THE CHOLESTEROL MYTH- IT COULD COST YOU DEARLY Written by Tunji Akinseloyin
Heart disease is number one killer in US today. Who is at risk? Well, consider this: NBC television reported in Feb 10 1997, that risk of cardiovascular disease starts early in life. In fact, research at Louisiana State University found that risk of heart disease starts early -as early as 5 years old! What is major cause of heart disease? High cholesterol? Well NOT NECESSARILY. If high cholesterol were major cause of heart disease, bear and other hybernating animals should have been extinct ; their cholesterol, at least during winter, is over 350! Research work by Dr Matthias Rath, a cardiovascular expert and an associate of Dr Linus Pauling, proved that major cause of heart diseases [heart attack, strokes, clogged arteries] is POOR NUTRITION! In this groundbreaking work, Dr Rath found that supplementation with a combination of some special vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants could prevent, reverse, and correct cardiovascular problems. Over many years of poor nutrition, lessions develop in arteries. The body deposits lipoproteins at damage sites to repair damage. This constant "tear and repair" results in layers of cholesterol deposited in arteries, eventually blocking them. And consequencies as we know, is tragic. Dr Rath's research has been comfirmed by other researchers. Dr Passwater's research in 70s found that risk of strokes and heart attacks is not so much as amount of cholesterol in bloodstream, as POOR NUTRITION. He also found that some vitamins actually raise good cholesterol levels. In addition, epidemiological research has proved that people with low blood selenium, are 2-3 times at risk of heart disease than those with adequate selenium levels.
| | What a Bully Taught Me About Public SpeakingWritten by Melissa Lewis
I hated Kyle Sisk*. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my grade school years with misery. He would tease me about my weight, purposely rattle me with shocking language, delight in making me look foolish at every opportunity. Kyle had scary, penetrating eyes and sharp, jagged teeth that looked, appropriately, like fangs. He even had his own evil henchman named Eddie who would follow him everywhere, laughing a conspiratorial little laugh asking, “Heh, heh, what are we going to do next, Kyle? Heh, heh.” (All Eddie was missing was a hump.) A typical encounter was time I was walking home from school and Kyle and Eddie pounced from behind some bushes, grabbed my books and threw them in mud. Even worse, they snatched my precious, brand new little purse and threw it into branches of a tree, far out of reach. They then ran off cackling in triumph. I, purseless, limped home in tears.A Sad Reprieve This type of treatment continued all through grade school. I enjoyed respite of summertime before we started at our new junior high school but September came and with it, my sense of dread at seeing Kyle again. I was given a reprieve, but an unwelcome one. That first week of school, my father died suddenly of a massive heart attack. I stayed home from school for about a week for funeral and family visits. My first day back, teachers wanted to take it easy on me so they gave me coveted duty of going to each classroom and placing absentee list on each teacher’s desk. I felt special to be excused from class and was enjoying my rounds when I came to Mr. Lester’s science class. I entered room and my heart stopped. There, sitting right next to Mr. Lester’s desk was Evil Incarnate himself, Kyle. There was no avoiding him--he had seen me come in--so I braced myself for whatever abuse he was no doubt preparing, but as I got closer I noticed that he didn’t have his usual smug expression. He was looking down at his desk sheepishly. Very odd. As I lay paper on teacher’s desk, Kyle looked up at me with big, soft eyes and in a timid, tentative voice said, “I’m sorry your old man croaked.”
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