February is national Heart Disease Awareness month. In reality, how aware is the public about the facts of heart disease, namely, how specifically this disease affects women? The answer...not very! For instance, heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. It is also the leading cause of disability in women. Many people believe that heart disease is a "man's" disease, when in fact, it is more common and fatal in women. How heart disease manifests in women is also a highly misunderstood area, especially by the medical profession! Women do not manifest the same signs of a heart attack as men do. Women have symptoms like: shortness of breath, fatigue, pain in the upper left back, pain radiating down the arm, etc. To add insult to injury, many women are misdiagnosed after having minor heart attacks and presenting these symptoms to their doctor, which many times prove fatal! Heart issues, as well as many other "health" problems which manifest within our physical bodies stem from the emotional arena. Unfortunately, this aspect of disease is still neglected and misunderstood by many mainstream health professionals. I have had a book in my possession by Louise Hay, of Hay House for some time. It is entitled-"Heal Your Body"..I consider it to be a treasure trove of sorts, as it is the first resource that I go to when investigating an illness. The emotional "feed" behind heart disease, according to Louise Hay's book, is: longstanding emotional problems, lack of joy in one's daily life and belief in strain and stress in life. Wow! Now that would be some real prevention if we could openly talk about our feelings in society and embrace humanity for having them! Instead, we tend to let them fester for aeons, eventually morphing into the physical body and manifesting into full fledged illness/disease. If this concept, as well as that of prevention, nutrition, etc. were at the core of any "awareness" of a disease month, would really be substantial and go a long way to prevent disease, rather than attempt to cure it by utilizing the "one size fits all motif"! The favored treatment plan for male or female appears to be the drug class called Statins, as we as a society have been taught to demonize all fats, as well as the fat within our bodies, especially cholesterol. Cholesterol is the proverbial red-headed step child when it comes to heart disease. One can trace the demonization of cholesterol back to the famed Framingham study, which supposedly set the perimeters of heart disease. In reality, what this study should have done, was put to bed the idea that dietary fats and cholesterol (alone) increase blood cholesterol levels and cause heart disease! The findings from this study which did not support the "diet-heart" hypothesis, were conveniently ignored. The true lessons of Framingham are as follows: 1. Most people who die of heart disease have low or average levels of blood cholesterol, 2. For most people, LDL and total cholesterol have little "predictive significance" for heart disease, 3. High intake of dietary cholesterol doesn't increase blood cholesterol levels in the majority of the population, 4. High intake of dietary cholesterol, from foods such as eggs, shrimp, we are not talking trans-fats here, this is a different beast, will address that in a later blog, 5. Something OTHER than cholesterol and saturated fat are causing heart disease. Unfortunately, we are in a society that appears to be easily manipulated by the "powers-that-be". In this case, that would be pharmaceutical companies, as information from certain studies is conveniently deleted or honed by this industry in order to sell a certain drug, which, by the way, will benefit everyone? The main drug to lower the "bad" cholesterol, or LDL cholesterol, is in the drug class called statins. Unfortunately, this drug is not effective in many people and as a major side effect, it eliminates what is called Co-Q10. What is this, you ask? It is the fuel for the Maserati, or Volvo...whatever model of the human body you possess. This nutrient fuels what is called Mitochondria, which are the fuel cells of every muscle in the body, therefore, it is not something you want to eliminate or cause a slight shortage of. I suggest that you do some investigating yourself, regarding the fabricated "war on cholesterol" and hopefully see it for what it really is: questionable science, doctors appointments, drugs! I suggest starting your research with the following books: "21 Days to a Healthy Heart" -Alan Watson, and "Heart Sense For Women"-Dr. Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. (yes, some M.D.'s "get it") as well as the following website: www.womenheart.org/kit. I wish you much enlightenment and health!
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