Re: Newbie here with 23 NOW bishenol A

[Guest guest]

Not just companies -why is the AAP recommending statins to

children?! I'm so tired of doctors experimenting on our growing

children with drugs with known side effects that were only tested and

meant for adults. Cholesterol is very important to a growing body

and we won't know what this will mean for those that grow up on

taking their statins with their Flintstone's multi for possibly

decades. Besides outside of statins there is a clinically proven

through Dr. from the Clinical Nutrition & Risk Factor

Modification Center at St 's Hospital, Toronto natural way to

help that works without side effect:

http://nutrition.smatix.com/17478.php

You want to check out the above link -I've shared this with many

friends, family and doctors and it does work as well as the statin -

without the side effects just like they found.

Don't get me wrong -yesterday we went to Universal and for some

reason there were more overweight kids than ever -two of which had

trouble walking which is quite sad. But don't see how sticking a kid

like that on a drug is going to be better than a change in lifestyle

that the child can grow up with -and live a healthy life with

Great video on this from Canada about the problem and the solution

(no statins mentioned!)

Instead of putting a band aid on a child to treat obesity -and a band

aid that comes with it's own list of side effects at that -why not

promote play, exercize, healthy foods and lifestyle?

" Only 6 percent of American children aged 9 to 13 play outside, said

Amy Pertschuk, managing director of the Children and Nature Network. "

http://www.childrenandnature.org/index.php?/news/detail/agencies_and_organizatio\

ns_testify_before_congress_at_no_child_left_inside_/

The AAP is supposed to protect our kids and be a symbol of excellence in

pediatric care.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/health/08well.html?ref=science

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/577424

And some info about cholesterol

Cholesterol homeostasis in the developing brain: a possible new

target for ethanol

M. Guizzetti

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,

University of Washington, Seattle, USA, marinag@...

LG Costa

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,

University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Department of Human Anatomy,

Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Parma, Italy

Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes and plays an

important role in signal transduction. This brief overview presents

evidence from the literature that ethanol may affect cholesterol

homeostasis and that, in the developing brain, this may be involved

in its developmental neurotoxicity. The effects caused by inborn

errors of cholesterol synthesis and by in utero ethanol exposure

present several similarities in humans (eg, -Lemli-Opitz

syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome), as well as in animal models.

Ethanol has a cholesterol-reducing effect on the cardiovascular

system, and a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease, whose

pathogenesis has been linked to altered cholesterol homeostasis in

the brain. In vitro, ethanol affects several functions that are

mediated by cholesterol and important for brain development, such as

glial cell proliferation, synaptogenesis, neuronal survival and

neurite outgrowth. The brain contains high levels of cholesterol,

mostly synthesized in situ. Astrocytes produce large amounts of

cholesterol that can be released by these cells and utilized by

neurons to form synapses. Ethanol up-regulates the cholesterol

transporter ATP binding cassette A1 and cholesterol efflux from

primary astrocyte cultures without affecting cholesterol synthesis.

Human & Experimental Toxicology (2007) 26, 355-360

Key Words: astrocytes • cholesterol • ethanol • fetal alcohol syndrome

http://het.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/355

While excess cholesterol may have deleterious consequences, as in the

case of atherosclerosis, too little cholesterol may endanger the

development of the brain. Different degrees of mental retardation are

often observed in inborn errors of cholesterol synthesis, such as the

–Lemli–Opitz syndrome or in maternal phenylketonuria, where the

metabolite of accumulating phenylalanine, phenylacetate, is an

inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis. Lack of cholesterol during brain

development as a consequence of these genetic defects leads to severe

brain damage, microencephaly and mental retardation, which are also

hallmarks of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The brain relies on

the in situ synthesis of cholesterol, which occurs mostly in

astrocytes.

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987704004840

The next time you would like to thank somebody for a complete set of

20 digits after counting your newborn's fingers and toes, cholesterol

might be all that you need to be grateful for!

Cholesterol Plays An Important Role In Finger and Toe Development

A new study conducted in mice has now found that cholesterol plays a

very vital role in development of fingers and toes. The attachment of

this pivotal chemical to a specific development protein is the key to

proper digit development. Mice devoid of cholesterol developed digits

in wrong places, in addition to extra digits. The results of this

interesting study have been found in the online edition of the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Cholesterol-Plays-An-Important-Role-In\

-Finger-and-Toe-Development-9617-1/

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for posting this !

Yes, high cholesterol is indeed NOT the villain it has been made out to be but

very often (when not part of a true metabolic disorder which should definitely

be identified and especially in children) it is a response to some inflammatory

processes going on in the body, a self defense mechanism if you like, which just

like with the body's natural defense the " FEVER " doctors too quickly jump to

suppress without bothering to take into account its role in helping us ward of

" attackers " . And the anti cholesterol drugs are with side effects that are

unspeakable for something that may not even be a problem to begin with. And if

reduction in cholesterol is indeed needed, natural remedies are much more

effective.

