How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

drBob_203 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:50:34 GMT

How many of authors of this article do you think have ties to BigPharma? Most of the guidelines are tied eventually to taking drugs. Markers of increased inflammation such as hsCRP, homocysteine and EBT scanning for coronary calcium are dismissed apparently because the authors could not find enough data to support incorporating these much more important markers. Omega-3 oil was included likely because there is a prescription brand now available and the same for niacin that was mentioned.
I think Dr. Mercola's emphasis on iron overload in these people is very important to evaluate. In my practice I also find very few elderly people who can tolerate a BP below 120/80 and enjoy a quality life, especially if that BP is achieved with medication.
drBob

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

Dr Rik — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:54:44 GMT

     As women's liberation has made it possible for more females to lead lifestyles similar to working and executive males, so the disparity in health risks has closed. Now women are having more heart attacks, strokes, diabetes...
     No surprise that the medical establishment would want to co-opt the trend with their own guidelines. Aspirin has never been shown, in any way whatsoever to reduce risk of heart attack. If if reduces risk of occlusive stroke, it also increases risk of embolic stroke.
     Do you really believe that appropriate supplementation will not reduce your risk for certain degenerative diseases? You are a sucker and a fool. Read the research yourself. There is a LOT of it.
     Oh boy, you should exercise and eat good food! I wonder how many of my tax dollars go to finance this brilliant revelation?
     And this is what you get from those who want you to believe that they are the experts.
     Do you think it's possible that your body knows how much of what hormone it needs, and can produce it by itself if you treat your body properly?
     Dr. Rik Cederstrom D.C.
     P.S. Salt is not and never has been a problem as long as it is real salt, sea salt; not extracted sodium chloride.

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

Vera_203 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:44:50 GMT

This article was interesting to read because now I can look forward to contributing my share of blood donations again. I wrote earlier that I used to be a regular in the blood donation industry, but due to low blood counts I had to retire for a while. Now, I read that after menopause, I will be able to start my donations again.. Gods willing :)
Looking forward to participating in the donor's community again.

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

Josh Rubin — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:49:54 GMT

Another interesting note:
1. Cholesterol is the precurser to all the hormones in the body. We actually need cholesterol to stay healthy. society has been programmed that it is bad and to stay away from it, that is the problem. When you do not eat enough good quality fats, the liver will take the excess sugar that is taken in, and will turn it into LDL. This is one reason why I work with so many vegetarians that have had bypass surgeries. They eat very little protein, no fat, and all grains and veggies.

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

Josh Rubin — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:41:42 GMT

The interesting thing is that in most anciet cultures, tribes, etc, there is no such thing as menopausal symptoms or PMS symptoms for that matter. When one bleeds or stops bleeding, that is just the natural rhythm of the body. From altered nutrition and lifestyle principles, our society has created these symptoms from altering internal hormonal levels.

Dr. Lee coined the term estrogen dominance, which means there is not enough or low levels of progesterone to oppose estrogen. It is estimated that 50% of the women in America are estrogen dominant. Estrogen causes cell proliferation, loss of mineral absorption, increase in body fat, reduces oxygen levels in all cells, increases blood clotting, causes salt and fluid retention and is the cause of many cancers when it is unopposed by progesteron. Progesterone is just there in the body to oppose the unwanted side effects of estrogen. It is there for homeostasis.

Unfortunately women have most of these hormones and men do not. Being estrogen dominant and experiencing some of the dysfunctions above, would make sense why more women these days are experiencing heart disease.

What to do:
1. Follow a holistic approach to nutrition and living
2. Get your hormones tested through a practitioner that does saliva testing to see if you are estrogen dominant. This can be treated easliy with progesterone, which in 100% of the cases, will increase libido, mood, decrease body weight, increase the chance of conceptioin, increase osteoblasts (bone building), normalizes blood sugar levels, mineral levels, blood clots and prevent most cancers.

A great book to read on this is by Dr. Lee, What You Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause or his other one on Menopause.

re: How Women Can Avoid Heart Disease

PepperR23 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:56:39 GMT

I heard a report on the news yesterday that the guidelines for women over 65 were going to change. It stated that a women's LDL cholesterol should be no higher than 70 and that women should take a daily aspirin. As a woman, who has struggled with heart disease, I am very upset that our nation's elderly women will further risk their health by these reccomendations. Women respond differently to aspirin than men. I feel that these guidelines are only going to benefit the maker's of anti-cholesterol meds and aspirin and do more harm than good to the women following them. It is my prayer that more people will learn the truths that can be found on Dr. Mercola's web-site and that women and men will recover from heart disease and other problems as I have.