Reddit reviews The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan That Will

If you want to understand juice fasting, watch Joe Cross' movie "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". It's available for free, here. I watched it six years ago and replicated his juice-fast experience the very next day. I went from 256-200 in 60 days juice fasting. This is my 90-day result (after the fast + 30 days P90x): http://imgur.com/zOFgw1N

I eventually regained the weight, but doing this knocked out some major health issues I was having that seemed untreatable by all the doctors I'd gone to. Additionally, my doc had wanted me on a statin for "cholesterol" and if you know about those, they don't work for preventing heart disease and mess up a bunch of your other systems. Check out "The Great Cholesterol Myth" for more on this. All my "health test levels", including cholesterol were rock solid after the juice fast--so it does work.

You can "fast" in a single day. All "being fasted" means is that your body's insulin levels are low you're burning fat for fuel. If you put carbs into your body, that process is interrupted and you are "fed"--your insulin will rise and eventually fall back to a fasted state unless you eat. Juice is carbs. So on a juice fast, you're periodically interrupting your "fasted" state to a fed state.

But if you look up Jason Fung and "Intermittent Fasting" you'll see that you can be very successful with repeated intra-day small fasts or inter-day fasts. For instance you only eat during a 4 or 8 hour window, or you only eat every other day.

Right now, I'm doing a water fast. I'd never done one before, it sucks--it really sucks--as in I can do it, but I never want to do it again. This penance is incentive toward my goal, maintaining my dropped weight for a year or more. The fast is just a means to that end.

Like you, I'm not a fan of modifying, period. It brings "willpower" into the equation, and that's an exhaustible resource. With all the suck, the main thing the water fast has going for it is that it's dead simple. "Can I eat/drink it?" "Well, is it water?" "If yes then yes, if no then no." It's also insanely cheap compared to juicing in terms of cash, logistics and prep. The supplements I bought for 90-days water fasting cost less than half a week's worth of juicing and water is EVERYWHERE.

Once I'm done with the water fast, I intend to follow a 16/8 or 20/4 IF protocol with LCHF. For more on this, check out /r/keto. Again, my goal is extreme simplicity fostered by clear-cut YES/NO rules.

YMMV. Good luck with what you want to achieve!

This may be of interest to you

No I'm not selling books. But I've read it

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease/dp/1592335217

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2012/October/Cholesterol-Myth-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease/

Do your research on stains. If you haven't had a heart attack, you don't need to take it. This is 1 of 4 books I've read on this. It's the easiest one to get through. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease--Statin-Free/dp/1592335217/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1451340334&sr=8-4&keywords=cholesterol

Get your Brother this book and refuse to discuss nutrition with him until he's read it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease/dp/1592335217

Cholesterol is a complicated non-issue if you are getting rid of the inflamation-causing, insulin-stimulating junk from your food. If you would like to read about it, here is a great place to start -

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease-Statin-Free/dp/1592335217&ved=2ahUKEwjFsKHb-YTiAhUPKa0KHcxsB7AQFjANegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2h4n8TSjs4Hy_vhc_Rz2W5

This book would support your anecdotal experience.

I recommend reading The Great Cholesterol Myth as that is where I learned the most about statins. It's a great overview of cholesterol, fat, and statins and has the science to back it up.

Cholesterol is actually a very important part of your body. Statins have only been shown to reduce heart disease in middle age men who have already suffered a heart attack. No other population they have been tested on has shown statistically significant improvement. Statins can lower cholesterol but they often do so by lowering HDL which is not what you want. Side effects can be huge and you might not even associate the side effect to the statin. Here Here and Here are some sites that go over the dangers of statins.

Have statins lowered your cholesterol? In a good way? Are you taking CoQ10? Statins lower CoQ10 levels which is a vital nutrient for the body. Read this

Statins are a very serious drug so I definitely recommend doing more research into it. And come to your own conclusions before going back to your doctor.

I don't really like cholesterol clarity, it does'n have citations...

This one is imho MUCH better (with all the citations): www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1592335217?pc_redir=1407907545&robot_redir=1

Also, you can provide videos/blogs by Jeff Vollek, Peter Attia, or anyone mentioned in this video

http://youtu.be/QsvnP1V5m6U

Well derrr why do you think we are genetically programmed to kiss our kids....

Get a dog....kids with dogs have less allergies as their immune system gets a workout with all the licking and dirt and such.

Also kill the sugar and transfats in your family's diet it causes inflammation and heart disease


http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease/dp/1592335217


/r/paleo for the win...

If you're in the United States get a private test and test LDL and HDL particle levels.

https://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1503718917&sr=8-13&keywords=Cholesterol+myth

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease-Statin-Free/dp/1592335217/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1503718917&sr=8-4&keywords=Cholesterol+myth

Basically inflammation of the arteries by suger gets small LDL to stick and that's where the problems begin. Lay of orals and keep the total dosages low. Get some plant sterols.

Read one of these two books, and it'll likely change how you feel about cholesterol.

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease/dp/1592335217

http://www.amazon.ca/The-Great-Cholesterol-Con-Disease/dp/1844546101

If you're still concerned get a blood test done now, and then get another one done a few months into the diet. I'm willing to bet money that your blood-lipid panel will be the same, if not improved compared to what it was at the start of the diet. This is basically what happened to me.

If you really want to dive into the topic, this book may be of interest to you. I got about 50 pages in over Christmas break (it's my mom's book and I went back to college) but it was quite a fascinating perspective! (One that looks deeper into the topic of cholesterol's little impact on heart disease).
The Cholesterol Myth

Exercise really does not help one lose weight.
And the Dr. cannot force her to take meds.

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