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to be all I would eat. In fairly short order, SCHOOL CHILDREN ON SAD ence to her work to Professor Frank
I had eaten one-fourth of the block of I just attended the Wise Traditions Sacks at Harvard, who has been part
fudge, about two cups of caramel corn, conference in Dallas, and I would like of a major multi-center study into the
and ten or more pieces of taffy. I was to leave feedback. reasons why coronary events seem to
out of control. I have not touched sweets I was unable to attend the whole continue apace despite drug-fuelled
since; they scare me. conference, but particularly wanted to reductions in patients' LDL levels. No
So how did this turn out? I started hear what Stephanie Seneff had to say. I response from him thus far!
on April 14 at two hundred eighty-three was not disappointed. She was spectacu- I would like to add a small piece of
pounds. On October 20, I weighed in at lar. I have read all she has written on her information that bolsters even further
two hundred six, seventy-seven pounds blog, but hearing her in person, I learned her arguments regarding the crucial
lighter and counting; I am continuing so much additional information that my role that cholesterol sulphate seems
to lose weight. My first new suit in a head is happily spinning. Thank you for to play in maintaining cellular health.
few years was a size forty-four; the inviting her to speak and including her. According to Dr. Mary Newport, giv-
last suit I bought before the diet was All of us have problems and chal- ing her husband daily doses of coconut
size fifty-four. My waist dropped from lenges in our lives, but I think that for oil had an immediate positive effect on
forty-four inches to thirty-six (so far). millions of unsuspecting people, their the progression of an Alzheimer's-type
Admittedly, this was not solely due to a problems are exacerbated and some are condition with which he had recently
change in eating habits. After I lost the made nearly intractable by the Standard become afflicted. The medium-chain tri-
first twenty pounds, I began exercising. American Diet of today. I weep for the glycerides (MCTs) which this substance
That accelerated the weight loss, and the poor school children, whose mothers provides can access the cell without
reward of noticeable weight loss became want nothing but the very best for their needing the cholesterol rafts that are
the motivation to continue. I recently cherubs, who are packed off to school required for glucose access. Therefore
completed a one hundred mile bike ride every morning having just eaten Froot in the presence of the low-cholesterol,
in just over eight hours (including rest Loops with non-fat chocolate milk, toast high-carbohydrate diet, which seems
stops). with margarine and sugary jam, orange to be a feature of the modern world and
One unexpected change also oc- juice, a banana, and if those children are which is probably responsible for starv-
curred: given my egg breakfasts, I at least eight, might have taken a chaser ing brain (and heart) cells of their needed
expected my cholesterol to rise. I was of Lipitor. They have no chance to learn glucose, the availability of MCTs can
surprised that my good cholesterol and no chance in life. It is so sad. Thank circumvent the problem, with equally
remains unchanged, but my bad choles- you for all you do. dramatic results as those reported by
terol dropped by more than one hundred Dr. Newport.
points. I am on a low dose of cholesterol Laurie Lentz-Marino Tim Webb
medication, but the drop in my choles- Mount Holyoke College Department Edinburgh, UK
terol is more than can be explained by of Biochemistry
the medication. The change, in my view, Belchertown, Massachusetts DOUBLE STANDARD
has been dramatic. See for yourself! Hello, raw milk friends! I thought
GLUCOSE AND COCONUT OIL you might find this interesting though
Ron Buch I have been reading through Dr. frustrating. A recent article entitled
Woodbridge, Virginia Stephanie Seneff’s essays on sulfur, “Still Too Many Raw Oyster Deaths
sunshine, and cholesterol and her in Gulf States” (www.foodsafetynews.
We suggest that you don’t even need that hypothesis of how glucose enters the com/2011/11/still-too-many-raw-oyster-
cholesterol medication! cell—and have found them to be most deaths/) calls for FDA to have a plan to
compelling. I even forwarded a refer- reduce the risks.
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