• Heart Health

    Posted on January 21st, 2010

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Overlooked B-Vitamin Beats New Drug

    Overlooked B-Vitamin Beats New Drug

    Recently in the news there was an important report regarding the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe – being marketed as Zetia.

    A trial comparing the drug to niacin was halted mid-stream.

    Why? Most likely because the result was not what they expected. It doesn’t improve HDL. It also increases the thickness of artery walls.

  • Nutrition

    Posted on November 2nd, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Turn Your Body into a Fat-Burning Furnace By Eating MORE Fat

    Have you seen this ad for one of those fake butter spreads?

    It features a 1950s family called the “Buttertons.” The mother serves the family entire sticks of butter shoved into baked potatoes. The voiceover says something like, “Back then we didn’t know much about cholesterol and saturated fats… Today, we know better.”

    That means they’re telling you that you shouldn’t eat fat. It’s remarkable that this message is still dominant in the mainstream media.

    The truth is we don’t eat a high fat diet. We eat less fat than our ancestors did. And yet we’re the ones with obesity, heart disease, high cholesterol, clogged arteries and high blood pressure…

  • Anti-Aging

    Posted on June 1st, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Want to Add Years to Your Life?

    Have you seen RealAge, the online health quiz sensation? You may have heard about it from Dr. Oz on Oprah.

    Here’s how it works…

    You answer 150 questions about your personal life. Everything from health problems and medications to personal beliefs and sexual details. It gives you an idea of what you need to do to stay young, but his survey is flawed and it can take hours.

  • Heart Health

    Posted on February 20th, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Help Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally

    Dear Member,
    Did you know there is a very effective, natural nutrient that safely improves heart health?* Most doctors don’t. And that’s too bad…
    Bob, a 50-year-old man, came to me after learning that he was at a high risk of suffering disastrous heart problems. He learned from his doctor that his HDL (good) cholesterol was [...]