This natural compound drops cholesterol by 17.4%

Does your doctor still hound you with warnings about cholesterol? Do you feel the pressure to knuckle under to his demands and take a dangerous statin? I’ve always said that I see no place for statins in 99% of people. Here’s more proof. Common molecules in plants can dramatically lower your cholesterol, and totally without risk.

In this study, researchers followed 93 healthy subjects with slightly elevated cholesterol 193-309 mg/dl. They wanted to see if plant stanols could lower their cholesterol. Stanols are molecules in plants with a very similar structure to cholesterol called phytosterols.

The researchers divided the subjects into four groups. They gave the patients either a control product or a stanol product daily for four weeks. The stanol product was a margarine/soy-based “yogurt” that provided 3, 6, or 9 grams of plant stanols. Each stanol group had lowered cholesterol. But the 9 gram group lowered the most – 27mg/dl. The 9 gram group dropped cholesterol a whopping 17.4%.

What makes asthmatics more likely to get osteoporosis?

Most people wouldn’t connect asthma to osteoporosis. But a new study says asthmatics should be concerned about the bone disease.

As you may know, osteoporosis is one of the biggest dangers we have to face as we get older. Osteoporosis not only makes your life very miserable, it also can kill you. Each year, more than one-third of Americans aged 65 and older will experience a fall. And, according to the Centers for Disease Control, close to 16,000 of those people will die from the fall because their bones are so weak.

As a result, the drug industry is pushing osteoporosis drugs (Actonel, Aredia, Boniva, Didronel, Fosamax, Reclast, Skelid, and Zometa) like they are candy. But they aren’t candy.

This heart drug actually destroys your heart

It amazes me that people still take statins. Years ago, I told you that statins cause diastolic dysfunction, a sign that congestive heart failure is right around the corner. Conventional medicine is just now beginning to catch up. The journal Clinical Cardiology recently published new evidence that statins destroy your heart.

In the study, researchers evaluated 28 patients for heart function. They used an echocardiography and a technique called strain imaging. This imaging holds great promise, according to experts, to identify regional problems in your heart. In this study, a carefully matched group of patients NOT on statins had significantly better strain imaging function than those on statins. The authors concluded that statins can impair heart muscle function.