Originally published December 18 2005
Filipino paper takes a second look at report on Lipitor
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
For Pinoy, the Filipino-American News Monthly, Dr. Philip Chua reviews Dr. Steven Nissen's influential report on Lipitor and other cholesterol drugs.
A recent study released last month revealed that getting cholesterol to super-low levels can stop the progression of arteriosclerotic heart disease, the culprit responsible for blockages in our coronary arteries which supply blood to our heart muscles.
The study shows that taking 40 mg of Pravachol did not offer the same slowing effect on heart disease even though some patients were able to achieve the same super-low LDL levels.
Lipitor seems to be superior in this regard.
This technique is still in its infancy and needs to be correlated and confirmed with clinical results.
However, evidence-based medicine has shown that these statin drugs, like Lipitor and Pravachol, among others, reduce deaths and complications from coronary heart disease.
Cholesterol is a sterol, a complex alcohol constituent of animal fats and oils.
For better health, a person should have Total Cholesterol no higher than 150, a high level of the HDL (above 60), low level of LDL (below 100), and Triglyceride level below 150.
Yes, but the 2% milk, skim milk, or reduced cholesterol milk have been reconstituted to attain the reduction in cholesterol in them, and marketed as such.
For young children, skim milk is not recommended, unless they are hyperlipidemic (with high triglyceride level, especially the LDL).
The average U.S. diet contains about 37% total calories as fat.
Sources of saturated fats are meat, non-skim dairy products, artificially hydrogenated vegetable oils.
Polyunsaturated fats are from Omega-3 (sea plankton, deep-sea cold water fatty fish, like salmon, tune, mackerel), and from Omega-6 oils in cultivated vegetable oils (like corn oil).
No, pork is red meat, just like beef is red meat.
Medications to lower the cholesterol and triglyceride levels are reserved for those where months of strict fish, vegetable, and fruit diet has failed to bring the cholesterol and triglyceride level down to normal.
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