It's Time for Me to Pull the Plug, and Say Goodbye...

I have grown up in the age of the development of constant contact and a world where no conversation can die. No matter how bad it wants you to let it go, how bad it wants to rest in a place more peaceful. Instead, it goes on, tied to a machine with any piece of life pumped into it.  Meaningless ongoing conversations have so many mediums to be transmitted that we never really take a chance to pull the plug and let them die.

I feel like over the last 15 years I have watched something so genuine and healthy turn into a sad, unhealthy, lifeless form that is plugged into every machine, and even wirelessly, unable to die.

Conversations used to be genuine, and real. When I had something to ask my brother, I would wait for him to get home and we would talk about it. If I had not talked to my grandmother for a while, I would make an effort to drive to her house, eat her delicious cooking, and have a real conversation about life. After I spent the afternoon catching up on all of the family gossip (because grandma knows all) I would say goodbye, and go home. The conversation would have met its maker, and it would die. It did not die in vain, it just past on, and went to where conversations are supposed to go, memories.

I remember when I was in middle school, and the internet went into every home. This was an amazing breakthrough. After you got your computer hooked to the phone line and waited for it to dial up. You watched it dial, heard the crazy fax machine like sounds. Finally, after about 5 minutes of getting online and your homepage loading, it was time to chat. It all started with emails. You could send a personal message to someone and they could receive it anytime anywhere, as long as they were tied to a computer and phone line. ICQ was the first instant messenger that was popular in my area and then went straight into a new and improved Microsoft Instant Messenger. I am sure you all remember the green and blue head and body icons that came along with it.

So, that’s how it started, you got yourself a new cool “Hotmail” account and you were ready to chat.  If you were really cool, and had expensive internet, you could get an AOL account. (I heard it was better, but couldn’t get to that level)

My first phone was a Motorola flip phone. It had analog signal, and as long as you were in a good place for signal, and you had the antenna pulled out, it was capable of making phone calls. The idea that I could call anyone anywhere was wonderful at the time, but it is just another poison for the already dying conversation.

In my undergraduate years, I finally got to the next level of phones, color screen and even a camera.  During this time, a new concept had hit the heart of the genuine conversation, Texting. I fought and fought about how dumb it would be to type out a message. All I could think about is how much work that is, and I made the decision, I will just call.

People started texting me, and I realized it was just like email, I could send a personal message to anyone I want, from anywhere I want, and they can get back to me when they get the chance. I don’t have to stop what I am doing for this conversation, I can continue on my day, and have a conversation without even putting effort in.  Text messages are one of the biggest culprits for this downfall of the genuine conversation. Conversation had completely lost its mannerisms. There is no way to judge the emotion in a text conversation, everything gets taken out of context, and you are just left wondering if you had a good conversation, or if that smiley face was sarcastic. We lost the ability to spell correctly, enunciate, or even be honest if we thought something was funny. During genuine conversation, if something is funny, we laugh… LOL, LMFAO, HAHA, HEHE, TTYL, BRB, ILY, IDK, WTF. What a joke… This conversation deserves to die, let it.

During my junior year at Purdue, I was introduced to next great thing… FACEBOOK. How great was this breakthrough. I could be friends with people I don’t even know, try to generate a BS conversation with them, and even act interested.

 I could put on there if I was interested in a relationship, and if I found a girl I thought was attractive, I could poke her. Maybe she will poke back. She didn’t poke back. What does this mean? Does she not think I am pretty? Oh I might not be pretty. Let me find out real quick. So I post a selfie (I took 5 or 6 and got the best one). AHHHH. YESSSSS. 34 likes and 14 people told me “great pic.” 

This isn’t real Life.

This is us holding onto a dead conversation, hoping to find some support from people we don’t genuinely want to talk to.

Since then, there have many so many new social media sites that only let you post pictures or you have to live your life in 140 characters or less, and all you care about is having more followers than people you are following. That is real satisfaction, Right?

