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Savage discusses safer remedies to maintain your health, the drug lipitor and its hazardous effects, the cholesterol myth, and being heart healthy with vitamins…Aired in 2007

When a low-cholesterol lifestyle doesn’t get your numbers in an appropriate range, your doctor may recommend supplementing with medication to help you on the road to better health.Watch More Health Videos at Health Guru: www.healthguru.com

MySpace Friend Me! www.myspace.com Kids & High Cholesterol Drugs, The Truth, Austin Wellness With raising obesity rates in America, children are really being found to have high cholesterol. Does your child need to be on a drug like Lipitor, Zocor or Pravachol for their health? Visit Dr. Bellonzi’s website at www.austinwellnessclinic.com This video was produced by Psychetruth www.myspace.com www.youtube.com psychetruth.blogspot.com PsycheTruth is empowered by TubeMogul www.tubemogul.com © Copyright 2008 Austin Wellness Institute. All Rights Reserved. Distributed by Tubemogul.

myspace Friend Me! www.myspace.com Truth About High Cholesterol & Statins Drugs like Lipitor Whats the truth about high and cholesterol cholesterol lowing drugs like Lipitor, Lescol, Altocor, Pravachol, Crestor and Zocor? Dr.Vincent Bellonzi is a chiropractor and is certified in Clinical Nutrition. He has been in practice for over 12 years. He received his Doctorate from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 1991. Since 1998, Dr. Bellonzi has practiced in the Austin area. He works with athletes at every level to provide sports conditioning and rehabilitation. Visit Dr. Bellonzi’s website at www.austinwellnessclinic.com This video was produced by Psychetruth www.myspace.com www.youtube.com psychetruth.blogspot.com psychetruth is empowered by tubemogul www.tubemogul.com © Copyright 2008 Austin Wellness Institute. All Rights Reserved. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Cholesterol Drug Scam, Wake Up America 13 Whats the truth about high cholesterol & cholesterol drugs? The statin drugs (drugs to lower cholesterol) such as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Lescol, Mevacor & Pravachol are some of the pharmaceutical industries top selling categories of drugs. Do these drugs really save lives and lower hearth attack rates? Are high cholesterol foods really terrible to eat? Are eggs terrible to eat? What are the side effects of statin drugs? Can lowering your cholesterol …

- Cholesterol does not cause heart disease, according to 15 years of research. – LDL (“terrible cholesterol”) and HDL (“excellent cholesterol”) are really proteins, not cholesterol. – According to research, heart disease is caused by the food additives glucose and fructose. Cholesterol is necessary for life, is made by the liver, and occurs in nearly all living organisms. Many heart attack victims have normal cholesterol levels. High fructose corn syrup, added to many processed foods and colas, is …

Atorvastatin, marketed under the trade name Lipitor, is used for lowering cholesterol. Atorvastatin inhibits the enzyme located in hepatic tissue that produces mevalonate, a small molecule used in the synthesis of cholesterol. This lowers the amount of cholesterol produced which in turn lowers the total amount of LDL (low density) cholesterol. In 2005, Lipitor sales totaled $12.2 billion, making it the largest selling drug in the world at the time.

Atorvastatin is indicated as an adjunct to diet for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. In a clinical trial, after 2 years, a relative risk reduction of 16% in the primary end point rate (death, heart attack, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, or stroke) was seen in patients receiving intensive treatment with the drug. The benefit of intensive treatment was apparent, in some instances, within 30 days.

If you have high cholesterol, chances are your physician has already talked to you about Lipitor. Doctors like to prescribe it because it works quickly and easily. But, you need to know the risk consequences associated with taking these sorts of drugs, because there is a potential for perilous and sometimes permanent side effects. Some patients have suffered severe health consequences and were not adequately forewarned by their doctors.

Some of the more well known side effects associated with drugs known as statins (statins is the scientific classification for drugs such as Lipitor) include liver hurt, sexual dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy. But there have been other studies that have revealed other subtle problems that develop within the patient, which can have huge ramifications for the health of that patient later in life.

In a study performed by Finnish doctors, doctors assessed the effects of the statin drug Zocor on 120 men ages 35 to 64. All of the men had high cholesterol levels, ranging from 232 to 309. One group of men was told to maintain their current diet, while the other group was required to reduce their daily intake of saturated stout to less than 10 percent of total daily calories, and to keep their daily cholesterol consumption below 250 mg.

