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Integrative Health &
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magazine (IHCAN)
Editor’s note
November 2024
One of the problem with statins is that they are designed to lower cholesterol and so prevent heart disease. Specifically the production of so-called “bad” cholesterol, LDL, in the liver.
Why is this a problem?
First, as Dr Zöe Harcombe, PhD, puts it: the trend in the published evidence is that higher cholesterol is associated with lower deaths from heart disease and all-causes, in men and women, “for all 192 countries in the world”. Oh, and by the way, there is no “good” or “bad” – it’s just cholesterol.
Second, up-to-date medical thinking has swung towards the idea that cholesterol is NOT the sole cause of cardiovascular disease. Dr Malcom Kendrick, author of the amazing The Clot Thickens and IHCAN Conference presenter, states: “Heart disease has nothing to do with eating saturated fat, nor does it have anything to do with cholesterol in the bloodstream”.
This all was validated (again) by UCLA professor Dr Matt Budoff’s study (published in August) looking at “bad” cholesterol in low-carb/keto eaters. Conclusions: keto dieters had no more “bad” cholesterol than controls, despite higher saturated fat intake, and, “There is no association between LDL-C and plaque burden”.
When Zöe and Malcolm took this stand, the Mail on Sunday – having decided, against the evidence, that statins are universally A Good Thing – decided to viciously attack them in a five-page special headlined “The deadly propaganda of the statin deniers”.
Well, it’s taken more than five years, but Zöe and Malcolm had their days in court, forcing the Mail to apologise and stump up cash for libel. The Judge commented: “There is perhaps a palpable irony in the fact the Defendants, in articles that so roundly denounced those alleged to be the purveyors of misinformation, so seriously misinformed their own readers”. (Full story on page 32.)
Statins save some lives, but are not as “safe and effective” as Big Pharma and the Mail allege. They are certainly not for everyone – even though some doctors still believe everyone over 50 should be on a statin for life.
We’re proud of “our” statin deniers.
The story’s not quite over, since still to come is a Statement in Open Court which will address issues such as the identities of the “experts” who encouraged the hack job and had “ “a very significant’, and ‘undue’, influence over the editorial process and the terms of the article”, as the officialese has it.
“The SIOC has to be agreed by the Judge”, Malcolm says. “And this has not yet happened…
“But some names are going to be named. We know who you are. The behind-the-scenes activity was quite outrageous. Eventually, all will be revealed. Because none of this is confidential anymore. The rock was lifted to see the creatures squirming in unaccustomed sunlight”.
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“The 16-day diet that will help you lose half a stone”
Lovely to see a positive story in the Telegraph featuring another of our favourite people – nutritional therapist Petronella Ravenshear. She scored a full-on, supportive feature on her weight-loss successes.
How do you get such great coverage?
Author of The Human Being Diet and The HBD Cookbook, Petronella is a Metabolic Balance practitioner and told us that she got lucky starting out, when she swapped sessions with a friend who was a well-placed PR. That led to introductions to a bunch of magazine journalists who also wanted help with weight. From there: “Lots of free consultations and tests for journos…and if they ask for a quote, they don’t want it perfect but do want it NOW!”
So true.
Hospital patients “should go vegan”
Prof Tim Spector may have lost the plot. The Independent reports: “Food guru Tim Spector has joined healthcare chiefs and at least 1,000 health experts in calling on the NHS to make vegan food standard in UK hospitals. In an open letter to every NHS trust and healthcare leader in the UK, they ask healthcare organisations to implement ‘plant-based by default’ menus”.
OK, so NHS food is notoriously bad, but this is madness.
Some signatories say that meat and dairy would still be on the menu. But the Office of Health Economics, quoted in the letter, has “recently estimated that if just England were to adopt a completely plant-based diet there would be ‘a total net benefit to the NHS of around £18.8bn per year’. No other intervention can deliver such significant health benefits alongside cost savings and environmental benefits”.
What, no drugs?
A well-known industry figure, 70+, gets some blood labs done at local hospital.
Nurse: “Why aren’t you taking medication at your age?”
Cardiologist: “You don’t appear to have been prescribed statins, aspirin etc…?” Nurse: “Every patient we see over 60 is on two or more prescription meds daily”.
• In England, more than one in 10 people aged over 65 take at least EIGHT different prescribed medications each week.
• Almost 90% of older adults regularly take at least one prescription drug, almost 80% regularly take at least two…and 36% regularly take at least five different prescription drugs.
• “Most people over 70 should consider taking statins”, researchers say.
• A Swedish study analysed 1,720 people aged 75+…they received a mean of 11.3 drugs.
How has our man avoided this fate? Diet, lifestyle and supplements…LOTS of supplements.
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We don’t put a big emphasis on being “evidence based” in the conventional sense, mainly because the bulk of the evidence used in meta analyses and systematic reviews and to produce “guidelines” is not to be trusted. As Prof Richard David Feinman puts it, the meta-analysis is the “most dangerous” activity plaguing modern medical literature. And RCTs are of no use in assessing complex conditions that we address with multiple interventions – such as Dr Dale Bredesen’s Alzheimer’s protocol. Likewise, we highly value the hard-won clinical experience of multiple practitioners accumulated over the years and handed down over generations of evolving natural medicine practice. That said, we do put a lot of effort into referencing our features. References are online to save space, available within our members area.
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