Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

A new national study 136,905 patients hospitalized for a heart attack 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels

that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event…

•patients had low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels that met current guidelines•close to half had LDL levels classified in guidelines as optimal (less than 100 mg/dL). "Almost 75 percent of heart attack patients fell within recommended targets for LDL cholesterol, demonstrating that the current guidelines may not be low enough to cut heart attack risk in most who could benefit,"

said Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the study's principal investigator.

Fonarow has conducted research for GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer and serves a consultant and has received honorarium from Abbott, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer and Schering Plough companies

75% of all heart attack patients had normal to low Cholesterol levels

Top Drug Sales in The U.S.

1 Lipitor Cholesterol $5.22b

2 Prilosec Heartburn $4.61b

3 Zocor Cholesterol $3.68b

4 Prevacid Heartburn $3.55b

5 Celebrex Arthritis $2.61b

6 Zoloft Depression $2.27b

7 Paxil Depression $2.15b

The American Medical SystemIs The Leading Cause Of Death And

Injury In The United StatesBy Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Martin Feldman MD,

Debora Rasio MD, Dorothy Smith PhD

•In-hospital adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed med’s 2.2 million.•The number of unnecessary medical and surgical procedures performed annually is 7.5 million•Unnecessary hospitalization annually is 8.9 million

•Iatrogenic deaths is 783,936•2001 heart disease annual death rate is 699,697•The annual cancer death rate is 553,251.

the cholesterol dogma: high cholesterol is the forerunner of heart disease and other.

The doctors U.S. government the media the medical establishment

High cholesterol exhibits no outward signs Doctors must first convince their patients that they are

sick and need to take one or more expensive drugs for the

rest of their lives These drugs that require regular checkups and blood

tests.

Hypercholesterolemia 1:500 is an invented disease for most

ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial),

the largest North American cholesterol-lowering trial ever and the largest trial in the world using Lipitor,

showed mortality of the treatment group and controls after three or six years was identical.

But both groups showed the same rates of death, heart attack and heart disease.

(Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk) studied the effect of pravastatin compared to placebo

total mortality and total serious adverse events were unchanged by pravastatin as compared to the placebo

those in the treatment group had increased cancer. not one life saved.

(2002) six-year study of 47,294 patients treated with the same

dose of simvastatin. Patients were grouped by the amount of cholesterol

lowering. Some patient had no reduction in LDL levels, some had a

moderate fall in LDL and some had very large LDL reductions.

The results: no correlation between the amount of LDL lowering and death rate at five years.

LDL lower than 80 had a death rate of just over 3.5 at five years

LDL was over 200 had a death rate of just over 3.5 at five years.

is the body's repair substance adrenal cortex : testosterone, estrogen and progesterone the precursor to vitamin D. The bile salts, required for the digestion of fat, are made of

cholesterol. a powerful antioxidant protecting us against cancer and aging. vital to proper neurological function It plays a key role in the formation of memory and the

uptake of hormones in the brain including serotonin When cholesterol levels drop too low, the serotonin

receptors cannot work.

Cholesterol is Vital

Cholesterol-lowering diets and drugs--can be expected to disrupt the production of adrenal hormones and lead to:

Blood sugar problems Edema Mineral deficiencies Chronic inflammation Difficulty in healing Allergies Asthma Reduced libido Infertility Various reproductive problems

Problems with low Cholesterol adrenal glands

25 years ago any middle-aged man whose cholesterol is over 240 with other risk factors, such as smoking or overweight.

After the Cholesterol Consensus Conference in 1984, the parameters changed; anyone (male or female) with cholesterol over 200 could receive the dreaded diagnosis and a prescription for pills.

Recently that number has been moved down to 180.

If you have had a heart attack, you get to take cholesterol-lowering medicines even if your cholesterol is already very low

Current edicts stipulate cholesterol testing and treatment for young adults and even children.

Total Cholesterol Level (mg/dL) Category

Less than 200 Desirable

200–239 Borderline high

240 and above High

LDL Cholesterol Level (mg/dL)

LDL Cholesterol Category

Less than 100 Optimal

100–129 Near optimal/above optimal

130–159 Borderline high

160–189 High

190 and above Very high

Source: The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP).

