Forget the Evidence -- appease your doctor and opt for peace of mind

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Forget the Evidence --

appease your doctor and opt for peace of mind

http://www.thenhf.com:80/newsletters/letter_11/11_02.html

By Bill Sardi

 

Do you rely upon cholesterol numbers to determine whether you are at imminent

risk to have a heart attack?

 

Do you rely upon PSA (prostate specific antigen) numbers to tell you if

prostate cancer is progressing?

 

Why is the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (baby crib death)

drastically reduced by placing babies on their backs when put to bed?

 

Do you really believe there is no known cause of autism and that vaccines

have nothing to do with autism, as your pediatrician tells you?

 

Does an alkaline state of the body protect against cancer?

 

Is tap water safe?

 

Do you believe vitamin C supplements create nothing more than expensive

urine?

 

What can be done to stave off Alzheimer’s disease, anything?

 

What should I do if health authorities declare a flu virus that humans have

no immunity towards is encircling the globe?

 

Should my 13-year old daughter undergo vaccination against cervical cancer?

 

These are just some of the tough questions that I attempt to answer for

consumers at my website ( www.knowledgeofhealth.com).

Here are some short answers:

 

* No, cholesterol is not a major cause of heart disease. Calcification is. A

half million American incur a sudden-mortal heart attack annually with a

low-to-normal cholesterol number. A calcium (Agatston) artery score of zero

means

your risk for having a heart attack is near zero.

 

 

* PSA is an unreliable marker for prostate cancer (not even used in Great

Britain). Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) is likely caused by a toxic gas in

the crib mattresses, which is why the rate of crib death drop when infants are

placed to sleep on their backs and why a mattress wrapping program in New

Zealand has cut the risk of SIDS by 100%.

 

 

* While modern medicine claims it has no idea what causes autism, the

prevailing evidence points to a stealth microbe that usually hides behind

another

virus or bacterium, resulting in encephalitis. This bacterium resists

Pasteurization and can be found in 2.5% of milk cartons in the U.S.

 

 

* The evidence that an alkaline state of the body promotes health and

prevents cancer is marginal if not existent. The pH of the blood is

automatically

controlled within a tight range and if the diet could alter blood pH we would be

constantly in the emergency room attempting to regain neutral pH.

 

 

* Tap water is relatively safe, chlorination having eliminated typhoid,

cholera and dysentery, but long-term increases the risk for cancer in organs

where

chlorine pools, the bladder, kidneys and rectum.

 

 

* Vitamin C is water soluble and rapidly is excreted, but repeated doses

throughout the day will maintain blood levels 2.5 times greater than a single

daily dose. Adding plenty of bioflavonoids to vitamin C (70% of the amount of

vitamin C) will slow absorption and raise blood levels.

 

 

* Almost half of 60 year olds have lost a considerable amount of their

long-term memory due to aging changes in the brain, and some of the most

promising

agents to prevent or reverse age-related memory loss are resveratrol, rice

bran, lipoic acid, carnitine, folic acid, SAMe and ferulic acid. Drugs for

Alzheimer’s disease are worthless and problematic.

 

 

* No flu vaccine will be able to keep up with the rapid mutations of

influenza virus and there is no evidence that vaccination programs have reduced

mortality rates, which are overstated by the Centers for Disease Control to

frighten

citizens into getting their annual flu shots. Only 100 million Americans get

flu shots every year, another 200 million go unvaccinated, and no epidemic

ensues. Vitamin D, elderberry, quercetin, resveratrol, a crushed garlic clove,

are the most promising natural remedies against influenza.

 

 

* The human papilloma virus/cervical cancer vaccine has not been proven to

prevent cancer in the long run, but does produce antibodies against the two most

common strains of the virus. However, folic acid and vitamin C appear to

protect against all 16 strains of the virus.

 

Odds are, most Americans, even advocates of natural health, would not be able

to answer these questions accurately. Prevailing misconceptions about

healthcare largely emanate from information provided by the most prestigious

health

care institutions and health authorities.

 

Most people find it difficult to believe that the primary channels for health

information are controlled by pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

What you hear on TV is more propaganda than news. The public as if they are

sheep to be herded. I hope I’m not just now making you aware of this.

 

The problem is that the public cannot fathom any of this. A lot of people don’

t want to examine the evidence, they only wish to listen to authorities. My

suggestion: go to the Mayo Clinic website for truly authoritative answers to

your healthcare questions. You can always say “the Mayo Clinic says this is

the

best way to go………….†You won’t find any of the above answers at the

Mayo

Clinic website.

