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PLAVIX: ANOTHER ADVERTISED FRAUD FROM BRISTOL MYERS SQUIB

It is sickening..literally …to say again…I TOLD YOU SO.

You can not trust the ” money interest” in this country any longer. They all have one objective: YOUR MONEY!

Health-care is no exception. The difference is it could mean more than your money.

IT COULD MEAN YOUR HEALTH….OR LIFE!

Here is a review of the article in the news by Alison Fischer:

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB PLEAD GUILTY TO FRAUD AND LYING TO THE GOVT

It is unconscionable to believe that the bold faced attempts of the ethical Pigmy’s, in the Drug business to subvert the health of the American public could even be possible. Who is facilitating this heist of health and money from the public?

The Press can’t get it straight. It is no longer free, but owned by varied interest, unidentified, but nonetheless pervasive in their “half truths”. After-all they get the advertising dollars for all these half truths, whether advertised or falsely promoted by spurious research which fails any test of absolute truth.

Unfortunately, the American Public, now accustomed to the ” fast food” life, expects that the coupon offerings they rely on for their dining experience, could be bolstered by the glitzy advertising of the PLAVIX look a-likes  to make your misery more tolerable.

PT Barnum was correct” there is a fool born every second”.

Fischer further states,” there is no compelling evidence that Plavix Clopidogrel or its recent competitors has any clinically meaningful benefits on it own or added to aspirin”.

Three published metaanalyses from the UK, Italy, and USA, all confirm that Clopidogrel brings no health benefit but the money game comes in with huge profit for company and huge unnecessary cost to the unknowing patients.

BE ALERT. The motto on this site….is for real….TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH. Don’t be SHEEP…They are not the smartest, nor the most aromatic critter in the field!

Here comes the next WARNING:

All the hype and fear generated by urgent medical attentions scams are generated to promote STINT, CABG, CORONARY CATH…BIG MONEY MAKERS …AND NOT NECESSARILY HEALTH PRESERVERS.

This is the time of your life to invest in HEALTH PREVENTATIVE MEASURE…if you desire a bright future.

ADVICE OF THE DAY: TURN OFF…MUTE…ALL DRUG ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE TV.

Don’t even think about ” asking your doctor about questions”……..it won’t apply to health…rather DISEASE!

Ask yourself the question: What am I doing to make a positive contribution to my quality health and life?

Think about it…it’s your FUTURE.

 

 

CHOLESTEROL: FOR LIFE OR DEATH

Ancient wisdom declared that:

the ” life of the Body is in the Blood“.

If you listen to the evening news, you will likely hear about ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT promo from the drug companies hoping to incite your fears regarding their latest drug hype. The ad is designed to ALARM, and HARM you, inciting your fears, regarding your unlikely need for their latest product.

We will focus on CHOLESTEROL…THE GREATEST PHARMACY FRAUD IN MEDICAL HISTORY.

This was centuries before medical practioners learned that ” germs” could be transferred by unclean hands, or that Blood letting was not productive for health. We have learned to wash hands to preserve the health and AVOID transfer of the the undesired germs which can bring harm to the body. Hands were not washed in normal medical practice until the 1940’s . Even today, hand washing is the key to transferring deadly germs in our modern hospitals. You would think that “diligence” would be “ common sense” in these matters, but I am sorry to say it is not! Most killer infections, in hospitals, or by causal social contact are transferred by unclean hands.

Investigations have shown that even our current medical professionals often do not wash their hands prior to examinations. ( make sure your Doctor washes his hands prior to your contact)
The complex issue of deadly diseases of which Cholesterol has become a ” whipping post” will be discussed herein. If you listen to modern practitioners you are likely to hear promotional propaganda for necessary Drugs supposedly to make you MORE HEALTHY. They are for the most part ” uneducated” in the interaction of the multiple drugs, and too busy to sort it out. There is real truth in “the baroness of busyness”. You can be too busy to give health “profitable” care.

MORE JEOPARDY FOR YOUR HEALTH

Today, more than ever, you must not take for granite that the prescription being advised is for your HEALTH BENEFIT. Nothing could be further from the truth. Your real danger is the indiscriminate use of prescribed drugs, and in particular the current advice available to “ lower your cholesterol”. This is a scientific myth, but a very profitable one!

NOTHING WORSE THAN FEAR ITSELF

The buzz word for the past twenty years is:: HDL AND LDL.

T.H. Huxley, put it succinctly…”The tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an UGLY FACT.

The Beautiful hypothesis instituted by faulty science with profit in mind, featured the magic of LDL, and a mystical conclusion that a reading of 199 would be an acceptable baseline for health

The ugly FACT IS, your LIVER is not in defective in producing cholesterol, and meddling with the LIVER and lowering your Cholesterol is NOT IN YOUR HEALTH INTEREST. It is very PROFITABLE…BUT NOT FOR YOU!

