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HEALTHWednesday 21 October
                  Cholesterol, the Good and the Bad

          Dr. Carlos Viana    rhabdomyolysis which           cancer. When cholesterol       sex hormones. Medicinal        and nerves. Changes in
                              causes severe pain and         is naturally low or forced     oils packed with HDL in-       diet and lifestyle can nat-
In the past they would        muscle weakness. Serious       low with drugs, cancer         clude: olive, evening prim-    urally help control not only
kill the messenger who        cases can shut down the        risks rises because protec-    rose, black currant, flax,     “bad” cholesterol, but
delivered news that king      kidneys and cause paraly-      tion is reduced.               safflower and soy. Herbs       you might find improve-
did not want to hear.         sis or death. During other     	 When a clinical              that lower LDL/triglycer-      ment with symptoms of
Tough job, fortunately,       drug studies, test patients    nutritionist sees a high test  ides (bad cholesterol) are     high blood pressure, arthri-
this doesn’t happen to-       have committed suicide.        value for cholesterol we       Shiitake mushrooms, cay-       tis, and diabetes. Call us
day. Or does it? With         In fact, suicide is a stated   look to see what caused        enne, ginger, cat’s claw,      for a full evaluation of the
the declaration of help-      possible risk from taking      your body to increase          garlic and turmeric.           good and the bad of your
ing patients, doctors try to  cholesterol lowering medi-     cholesterol to help protect    	 “Good choles-                health. Let us teach you
eliminate your body signs     cine. Why? Lipoproteins,       your brain and nerves. If      terol” producing foods         how to turn the “ugly” into
(messages) with drugs.        which are attached to          fat-soluble poisons are        which include essential        “beautiful!”
When consulting an al-        cholesterol, provide a         present, changing what         fatty acids (EFA) rich in
lopathic doctor the first     means by which toxins          you do or don’t eat can        Omega 3, 6 and 9 in the        CARLOS VIANA, Ph. D. is
thing investigated is to      including, heavy metals,       help remove these “bad         correct proportions have       an Oriental Medical Doc-
see if you have a disease.    solvent toxins, pesticides,    fats.” With the poison         changed with modern            tor (O.M.D.) having stud-
If not, they may test your    and petro-chemicals can        gone, cells stop making        diets. Most of us are not      ied in China; a US Board
blood and identify values     be removed from your           excess cholesterol for pro-    getting enough Omega           Cert. Clinical Nutrition-
that they think will cause    brain and nerves. As cho-      tection.                       3’s and some of us are not     ist (C.C.N.), an Addic-
a disease. With higher        lesterol falls, less lipopro-  	 So what don’t we             getting enough of omega        tion Professional (C.Ad.),
than normal cholesterol       teins are available lower-     eat? Don’t eat sugar, es-      3 and 6. Supplementing         Chairperson of the Latin
numbers, cholesterol low-     ing your body’s ability to     pecially alcohol or any of     with Flax oil or Omega fish    American Committee of
ering drugs are frequently    remove these poisons.          the growing number of          oils is more important than    the International Acad-
prescribed. Is this the best  	 For natural physi-           products with high fruc-       ever. Lecithin is good oil     emy of Oral Medicine and
thing to do? Could it be      cians, cholesterol is not      tose corn syrup. Stop all      I consider a basic, espe-      Toxicology (IAOMT), a Re-
that the remedy may be        bad. Hydroxy sterols are       fried, salty, refined or pro-  cially for protecting the      juvenating Cell Therapist
worse than the disease?       found in both animal and       cessed foods, fatty dairy      brain. Make sure you only      specializing in Age Man-
	 Cholesterol lower-          plant life. Cholesterol, a     products or fatty meats.       use fish oils certified to be  agement, has a weekly
ing drugs, known as statins   complicated form of al-        When we tell patients this,    free of toxins like Mercury.   radio program, writes and
are proving to be kill-       cohol is the main sterol of    many tell us we have just      Eat smaller meals, espe-       lectures extensively. For
ers. Documents indicate       higher life forms. With the    eliminated everything          cially before bed. While       information: VIANA HEAL-
some senior executives of     exception of brain and         they eat. In fact we have      you sleep, the stomach         ING CENTER, Kibaima 7,
German pharmaceutical         red blood cells, all cells in  just described the Stan-       also sleeps and food does      St Cruz TEL: 585-1270 Web
maker Bayer, knew its an-     your body are capable of       dard American or Aruban        not digest properly. Want      Site: www.vianaheal.com
ti-cholesterol drug Baycol    synthesizing or producing      Diet (SAD).	                   to get all this under control  “Prescriptions from Para-
was causing illness and       cholesterol. Cholesterol       Ok, what do we eat? Fresh      quickly? Eat only brown        dise” - Dr. Viana’s Award
death long before pulling     provides strength for cell     fruits and vegetables, lean    rice for three weeks.          Winning BOOK: Prescrip-
it off the market. It pro-    walls; a way to use other      meats, but not pork, whole     Nothing else! Include lots     tions from Paradise, Intro-
duces a side effect called    sterols and every day,         grains like brown rice oats    of water and moderate          duction to Biocompatible
                              cholesterol is converted       or quinoa, a Peruvian su-      exercise. It’s always best     Medicine – Available at
                              into bile acid, which helps    pergrain. Wheat is not the     to do a cleansing diet like    local Bookstores, Hotel Gift
                              protect from and dissolve      best choice for many peo-      this with the supervision of   shops and Boticas. Signed
                              gall stones.                   ple because of allergies       a clinical nutritionist.       copies at Viana Healing
                              	 In your blood                and gluten intolerance.        	 Get the point! Not           Center, EBooks: Amazon
                              stream cholesterol con-        Fish that swim constantly      all cholesterol is bad. Cho-   kindle, Nook, Itunes check
                              tains lipoproteins. These      in deep water are loaded       lesterol lowering drugs and    for Events at: facebook.
                              proteins carry antioxidants    with “good” HDL choles-        their known side effects       com/vianahealingcenter.
                              such as vitamin E, beta        terol which is needed to       are not the only choice.       Join the discussion: www.
                              carotene, and CoQ10            manufacture some very          We need good choles-           facebook.com/prescrip-
                              that help protect you from     wonderful hormones, like       terol to protect our brains    tionsformparadise q
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