The War on Cholesterol.

By Joan McDaniel      

Obama Care is now the law of the land.  Many people think it is a move to restrict freedoms.  I don't know but, if we take a brief step back in time and review some history, we will see government’s control of our health, health care, and food has been in effect for some time now. We will also see the ‘unintended consequences’ has cause the increased risk of serious diseases, diabetes, health problems and death.  One thing for sure  was a  tremendous growth of the Health Care, Big Business and Pharmaceutical Drug Industry. Many drug companies became a “over- night” success with the release of the drugs under the class called Stains.

Government health advisors were influenced by Dr. Ancel Keys warnings about the harmful effects of cholesterol in the diet and his recommendations  of the Mediterranean Diet, Diet-Heart Hypothesis, Cholesterol Hypothesis, Fat-Free Diet and Lipid Hypothesis.

In the early 1990, the U.S. Government released its ‘Food Pyramid’, making Low-fat/High-carb diet the official America's food plan. The Low-Fat/High-carb diet became the fad and law of the land. It was “Good for You” and you were un-American, if you ate anything else. At the same time, the Drug industry released the high-cholesterol fighting drugs called Statins.

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I am an LPN Nurse and recuperating from being very sick, this is how I ate myself back to health. This article continues telling the story of my research into a different kind of nutrition. 

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Nutrition, Health, Food Pyramid, Fat-Free, coconut, Naturopathic, Standard American Diet