We will attempt to produce some ” ugly facts” to stimulate your personal interest in taking charge of your OWN HEALTH.

History:

For several decades misinformation has been transferred by medical professionals, the press, and associations for profit which have mislead the people by publishing alarming half truths which have incited the FEARS of our citizens. The ” Cholesterol hype: is BEING ALARMED by so called medical information and testing which cites evidence that unattended, the patient will face potential heart attacks or Cancer. So they are told. However, you must listen to the small voice patch of the lawyers message on the evening new ads. The latest warning is quietly proclaimed, i.e. Taking _____will not eliminate heart Attacks or Strokes.

  • Get the message. This product is a waste of your money, and may harm your health!

The pharmaceutical industry, and the Oil Industry have perpetrated a major hoax on both medical practitioners, and patients who should be able to rely on truthful prognosis to assist in the healthful life preservation.

We have been told that:

  • LOW CHOLESTEROL is better, and Polyunsaturated oils are better.

Unfortunately, the level playing field is tilted in favor of WEALTH NOT HEALTH in the caption as presented.

We are told if we do not lower our cholesterol we face the uncertainty of death by heart attack or stroke. further if we indulge in eating Saturated Fats we will die as a result. The evidence speaks to the contrary. ( Don’t forget the lawyers ad copy above..” Taking Cholesterol lowering drugs will not eliminate heart attacks and strokes”.

The propaganda indicates that the ” harmful alien’ Cholesterol should be avoided or negated. The clear facts are:

  • that diet will not do it.

So what will?

Of course, we discover, that scammed research with the objective to deceive says that:

  • Drugs will do it!.

The question is, but what else will it do?

The major problem is the LIVER, that unique organ which produces both the ” good and the Bad Cholesterol”. The liver appears to be out of sink with the real needs of the body, so our pharmaceutical sales folks tell the doctors. But what is the real truth? Is Cholesterol a liver defect? Can you eat too much Cholesterol, and your liver not know what to do with it?

Can we change our diet, and bring this rouge liver into compliance with medical sales promos?

TRUTH CHECK

The diet theory has failed miserably to alter the flow of Cholesterol.

The liver seems to have a mind of its own, producing more Cholesterol if we eat less, and producing less if we eat more!

Reality is that Drugs will change the flow of Cholesterol….for the good, the bad and the ugly!

The question is: BUT DO YOU REALLY NEED TO LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL?

If Bio-chemistry can teach us something, we are faced with the reality that every cell in the body uses cholesterol, and even makes its own a supply… with the exception of BRAIN CELLS. We are told that Brain cells needs a lot of cholesterol. Further, that cholesterol in the blood is little affected by the foods you eat. As a matter of fact, if you eat less cholesterol, your body( LIVER) merely compensates by making more.

The so called ” experts”, here to help you, miserably fail to tell you that the real purpose of the body possessing this unique ingredient called cholesterol, and dispensed by the liver to heal injured areas of the vascular system. So, it is a healing agent, and has immune systems strengthening capacities. So why do you want to lessen its function?

The hype for controlling Cholesterol started over issues of CHD( coronary heart disease), when CHD suddenly took off in the late 1920’s . By 1940, it was major cause of premature death. No body knew why.

Times have changed: is it for better or worse.

Big time postulations started. Sir John Boyd ORR, researching in England gave the people the following advice:

  • DRINK 80% MORE MILK ( CREAM); EAT FIFTY-FIVE % MORE EGGS; FORTY % MORE BUTTER, AND THIRTY % MORE MEAT”

Results: child deaths from Diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough fell dramatically…well before antibiotic’s or immunization.

Question: Could such old fashioned foods have produced better nutrition, giving children more immune resistance?

This diet was largely practiced on the farms feeding America, and it was not until the 1950’s that undue alarm produced a plan of action to find a monetary solution which would confuse and confound the practical, common sense mind, and subvert sound medical practice.

Dr John Gofman’s research established a faulty foundation which had he consulted with Dr. Hans Selye, the Father of Modern Day STRESS, he could have saved thousands of lives the agony of brutal surgeries, and unfounded drugs applications.

These faulty conclusions found in Science 1950: 111:166, The role of lipids and lipoproteins in Atherosclerosis produced inaccurate conclusions hailed as truth today!

The discovery of dead American soldiers, victims of the Korean War, with elevated plaque build up in the arteries, was concluded to be early stages of cardiovascular disease, rather than the product of intense STRESS of War encounter.

