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can in turn cause problems in the heart and the arteries when it combines with homocysteine and in the absence of enough vitamin C and bioflavonoids. You’ll read about what are sufficient amounts of vitamin C later in this text. Researchers, such as Kilmer S. McCully, M. D., author of “The Homocysteine Revolution,” determined in the late twentieth century that cholesterol in the arteries is not nearly the culprit it is reputed to be, but rather homocysteine. It appears to be the substance that triggers cholesterol to form plaques in the arteries. Health care professionals who are current in their research of the scientific literature have known this for a number of years. You can buy “ homocysteine regulators” (Vitamins B6, B12, Folic acid and Betain) inexpensively at your local health food store. High levels of insulin also cause an abundance of LDL cholesterol (the “bad” ones). On the other hand, when we restrict our intake of carbohydrates, decreasing the corresponding insulin response, the cells actually decrease their production of their own cholesterol too and instead, take it out of the blood, lowering serum cholesterol levels. Low levels of insulin also result in higher levels of HDLs (the “good” ones). What does all this mean? It means that we’ve been misled for decades, even if altogether unintentionally, with completely erroneous misinformation about diet and cholesterol. This misleading information has unfortunately been based on assumptions about limited and incomplete observations, rather than on scientifically proven human physiology! It’s like the assumption that, “The sun orbits the earth,” was an errant conclusion based on limited and incomplete observations. They only had some of the available facts and based their conclusions on that partial information. What are the scientifically proven facts?
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