Even better news, about six and a half years ago, the latest and greatest breakthrough for killing all genuine conversations became real. The first generation IPhone. This put all of you mediums to constant contact from text, to Facebook, to Instagram, (which works well because you can just snap a new picture with your phone and post immediately) in the palm of your hand. You can make these lifeless conversations go on and on, anywhere you want and never let them die.

Over the last 15 years I have seen the development of Email, Instant Messenger, Cell Phones, Text Messaging, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and any amount of other social media. And above all, I have seen the slow downfall of genuine conversation to a lifeless, heartless, emotionless, form of interaction that is only holding on by a thread. We never let them just pass away and move on to MEMORIES.

I am going to make a movement to Pull the Plug, Disconnect a Dying Conversation, and let myself cherish the memory of a conversation.

I am going to lock my Social Media accounts, and have someone I care about change the password. I am going to start with one month and see how much I miss the social world.

I want to rejuvenate the life of the Genuine Conversation. I want to have face to face conversations and real phone calls about things that matter. I want to go see my nieces, nephews, and not rely on pictures online to watch these kids grow.  I want to genuinely become a part of someone’s life, not just “Facebook Official.”

I

 have spent 15 years, tumbling down the path to lifeless conversations. I am going to pull the plug, and say goodbye to the conversations that have no meaning, no emotion, no life.

Goodbye for now Facebook and text messages, I am moving on.

Dr. Moz

What can spending $10 billion a year in advertising sell?

Have you ever wondered what it would cost to completely skew the minds of the masses in America and sell a product that is not only proven not to work, but proven to make you worse? Well you can spend money in many ways to advertise a product, but to sell a product and make everyone believe they need it without regard to any clinical evidence takes a lot of money and well organized/strategic marketing.

This product is so well sold in America, even when research surfaces, that clearly discusses the evidence that this product is harmful to your health and shows only negative effects to the body, the masses of America still defend it. They defend something that has taken years to ingrain into each of our brains that this product is necessary, against all odds, against all real research, the product must be good because doctors prescribe it and celebrities use it.

The top 10 pharmaceutical companies spend $10 billion dollars a year on marketing to the uninformed public.  

1. Pfizer
2. Eli Lilly
3. Abbott Laboratories
4. Merck
5. Amgen
6. AstraZeneca
7. Allergan
8. Boehringer Ingelheim
9. GlaxoSmithKline
10. Otsuka Pharmaceutical

These companies have mastered the art of selling you and me products to help heart burn, lower cholesterol, help the common cold, and vaccinate us from the years flu bug.

But how has this marketing strategy really affected us?

Whether or not you know what Psoriatic Arthritis is, or how it affects the body, we, as Americans, all know that Phil Mickelson suffers from it. We know that he is a professional golfer that has a condition that can only be helped by taking a very specific medication and if he doesn’t take it, he will never be able to play golf again.

Enbrel: a medication that is classified to block TNF or tumor necrosis factor will help stop the production of inflammation that is correlated to Psoriatic Arthritis.

Before the commercial talks about the side effects that come along with this medication such as: increased risk of diabetes and heart disease or increased risk of serious infection, this advertisement makes each of us believe that if Phil Mickelson takes this medication, it must work, and if I have pain in my hands or legs, I must have Psoriatic Arthritis, and this medication will help.

This advertisement is designed to put a personal touch on a celebrity or professional athlete and help each middle age American male think about if their pain that they are suffering from can be treated with this MIRACLE medication called Embrel. So we all tread off to the overworked, understaffed, ever too busy medical doctor and ask if this will help. All the doctor has to do is ask if you have pain, and when you say yes, you are linking yourself to the symptoms that Phil suffers from on the television, and you are not there for anything other than the same medication he uses. This means you are already a customer to this Pharmaceutical Company, and you are a lifetime buyer of their product. This is successful marketing, but at what cost???