We now have the beginnings of the war on Saturated Fats, and Cholesterol. The beginnings of the Drug Industries promo of how to make billions on the FEAR, and scare tactics spawned by ill informed purveyors , and money grabbing sharks, and too busy medical professionals

In 1997, the World Health Organization predicted a major upsurge in heart and cancer deaths.

Fact: We spend trillions on health care, billions on advertising drugs which kill or cure, depending on your luck of the draw.

  • It is published that over 1/3 of the population is allergic to something;
  • every fifth person is depressed;
  • every 30 seconds a death from heart disease;
  • every 55 seconds a death from Cancer’;
  • Cancer is the #1 child killer,
  • while heart disease in women is now equaling and even near surpassing men.
  • how about deaths in hospital from infections unrelated to hospital treatment..UNCLEANNESS

Can we gain “heart “from the major advances in medical science which in 1900 saw average life expectancy of 69. In 1980, life expectancy was 74, and we thanked antibiotics, which were in season since 1945.

Now, scientist tell us, the killers are

  • heart disease,
  • Cancer,
  • Diabetes,
  • Alzheimers.
  • “superbug” infections( over indulged antibotic prescribing)

The alarm is that these disease are striking at earlier and earlier ages.So what could the causes be? Many researchers are keying in on SUGAR, and the insidious high fructose corn syrup, as the latest fattening agent for America. We have a population dominated by obesity. We are told that 65% of the population is over weight. A major culprit is hidden sweeteners like High Fructose Corn syrup,( see special article to appear on site) found in almost every food products, canned or processed.

This absurd dietary practices bring no wonder to an observer, that 80% of the time an American can expect to be healthy…while 20% of the time sick!

Without getting political:

Do we really need NATIONAL HEALTH CARE?

or

EDUCATION ON TAKING CHARGE/ RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH….OR PAY THE PRICE!

I am not sure I want to pay for someone Else’s irresponsible life style, based in ignorance, and emotional compulsion. This is insane undertaking with no productive potential for recovery.

Like it or not, early death may be the price for ignorance, whether it be prescription Drugs, or a hospital visit which surprisingly kills more people accidentally, than car accidents, Cancer or heart disease together.

The moral of the story is :

  • DON’T TAKE DRUGS, AND STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!

Could this possibly be sound medical advice?

History can be our Teacher:
Our astute “for hire promoters”, are on the make and take, to get whatever dollars are available for a story or slight of hand research. Any explanations for :

  • New Zealand’s 25% more heart disease than Australians?

We can get to the moon, but can’t find a simple solution to sudden death heart attacks, and Cancer.

Could it possibly be, the money involved? What a sad, but real thought!

If what we constantly see, is a plethora of half truths being promoted by large Corporate interest designed for profit, and wealth at the expense of health!

Say HELLO, ” anybody home?”

Medical advisers spouting fallacious ideas about mind and body.

A smart moment happened in 1950,

Albert Einstein addressed the American medical Association at Standford University with,

  • You look like scientists, you talk like scientists. You use scientific methods, BUT YOU ARE NOT SCIENTIST”.

We learn very slowly, and often too late to beat the ” undertaker”, when it comes to preserving out health. If we were half as diligent with our health as we are our WEALTH, we would easily live to be 100.

For health, we do whatever we feel like, until something goes wrong. We then go to the doctor, who gives us a “gillion” tests, and then prescribes the latest drug for which he has a large supply of samples. We ask no questions, and like sheep move directly into the stall to be ” milked and butchered” as we await the outcome of our over indulgences.

We pine about aches and pains, most of which are easily solved, and few are a result of so called AGING. We are merely ” reaping what we have been sowing”.

What has happening in the last 50-100 years in medical practice?

Medical practice, like society has become less personal, and more process. No home calls, you go to the emergency room to wait for six hours. Doctors are no longer ” serving the public, they are practicing medicine at the counsel of the pharmaceutical industry. There are big perks for pushing drugs, even though the unsound science behind them is far from the eye of the ” unprotected FDA”. Testimony before Congress has well established that the FDA,and the medical system is already SOLD OUT FOR PROFIT!.

Each congressional leader has a personal lobbyist from each pharmaceutical company eager give out support for his future candidacy. As Testimony has declared, ” the FDA will and won’t protect the American public”.They are supported by pharmacy, and their ideas are confirmed by panels who review medications while on the payroll of the companies they are supposedly evaluating.

Hear the words year 1956..Dr. Paul Dudley White, Cardiologist to President Eisenhower.

Responding to questions on polyunsaturated oils,:

He indicated starting practice in 1921, and never saw a case of sudden death heart attacks ( MI ) myocardial infarction until 1927 . Dr. White indicated that people eating butter, lard, and eggs did not get the new form of heart trouble described as sudden chest pains followed by death.

