A most interesting article as my husband had high blood pressure. I googled policosanol and found a great deal of info on it, including naysayers. However, most were good based on many studies. It can be bought in Cuba or online. As we are going to Cuba, we thought we would buy some and we will let you know the results!

A Natural Alternative to Statin Drugs

A Natural Alternative to Statin Drugs

Heart disease has become one of the primary health concerns in this country, and the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs has become almost commonplace. Chances are you or someone you know is taking one. This article will discuss three studies that prove a simple sugar cane extract is more potent than Statin Drugs.

In May of 2001, the National Cholesterol Education program revised its "statin" drug recommendations. As a result, under the new guidelines the number of people in the United States "qualifying" for prescription drug treatment skyrocketed from 13 million to 36 million. These recommendations also bypass attempts to lower cholesterol by means of diet and exercise and instruct physicians to prescribe first and ask questions later.

While these new guidelines are certainly good for the patent medicine industry, they may not be in the best interest of the millions of people now "required" to take statin drugs. Statin drugs are often associated with side effects such as nausea, headaches, dizziness, sleep disturbances, liver problems, muscle weakness, and pain. One statin drug, Baycol, was recalled by the manufacturer in August 2002 after it was found to be linked to over 50 deaths.

In addition to these risks, statin drugs cost an average of over $100 a month. Since the revised guidelines mean big business for patent medicine companies, it's no wonder that news of the natural alternative to these drugs has remained unknown to the general public.

The Sweet Secret for Effectively Lowering Cholesterol Levels

Clinical trials show that one natural substance offers even better results than prescription drugs at lowering overall cholesterol and triglyceride levels while raising levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and protecting against blood clotting. This amazing substance, a fraction of sugar cane called policosanol, offers all of these benefits with virtually no side effects, at less than half the cost of prescription statin drugs. And it may actually eliminate your need for cholesterol-lowering prescription drugs.

By now you know that refined sugar is on the "no-no" list. In fact, refined sugar can actually cause a huge list of health problems, including premature tissue stiffening. There is no doubt that eliminating refined sugar is a crucial step in living a healthy lifestyle.

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There are 2 videos on this page that are worth watching. Natural remedies RULE! Read on!

Cancer's Secret Weakness

An Innovative Healing System for Chronic Illness, Including Cancer

Donnie Yance has developed and taught a proprietary diagnostic and therapeutic approach to healing called the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System (ETMS).

You can read about it in detail in the full interview transcript, but simply speaking it is a system that provides a framework for treating chronic illness using the fullest degree of botanical, nutritional, and biomedical principles.

“Without overlooking the human being’s constitution and environmental influences -- or their unique manifestation of disease -- the ETMS aims for balance and harmony in executing optimal care. It was designed as a way to employ the oldest healing principles in conjunction with the most cutting-edge science in both assessment and treatment,” Donnie explains.

Two of the principles upon which this innovative system is based are intellect and logic, two factors, particularly the latter, that are sorely missing from conventional, mainstream medicine. As Donnie points out, in conventional medicine, logic is often displaced by fear, especially in the treatment of cancer.

“ …Fear is the great obstacle to healing and when people have cancer, all of a sudden they’re filled with fear. The whole medical system set-up is based in fear.

Many physicians, even good people, really good people that would actually take a different approach to their patient care, are afraid because they are in a system that locks them down. And then if they deviate from that system, they expose themselves in every possible way and very few people are willing to take that risk,” he says.

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This part of the article is very informative. I do have some issues with Dr. Mercola always selling his products, but I believe they are probably better than most. However, I would never buy them. I would rather eat well and try to get all the vitamins and minerals that I can by eating well. I make green smoothies every morning. Fruit, spinach, raw honey and cinnamon. You should try them. They are absolutely delicious. And the benefits of juicing these foods are amazing. Google it!!

Whole Food Multivitamin +Plus Vital Minerals Nutritional Supplement

In my opinion, if you shop for your supplements at discount stores you may be seriously shortchanging yourself because those products typically use cheap synthetic isolates.