•New research shows that if you use as few as three drugs daily, you sharply increase risk of memory loss and dementia

•the more drugs you take, the greater your risk

•it doesn't matter if they're prescription or over-the-counter

•the average senior takes seven different drugs every day•some were taking as many as 11!

It's not worth losing your brain to keep your blood pressure from going up 5 points.

More Drugs = More DementiaCancer $77 billion per year (6% breast)

Dementia $203 billion per year

In 1905 Dr Nicolai Korotkoff announced a new method to determine blood pressure.Korotkoff found that as the cuff deflated he heard different noises--snapping, murmur-like noises, and muffled tones.2 Since then several different theories for what causes Korotkoff : the cavitation theory the arterial wall theory the turbulence theory the transmission of heart sounds theory,the water hammer theory.

HTN It is simply an elevated blood pressure reading on some measuring device that can have many different causes. That helps to explain why we have some 100 drugs to treat high blood pressure.

Paul J. Rosch, M.D. President, The American Institute of Stress Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry New York Medical College

“The first principle of the therapy of hypertension is the knowledge of when to treat and when not to treat.”.. Harrison’s Medical Text book

Weight lifting = 400/200 Carrying packages = 250/160 Arthrosclerosis = dependant on blockage Resting = 100/60 Diabetes = 160/100 Heart disease = 160 > / 90 >

Consider the record of arterial blood pressure measured continuously over 24 hours in a normal adult Far from holding steady,

110/70 mm Hg for two hours As the subject dozes in lecture 80/50. When he is jabbed with a pin150/70 having recognized the joke 80/50. During sexual intercourse 170/90 during sleep to ~70/40 one hour as low as 55/30 .

Blood Pressure

In the morning pressure steps up nearly to its level

during sex and remains high for hours

Allostasis “stability through change”

Supply of oxygen to tissues Supply of nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and lactic acid Immunological functions, white blood cells, and detection of foreign

material by antibodies Coagulation, which is one part of the body's self-repair mechanism Messenger functions, transport of hormones and the signaling of tissue

damage Regulation of body pH Regulation of core body temperature

Dave 56 Years Old15 Years of

High Blood Pressure10 Medications

•Joint Pain – Tylenol•Asthma – Inhaler Steroids•Indigestion – Prevacid•High Blood Sugar - Metformin•Constipation•High Cholesterol – Lipitor•Neck Muscle Spasms – Soma•Sleep Problems – Ambian•Sexual Dysfunction – Viagra•Depression - Prozac •Aspirin – To Thin Blood?

Htn before After 90 Days no Htn

Fun “Facts” We New to be TrueHTN causes Stroke, Kidney Dis.

The Real truth High Blood Pressure is the body adapting to toxicity or deficiency

Headaches do Not cause High Blood Pressure

Quadruple Bypass

(NSAIDs) caused a greater than 10-fold increase in the risk of Congestive Hear t Failure (CHF)

Archives of Internal Medicine June 2000; 160: 777-784.

The study followed more than 80,000 women between the ages of 31 and 50 years who were initially hypertension-free.

two years later women who used NSAIDs 22 days or more per month, the

risk of high-blood pressure increased some 86 percent.

Nonetheless, i t was concluded that a large port ion of U.S. hypertension cases may be the result of over-using these pain medications

Archives of Internal Medicine. October 28, 2002;162:2204-2208

People who are diagnosed with hear t failure and follow a treatment regimen that includes blood thinners such as aspirin or coumadin could be putting their health into more danger.

Based on the results from this study, exper ts said that treatment of hear t failure involving a multitude of drugs that proved to be inef fective should be eliminated as a treatment option.

American Hear t Journal July 2004;148(1):157-64

The researchers note that "Conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are associated with a spectrum of toxic effects," something which many patients are likely unaware of.

"No dif ference was noted in the incidence of cardiovascular events …irrespective of aspirin use."

JAMA September 13, 2000;284:1247-1255

Prophylactic Aspirin Not Effective or Safe

Drugs that are known to cause epigenetic changes include :•statin cholesterol-lowering drugs,•antidepressants, •beta blockers •Diuretics • tamoxifen •methotrexate, •anti-inflammatories •even anesthetics, •oral contraceptives• antibiotics. Permanent changes in the epigenome Researchers are most concerned that drugs may produce defects in subsequent generations. They speculate that the current diabesity epidemic may be hastened by drugs.

[Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 57: (2008) S16–S23]

Epigenetics genes can be turned on (expressed) or

turned off (silenced)

Epigenetics genes can be turned on (expressed) or

turned off (silenced)

…FDA-approved pharmaceutical drugs can cause persistent epigenetic changes. …pharmaceuticals may be involved in the etiology of heart disease, cancer, nerve and mental disorders, obesity, diabetes, leukemia, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, infertility, and sexual dysfunction.

…"consequences for modern medicine are profound, since it would imply that our current understanding of pharmacology is an oversimplification."

[Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 57: (2008) S16–S23]

DiscussionThe unexpected result of the Helsinki Businessmen Study seemed to give a pessimistic impression of multifactorial primary prevention, … 18 year results still show a higher mortality in the intervention than in the control group…

. As a whole, the Helsinki Businessmen Study results cannot be interpreted as refuting the current idea of cardiovascular risk factors.

Without coumadin 94% chance of no strokeWith coumadin 97% chance of no strokeA 100% difference???Nausea, loss of appetite, or stomach/abdominal pain, can cause serious bleeding, unusual pain/swelling/discomfort, unusual/easy bruising, prolonged bleeding from cuts or gums, persistent/frequent nosebleeds, unusually heavy/prolonged menstrual flow, pink/dark urine, coughing up blood, vomit that is bloody or looks like coffee grounds, severe headache, dizziness/fainting, unusual or persistent tiredness/weakness, bloody/black/tarry stools, chest pain, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing. persistent nausea/vomiting, severe stomach/abdominal pain, yellowing eyes/skin, painful/red/purplish patches on the skin (such as on the toe, breast, abdomen), change in the amount of urine, vision changes, confusion, slurred speech, weakness on one side of the body rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete l ist of possible side ef fects. If you notice other ef fects not l isted above, contact your doctor or pharmacist .

If Cardiac Arrhythmia's Chances of a Stroke Are:

Heart failure patients with high systolic blood pressures had lower death rates.

Mortality rates were more than four times higher for those with systolic pressures of less than 120, in comparison to those who had pressure over 161.

These conclusions were gleaned from research on more than 48,000 heart failure patients seen at 259 U.S. hospitals between March 2003 and December 2004.

Journal of the American Medical Association November 8, 2006; 296(18): 2217-2226

 

Higher Blood Pressure Had Lower Death Rates

What is low blood pressure (Nyuna Raktachap)

If the pressure of the blood being pumped by the heart into the arteries falls below the average 140 (systolic) and 80 (diastolic), there may be increase in the pulse rate, cold sweats, and a feeling of extreme weakness.

….if it fal ls below the minimum necessary for sound health, it should cause worry. The f irst requirement is to ascer tain the cause of the malady.

Low Blood Pressure =Nyuna Raktachap

•Every day process about 200 quarts of blood to sift out about 2 quarts of waste products •erythropoietin, or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells

•renin, which regulates blood pressure

•calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, which helps maintain calcium for bones

•Regulates chemicals like sodium, phosphorus, and potassium

About 15 percent of the people on dialysis today are there as a result of the damage that Tylenol and/or aspirin did to their kidneys.

the blood output of the hear t is ar t if ic ial ly reduced, causing less oxygen to reach the body’s cel ls and t issues.

The result will be normal blood pressure cuff readings

The body sti l l needs all that blood it needed before taking the drugs,

The body is now being forced to go through life with less oxygen than it needs, and organs slowly start wearing out. Premature aging.

In addition to the long term destructive side effects of: early death from hear t disease, cancer, and

diabetes 1. CDC website Tables 1 and 7 cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm 2. JAMA 2002;287:612-617. 3. Rogers S MD The High Blood Pressure Hoax Sand Key 2006. 4. Graveline, D MD Statin Drugs 2006 5. International Medical World Report 1 Sep 2000 Amsterdam 6. Gress, T MD Antihypertensive therapy as risk factor for diabetes New England Journal of Medicine 30 Mar 00 vol 342 p 905

BETA BLOCKERS/ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS

15 min a day deep breathing within 3 weeks lowers BP

Nancy 52 yo Symptoms:•Severe indigestion•Left arm pain

Medical Care•Chemical Stress Test•Angiogram•2 stents•High Blood Pressure Meds•Cholesterol Meds•Blood Thinner

Symptoms Came Back

Chiropractic1st Adjustment Arm pain goneDiaphragmatic irritation lean to right and back

Symptoms Gone

The Angiogram has become the gold standard for testing heart patients.

