scientific knowledge to understand the whole truth. We shouldn’t blame ourselves because we were searching for explanation. Nor we should blame ourselves for drawing up a theoretical possibility which – at the time – seemed to provide the right answers. The trap opened up when with new information we weren’t able to admit that we were wrong.
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When scientific research proved the old presumption wrong. And when the misconception was still rigorously protected.
Historia est magistra vitae According to the Latin saying history is the teacher of life. Studies of historians suggest that certain power plays crucial role in the establishment of dogmas and this power has an interest in maintaining the ignorance of people regarding the particular topic. History books tell us that the reigning Church in the Middle Age was afraid of losing its power if people were to look into other aspects of the Universe. For them, it was more beneficial that people believed the Earth as the centre of the Universe and they had nowhere else to go. So the powerful institute tied people to this dogma: „the Earth is the centre of the Universe.�
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The most important words In 1988, the most important sentence of the presumed danger of the cholesterol in the medical textbook started with this:
An idea which may provide explanation for arteriosclerosis and other cholesterol related illnesses or may not. Back then, it was only considered to be an idea, a presumption and later it has become an – unproved – dogma.
„According to the current idea…” These words were the most important back then and they have the same significance today. „According to the current idea…” The textbook back then was based on the fair rules of science and described the presumption as a footnote, separate from the other text. That particular cholesterol receptors deficiency theory.
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Enough of the debate! Period! And if the explanation is only a presumption, it could be proved right or wrong. Regardless how appealing the theory is. It is just a theoretical presumption not a proved fact. The problem is this: This theory which was only a possible theoretical explanation, a mere presumption, has become the binding truth which cannot be questioned and must be accepted without doubts.
There should be a warning sign everywhere with large red letters so everyone could see: „Watch out, mate! It was only a presumption. A theory. It still is. Watch out, don’t take it for granted.” The one-time possible theoretical explanation has transformed into an unquestionable dogma, set in stone. It is compulsory to believe in it. Enough of the debate! Period!
Despite the fact that the theory hasn’t even been proved. It hasn’t become an unquestionably proved scientific fact. It has been bleeding from a hundred wounds as I described it here in this book.
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The power I believe that power, considered as a significant factor by historians, has played a crucial role in this process. In our case this is a power which has an interest in maintaining the dogma of cholesterol. This power has pushed this idea, the indisputable theory of cholesterol to us and the doctors with so much force that the one-time wise footnote in the textbook – “According to the current idea…” have been lost completely.
This power has built up this dogma with a lot of efforts. It hasn’t spared any energy for decades. As they say it nowadays: it pushed it like crazy. For me it seems that as a consequence this power has tied us, doctors really tightly to this dogma: „cholesterol is dangerous”.
It has been pushed under the table by powerful propaganda. Probably it doesn’t even cross our mind to question the official theory. Because everyone has accepted it. It must be true if everyone believes in it.
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Hoping that
Even back then, I had to realise that we have lost some of our independence.
I started to pry into this topic in 2003 that how dangerous this power could be in terms of our future. The power which has interest in selling more and more drugs. Even then I started to make an estimation of the arsenal lined up by the power of pharmaceutical companies and what effect they will have on our future.
++False scientific publications ++Financially controlled doctors ++Excessive marketing campaigns ++Powerful propaganda ++And the list could go on. In what ways this is against the fact that us, doctors can stay free and independent? As for us it is compulsory to represent our patients’ interest objectively and strictly based on scientific facts.
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Even back then, I had to realise that as a consequence we have also lost some of our scientific thoughts which are supposed to stay independent from anything. It seemed obvious to me that even the medical courses had started to support the interests of the manufacturers and distributors of cholesterol lowering drugs and other „magic” products. They represent their interests on a much greater level than it would be safe and acceptable. You can find my detailed analysis in my book titled Censored health – on the assembly line of the disease industry. Hoping that the adversely directed processes can still be changed.
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Howhg! I remember from my chillingly exciting Indian novels, the wise Indian finished his sentence like this:
I could also tell you about why they don’t go public with those scientific test results which would essentially disprove the whole idea of „lowering cholesterol level at any price.” I believe it’s unnecessary.
Howhg! which means something like: „that’s all I wanted to say.” I didn’t want to discuss this topic at a greater length. I would have so much more to say. I could explain why those experiment series were so unreliable which were done on rabbits in the 1910s and became the foundation of the whole cholesterol myth.
If you are interested in reading the collection of cholesterol-related scientific facts, I can recommend to you the following reading: Gábor Szendi: Paleolithic diet, Chapter 4, The myth of cholesterol. I believe I have told you enough.
I could explain how they massaged statistical data later so they could back up their cholesterol theory.
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Dogma or science? – 2.
Eppur si muove…
According to the definition, we would need to have independent opinion to avoid thinking in dogmas.
That is: “…and yet it moves”. To be precise: …and yet the Earth moves.
I think I haven’t left any doubt what my independent opinion is. Everything I wrote down here, I did it for a better future. For a better future in which the star of “common sense” will shine brighter than it does today. As a conclusion and a goodbye, this is my message for you:
According to legend, Galileo Galilei, the famous Italian astronomer and philosopher said this before his death on 8 January 1642. In the age of Galilei, the official theory – or dogma, controlled by the powerful institute of Church, was that the Earth stayed motionless in the centre of the Universe. This great scientist however claimed that the Earth moved around the Sun.
And yet it moves!
He was prosecuted for his theories. He was spared from a death sentence mainly because of his merits and his connections, but he was kept under house arrest for 9 years, until his death.
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I believe in the same theory about cholesterol, against the dominating official medical dogma. “Eppur si muove…” Cholesterol is not harmful. Quite the contrary.
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