Millions gorge themselves on synthetic vitamins, only to acquire and die from degenerative diseases.

You see, isolated vitamins are partial vitamins, combined with other chemicals. They’re a low-end alternative to whole, real complete food.

When you remove a part from the whole, you get ‘Synthetic,’ ‘Isolated,’ or ‘Fractionated’ pieces of the whole, but it’s simply not the same.

There are four problems with synthetic vitamins…

1.

Nature intended for you to consume food in WHOLE form because all the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes are together in one package. They work synergistically to give your body the nutrition it requires for optimal health.
2.

Your body only absorbs a small percentage of an isolate form of vitamins and minerals – and it utilizes even less. You get the best bioavailability in whole food form.
3.

Synthetic vitamins often give you massive quantities of some nutrients (usually the most inexpensive ones) and insufficient quantities of others, not balance.
4.

You can experience side effects of synthetic isolates from the additives and the unnatural state of the synthetic supplement.

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This is a must, but you HAVE to FOLLOW the RULES or he will be disqualified. The rules are below. If you click on this site you will see a very disturbing video about side effects of Abilify in a TV ad! VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. Ask your friends but make sure they ALREADY have a twitter account.

Your Voice Is Needed to Help Protect Natural Health Choice

Many of you are aware of a recent battle between a little known group of skeptics who have been criticizing me and others in the field of natural health. This all started as a contest on Twitter, better known as the Twitter Oscars. 

The skeptic community will continue to use the 'herd immunity' theory to state that forced vaccinations are for the betterment of society and supersede your personal freedom. These skeptics are wrong, and at least in this country freedom will prevail. The collaboration of drug companies and the government’s desire for more power has reached a turning point that most Americans have now recognized, and there are massive movements underway uniting us in this war.

Contest is a Metaphor for Larger Battle

Now this Twitter contest is meaningless in the broad scope of what is going on in health.

BUT, the contest can be viewed as a metaphor, and is a fight with those that would literally destroy everything we know and love about natural health and healing. So consider this a trial run of what we eventually need to do to defeat those that would remove your health freedoms.

We have nearly two million subscribers on our site. Surely we can beat them. All we need is a measly 600 votes to defeat them.

You Must Follow the Rules

You are ONLY eligible to vote if you already have a Twitter account. If you start one now and vote that would disqualify me, like they did Mike Adams. He inadvertently encouraged violating Twitter rules and many voted for him that signed up after the contest began, so Twitter disqualified him.

This does not make the contest illegal, only unfair. It is NOT a rigged contest.

But if you already voted you can have THREE of your friends or family to vote. Even better, post it on your blog or website or have one of your popular friends do it.

What to Do if You Have No Twitter Account or Already Voted

Just tell friends and family the story and send them to http://shortyawards.com/mercola and have them read the earlier posts and give a few words in the comment box and press enter.

If you get a 404 error page that means their site is down, (happens daily) and you will have to retry later.

You will have to accept an application from Twitter to register your vote but this is a safe application, and there is no danger to your account.

Vote in the HEALTH Category

There are several categories you can vote in. The link http://shortyawards.com/mercola will allow you to place the correct vote. Please do not vote in any other category.

If you vote for the leading candidate and say something negative, it will only be added as a point, no matter what you say.

You CAN Make a Difference!

Please urge at least three of your friends and family that already have a Twitter account to place a vote on the above link. Without your support we will be unable to defeat these skeptics who have been effectively brainwashed by the drug companies.

They just don’t understand the truth and are blindly following carefully and cleverly orchestrated manipulations of how they are educated. If they are honest they will eventually see how they have been deceived.

So it would be great if you can get the vote out, but even better if you can be patient with those who share these confused views and be available for them in their time of need when they suffer the inevitable consequences of a paradigm that focuses on using toxic drugs to cure disease, rather than provide the body with what it needs to build health.