Always pay attention to the “fine print”

We have all been taught to analyze the “fine print”. We know that in the fine print you will find things about any product that you would not like. Like the interest rate on a credit card. It is not in big bold print on the front, unless it’s a 6 month promotion of 0%APR, but the fine print will say something like, if you don’t meet your minimum payment or any carried credit balance will be subject to 21.99%APR after the 6 month grace period. So to be clear, we all know that the “fine print” of any product give details that the provider does not want you to focus on, and they create a diversion to keep their perspective client focused on the “good” of the product and not pay attention to the “bad”.

When you have $10 billion to spend on marketing, you can make sure that each one of your ads are professionally designed and ran through many control trials to analyze their effectiveness to the consumer before they ever hit the public eye. The entire ad is designed to get your attention, make you feel like you or someone you care about is suffering from the condition they are trying to exploit, and then show you the only way it can be treated, their miracle medication. After the commercial gets you all warm and fuzzy inside, and you have already self-diagnosed yourself, all you have to do is get your primary care physician already on the phone to schedule an appointment to get your prescription, then they lay the “fine print” on you. This comes in a form of extremely fast, monotone script of the many side effects that come along with the minute benefits of this miracle drug ,but you are already so warmed up from the well-designed commercial that you don’t even make an effort to pay attention.

Side effects like increased chance of infection, rapid pulse, increased urge to gamble, drowsiness, etc do not mean anything to us. We are not worried about what can happen, we are only focused on what we want to happen, and these pharmaceutical ads are genius at telling us that they can do just that.

I am not writing this blog to solely reiterate what we all know about the dangerous side effects that come with all medications, the fact that they exist, and the fact that we all ignore them. I am writing to tell you about how spending billions of dollars on advertising can sell anything, even things that can harm your health by trying to help it.

Have you ever wonder how much it cost to make a medication?

Would it alarm you if you know that a study shows that pharmaceutical companies have reached a level of domestic sales to a number of $235.4 billion, in the US alone. Research shows that 13.4% of this amount is spent on research and development of new medications.  To do the math for you, about $32 billion is spent on research and development of new medications.

How much is spent on marketing their products?

The same research paper states that pharmaceutical companies spend 24.4% of their sales on promotions of their products. This is how pharmaceutical industries spend $57.4 billion dollars on marketing. About $10 billion goes to direct marketing to consumers in the form of TV ads, billboards, and celebrity promotions. The rest is spent on Pharmaceutical Reps, Salespeople, doctor’s lunches etc.

With this volume of advertising, we can not help but become clients. It is all we see, all day, every day. A pill for this, shot for that.

Do you think it is odd, that if you get a flu shot at CVS, they will give you 20% off your store purchases that day?

I am a well-researched anti flu shot physician. I know all of the harmful side effects, and lack of scientific evidence that it is even remotely effective to prevent the flu, and I almost went and got a flu shot to get the 20% off.

The biggest industries have the most power and influence over us.  We need to stop buying into the system, and start a proactive way of living to promote our own health and stop being pawns in the medical scheme.

I truly respect this quote, and I only wish things were this simple. My thought though, does our food system pay attention to our health system?

The truth of this quote is, “people eat food with no regard to their health, and seek health care from an industry with zero intentions of helping.”

~ Dr. MOZ

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Make you and your family's health a priority this winter.

Hello, this is Dr. Mozingo, I am writing to help you understand the winter woes of your health.

Each day when you walk out into the cold crisp air, do you feel yourself tense up?

A natural reaction to cold temperatures is for your shoulders and spinal muscles to draw in tightly, trying to hold your body tight and maintain an optimal core temperature. Shivering is another natural response to cold temperatures, and all shivering is, muscle contractions to increase thermal energy in the body to maintain a healthy body temperature.

Does this have any negative effects on your health?

