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Are You a Ticking Time Bomb? Despite over 100 antihypertensive drugs that have been approved as being safe and effective, the sad fact is that we have not been very successful in controlling hypertension. A survey published in the British Medical Journal in June found that 97 percent of patients taking antihypertensive medications had suffered from significant side effects at some time and 17 percent continued to do so! Four out of five patients had serious concerns about side effects they had not been informed of, possible long-term dangers, and wondered if they still needed drugs or could use other approaches. You may want to be on alert if you regularly ingest the following heart medications/cholesterol-lowering medications: Lisinopril (Prenivil, Zestril): This drug … [Read more...]

BREAKING NEWS!

“The FDA has concluded that the data do not support the use of aspirin as a preventive medication by people who have not had a heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular problems, a use that is called 'primary prevention.' In such people, the benefit has not been established but risks — such as dangerous bleeding into the brain or stomach — are still present."---FDA website If you are one of the 40 million Americans who take an aspirin every day, you may want to heed the latest warning from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). After many decades of promoting aspirin, the FDA now says that if you have not experienced a heart problem, you should not be taking a daily aspirin—even if you have a family history of heart disease. This represents a significant departure from FDA's prior … [Read more...]

Stop the Madness

There is a deadly American experiment currently being conducted on millions of American citizens and it involves physicians unnecessarily scaring and cajoling patients into manipulating their cholesterol numbers into a “normal range” via health destroying statin medications. What the public is unaware of is this is simply a game of pharmaceutical “Russian roulette”, which will leave many sick, disease as well as dead. LOW Cholesterol = Early Death  In 1990, Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University found that by evaluating the best studies to date, no correlation existed between saturated fat intake and risk of heart disease. Subsequent diet studies conducted in 1995 and 1997 found similar results.  Dr. William P. Castelli, who analyzed data from a long-term Framingham … [Read more...]

Is your writing on the WALL?

*Heart disease is the #1 cause of death for both men and women in the United States, claiming approximately 1 million lives annually! (1 every 33 seconds)  42% of women who have heart attacks die within 1 year, compared to 24% of men. Under age 50, women’s heart attacks are twice as likely as men’s to be fatal  267,000 women die each year from heart attacks - six times more than the number of women who die from breast cancer.  When the heart stops abruptly without warning, the diagnosis is SCD.  The CDC reports that Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD), the nation's #1 killer, prematurely ended the lives of 250,000 Americans in 2009 (680/day).  One-half of the victims of Sudden Cardiac Death are under the age of 65.  It kills its victims within minutes.  It is … [Read more...]

What is Your Strategy to Prevent Brain Rot?

You may be thinking, “Did he really have to use the word rot?” “Why couldn’t he have just used the word degenerate or aging?” Well, is there really any difference between something degenerating and rotting? Besides the issue of odor, the brain does actually change shape, form and size as it degenerates, making it in a sense a rotting process minus the smell! Plus, anybody would be motivated to avoid a rotting brain! Currently our country has a HUGE brain degeneration issue: • 50% of all people over 80 yrs. old are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease or advanced memory loss. • Parkinson’s begins developing 30-50 yrs. before the first diagnosable symptom. • Depression: 6 out of the top 10 best-selling drugs are for depression and depression is an early indicator for high early … [Read more...]