Dr. TL Cleave, Surgeon Captain, director of Medical Research at the Royal Navy School in Britain, states

  • ” For a modern disease to be related to an old-fashioned food is one of the most ludicrous things I ever heard in my life.”

Keep in mind:

( THE DIET THEORY OF CHOLESTEROL IS THE CAUSE AND NEED FOR DRUGS TO SAVE YOUR LIFE IS BECAUSE WE ARE EATING UNHEALTHY SATURATED FAT FOODS.

The REAL FAT STORY:

Understanding the money Food oil industry and over processed oils and foods leading to Trans Fatty acids and hydrogenated oils.

 

In 1920,

  • animal fat consumption was 26 lbs a year, while vegetable fat was 11 lbs.

In 1989, Heart disease was a national epidemic.

  • Animal fat consumption was 10.5 lbs,and vegetable fat was 50.4 lbs per year per person.

COMMON SENSE:

How does this look to you? Are we living in a world of ” make believe”, or Ripley’s believe it or not!

We need a drug to solve this dilemma, don’t we?

I would say it is better to get to the ” Truth of the matter”, than to be seduced by ” fear”, and so called expert opinions which may be funded by a giant wealth producer, intent on your money, not your recovery. Afterall, we must all die of something, and for sure you can’t take your money with you.

I suggest that if your health is important that you learn the difference in what the real facts on on FATS. I recommend, the studies on Fat, consolidated in her book, Know Your Fats, by Mary G. Enig, Ph.D . She is a renowned scientist in study of fats, oils and cholesterol. You will get more truth from her, without double- talk than any authority I have reviewed.

I will quickly sum up the matter and leave more discussion till later.

  • Stress and faulty diet in a fast pace world is a causal factor in the major killers today
  • Cholesterol is a friend not an enemy
  • Fats are not the culprit…unscrupulous manipulators of truth are.
  • Your doctors are too busy to research facts of health..they rely on drug sales force to treat ” disease”.
  • moderation is still a good byword for successful living
  • Exercise for health and eternity. Eat right to keep Fit!

I suggest you work to ” treat yourself better”, and not stick you head in the sand on health. If you want to know about health , don’t see your doctor. If you are sick, build your immune system, and if you think you are going to die..see your doctor. In most cases, your body will take care of itself..if in fact your are taking care of the “Temple of God”. It is your responsibility to apply the truth to your life, as you are the accountable one. Otherwise, the undertake, will be” the last to let your down”!

If you major in LIFE, you will have the best chance to avert ” early death”. God is no respecter of persons . You will ” Reap what you Sow”…and that ain’t no bull!

Get a grip on life, and God will bless you for it!

More on this subject later.

FOOD FAULTS

Food faults are often unconscious actions which result from concentrating on the wrong positions. Often the error , is caused by distraction, or an obsession with another part of the life’s game, or just moving too fast. As in the fast food lane…or even listening to the latest hype on how to DIET. Yes, our true impulse passions, that result in hand to mouth disease, that ( failure to push off from the table), are a result of the emptiness inside that is not related to the stomach..but the brain.

Tennis Players: errors of service are called FOOT FAULTS. The hand to mouth disease we call obesity FOOD ADDICTS result in FOOD FAULTS . You are involved in looking at a point of contact which is not central to your foundational position….your eyes have missed their connection with where your support is resting. You eye is on the ball, and you forgot your feet. So it is in FOOD. If you are obsessed with warmth of hand to mouth resuscitation, then your target will be your mouth to the fault of your belly! If you lose the point, look in the mirror, and you will see the score is not LOVE..( as in Tennis) but your “ add” ..as in score and inches of waist or body fat. This is no love affair. It is death….a funeral on furlough!

Here are some SIMPLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT ITEMS TO HELP YOU ELIMINATE FOOD FAULTS IN YOUR LIFE, AND THUS NOT BE DISQUALIFIED WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING THE THE GAME OF LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.

Is one Fat better than another? Yes, Saturated Fats are better than Polyunsaturated fats…but you will not know it by listening to your Doctors. They don’t have time to find out the truth of the matter. We can show you the fact of the matter right here. You decide!

Is one Carb better than another? Yes, the less man messes with the processing the better for you. The more Man processes your food, the more “ empty calories”. Nature produces, and your get vital nutrients. Concentrate on “ natural”, over the man- processed variety, and you will win the point. The food fault is caused by listening to the hype while in the “ fast food Lane”, and little time to review the consequences. Moderation is best in all courses, if you must fault!