It is done more than a million times/year Cost: More Than $1 000 000 000.00 per year Accurate: ONLY 22% OF THE TIME Source: National Heart Lung, Blood Institute/ “Interobserver Variability in

Coronary Angiography,” Circulation 53 No. 4 (Apr 76: 627-632)

In the 25 years between 1981 and 2006 mortality rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Iceland decreased by an amazing 80 percent in men and women between the ages of 25 and 74.

lowered risk was accomplished by simply adopting natural, healthy living strategies.

Bottom line: the "miracle" heart attack-disease prescription turned out to be getting more exercise, not smoking and eating nutritious foods.

Dr. Thor Aspelund and his research team from the Icelandic Heart Association. Specifically,

it appears Icelanders are living longer with healthier hearts because they have taken control of their health.

A study of more than 125,000 healthcare workers found that just one additional daily serving of fruit or vegetables lowered the risk of heart disease.

Vegetables such as spinach , kale , broccoli and fruits such as oranges , grapefruits

Protective effect of greater consumption of fruits and vegetables, in particular green leafy vegetables and vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables, against risk for coronary heart disease.

Protect people with type 2 diabetes against hear t attack,

Fruits and vegetables contain myriad compounds that have been linked with improved health. Fiber , potassium , folate , antioxidants

Annals of Internal Medicine June 19, 2001;134:1106-1114

Just One Extra Serving of Vegetables Lowers Heart Disease Risk

Flavonoids are found in numerous fruits and vegetables, as well as in certain types of tea.

Antioxidants help prevent cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses.

daily intake of flavonoids -- apples, broccoli, and tea.

High broccoli consumption was associated

with significant reductions in heart attack. Flavonoids appear to reduce oxidation of

LDL cholesterol American Journal of Epidemiology

May 15, 1999;149:943-949

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In medicine, major diseases now rise in prevalence, such as essential hypertension and type 2 diabetes, whose causes the homeostasis model cannot explain.…And treating these diseases with drugs to fix low-level mechanisms that are not broken turns out not to work particularly well.

Principles of Allostasis: optimal design, predictive regulation, pathophysiology and

rational therapeutics. Peter Sterling Cambridge University

Dr. Beatrice Golomb of San Diego, found that 98 percent of patients taking Lipitor and one-third of the patients taking Mevachor (a lower-dose statin) suffered from muscle problems.

Polyneuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, is characterized by weakness, tingling and pain in the hands and feet as well as difficulty walking. Researchers who studied 500,000 residents of Denmark, about 9 percent of that country's population, found that people who took statins were more likely to develop polyneuropathy.

Taking statins for one year raised the risk of nerve damage by about 15 percent. For those who took statins for two or more years, the additional risk rose to 26 percent.

We are currently in the midst of a congestive heart failure epidemic in the United States- Deaths attributed to heart failure more than doubled from 1989 to 1997. (Statins were first given pre-market approval in 1987.) Interference with production of Co-Q10 by statin drugs is the most likely explanation. The heart is a muscle and it cannot work when deprived of Co-Q10.

Cardiologist Peter Langsjoen studied 20 patients with completely normal heart function. After six months on a low dose of 20 mg of Lipitor a day, two-thirds of the patients had abnormalities

In every study with rodents to date, statins have caused cancer. Why have we not seen such a dramatic correlation in human studies? Because cancer takes a long time to develop and most of the statin trials do not go on longer than two or three years

Still, in one trial, the CARE trial, breast cancer rates of those taking a statin went up 1500 percent.

In the Heart Protection Study, showed an increase of non-melanoma skin cancer

Manufacturers of statin drugs have recognized the fact that statins depress the immune system, an effect that can lead to cancer and infectious disease, recommending statin use for inflammatory arthritis and as an immune suppressor for transplant patients.