The body's primal defense mechanism for the common cold, or flu bugs, are the white blood cells that course through the body. When the body is invaded by these bad bacteria or viral agents, the body automatically sends the proper white blood cell to the area to attack and and destroy the condition causing nuisance.

Did you know that you can help your body defend these pathogens without getting a dangerous flu shot?

The immune system is a very complex machine in the body, and it needs a lot of support from your daily activities. I am writing to help you learn ways to improve your health by making your immune system as strong as possible. 

1. Drink plenty of water: 
1. Water is necessary to aid the digestive system and also flush out the bad stuff that accumulates in the liver that can inhibit your immune system.
2. Stay away from antibiotics:
1. The digestive tract utilizes many good bacteria to build the immune system. When you have optimal levels of probiotics in the large intestine, you body is better equipped to build antibodies, or attack mechanisms, against all of the bad bugs that we become exposed to.
3. Eat whole food vitamins:
1. There is an endless amount of reasons how vitamins course through our body making it more effective at fighting disease. Vitamin A, D, E, C, and Bs, are all very effective antioxidants that will give your body the fuel it needs to fight off the winter woes.  
4. Get Adjusted:
1. When the body is tensed up do to the cold weather, it can put added pressure on the spinal segments and cause spinal fixations. Some chiropractors will cause this a "Subluxation" but due to the inability to define such a thing with science, I only use the term fixation.
2. The lymphatic system is the primary control to send white blood cells to the place of attack by the winter bugs, and this lymphatic tissue must be pumped through the body by movement. 
3. Spinal fixations can inhibit both the flow of lymphatic tissue, Eustachian tube tissue, and also cerebrospinal fluid. When these fluids are blocked up, you can experience 
1. Chronic infections
2. Ear aches
3. Migraines
4. Back and neck stiffness 
5. Many more!!

There are many ways to continue to make your health better each day. The New-Start Solution is designed to ensure that you are following the proper path to health. Lets face it, no one likes to be sick or get the flu, and the flu shot doesn't really work that well. 

How about trying a natural approach to improve your health?

It could change your life....

~Dr. Moz

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Statins, what are the side effects?

In the previous blog, you can read all about cholesterol and its function in the body. The most important factor to take from the blog is that our cholesterol levels are produced by the liver, and they are only produced in response to a stimulus. For those who suffer from elevated cholesterol levels, especially elevated LDL levels, you really need to focus on your diet, because LDL's are the livers response to excess inflammation in the blood. If you use a statin drug to take away your LDLs, instead of focusing on the diet changes that are needed, you will have no organic response to fight the inflammation in the blood, and Diabetes is inevitable. 

Read this blog to dive farther into your knowledge of health, and learn how The New-Start Solution will get you back on the health track you desire.

As I stated before, all cholesterol is produced in the liver. Below is a diagram of how the sequence of events takes place for the production of cholesterol. 

As you can see, the big black line that has (STATINS) beside it is where statin drugs come in to inhibit the function of HMG-CoA reductase.

Blocking the function of HMG-CoA reductase inhibits the liver from continuing the step of turning HMG-CoA into Mevalonate.

 When this very important step along this pathway is stopped, you can see what fails to be produced, Ubiquinone, Cholesterol, and Dclichol.

I have spent a lot of time in the last blog talking about cholesterol and why its produced, but there is one other very important factor that I am going to discuss today. 

What is Ubiquinone????

You might have heard of a supplement out that is called CoQ10. Well that is the usable form of Ubiquinone in the body.

Would you be concerned if I told you that there is almost no way to produce adequate amounts of energy for our cells if you do not produce adequate Ubiquinone?

ITS TRUE. HERE IS WHY....


First, lets dive a little deeper into why the body needs Ubiquinone or CoQ10.

I often discuss how we need to properly fuel our body with the fuel that it needs to promote health and prevent illness. Well that fuel comes in three major forms, called Macronutrients. These macronutrients are based upon 3 groups, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.