 

The 10 health sites rated (Source: Consumer Union), ordered below by

popularity measured by traffic (not by ratings score), are:

 

1. National Institutes of Health

2. WebMD

3. MSN Health & Fitness

4. About Health

5. MedicineNet.com

6. Health

7. MayoClinic.com

8. RealAge

9. AOL Health

10. Drugs.com

 

On the internet, websites for the National Institutes of Health, Quackwatch

and WebMD dominate the Google rankings. Notice that Quackwatch is positioned at

the top of many webpages even though it is a lesser ranked site by traffic.

 

Which one is correct?

 

Lost in a sea of websites, how can healthcare consumers sort out the

misinformation, myths and urban health legends from the truth? The internet has

great

promise, given that surveys show many people launch web searches over newly

diagnosed health conditions. But it rapidly becomes nothing more than another

source of confusion because there are simply too many opinions and

recommendations. Which one is correct?

 

Search on your browser for information about the safe dose for vitamin D. You

will be confronted with so much outdated information you are likely to be

frightened away from this life-saving vitamin forever. Better safe than sorry,

you say to yourself. Stick with the lower doses. Yet an hour in the summer sun

at noontime in a skimpy swimsuit will produce 5 times more vitamin D than what

health authorities consider the “safe upper limit.†Who is going to erase

the

outdated information about vitamin D from even trusted sources like the Merck

Manual, or the National Institutes of Health?

 

Appeasement, peace of mind, cover the bases

 

Many read my opinion about cholesterol, that it is possibly even a ruse

imposed upon the public to control birth rates (cholesterol is needed to make

sex

hormones), and certainly is a cash cow for pharmaceutical companies, and statin

drugs have yet to prove they reduce mortality rates. Yet most statin drug

users haven’t the gumption to stop taking this liver-toxic medication. Many

agonize over whether to listen to their doctor or not regarding a statin drug

prescription. Your doctor may truly believe you are at high risk for a mortal

heart

attack because your total cholesterol is over 240, but there little evidence

to back that up. Appease your doctor, take the pills. Some elect to take

coenzyme Q10 to counter any potential side effects, but they still misaddressing

the primary cause of heart disease, which is calcification of the arteries.

 

Get your flu shot. There is no evidence this inoculation lowers seasonal

death rates from the flu. But, OK, to be safe, get your flu shot. Forget about

the

evidence. You need peace of mind.

 

I sat at a dinner table talking to four seniors, in their 80’s, all taking 5

or more prescription drugs, and obviously suffering from side effects. Each

one would whisper in my ear how one of the others is losing their memory or is

fatigued, or “isn’t their old self anymore.†They had no idea the pills

they

take every day may be the cause of these symptoms. When I offered them a red

wine pill to take with their meal (no alcohol, just the red wine solids), they

felt they couldn’t refuse my offer and downed the capsule, but you could tell

they were worried something uncomfortable was going to happen. No problem

taking pills that unnaturally slow the heart or make them dizzy (beta blockers),

attack the liver (statin drugs), or deplete essential nutrients (diuretics). But

that red wine pill, they were a bit wary. Needless to say, they all had a

glass of red wine with dinner, 12% alcohol content.

 

Then there are those who are so confused they choose to cover all the bases,

taking all the drugs their doctor prescribes, and all the supplements they

hear are good for them. It’s an illogical mixture of toxic drugs and vitamin

pills that defies explanation. It’s a daily balancing act, taking poisons and

then

their antidotes.

 

Expensive vs economical

 

What prevails in modern medicine is what is expensive. The most lucrative

insurance billing codes get the attention of medical practitioners. Simple,

inexpensive ways to remedy health problems get closeted.

 

 

Got a kidney stone? Take IP6 rice bran extract, it will dissolve it right

away. If you can find a doctor that recommends this simple remedy, let me know.

 

 

Hemorrhoids bothering you? Bioflavonoids, citrus peel extract (Diosmin) or

horse chestnut extract will serve you well.

 

 

PSA rising? You are likely headed for a biopsy and then onto prostate

surgery, with little evidence any of this prolongs life. Try vitamin D, pumpkin

seed

oil, IP6 rice bran extract and/or resveratrol.

 

 

Got angina? Take vitamin C, arginine, lysine, proline, vitamin D,

nattokinase, fish oil.

 

 

Hate those recurrent migraines? Try daily magnesium, flaxseed meal, or

cayenne pepper in a pinch. Wrap a headband around your forehead and many frontal

headaches disappear within moments (the headband applies pressure and stops

spasming blood vessels).

 

 

Got acne? Before you go to the dermatologist for Accutane (it’s a very

dangerous vitamin-like drug), try adding 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal into

your

morning cereal. But look, it’s easier to just go to the doctor. Let him/her

tell

you what you should do. You only pay a $5 co-payment. Your health plan covers

the cost of medications, and you only pay $1 per prescription. Dietary

supplements are going to cost twenty-five times more.

 

Copyright 2007 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc