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Dr. Bruce West- Another Wannabe
- Roger
Mason
Many of you may have gotten some junk mail for the “Health
Alert” newsletter by Dr. Bruce West who claims he has “Hollywood stars” as his
clients. (Morons like James Brolin who married that horrible Barbara Streisand-
what kind of drugs was he on?) “Dr. West is the originator of the holistic
newsletter industry back in 1984, with more than 50 others now trying to copy
his success with healing.” That one is too funny for words! Another wannabe who
wants to be a natural health advocate. If he just knew something about natural
health he probably could be. Here is someone who has an endless list of Magic
Supplements so you don’t have to change your diet or lifestyle. Just take your
Magic Supplements to cure your heart disease, high blood pressure and other
problems.
But don’t try to lower your cholesterol because that just doesn’t matter.
According to Bruce high cholesterol doesn’t have any predictive value for heart
attacks. “Now another study from The Lancet proves a link between low
cholesterol and increased death.” The fact that the largest and longest human
studies on heart and artery disease factors have repeatedly shown total
cholesterol and triglycerides to be the best predictor of CHD doesn’t seem to
faze him. In fact he’s so stupid he says (these are quotes folks), “Warning:
Lowered Cholesterol Increases Risk of Death!”. He goes on to say, “For Americans
over age 71, the lower your cholesterol levels, the greater your risk of death.”
He also hates low fat diets. “Dr. West is the first to prove that a low-fat diet
can make heart patients more sick.” Somehow he equates low fat diets with
chemicalized, highly refined, sugar filled junk foods like Snackwells®. What
they heck does sugared junk food have to do with low fat diets? “The ‘experts’
say that a low-fat diet is a healthy diet. Unfortunately research says that’s
just not true.” The truth is that international, published, epidemiologal
studies for decades consistently show that the more fat you eat- especially
saturated animal fasts- the more coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancers of
various kinds, obesity and every other disease you’ll suffer from. Americans eat
more fat (42% fat calories and nearly all animal fats) than anyone else and
suffer from more health problems than any other country. The English, Germans,
French, Australians, New Zealanders, Austrians, Swiss, Canadians and other
affluent industrialized countries all eat more fat than anyone else (due to
prosperity ironically) and suffer from more diseases than anyone else.
He recommends a product called “Vasculin” as another Magic Supplement. What is
Vasculin? Pricey cow heart extract from those nitwits at Standard Process. If
you need a good laugh go look up their website. Seriously, it is expensive
extract of cow hearts. You think your poor old author makes this stuff up late
at night don’t you? Truth is always stranger than fiction as we all know.
Flax oil is one of the most important supplements you can take regardless of
your age, and flax is the best source of omega-3 fatty acids. My books
constantly recommend it. Flax is great stuff, but Bruce says you can cure people
institutionalized with schizophrenia in 90 days by giving them flax oil and
B-vitamins. Gosh, that sure is a heavy claim. Where are the clinicals on that
one?
He believes in curing cancer naturally with “protomorphogens” (PMGs). That
sounds pretty convenient. Why change your diet, take over a dozen supplements,
balance your basic hormones, exercise, fast, and drop your bad habits when you
can just gulp down some PMGs? Your author goes over 100,000 abstract entries
every year and never once came across the term “protomorphogens” in the last 30
years of research. A MEDLINE search proved this is just a made-up promotional
term without scientific basis. What are they? More pricey cow organ extracts
from Standard Process of course He goes on to say, “In fact, the fastest way to
get cancer is to stop eating fat! If you have cancer, the fastest way to lose
the battle is to go on a low-fat diet.” This man has brain damage obviously.
Here are two charts to prove all of the above. The first chart from the MRFIT
Study shows that the higher your cholesterol levels the more deaths from CHD.
The second chart shows the more saturated fat women eat the more breast cancer
they get. These facts simply cannot be argued with and are just a tiny fraction
of the many studies available on cholesterol and high fat diets in the published
literature.
