Niacin A Safer Way To Lower Bad Cholesterol



Half of all Americans are on drugs!: prescription drugs that is.

It's true, says the Associated Press (14 May 2008): "Half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems." That is nothing to be proud of.

Among the very most prescribed of all drugs are those used to lower "bad" LDL cholesterol. Patients taking pharmaceuticals trying to do that are being mistreated. Why? Because niacin (vitamin B-3) in high doses is just as effective, much cheaper, and most importantly, far safer. Niacin raises beneficial HDL levels better than any drug. (1) It also dramatically lowers triglycerides.

The New York Times agrees, saying: "An effective HDL booster already exists. It is niacin, the ordinary B vitamin. Niacin can increase HDL as much as 35 percent when taken in high doses, usually about 2,000 milligrams per day . . . and it has been shown to reduce serum levels of artery-clogging triglycerides as much as 50 percent." The president of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Steven E. Nissen, said, "Niacin is really it. Nothing else available is that effective." (2)

Indeed, niacin is it. Niacin is cheaper, safer and more effective. (3) So why are cholesterol-lowering drugs pushed anywhere and everywhere? Professor of medicine Dr. B. Greg Brown offered an answer: "If you're a drug company, I guess you can't make money on a vitamin."

One reason why doctors and patients select drugs over vitamins is, said AP, "the pharmaceutical industry's relentless advertising." Indeed, "Americans buy much more medicine per person than any other country . . . The biggest jump in use of chronic medications was in the 20- to 44-year-old age group - adults in the prime of life - where it rose 20 percent over the (last) six years." That is a huge increase.

Even worse than that, now one out of every four children and teenagers is taking a chronic disease drug, usually for depression, asthma, or ADHD. Pushing drug therapy for these conditions is largely based on profit, not health. The value of vitamin therapy for each of these conditions is already well established. (4)

It is time for patients to assert that they are simply not going to accept more and more drugs, at higher and higher prices, with more and more dangerous side effects. It is time to demand the proven but too-long-overlooked alternative: safe and effective nutritional treatment.

References:

(1) Alderman JD, Pasternak RC, Sacks FM, Smith HS, Monrad ES,  
 Grossman W. Effect of a modified, well-tolerated niacin regimen on  
 serum total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and  
 the cholesterol to high density lipoprotein ratio. Am J Cardiol.  
 1989 Oct 1;64(12):725-9.
 (2) Mason M. NY Times, January 23, 2007. An old cholesterol remedy  
 is new again.
 (3) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n10.shtml Also  
 vitamin E: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n01.shtml
 (4) Depression: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n11.shtml
 Asthma: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n08.shtml
 Behavioral disorders: http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n07.shtml
 Research summaries at http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml

Source : http://www.orthomolecular.org/

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Gwendolyn King commented on 11-Jan-2011 06:01 AM5 out of 5 stars
My Grandson has ADHD. He's 8yrs old, weights 105lbs. He's big for his age. He takes Vyvanse/40mg on school days. I don't like giving him drugs. I'm trying to find an alternative solution. I read some where giving him B-complex and Vitamin C could help. I just don't know how much to give him. What do u think?
anna commented on 19-Feb-2011 12:12 AM5 out of 5 stars
PLEASE SEE THE MOVIE; FOOD MATTERS!
It is on Netflix and experts say, you give as much vitamin C as it takes. Sometimes from 3000mg-1000000mg/day.
Good Health!
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