What is the Fiber of the matter? When it comes to substance, the diet will give you sustaining power with lack of hunger if you consume a good amount of Fiber in your meals. This will help displace sugar, and allow a proper digestion, as well as process the fats with efficiency. Think Fiber, and you will rev up your system for maximum digestive benefits
We know the best fiber, which has no calories, and will make you the healtiest person you can be….even in the Fast LANE! ASK US WHAT IT IS…YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!

And don’t Forget….Calories do count! AS in Tennis, the score is “ your add” as in pounds, not health!

Can you be mislead by professional players FOOD FAULTS?
If you have normal health, would you like to have your standards decided by those unfortunate, sick folks who have had studies done on them after a heart Attack, strokes then have the conclusions apply to all people? Would you like to know if folks, smoked, were overweight, exercised, had a family history of disease…rather than citing a disease condition and applying it to all normal humans? Demand a level playing field. Sick and dying folks should not be thrown into the ring with all the healthy folks in medical studies.
All people are not created equal, and not all genes are created equal, and not are people are dedicated or determined to live quality healthy lives as opposed to obsessed unhealthy driven lives. Some runners will drop dead ahead of the quiet naïve couch potato who doesn’t know that activity beyond finger exercises can help his passions. Afterall , haven’t we been told that BIGGER IS BETTER!

Is this a true quote or a FAULT? “ Under the right circumstances, eating a meal that is high in saturated fat can trigger a heart attack! This quote is from a Cardiologist, who has not done his research, but is convinced himself based on his accepting the faulty science of investigators with an “ ax to grind”…..research that proves their POINT..but NOT an ounce of  THE TRUTH IN  THE MATTER!

Are there RIGHT AND WRONG FATS?
We can give you the material and you can decide. The issue will be again processing, and who is telling you and for what reason? If you are in the fast lane, you will find great difficulty getting it RIGHT! The food chain and food dispensers don’t have a clue about what is and isn’t right. There interest is SHELF LIFE, AND COST!
Would you like to bank your life on the lowest cost, quickest process answers? Would you like to fly on the airline with a philosophy of low maintaince cost, in order to preserve and lower costs of service? This is the RIGHT APPROACH if you are conserving cash! It is the “take off” that counts…not the landing!
It has nothing to do with PRESERVING LIFE….LIFE IS A RISK AFTERALL!

GETTING FAT?…your feet and hands need to take you in another direction. Will it be fun? Tasty? Depends on how passionate you are about being fit or fat! We can show you with a clear plan whether you can LIVE WITH FAT BETTER, or have the potential to be FITTER, while enjoying the fat cat life!

How to slim down by eating Fat? Hard to believe that you slim down by eating fat. Yet, the evidence is strong that you will eat less by eating Fat. We can show you the tricks of not FOOD FAULTING while getting “ More fit’ with fats! Ask Us!

Is this quote true or false? Consider this scenario….We have been made to believe by press releases that so called scientific studies are dictating how to be healthy. So the craze has been GUILTY BY FAT ASSOCIATION. Which is the most guilty Fat?

Lipid Faults”…is there any truth to the theory of LDL , HDL, ratios which give indicators of potential Cardiovascular disease? The pharmaceutical companies have educated our doctors with the “ reviews” of their science that proves a point for medication….but NOT HEALTH! We will report, and you can decide if you want to invest your cash to avoid the Crash they claim is imminent if you don’t take the medication prescribed!
Fact: The thirty years the LDL ratio for health started at 199, then twenty years later it rested at 139…now the promo is below a hundred ( 100). This measure is now an objective for all “ normals” who have no history of heart disease, but it has been determined that to” be on the safe side” ….all cholesterol bodies ( meaningly everyone still alive) should be on MEDICATION! IF YOU BELIEVE THIS…WE HAVE SOME HOT OIL TO SELL YOU…PLEASE REMIT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE!

Is there really GOOD AND BAD CHOLESTEROL? We will report the history of this vigorous debate of questionable conclusion and origins. Is it not strange that the Liver, that amazing body organ can produce BOTH GOOD AND BAD FATS which are tauted as agent of death. YOU DECIDE….WE WILL REPORT!

Are hip to waist ratios important to overall health? Do fat bellies give an inside clue?
In men, is the key to “beer bellies” a sugar deposit from Maltose? This ingredient has more insulin requirements than white bread? Truth and/ or consequences?? We will report…you can decide!

The same research which banned EGGS from the American diet….by scientific posturing…in the 1970’s…on faulty research…has not changed it stripes…for they are not in the EGG BUSINESS OR THE MILK BUSINESS…They are in the OIL BUSINESS? Guess who they are, and what they sell? We can tell you…you decide!

