The Tests That Can Change Your Life
No diet is truly successful unless it helps you fight disease and makes you live a
long and healthy life. The Perfect 10 Diet will deliver on all its promises. It will
improve your overall health while you lose weight. The proof will be not only in
how you feel and your energy level, but also in the improvement you’ll see in
risk factors for many diseases. Ask your doctor to perform these tests during
your next visit or yearly physical.
- Cholesterol
The quest for lower cholesterol has become an obsession in this country and
around the world. Public health officials are urging millions of people to get on
cholesterollowering drugs at increasingly younger ages. Why is it that everyone
who is around the age of 45 or 50 needs a statin drug, such as Lipitor, Zocor, or
Crestor? Why now when our grandparents never had this problem?
The higher your cholesterol level, the more likely you are to die from heart
disease or stroke. That’s the information promoted by medical research and drug
manufacturers. They demonstrate their data with graphs and TV commercials. In
truth, it’s only half the story. Except for a few people with certain genetic
diseases, or about 1 percent of the population, cholesterol level has little to do
with the degree of atherosclerosis. Also as we get older, loss of HGH and sex
hormones lead to higher cholesterol levels.
It’s estimated that 50 percent of heart attacks occur in people with normal
cholesterol levels! Surprised? I bet. The relationship between cholesterol levels
and heart disease is minuscule, but the data is greatly exaggerated in order to get
more people on cholesterol drugs. While we are told to lower cholesterol levels
aggressively with drugs, taking these will not help you live longer. Patent-statins
or cholesterol drugs are awful. Your brain and cells need cholesterol to function.
Cholesterol drugs deplete the body of coenzyme Q10, a natural substance needed
by your body. Coenzyme Q10 is a fat-soluble antioxidant that acts
independently, protecting against DNA damage and other forms of oxidative
damage. None of the patent cholesterol drugs on the market come with
coenzyme Q10.
When you shut down your cholesterol, you affect how your brain functions,