Very interesting reading.  Thanks again!

-Elena

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Newbie here with 23 NOW bishenol A

Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 3:41 PM

Not just companies -why is the AAP recommending statins to

children?! I'm so tired of doctors experimenting on our growing

children with drugs with known side effects that were only tested and

meant for adults. Cholesterol is very important to a growing body

and we won't know what this will mean for those that grow up on

taking their statins with their Flintstone's multi for possibly

decades. Besides outside of statins there is a clinically proven

through Dr. from the Clinical Nutrition & Risk Factor

Modification Center at St 's Hospital, Toronto natural way to

help that works without side effect:

http://nutrition.smatix.com/17478.php

You want to check out the above link -I've shared this with many

friends, family and doctors and it does work as well as the statin -

without the side effects just like they found.

Don't get me wrong -yesterday we went to Universal and for some

reason there were more overweight kids than ever -two of which had

trouble walking which is quite sad. But don't see how sticking a kid

like that on a drug is going to be better than a change in lifestyle

that the child can grow up with -and live a healthy life with

Great video on this from Canada about the problem and the solution

(no statins mentioned!)

Instead of putting a band aid on a child to treat obesity -and a band

aid that comes with it's own list of side effects at that -why not

promote play, exercize, healthy foods and lifestyle?

" Only 6 percent of American children aged 9 to 13 play outside, said

Amy Pertschuk, managing director of the Children and Nature Network. "

http://www.childrenandnature.org/index.php?/news/detail/agencies_and_organizatio\

ns_testify_before_congress_at_no_child_left_inside_/

The AAP is supposed to protect our kids and be a symbol of excellence in

pediatric care.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/health/08well.html?ref=science

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/577424

And some info about cholesterol

Cholesterol homeostasis in the developing brain: a possible new

target for ethanol

M. Guizzetti

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,

University of Washington, Seattle, USA, marinag@...

LG Costa

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,

University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Department of Human Anatomy,

Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Parma, Italy

Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes and plays an

important role in signal transduction. This brief overview presents

evidence from the literature that ethanol may affect cholesterol

homeostasis and that, in the developing brain, this may be involved

in its developmental neurotoxicity. The effects caused by inborn

errors of cholesterol synthesis and by in utero ethanol exposure

present several similarities in humans (eg, -Lemli-Opitz

syndrome and fetal alcohol syndrome), as well as in animal models.

Ethanol has a cholesterol-reducing effect on the cardiovascular

system, and a protective effect against Alzheimer's disease, whose

pathogenesis has been linked to altered cholesterol homeostasis in

the brain. In vitro, ethanol affects several functions that are

mediated by cholesterol and important for brain development, such as

glial cell proliferation, synaptogenesis, neuronal survival and

neurite outgrowth. The brain contains high levels of cholesterol,

mostly synthesized in situ. Astrocytes produce large amounts of

cholesterol that can be released by these cells and utilized by

neurons to form synapses. Ethanol up-regulates the cholesterol

transporter ATP binding cassette A1 and cholesterol efflux from

primary astrocyte cultures without affecting cholesterol synthesis.

Human & Experimental Toxicology (2007) 26, 355-360

Key Words: astrocytes • cholesterol • ethanol • fetal alcohol syndrome

http://het.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/355

While excess cholesterol may have deleterious consequences, as in the

case of atherosclerosis, too little cholesterol may endanger the

development of the brain. Different degrees of mental retardation are

often observed in inborn errors of cholesterol synthesis, such as the

–Lemli–Opitz syndrome or in maternal phenylketonuria, where the

metabolite of accumulating phenylalanine, phenylacetate, is an

inhibitor of cholesterol synthesis. Lack of cholesterol during brain

development as a consequence of these genetic defects leads to severe

brain damage, microencephaly and mental retardation, which are also

hallmarks of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The brain relies on

the in situ synthesis of cholesterol, which occurs mostly in

astrocytes.

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306987704004840

The next time you would like to thank somebody for a complete set of

20 digits after counting your newborn's fingers and toes, cholesterol

might be all that you need to be grateful for!

Cholesterol Plays An Important Role In Finger and Toe Development

A new study conducted in mice has now found that cholesterol plays a

very vital role in development of fingers and toes. The attachment of

this pivotal chemical to a specific development protein is the key to

proper digit development. Mice devoid of cholesterol developed digits

in wrong places, in addition to extra digits. The results of this

interesting study have been found in the online edition of the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Cholesterol-Plays-An-Important-Role-In\

-Finger-and-Toe-Development-9617-1/

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