| My Dentist, reluctant and skeptical, graduated from | | | | many people lower their Bad Cholesterol without |
| Dental School in 1970 --- and while he was there, he | | | | lowering the Good Cholesterol. The ingredients in this |
| was very carefully taught that people can get all the | | | | supplement were 100% from food, so it had no side |
| nutrients they need from the food we eat every | | | | effects like medications do. And then she asked him |
| day. In fact Dental and Medical students have been | | | | this question: |
| given that kind of instruction about Food | | | | Would you like to try this non-prescription drug |
| Supplements for decades. | | | | product for 3 months and see if it works for you? |
| My Dentist got married in 1971 and several years | | | | You have nothing to lose --- and you could take |
| later, in 1985, his wife was diagnosed with Chronic | | | | another blood test at the end of the three month |
| Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. Medical Doctors | | | | period to see if your bad cholesterol level goes down. |
| had no idea what caused either problem. Since 1985 | | | | What do you think? |
| Neurologists and Rheumatoidologists have | | | | My Dentist rose to the challenge ---- he faithfully |
| recommended many experimental drugs to treat | | | | took two tablets with each meal for the next three |
| these issues, but she refused to become a lab rat. | | | | months. His wife was confident that her skeptical |
| Why was she so opposed to taking prescription | | | | Dentist was looking forward to being able to tell her |
| medications for Chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia? | | | | "I told you so" at the end of three months. |
| Her Doctors told her that they had no clue what | | | | The skeptical Dentist's wife did not have to listen to |
| caused either problem. Nor did they know how to | | | | "I told you so" after all. |
| get rid of the problems. Medications always have | | | | Her Dentist was pleasantly surprised to find that in |
| unhealthy side effects for the body, so she decided | | | | just three months his total Cholesterol had dropped |
| to focus on re-building her health instead of filling her | | | | into the middle of the normal range. He has continued |
| blood stream with chemicals. | | | | to take 2 tablets with each meal ever since. |
| My Dentist's wife was introduced to Whole Food | | | | In August, 2008 he started using a product containing |
| Supplements soon after she was diagnosed -----and | | | | high amounts of Resveratrol. Dr. David Sinclair's |
| despite dire predictions that she would probably end | | | | research indicates that using resveratrol as a dietary |
| up in a wheel chair and die young if she did not take | | | | supplement could have a positive effect on the body |
| the experimental drugs, the good news is that she | | | | by lowering the bad cholesterol. So, he started taking |
| no longer suffers from any Chronic Fatigue or | | | | it once a day and then had his blood-work tested |
| Fibromyalgia symptoms. | | | | again in February, 2009. |
| My Dentist watched his wife regain her health, but | | | | GREAT NEWS! |
| despite her success, all that education in Dental | | | | His total Cholesterol dropped to 170 --- and his ratio |
| School make it very difficult for him to consider | | | | of good to bad Cholesterol dropped from 3.2 to 2.2. |
| trying something they he had been taught was a | | | | The other exciting change in his blood work is that |
| waste of money. In fact, he made some reference | | | | his Triglycerides dropped from 400 to 200. His |
| to expensive urine = exactly what he had been | | | | triglycerides had been in the 400 range for at least |
| taught in Dental School! | | | | 10 years. |
| However, in February, 2008 my Dentist came home | | | | After all these years, the reluctant and skeptical |
| and told his wife about the results of his Blood Work | | | | Dentist has finally become a believer in Whole Food |
| showed that his Cholesterol was on the very high | | | | Supplements. He is taking multiple food supplements |
| side of normal ---- and that since High Cholesterol | | | | two and three times each day. |
| runs in his family, he was not pleased about the | | | | Unfortunately, Whole Food Supplements don't work |
| thought of having to take Statin drugs. | | | | for everybody all the time. But my skeptical Dentist |
| His wife quietly reminded him that she had read | | | | is glad that he at least put them to the test to see if |
| about a whole food supplement that was helping | | | | they worked for him. |