Does the type of sugar make a difference in your health? Well it depends on your level of health and activity! Insulin is the life and death messenger from the Pancreas, which controls the quality of your digestion and assimilation. We can tell you about the real research on glycemic indexes, and what foods stimulate the most reaction in the INACTIVE BODY!. What is good for the GOOSE IS NOT NECESSARILY GOOD FOR THE GANDER!…CONTRARY TO PUBLICITY, PRESS RELEASE, AND CONTAIMINATED STUDIES!

NUTS TO YOU…if you think they are BAD…bologna is WORSE….and not because it is ITALIAN! Get the inside scoop on NUTS, AND SEEDS….THE POTENTIAL TO ALTER your life and energy! We will give you the facts…you can get the “ fat out of it”…then decide!

BEER AND WINE: Is there good , better, and best here! We know that females have a lower tolerance to handling alcohol than males, yet, the impact of Wine may be less than several pieces of white bread. We do know that Maltose has a bigger hit on the “ sugar spike” than white bread….so “ wouldn’t you rather have a ____________. Well, we can give you the facts…and you can decide!

FOOD TO MINIMIZE…. Especially when eaten alone! Can FAT make things BETTER!
Can you believe that a baked potato has a bigger sugar hit , than French fries? That mashed potatoes and glob of butter beats the baked variety!
Try it and decide….Do red skin potatoes hit the scale of sugar kicks above the white skin varieties. Well, some say younger is better when picked…

Kick the WHITE BREAD….GET THE HIGH FAT ICE CREAM….Any health or science to support this? Are you better off with “ real juice”…organic, unfiltered or concentrate? If you are into speed and exercise, and good eating, do the rules apply the same for you? Do you lose weight on fruit over fruit juice….could it depend on your activity?

Which is the highest in FAT….butter or Olive oil? Think volume here. The current hype is for Olive Oil, and that is good stuff. But how about BUTTER. Should it be reserved for our “ enemies” or be at the center of our active ingredients?? We can prove a point here! YOUR GREAT GRANDDAD PROBABLY KNEW THE REAL  ANSWER

What is the truth about fructose and High fructose Corn syrup? How do they differ, and where you get it…or better yet…HOW CAN YOU AVOID IT?
Here is the keys to the “ fatting of America”. We can show you!

The gylcemic index, the 1980’s and DR. David Jenkins. What can we learn from this research to bring our health to an optimum?

Do sugars affect Woman greater and faster than men? Do women get drunk easier than men? What is the truth about metabolism and does it have a sex based differential? We can show you…you can decide!

Drinking on an empty stomach, why a greater impact than with a meal? The impact of sugar on the brain has an equation like ( high glycemic food= fast acting,quick stimulation). What can regulate sugar the best? Type of sugar ingested, alone, with a meal, and how to plan your day based on energy conservation …by FOOD CHOICES! Less can be better and you can feel “ FULLER”

Can you protect your colon FROM CANCER! They tell you to follow a plan of action which eliminates FATS FROM YOUR DIET. Are they telling you the TRUTH, IS IT drug hype again? We can tell you…you can decide!

STATIN DRUGS….HELPERS OR ……Do statins guarantee safe passage to the highest health or the undertaker? Is Aspirin a day, like an apple a day, or are there better choices? We give you the facts and you decide.

YOUR HEART…BLOOD STREAM… a look at the blockage issues..Is cholesterol really the problem? Who said so…and when did they decide…on what sound evidence?
Is LDL/HDL ratios proven to support healthy survival and worry free life of no heart attack, or strokes? We will give you the history and you decide.

It is YOUR BODY…TAKE CHARGE OF IT… Will you follow the advise of a cardiologist…probably typical medical advice today for a “ so called” healthy heart and blood…..he takes aspirin, fish oil, and statin drugs. Is this good advise, and does real science support it! We will dig out the facts….you can decide!

How about large and small particle HDL/LDL testing? Is this more drug company propaganda or real science. Check Dr. H. Robert Superko Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Univ Cal Berkeley. Note “ When the cholesterol subclasses are screened along with other advanced tests, including LP9a) homocysteine, and other, we can explain over 90 percent of the heart disease we see.” Page 96 advance blood testing South Beach Diet. Dr Agatston. We also use C-reactive protein testing.
Maybe the real issue is Harvards Paul Ridker, MD. Whose research proving that inflammation of the arteries can play a big role in arteriosclerosis and heart attack…EVEN WITH PATIENT WITH NORMAL OR LOW CHOLESTEROL.

Dr. Agatston notes that pre-diabetes or diabetes often show normal cholesterols but HIGH (CRP) c-reactive proteins.”

