In this article, Susie Cohen shares her view on cholesterol lowering and diabetic drugs. Suzy Cohen has been a pharmacist for over 20 years. She is the author of "24 Hour Pharmacist" and "Drug Muggers".
Kevin: Jan asks: “As you convince, tell me that your parents, who are statins,
parents of 82 years old, she says: “And other drugs are not good, and there are alternatives?” This is also a big question.
Suzy: Her parents turned 80 years old. It is difficult because they grow with the mentality, that the doctor is a difficult God, the doctor knows everything. So daughters are hard to convince them, especially because they changed her diapers. What does she know? Correctly? I had to fight with my parents so that I fully understood this. I think the best way to approach them is with soft and black-and-white information. If you emotionally address them, you will not go. But if you go to them logically, you can get somewhere. So maybe print a study written in a good language, or copy the fourth part of my book “Right from the Heart”, where I talk about why cholesterol drugs can speed up your death. Why they can increase the risk of heart attack. And they can. Studies show that statin drugs can increase the risk of cancer. These are studies that are. You can find them on google on the web.
Print it out and show them and say: “I love you, but I have to tell you that I just saw this article written by an American pharmacist,” or written by a doctor so-so and so. “I love you, and I am very worried that you will not be in a good direction with these medicines, because they can damage your liver, they can make you lose memory, they can cause convulsions and tired legs. Does it happen to you? "If yes, then give them the article and say:" I know why. This is because these drugs lower your cholesterol to such an extent that they also reduce the heart-healthy nutrient
Many people can sustain and lower cholesterol, naturally, with as simple as omega-3 fish oil. It is very powerful. Coenzyme Q10, it is very powerful. Many people use red yeast rice or polysocenol. You can also use things like googulipid. There are so many natural things.
It is also important to have a high fiber diet and cut meat. Personally, I don’t think that we just need to lower cholesterol to the numbers they are offering us right now. They want us to lower it like this, because in this way they can get as many people as possible on a statin preparation. He just went crazy. How little do we need to go?
You do not feel good with low cholesterol. You need cholesterol to feel good. If they can convince the American public that they need to go below this amount, below 200 cholesterol or below 100 LDL or something else, then they can get eight-year-olds for statin drugs, beat them.
Kevin: Wow. So you say that when they lower cholesterol, people stay on statins.
Suzy: Yes. They are gaining more and more people on them. Here's what, lowering
Cholesterol in someone with heart disease is like blowing smoke out of a house that burns. It does not matter. You need to stop the fire. You need to blow off the fire. The fact that someone has high cholesterol basically basically tells you that their arteries, their veins, their capillaries, are cracked. These microscopic lesions on them. Cholesterol goes there to fix it. Therefore, if you have high cholesterol, you will find that your hands are no more flexible. This is a red flag. This is what you need to go: “Oh, oh, I need to eat differently. I need to stretch my arms. ” In my opinion, it would be useful to use something like nattokinesis, and thinner, very useful for smoothing contracts. These statements have not been approved by the FDA. [Laughs] My qualification statement.
Kevin: I think this is true.
Suzy: Yes, but that's what. I don't care what cholesterol is, how much I care about what they have. This is another blood test. But you will not hear about the measurement of your LPA, because there is no medicine to lower it, there are only vitamins and amino acids and nutrients that lower it. Therefore you will not hear about LPA. But this is a blood test that can measure how much fluffy garbage gets stuck in your hands. This is a much better predictor than measuring cholesterol. Measuring cholesterol is useless, to my knowledge. Again, this is a red flag. It simply says that your hands need attention so that a lot of cholesterol is made to rush to the site where all these microscopic cracks are in the hands.
Kevin: Can someone ask a doctor to get their LPA?
Suzy: Yes. If you want to know how good your heart and your blood circulation are, then there are tests that you should ask your doctor. You need to insure them. One of them measures your LPA. The other is a highly sensitive C-reactive protein, which is different from normal C-reactive protein. You need high sensitivity.
Kevin: What's the difference?
Suzy: It measures inflation. Another thing you want to ask for is testing fibrinogen and other levels. Again, this is because I really don't care what your cholesterol levels are. You know why? Because I do not make any money or do not make a profit from the sale of statin drugs, so for me it does not matter what cholesterol is. The people who care a lot about it are those who make drugs lower it. They want it measured, and they want that number down.
Kevin: It is simply singular. I think this is one of the biggest problems. When it comes to these drugs, there is never a holistic approach.
Suzy: Well, some of the best doctors talk about holistic approaches. I'm moving a little bit. I have been doing this for 11 years and I love the mosquito in the press. Doctors just scratched their heads, trying to understand me at first, it was eleven years ago: “Who is she and why does she say that?” Now I’m a trusted resource for them. They buy my books. They want to know more. They ask me questions about their patients and e-mail, and we correspond. I have friends of friends around the world. The smartest are those who already know this, or if they do not want to listen to them. You will be surprised. Again, doctors care about their patients. They want them to do better. They are not all, just trying to get through the day, struggled and hurried. Many of them really, really care. They just don't know. They believe what they read. They believe that they hear at their educational seminars. It almost looks like they were instructed. They do not understand that the medicine they prescribe can be harmful.
for some of their patients. They are not suitable for everyone.
Look at Avandia. Avandia is a popular drug that controls blood sugar levels, a blockbuster of diabetic medicine. It lasts for several years. What they found out about it was under fire earlier, but in May 2008 a study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which revealed more dangers, especially heart problems, so obvious that the FDA forcedly Avandia to post a black box warning. It does not get worse than a black box warning, except when they pull a drug out and take it out of the market. Here is the part where I fell from the chair. Scientists eventually came to the conclusion even after examining heart problems, they even came to the conclusion that it was not convincing as to whether this drug contributed to these deaths. Are you kidding me?
I am not a brain surgeon, but Avandia is a drug addict for many B vitamins, such as folic acid and B12, and co-Q10. We have already spoken long enough for you to understand that when you run out of vitamins B and co-Q10, your muscles suffer. Your heart is the hardest work for everyone. Your heart is suffering. Is it really a surprise for someone that a drug maker from co-Q10 and B vitamins will cause heart problems? Duh.
People who have my book or who read my columns do it. They know that diabetic drugs deplete the body B12, a lot of Bs, as well as co-Q10. They complement them. Thus, they enjoy their medicines if they need them, plus they have a much lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, and cancer.
