Re: ethical question - manipulating cholesterol levels

[Guest guest]

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A few heaping tablespoons of lecithin might do the trick. Lecithin is

usually derived from soy and sometimes egg-- it is a phospholipid, which was a

water-soluble phosphate group on one end and a fat-soluble lipid (fat, fatty

acid,

etc) on the other end. They are mostly used in cell membranes but in any case

they can make you pee out your cholesterol and blood triglyceriedes by

binding fat-soluble things in the blood and carrying them through water-soluble

urine. I bet you'd lose a lot of other fat-soluble nutrients, but if it's for a

few days loading up on it big-time could reduce cholesterol levels,

temporarily, a lot.

Chris

[Guest guest]

You could try eating blueberries. My mother just happened to go blueberry

picking the day before her doctor appointment. My mother loves blueberries

and ate a bunch (I think she said 2 pints) when she got home from picking

them. The next day she had her cholesterol tested and it had dropped by I

think 30 points.

Irene

At 07:28 AM 8/11/03, you wrote:

>All healthy people with higher than " normal " cholesterol are unfairly

>descriminated against when buying life insurance (rates are higher). If

>someone were unhealthy but had " normal " levels - they would get an unfairly

>low rate.

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>If someone (who was healthy) was going to take a blood test that they might

>be descriminated against, is there a way to manipulate the cholesterol

>levels in their favor, so that they would get the healthy rate - that is

>rightfully due them? Such as eating additional eggs or some niacin

>supplements beforehand?

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>Not that I or anyone I know would ever do that, but just wondering...

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Irene & Chris.

- I appreciate the explanation - what's scary is I followed what you

said!

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[Guest guest]

- I appreciate the explanation - what's scary is I followed what you

said!

----->oooo....scary! ;-) well, let us know how it turns out. the ability to

absorb *dietary* cholesterol seems to vary widely, with some only absorbing

a fraction of it.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

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“The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

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Re: ethical question - manipulating

cholesterol levels

Thanks Irene & Chris.

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/11/03 4:47:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, paul@...

writes:

> - I appreciate the explanation - what's scary is I followed what you

> said!

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How frightening!

=:-O