Each of these three macros have a basic function to fuel the body. Proteins are blocks of amino acids that are broken down and utilized throughout the body in basically ever function from muscle building, to RNA synthesis. Fats are different, they are utilized as the building blocks of cholesterol, and they help restore neurological function and provide lubrication for our joints in the body.

Carbohydrates are the most common macronutrient that you hear about. There are high carb diets, low carb diets, etc. But what are carbs exactly?

For the most part, carbohydrates are sugar. Sugar is the fuel for energy in the body. I am not going to go into the chemical compound of sugar or be technical about where the carbs we eat should come from. I am just going to discuss one derivative that comes from broken down carbohydrates.

I am in no way saying you should eat endless amounts of sugar because carbohydrates are the energy that our body needs. Vegetables are carbohydrates that we need to fuel the body not a Snickers Bar.

COFFEE, or CAFFEINE is not energy. No matter how much you think you cannot wake up or get through the day without coffee, you are wrong. Caffeine is a stimulant, that makes your body think it has energy and you are only further depriving your body of the energy that is demands.

So, lets talk about how carbohydrates become usable energy in the body.

Bear with me here, this is going to get a little boring, but I promise I will get back to the point of Ubiquinone eventually. 

Carbohydrates are sugar, and the most common usable form of sugar in the body is Glucose. I am sure you have heard of this compound. You might have even had a Glucose Tolerance Test before.

Glucose is the form of sugar that is readily usable in the body for energy. The real point of what I am about to say is this. Glucose, Sugar, Caffeine, Protein, Fat, and all other things we eat are not a usable form of energy in the human body. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the main thing that is really "energy" in the body. ATP is generated from Glucose, and here is how.

After we eat and digestion takes place to break down the carbs, proteins, and fats, the end result of our food either ends up in our blood stream or as poop.

When a carbohydrate is broken into glucose and your brain is telling your liver that you need some energy to be produced from this meal, the glucose enters the process called Glycolysis.

I am not going to bore you with the entire glycolysis process so here is a picture.

 As you can clearly see, the glucose enters the pathway and produces some energy for the body:

• 2 ATP
• 2 NADH+
• 2 Pyruvate.

 This is just the start of the metabolic pathway, and to be completely honest, the two ATP produced doesn't mean too much. Our major energy producer is still to come.

So what happens next?

Well the two ATP can be used in the body wherever it need, the NADH+ are put on the back burner for future use, which you will find out shortly, and the two pyruvate compounds go on to enter the Krebs Cycle. (do you remember me talking about the Krebs Cycle in the fibromyalgia blog?)

Again, I won't bore you with the pathway of the Krebs Cycle, so here is a picture.

 As you can clearly see, each of the two pyruvate gets into the Krebs Cycle and produces:

• 2 ATP 
• 2 FADH2 
• 6 NADH+

Again, these ATP are free to be utilized anywhere in the body and all of the NADH+ and FADH2 are sent to the next and most important pathway for energy production or cell respiration. These compounds enter the Electron Transport Chain (ETC).

Here in the ETC is where the vast majority of you energy is produced. Out of the 30-32 ATP that is produced from each glucose molecule, 24-26 are produced by the ETC.

You are probably started to wonder, why in the world is Dr. Moz still talking about ATP and glucose and endless metabolic pathways. Well here is the kicker, Statin drugs are dangerous because they stop the production of Ubiquinone. Ubiquinone is utilized in the body as CoQ10 and CoQ10 is a vital instrument in the ETC. Considering the ETC produces 80% of our cells' usable energy, I think it is important to discuss it.

Here is the ETC pathway.

As you can see in this diagram, all of the NADH+ and FADH2 are being utilized through an oxidation/reduction reaction (requires vitamins B2 & B3) to produce ATP across the membrane of the mitochondria. And when each of these molecules are broken down, Ubiquinone, or CoQ10 is utilized to transport the hydrogen ion across the membrane.