Then, each of the 2 groups was divided into 2 subgroups. One subgroup would take 20 mg of Zocor per day, while the other group received a placebo. This was continued for 12 weeks, at which point each subgroup switched so that the subgroup that had been receiving the placebo would receive the Zocor for the next 12 weeks, and vice versa. At the beginning of the clinical trial, and after the first 12 weeks, as well as at the end of the second 12 weeks, the cholesterol, blood pressure, insulin, and weight of each patient were measured.

The Zocor clearly worked, because it decreased cholesterol levels by 20.8 percent, while diet alone only decreased cholesterol by 7.6 percent. But, there was an astonishing finding. It was learned that the drug increased fasting serum insulin levels by 13 percent, and decreased serum concentrations of vital antioxidant vitamins by as much as 22 percent. This was a huge revelation.

Decreased insulin sensitivity can lead to a whole host of problems down the road, such as blindness, diabetes, and kidney disease. And antioxidants protect us from a whole host of problems, such as organic brain disease, cancer, and atherosclerosis. So, even though these cholesterol drugs perform a valuable function (lowering cholesterol), they can cause a whole range of other problems and diseases that can make a patient severely ill later in life.

So, you should reckon long and hard before using cholesterol-lowering drugs. The aforementioned side effects may not be equally severe in all people who take the medication. But, you might be better off working closely with your doctor to develop a program of diet and exercise before using drugs like Zocor or Lipitor to lower your cholesterol.

Atorvastatin, marketed under the trade name Lipitor, is used for lowering cholesterol. Atorvastatin inhibits the enzyme located in hepatic tissue that produces mevalonate, a small molecule used in the synthesis of cholesterol. This lowers the amount of cholesterol produced which in turn lowers the total amount of LDL (low density) cholesterol. In 2005, Lipitor sales totaled $12.2 billion, making it the largest selling drug in the world at the time.

Atorvastatin is indicated as an adjunct to diet for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia. In a clinical trial, after 2 years, a relative risk reduction of 16% in the primary end point rate (death, heart attack, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, or stroke) was seen in patients receiving intensive treatment with the drug. The benefit of intensive treatment was apparent, in some instances, within 30 days.

If you have high cholesterol, chances are your physician has already talked to you about Lipitor. Doctors like to prescribe it because it works quickly and easily. But, you need to know the risk consequences associated with taking these sorts of drugs, because there is a potential for perilous and sometimes permanent side effects. Some patients have suffered severe health consequences and were not adequately forewarned by their doctors.

Some of the more well known side effects associated with drugs known as statins (statins is the scientific classification for drugs such as Lipitor) include liver hurt, sexual dysfunction, and peripheral neuropathy. But there have been other studies that have revealed other subtle problems that develop within the patient, which can have huge ramifications for the health of that patient later in life.

In a study performed by Finnish doctors, doctors assessed the effects of the statin drug Zocor on 120 men ages 35 to 64. All of the men had high cholesterol levels, ranging from 232 to 309. One group of men was told to maintain their current diet, while the other group was required to reduce their daily intake of saturated stout to less than 10 percent of total daily calories, and to keep their daily cholesterol consumption below 250 mg.

Then, each of the 2 groups was divided into 2 subgroups. One subgroup would take 20 mg of Zocor per day, while the other group received a placebo. This was continued for 12 weeks, at which point each subgroup switched so that the subgroup that had been receiving the placebo would receive the Zocor for the next 12 weeks, and vice versa. At the beginning of the clinical trial, and after the first 12 weeks, as well as at the end of the second 12 weeks, the cholesterol, blood pressure, insulin, and weight of each patient were measured.

The Zocor clearly worked, because it decreased cholesterol levels by 20.8 percent, while diet alone only decreased cholesterol by 7.6 percent. But, there was an astonishing finding. It was learned that the drug increased fasting serum insulin levels by 13 percent, and decreased serum concentrations of vital antioxidant vitamins by as much as 22 percent. This was a huge revelation.

Decreased insulin sensitivity can lead to a whole host of problems down the road, such as blindness, diabetes, and kidney disease. And antioxidants protect us from a whole host of problems, such as organic brain disease, cancer, and atherosclerosis. So, even though these cholesterol drugs perform a valuable function (lowering cholesterol), they can cause a whole range of other problems and diseases that can make a patient severely ill later in life.

So, you should reckon long and hard before using cholesterol-lowering drugs. The aforementioned side effects may not be equally severe in all people who take the medication. But, you might be better off working closely with your doctor to develop a program of diet and exercise before using drugs like Zocor or Lipitor to lower your cholesterol.