An 88 year old man consumed 20-30 eggs a DAY for more than 15 years, yet maintained normal blood cholesterol levels of 150 to 200.

Cholesterol occurs only in animal foods. Yet consumption of animal fat since 1909 actually decreased by 10 percent, whereas vegetable fat increased by over 200 percent. The increase of heart attacks has paralleled increased use of margarine, homogenized milk and processed foods such as sugar.

According to Judith DeCava, in her book, Cholesterol, Facts and Fantasies, in one study, almost half of patients had total cholesterol levels under 200, which is supposed to be safe. Yet half of this group had coronary heart disease. Of almost 1200 who did have heart disease, one third had cholesterol levels under 200. Dr. Michael DeBakey, famous heart surgeon, reports that 30 percent of patients who have a coronary bypass have “normal” cholesterol levels.”

The Real Culprit

Here’s what IS clearly linked to heart disease: sugar. Judith DeCava, in her excellent book, Cholesterol, Facts and Fantasies states,

“John Yukin analyzed refined sugar consumed by men with atherosclerosis. The men who had heart attacks ate almost twice as much sugar as those who not having heart attacks. In fact, in persons with coronary heart disease, degree of atherosclerosis was proportional to amount of refined sugar consumed.” (The Lancet 1964); 2 (7349):6-8.

As further evidence of this is fact that consumption of fat in Caribbean countries is very low, but use of sugar is very high. Cuba has one of highest levels of sugar use, and has a higher death rate from heart attacks in men between ages 55 and 64 than U.S.!

The Fox Guarding Hen House

So what’s perpetuating this campaign of misinformation? It’s money from drug companies who want you to buy their cholesterol reducing drugs (that have serious side affects) and from food industries that benefit from this scam.

Here are some examples. The American Medical Association’s Executive Vice-President, Dr. James Sammons, promised physicians in 1988 of their financial rewards by stating, “the AMA’s campaign against cholesterol will bring both old and new patients to you for necessary testing, counseling and care.”

One researcher who later became a director of National Institutes of Health bought stock in a pharmaceutical company just before announcing results of a study favorable to drug’s effects. The editor of AMA’s publication, Circulation, also received stock options on same drug company.

Jane Heimlich began doing extensive research on this cholesterol issue in 1989. In her book, What Your Doctor Won’t Tell You, she concludes,

“There is no question that cholesterol program…benefits three powerful groups in our society to tune of billions of dollars. These three are medical profession, pharmaceutical industry, and food companies.”

USDA researchers estimate that you need somewhere around 5,000 ORAC units in your diet every day to get ORAC benefits that slow aging and prevent disease.

But they also estimate that average American gets only 1,200 ORAC units a day. This means that most of us are eating our way to one or more of chronic diseases of aging.

Is it any wonder, then, that diseases of aging are out of control? The average American gets less than antioxidant (ORAC) value of one serving of spinach every day.

So what do you do if you hate spinach? No worries! There are many foods that rank high on ORAC scale. Many delicious fruits and vegetables have high ORAC values: prunes, raisins, blueberries, blackberries, kale, alfalfa sprouts, and Brussels sprouts are all rich in ORAC. Just find ones you like, and eat more of them.

Vitamin C, a common health supplement, scores 1,890 units per gram. (For comparison, spinach delivers 12.6 units per gram) And that’s another very good reason to supplement your diet with antioxidant vitamins.

But if you want to get serious about a true anti-aging diet, there are specialty food ingredients available that deliver far higher ORAC values than ordinary foods and vitamins.

The Next Level of ORAC

Scientists are now testing “superfood” antioxidants that can give you astonishing ORAC protection- much higher than ordinary foods and vitamins.

One of these new generation ORAC foods, derived from skin of immature apples, tests as high as 13,000 per gram on scale- over 1000 more powerful than spinach!

Anti-aging enthusiasts are now using these super-antioxidant ORAC foods to get maximum protection for aging and related physical and mental decline.

Why? Because high-ORAC foods may slow aging. And next-generation ORAC food ingredients are showing remarkable health benefits in human and animal studies, against same diseases associated with aging- heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s.

So let me ask you:

> If you are growing older

> If 80% of older Americans have at least one chronic disease

> If USDA says that high-ORAC foods may slow aging

isn’t it time that you consider adding a lot more high-ORAC foods to your diet?

Or maybe, you didn’t get memo.