So what happens with you do block the body from producing Ubiquinone with a common Statin Medication? You stop the production of ATP. You inhibit your body from carrying out its daily routine.

Are There Side Effects of Statin Drugs?

Most people who take statin drugs tolerate them very well. But some people experience side effects.

The most common statin side effects include:

• Headache
• Difficulty sleeping
• Flushing of the skin
• Muscle aches, tenderness, or weakness (myalgia)
• Drowsiness
• Dizziness
• Nausea and/or vomiting
• Abdominal cramping and/or pain
• Bloating and/or gas
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Rash

All of these side effects have to do with poor cell activity and decreased overall energy levels. Think about this when your doctor tries to prescribe you a statin medication.

Dr. Moz

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Cholesterol, Statins, The Hidden Truth

If you have been following my blogs, I think you know and understand my compassion about the adverse effects of using antacid medications. I have discussed how they are actually a poison and can cause disease.

I am going to switch gears for a few weeks discussing a new topic. CHOLESTEROL. So strange, even when I read that word, I associate it with bad health, and heart disease.

Do You?

If you say yes, then you are another victim of skewed science and great marketing by the pharmaceutical industry. Get ready for a series of blogs that will help you understand the truth behind cholesterol, and learn about another health crippling medication that millions of Americans are already taking.

Nearly every person has been exposed to the random blood screen for “wellness” where they check your blood for possible problems. They always analyze your total cholesterol levels and then try to explain to you how bad your need to get the total level lower. They seldom analyze the ratio of HDL:LDL and they seldom explain to you why your cholesterol levels are high. The only purpose of this screen is to scare you into thinking that your cholesterol levels will lead to possible heart disease and the only way to keep this from happening is to figure out the proper dose of a Statin (a cholesterol lowering medication) that your body needs to keep this excess in cholesterol at bay. But is there any clinical study to back up that scare tactic?

The answer is NO.

The small print, no drug company wants to publish.

THERE HAS BEEN ZERO CLINICAL STUDIES THAT SHOW TAKING A STATIN MEDICATION WILL LOWER YOUR CHANCE OF HEART DISEASE. On the bright side, there has been some small evidence that if males have had a heart attack, taking a statin drug will reduce his risk of having a second heart attack. Do you know what I think is a more logical factor of what prevents males from having a second heart attack? Maybe its because they had a first heart attack, and then had to realize that they need to make some changes in their life, because a heart attack is pretty serious.

Here is what a Statin Drug does to inhibit production of cholesterol. 

As you can see, statin drugs inhibit the function of HMG-CoA Reductase to convert HMG-CoA to Mevalonate.

Did you just read that, I said "Inhibits the function of something...

Lets go back to the definition of poison, shall we?

poison [ˈpɔɪz^ən]

n

1. (Medicine) any substance that can impair function, cause structural damage, or otherwise injure the body

Do the statin medications fall under the classification as a poison????

I hope you are wondering, why is cholesterol demonized as the culprit behind heart disease and heart attacks???

Many years ago, autopsies were performed on a numerous amount of patients that met their maker in the hands of a heart attack. The blood analysis of these patients did show a high cholesterol level. This correlation is what spawned the idea of creating a medication that would decrease cholesterol levels. This concept does seem to make sense, but, I assume or hope, it was not fully understood why cholesterol is in the blood stream.

If you think that having high cholesterol levels is linked to eating a high fat diet, you are wrong. If you are worried about eating the yolk of an egg because of your cholesterol, sorry, that is ridiculous. Only 25% of the cholesterol that courses through your blood is a result of you eating fat. 75% of your total cholesterol levels in the blood are PRODUCED BY THE LIVER.

What is cholesterol?

Sorry, cholesterol is not just that fatty deposit that you find in your arteries when you have blockage.

Cholesterol is a HORMONE.

All hormones in the body are produced by the body, used by the body, and are absolutely necessary for health.

