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1. Taking Statin Drugs?  What Essential Nutrients are They Robbing Your Body of?
2. Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?
3. Allergies an Autism: Something in the Food, Water, Air? 
4. Power of Natural Ways to Fight Cancer  by Dr. Isaac Eliaz

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Taking Statin Drugs?  What Essential Nutrients are They Robbing Your Body of

CoQ10:  The depletion of this vital nutrient is due to the statin drugs interfering with the body's natural metabolic pathway.  In blocking cholesterol, these drugs block HMG-CoA reductase, and cholesterol production slows down.  Unfortunately, this is the exact same pathway where CoQ10 is produced. Knowing this, you just have to supplement with this nutrient while still remaining compliant with your medication.   It is a side-effect solution to statin drugs.

Vitamin D, Minerals and Niacin:  These are also depleted when using this type of drug and is recommended to be taken. 

If you want to read more about what nutrients are deleted by medications, a pharmacist Suzy Cohen, RPh has written a book called Drug Muggers  Drugs will mug (rob) your body of these nutrients and thus it is important to know and supplement if you must take medications.  Click on the Drug Muggers link to find out more.

Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?

There is a real epidemic of people on statin drugs. While we favor diet as the best way to have normal Cholesterol, what about the taking of drugs?

Here is an article on the subject Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?

Go to our article on Cholesterol and find our recommended product 

Allergies and Autism:  Something in the Food, Water, Air? 

There’s growing alarm at the increasing rates of physical and intellectual health issues affecting children – specifically in two areas, food allergies and autism. While not directly related, there are some who believe there may be environmental and resultant genetic causes behind the spikes.

Food – including the diets of children and what is in the food we serve them – has been shown to play a role in both areas, allergies the most obvious.

Let’s be clear from the start – we’re in no way suggesting a food link to autism. But, as some formidable research has found, revisions to diet can help in the treatment of the condition.

Read Article:  Food, Water, Air

There are other opinions - See our Article on Autism 

Power of Natural Way to Fight Cancer by Dr. Isaac Eliaz

As an integrative physician with a focus on cancer treatment and prevention, I’m often asked about my opinions on chemotherapy. Given the potential risk of side effects and research findings that often conflict each other, patients consistently ask me, “Is chemotherapy the right choice?” This is certainly a complicated question, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. When certain chemo drugs were first introduced in the 1950s, it was a real breakthrough. However, despite our improved understanding of the disease, we’ve experienced diminishing returns in the decades that followed. Quite often, chemotherapy is given to a large number of patients, when... See Full Article 

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