Blood testing: Electron bean tomography, or EBT… Developed by Douglas Boyd, Ph.D..shows calcium deposits in the arteries

Claims work with DR’s Warren Janowitz, David King, Manuel Viamonte on method of identifying plaque simply, accurately, and painlessly with non- invasive action in the body.

These and many other exciting venues of medical hyperbole are picked up by the press. We are learning today, that this Free Press guarantee by our  US Constitution, unfortunately is no expectation of the news representing the TRUTH OF THE ISSUE!

Pharmaceutical Insiders

According to a recent Harris Poll, only 44% of people feel that drug companies serve consumers well - down a dramatic 35% in the past seven years. To put that into perspective, the reviled tobacco industry rates worse by only 14%. Listen to the words of insiders, including executives, salespersons, and ex-lobbyists: “The admired industry has lost its ethical way. It is motivated in promoting shareholder interest and the bottom-line at the expense of patient health.

The latest scare tactic used by big drug companies is to convince consumers that imported drugs are unsafe. Why? Because the drug companies will suffer monetary losses if their manipulation and monopoly of the US drug market is threatened. In truth, many of the innovative drugs currently on the market are from other countries which enact price controls. Said one patient, “I once got a really good drug by negotiating the price in Sweden. I got a price that was 100% lower than in the U.S.”

According to Peter Rost, M.D., Vice President of Marketing for the endocrinology division of Pfizer, Inc., 700,000 deaths occur every year due to heart disease, despite 50% of these people using cholesterol lowering drugs. The drug companies claim the drugs fail because they are not used as prescribed. This reviewer of research believes that this erroneous conclusion is based on questionable and old data producing the greatest financial boondoggle in medical history. Billions have been spent on cholesterol lowering drugs that are based on skewed, outdated data in order to perpetuate a medical hoax! 

This hoax is compliments of medical grants from major pharmaceutical companies that fund research producing the very results the companies need to promote their drugs to the market. They are insiders with the FDA, a relationship whose payoffs come in the form of riffs in the marketplace that allow companies to sell their products to unsuspecting patients and ill-informed doctors.  

A SHOCKING REALITY 

Arthur Kuebel, a 13-year veteran of drug sales to physicians states that doctors were paid $200-$2,500 to promote Vioxx at roundtable discussions and large dinner parties. (See the previously posted article on Vioxx for more on this topic.) Furthermore, Dr. Rost points out that, “In America, we do not have competition. Instead we have an oligopoly where companies pretty much set the price.” But, drug insiders whose conscience does not permit them to continue in such a defaming practice acknowledge that there is no reason drug prices cannot be lowered.

The drug companies are on a constant campaign of misinformation in an effort to support their profits and shareholder benefits. Meanwhile, drug company executives enjoy unconscionable salaries and lavish lifestyles. Drug salesmen have access to the prescribing patterns of physicians, and use that information to promote their habits and drug company profits in secret. 

We report it as we see it. YOU DECIDE. 

Do your medical homework and live a long life. Focus on hope and deny the hype. Turn off the television drug ads! Ask your doctor how much time he/she spends researching the drugs being prescribed to you. How much do they know about the universities that sponsor the research and whether there are potential conflicts of interest? The real truth is that the big drug companies can drop the price of drugs and still make big bucks, but they don’t. They need to stop harassing the public with phony ads instructing you to, “Ask your doctor.” They should be more focused on real research than real hype! 

SOURCE: AARP Bulletin November 2004 Vol. 45, #10

The Truth about Vioxx

A $500 million dollar ad campaign was launched for the infamous drug, Vioxx. It was regularly on the nightly news, encouraging people to “Ask your doctor about it.” Now, Vioxx is silent, and lawyers are rumbling with ads that encourage people to call their numbers if they have been impacted by the lies and hype from Vioxx. 

The Real Story 

Vioxx was introduced as the latest “miracle drug” despite questionable science. Scientific studies of drugs use to require independent high probability studies to confirm the safety of drugs entering the marketplace. No longer is that an absolute. By clever manipulation, a new approach to scientific study was determined sufficient that uses a low probability test called, “the one-tailed study.” This approach gained popularity during the cholesterol study genesis when a majority of evidence disproved the lipid theory, but certain factors were set aside in order to bolster the minority view. With the emergence of the one-tailed study, science took a turn in which urgency was touted as reasonable enough motivation to introduce a drug into the marketplace while testing was continued. 

The Rest of the Story 

It appears that Merck needed a blockbuster drug due to its financial state in 1996. On or around November 21, 1996, an internal memo of Merck scientist T. Musliner warned of, “higher levels of heart problems” (on the Vioxx studies). 