And CHOLESTEROL IS THE PRECURSOR TO almost EVERY MAJOR HORMONE!! Look at the chart to the right, progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone are formed from the break down of cholesterol.

Want to know some other functions that cholesterol has?

• Fat metabolism
• Yes, fat metabolism, eating saturated fats does not make you gain fat.
• Cell development
• Cell wall formation
• Blood vessel wall strengthening
• Yes, strengthening.
• Bile production
• This is how Cheerios lowers cholesterol. It requires bile to digest the fiber.
• Vitamin D production
• Nerve cell production
• Statins have showed links to increasing prevalance of Alzheimer's
• Production of lubrication fluids

I hope it is easy to understand why the liver produces cholesterol to support the health and life us each and every one of us, but I still need to answer the question.

Why, did all of the people that met their maker due to heart disease have high cholesterol levels???

Along with being a building block to many of the body's necessary hormones and being a major component in many of the body's natural function, cholesterol as one very important job to do, that without it, disease is inevitable.

Cholesterol is a natural anti inflammatory healing substance. It is required to decrease inflammation in the blood and other tissues. Without cholesterol, we absolutely cannot heal injured tissue.

If you have ever looked into your blood test or your cholesterol screening test, you will see a bunch of different levels that no one takes into consideration. HDL, LDL, VLDL, Triglycerides, ect. All of these have different meanings, but the big two that I am concerned with are HDL, and LDLs.

They always check your total cholesterol and if it is above 200, you are in trouble, Right?

Well what they never address is why that level is high. What causes your LDLs, or HDLs to be elevated in the blood stream. Well just so you know, the cause is often the solution. No statin drug will help with you real problem.

I will try to draw you a mental picture of what is going on with cholesterol in the blood.

1. Inflammation is like a fire
2. LDLs are like fire extinguishers
3. HDLs are like sweepers that clean up debris

There are a few inflammatory markers in the blood, but the most important factor that is related to heart disease, cholesterol, health, obesity, and our diet is insulin. Insulin is the most anabolic and inflammatory hormone that courses through our blood and it is solely there in response to our diet. When we eat sugar, our pancreas releases insulin to bind to the sugar and take it across the barrier to enter the muscle, or any other tissue.

So, here is the issue. When we eat too much sugar for too long, the insulin doesn't have anywhere to push the sugar to, as the muscles are completely saturated. And we can discuss how a lack of physical exercise will increase the need to muscles to use sugar, but that is for another blog.

So, we have an abundance of sugar, which is inflammatory, or a fire in the blood stream. We have an abundance of insulin, which is inflammatory, another fire, trying to get the sugar out. But neither can do their job because we do not need any more sugar in our tissues. The body has to get this fire out of the blood stream, so it signals the liver to produce a fire extinguisher, LDLs. The LDLs are release from the liver, into the blood and races to every inflammatory particle in the blood. The amount of LDLs is in direct relation to your level of inflammation, or how big of a fire you have created with your diet.

After these LDLs have extinguished the fire that you created by eating too much sugar, here comes the HDLs to the rescue. HDLs are like the sweepers, that collect all of the LDLs that have bound themselves to the inflammation, and transports it back to the liver to be excreted, or thrown away.

Needless to say, your total cholesterol level in your blood, or your HDL + LDL levels are in direct correlation to your body's inflammation level. And more importantly, cholesterol is absolutely VITAL in decreasing your systemic inflammation levels. So blocking your ability to produce a vital hormone to decrease you total cholesterol levels is absolutely absurd.

Stop eating an inflammatory diet, and your liver will not produce as much cholesterol to put out the fire. If you block the ability to make cholesterol with a statin, and you do not decrease your demand for cholesterol by eating better, your health will suffer.... Greatly.

So what happens when you take a Statin drug, that blocks your body's ability to produce cholesterol when your liver is in demand of it. Stay Tuned.

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