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Is there a quick way to lower bad cholesterolPosted By Gertie (Va, US) on 12/10/2014
Replied by Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn. ) on 12/10/2014
If you can't live with the itch, then you are beyond help. That is your decision. Life is not just a bowel of cherries. If you don't continue to flush then up the dosage until you do. When you flush you are getting rid of the bad cholesterol. Your choice.
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Replied by Rsw (Uniontown, Oh) on 12/10/2014
Members of the "Stopped our Statin" group have found that most of the markers for cardiac disease that are now considered important by doctors will become in line with current parameters if a very low carbohydrate diet is followed. It is carbs, not fat, (except seed oils like canola, etc. which also cause problems) that increase triglycerides. Olive oil and coconut oil appear to be beneficial. The doctor on that site who is the head of cardiology at a hospital in Rhode Island and a professor at Brown University believes a Mediterranean diet consisting mostly of vegetables with very little meat, is also important. I don't think the results are immediate, however, but statin drug damage also will not happen. Best wishes.
Replied by Bill (San Fernando) on 12/10/2014
I would also advise that you take a strong liquid kelp extract(for the iodine) and Vitamin C(at least 1000 mgs 3 x per day) which will also act help you more to improve your cholesterol levels.
Before World War II, doctors used to give a drug called iodo-niacin for high blood pressure problems. This simple drug contained 50 mgs of niacin and 120 mgs potassium iodide. This drug was highly successful but was discontinued for reasons unknown in favour of current drugs like statins that are both unnatural and whose side-effects are extremely dangerous for the body.
Replied by Timh (Ky) on 12/11/2014
Red Yeast Rice and Pantethine will help reduce LDL.
Replied by Gertie (Va, US) on 12/11/2014
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Replied by Caligirl (Sacramento) on 12/11/2014
EC: EPO - Evening Primrose Oil
Replied by Rsw (Uniontown, Oh) on 12/11/2014
It is true that the people who live the longest have what is considered high cholesterol. Your body, and especially your brain, need cholesterol everywhere to function properly. I stopped worrying about my cholesterol, keeping an eye on triglycerides and attempting to eat less refined carbohydrates. The Ancil Keye original study pointing to fat as the culprit in heart disease has pretty much been proven to be false. My cholesterol is almost always very high, but the only time I have not been able to exercise easily because of muscle and tendon problems, and then acquiring several autoimmune diseases, is when I believed my doctor and took statins for years in spite of obvious adverse reactions that persist after stopping the statins. I think cholesterol numbers are overrated as predictors of future heart events. Stress and sugar seem to be of more importance. Try not to worry about your test numbers. Best wishes!
Replied by Robert Henry (Ten Mile, Tn. ) on 12/11/2014
You see when I rough up folks, then the rest of the site comes to your aid. They are PC and I am not. I mean well, but talk straight.
I want to tell you another thing that a niacin flush does and that is to detox. I always thought Ron L Hubbard was a kook, until I bought his book CLEAR MIND, CLEAR BODY. He was a wild and strange guy , as all know, but he was brilliant and had a big heart. He wanted to clean the LSD out of all his 60's drug buddies so he came up with a protocol found in this book.
He came up with a protocol using Niacin and Saunas that would sweat the residual toxins out of your body. Supposedly it worked. I ran this past our anti-aging doctor and she said I could go to the happy hunting grounds by doing that. I'm chicken, so I'm still loaded with toxins.
Anyway, it seems that this site has served you well. I am glad that you are staying with the niacin flush because it has benefits other than your cholesterol. It dilates your capillaries which allows garbage to get into your lymph system and out of your body.
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Replied by Timh (Ky) on 12/12/2014
I highly recommend taking the 50mg Niacin w/ either Niacinimide or Inositol hexoniacinate at least 2x day. Another problem is the body unable to convert all those sugars and carbs into energy thus storing as triglycerides, so take 200mcgs Chromium w/ the Niacin.
I have never heard of cramping w/ Red Yeast Rice. You may have some infection in your gut or something quite wrong w/ digestion. Try Oregano Oil softgels before retiring and Probiotics upon waking for a couple wks.
As for the CoQ10, the best absorbed and utilized form is conjugated w/ Reduced Glutathione.
Replied by Gertie (Virginia, US) on 12/12/2014
Replied by Rsw ( Uniontown, Oh) on 12/12/2014
Is the CoQ10 you mentioned something that you buy, several supplements taken together or something that you make? I know you are an expert on LET. Thank you!
Replied by Timh (KY) on 12/12/2014