The Hidden Agenda 

In 1998, Merck’s clinical trial study, dubbed Study 090, was never published. (The study involved 998 subjects.) This study showed a six-fold increase of cardio events compared to a placebo and another drug. According to Merck, the study was “too small to be significant,” or not statistically viable. 

During this period, Dr. Eric Topol, Chief of Cardio Vascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, had clear evidence of the Vioxx danger and attempted to contact Merck CEO Raymond Gilmartin and the chief of Merck research.  

Merck executives did not return his calls. 

The cover-up continued, profits rolled in, and patients faced a life-altering experience. In 1999, the Vigor Study trial of Vioxx (involving 8,000 participants) set out to determine if Vioxx would affect the gastro-intestinal tract in comparison to Naproxen. It was well known that NSAIDS in regular use caused duodenal ulcers and other gastro-intestinal disturbances. Vioxx showed lower gastro-intestinal side effects than Naproxen, but a five-fold increase in heart attacks! 

Merck informed its sales force to downplay the heart issue by stating in its internal sale promotional document called Dodge, that Naproxen has heart protecting benefits that Vioxx did not. The $500 million ad campaign continues full tilt! Dodge referred to the plan of action to fool doctors on the truth about Vioxx. 

Silence from the FDA 

Meanwhile, a Merck internal memo from Dr. Edward Scolnick stated that the Vigor Study showed that, “heart problems are clearly there” and that, “it is a shame but it is low incidence and it is* mechanism based as we worried it was.” (* Chemistry reaction.) 

In 2000, solid, well-known clinical evidence showed that Vioxx is an unsafe and dangerous drug. Dr. Topol stated, “…independent research is a definite confirmation of the dangers without question.And yet, the FDA is silent. 

In September 2001, the FDA sent a warning letter to Merck indicating that, “…sales representatives have engaged in false or misleading promotional activities in the literature minimizing the potential serious cardiovascular findings.” Dr. Janet Woodcock, Deputy Commissioner of the FDA expressed that, “…many thousands of deaths a year from gastro-toxicity [are] from anti-inflammatory medications.” Red flags went up for blood clotting, but agents didn’t know what it meant. 

In 2002, after the FDA knew of the danger and notified Merck, it took Merck one full year to issue warning labels that disclosed cardio risks. One year! Where was the FDA during that year? Senator Charles Grasley, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, stated, “The FDA dropped the ball… there were many red flags… yet, it took five years to pull the drug. 

The November 2004 British Medical Journal Lancet argued that the studies of Vioxx made it clear that the drug should have been withdrawn several years earlier.   So, who is to blame for the dead bodies from these medical terrorists? Who is the protector of the patients? Who is responsible to the Hippocratic Oath TO DO NO HARM? Who is the public agency protecting the public from the issuance of drugs by greedy drug executives who are cozy with the FDA and seducing medical doctors with false science and what used to be called bribes? 

It appears that the FDA is not the only one derelict in its responsibility. Universities who accept grants from drug companies and connive suspicious results that conform to the desires of the drug companies are also in question. The doctors who treat patients and accept the word of the drug salespersons – who are no longer trained in science or pharmacology, but business and sales – are in question. 

Dead Serious Problems

Greed. Faulty science. The lack of checks and balances by doctors. Poor oversight by the FDA. For patients, the question is, “Who can you trust for the real truth?” Your life may be on the line with the answer to that question. 

The Health Impact of Vioxx: The FDA Researcher Speaks 

Here are some summary statements made to the Congressional Committee by FDA Scientist/Researcher Dr. David Graham, MD: 

  • Impact of Vioxx: “Compare the losses of 2-4 airline accidents occurring every week – week in and week out – for five years.”
  • Research Alert: “The drug companies only released positive studies to be published. Those unfavorable are buried.”
  • The FDA Watch Dog Dead from Bribe-Laced Poison: “The FDA is incapable of protecting America from another Vioxx debacle.”
  • On Drug Alternatives Bextra and Celebrex: “I am worried about Bextra and other studies show Celebrex and Bextra could cause heart problems.”

CONSUMER FACT: 20 MILLION PEOPLE TOOK VIOXX REGULARLY BASED UPON THEIR REQUEST FROM CLEVER PROMOTIONAL ADS. 

Merck made multiplied millions! Dr. Marcia Angell, MD, author of The Truth About Drug Companies argues that promo ads make drugs household names resulting in big drug sales by making false innuendos that drugs are better than they are. In fact, “There was absolutely no evidence they were better.” Furthermore, Senator Grasley said at a Senate hearing that, The drug companies and the FDA have far too cozy a relationship.

YOU DECIDE WHO TO TRUST. Do your homework. Check the facts. The cost of inaction could be your life.

Prepared by usahealthcoach.com
Investigative medical research