In many ways this is so similar to darkness and light.

A great article with healthy soup recipes. There is an immune boosting soup and a super detoxifying broth recipe. Enjoy and stay healthy!

Soup Therapy: Detoxify, Lose Weight, and Boost Immunity on Yahoo! Health

The healing power of soup
An ancient Chinese proverb states that a good doctor uses food first, then resorts to medicine. A healing soup can be your first step in maintaining your health and preventing illness. The therapeutic value of soup comes from the ease with which your body can assimilate the nutrients from the ingredients, which have been broken down by simmering.

Here are some healing soup tips that will preserve your wellness and longevity:

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This is a must read, especially if you have children!

Shocking U.S. Senate Hearing Confirms Dangers of Cell Phones

Witnesses before a Senate Committee testified about research into cell phone use and its potential impact on human health, as well as the potential side effects such as brain and salivary gland tumors.

In 2008, cell phones were identified as a contributor to salivary gland tumors. Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, who testified in September 2009 at the U.S. Senate Hearing, is the principle investigator of the study that made this finding.

The report states that your risk of getting a parotid tumor on the same side of your head that you use for listening to the mobile phone increases by:

* 34 percent if you are a regular cell phone user and have used a mobile phone for 5 years.
* 58 percent if you had more than about 5,500 calls in your lifetime.
* 49 percent if you have spoken on the phone for more than 266.3 hours during your lifetime.

The second video above by Electromagnetichealth.org, filmed at Columbia University Law School at a presentation on Wireless Hazards, explains how wireless radiation creates cognitive problems, damages DNA, diminishes fertility, causes disorientation and navigation difficulties for birds, bees and other wildlife, and may contribute to Bee Colony Collapse, which, if not reversed, will jeopardize the future of life on earth.

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No more needs to be said - read on!

Pain, Pain, Go Away... | Care2 Healthy & Green Living

Understanding pain
According to Robert E. Svoboda, “Ayurveda welcomes and accepts pain, even while trying to relieve it, for Nature intends pain to be a multi-layered message to us. Underlying the immediate directive–stop using that body part!–lies a request to look into our lives and see what we are doing to create this misery.”

If you tend to ignore your body’s messages until pain overwhelms you, try to catch the problem earlier. Certain unconscious habits–holding your breath, chronically tensing your muscles, suppressing your emotions, eating overprocessed, refined food, ingesting too much caffeine or not enough water–make us more susceptible to pain because they aggravate vata, the dosha that is always involved when there is pain. If you can step back and observe which of your activities and habits contribute to the problem, you can start to undo your pain naturally.

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My daughter gave me an essential oils book for Christmas. Combined with this information, I can now make my own. Can't wait! This is a very good article. Hope you enjoy and are able to help your PMS, your headaches and your happiness!

Homemade Essential Oils for Any Ailment | Care2 Healthy & Green Living

Here’s how to make your own essential oil:

1. Mix 1/4 ounce of bulk herbs of your choice with 1 cup of carrier oil.
2. Add the mixture to your slow cooker and allow it to cook on very low heat all day (about 8 hours).
3. Remove the mixture from the crockpot and strain.
4. Place in a jar, storing in a cool, dark place. The oil should last about 6 months.

Essential Oil Ailment Guide (Source: Remedies for Life)

For PMS
Combine geranium, peppermint, rose, and ylang-ylang oil. Breathe it in daily.

For happiness
Combine chamomile, clary sage, valerian, and ylang ylang adding a few drops to a bath.

For headaches
Combine basil, chamomile, lavender, and peppermint and breathe it in daily.

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My darling little grandson was here for 2 weeks over Christmas. His stools were a little runny and by the time he got home he had a bad case of diarrhea. My daughter googled it and found out strawberry extract should work. She bought it and gave him 1/4 tsp every hour. It took approximately 1/2 day to cure him!! I love hearing new remedies! Please feel free to share yours with me!Technorati Tags: diarrhea, strawberry extract, natural remedy