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Drugs that lower “bad” or LDL cholesterol fall into a class called statins. You may have heard of them, you may be taking one. It’s hard to have missed them if you watch television or read popular magazines because their manufacturers spend big bucks to deliver the message that you can lower your cholesterol with one of these drugs.

And you can, never mind the side effects, one of which is that not only do these drugs lower LDL but since they don’t discriminate they also lower HDL, or “good” cholesterol.

But I’m not here to rant on the drug companies, and my next post will talk a bit about the whole LDL lowering concept and the debate that rages around it.

I do want you to know that if you take a statin drug you would do well to supplement with a safe supplement called CoQ10. This vitamin-like substance is produced in the body and is necessary for generating up to 95% of total energy for our bodies. The same mechanism by which statins limit production of cholesterol also limits the production of CoQ10. In Germany and Japan all statin prescriptions are given with the recommendation to supplement with 200 mgs of CoQ10 daily.

Why not here in the states?

Continue reading ‘Statin Users Please Read’

Well it’s only been 4 hours and we’ve been filled with what’s new and remarkable in the areas of cells, skin, and hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
If you don’t know T. Harv Eker, the mastermind behind this long weekend of what’s truly worth considering in the fields of health and anti-aging, check his company out. Peak Potentials is the fastest growing personal development company in North America today and Harv creates courses and camps that have no rival in terms of value.
We’ve had three speakers so far, all full of great information and varied areas of expertise. As you would imagine, all of them look younger than their years and enjoy optimal health. It wasn’t always so and each came to their brand of miracle because of something that happened to their health.
Our first speaker is coming back Saturday to introduce us to his products and modalities so I’ll save him for later.
Bob Heinman, creator of Epicuren skin producs ia 70 year young scientist, former business guy, long haired, cool dude who is extremely smart. He knows skin. And here are a few tidbits from his talk:

Continue reading ‘Extreme Health Day 1′