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Tortilla Chips To Lower Blood Cholesterol?
Posted by Dr. Gifford Jones on Aug 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart attack
What’s one of the most important rules in medicine today? It’s “Never take a drug if a natural and safer remedy provides the same relief”. Today millions of people are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart attack. But this therapy comes with a price. Some patients develop muscle cramps, liver and kidney problems and some have died. Good sense dictates that it’s prudent to first try other ways to lower blood cholesterol.
Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner, says a high dose of vitamin C before breakfast is a smart way to start the day. How much you take depends on your tolerance of C. Too much may cause diarrhea. But most people can tolerate 2,000 milligrams (mg). Ascorbic acid powder (vitamin C) is the least expensive way to buy this vitamin. A flat teaspoon equals 5,000 mg and can be mixed with orange juice.
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