The more I read your essays, the more I am happy that I've decided to get off the mainstream medical hamster wheel. I made that decision right before COVID when I did Cologuard, it came back positive (but of course they don't tell you why), had a colonoscopy and there were no polyps. That was the last straw. When my time comes, then it comes. In the meantime, I try to eat well and take supplements, I feel good for my age, and I'm at peace with life.
I also was given a Cologuard test, which they market as "cancer screening" but all it actually detects is blood in the stool (which has multiple causes, some harmless). It's a $500 test which replaced a $35 non-invasive test to check for blood in the stool. The cheap test is still available over the counter but most doctors don't tell you about it. I managed to avoid a colonoscopy when the scamdemic shut everything down. And I haven't been back.
Unfortunately very little can be really done - the pollution is there, quasi irreversible. The food supply is what it is - in the best case we can find a natural farm with decent veggies and meat. Computers are nowadays a must, as less and less stores sell what we need - and even a doctor's appointment has to be cellphone submitted. We do most everything on the computer - read our email, send pictures, read books, listen to music, watch films. Very few will be lucky enough to be able and go back to where we came from - natural farming, a cabin in the woods (at least I got that), grow their own veggies, raise their own food supply.
they're up against this crap too now. having their vaccine exemptions challenged in new york and pa. they have their own worries. they don't need us in the mix!!
I have denied the doctors the pleasure of seeing me take their advice on statins, heart medications, and other "offerings" I had no inclination to trust. My mother kept me out of school when "vaccinations" were going on. I refused the Covid 19 mandated shots, and was threatened with 5 years in prison, and a $1,000,000.00 fine for refusing an order to go into a federal quarantine facility after crossing the border into Canada, in 2022. I proved that I had "natural immunity". I am glad that I refused to comply with all the idiocy to date. It is apparent that trusting God's word matters, and that trusting "physicians", guys like Fauci (Mr. Science himself), and general prognosticators is folly. It is apparent that "trusting the experts", those that are propagandized by their education, is a bad idea. Yet, the government typically hires 'experts' and uses their advice, usually to the detriment of those they claim to be protecting. I am grateful for your efforts, Unbecoming, in re-educating folks. I will try to do my part in this work. Thank you. This article was fantastic. Thanks also for mentioning Sasha Latypova's contributions to the current understanding of the harm done by metallic particles in virtually all of the human use "vaccines".
Finished reading this outdoors on a park bench...as skies are being bombarded with aluminum containing chemtrails!! The sky is now turning white with aerosolized metals!!
I’ve had a stroke which was only diagnosed when I had a TIA at age 47. My best guess for when the stroke happened ( in my cerebellum) is during pregnancy or childbirth because the subtle balance symptoms I can now ascribe to it came on after I had children. In my case the cause is a large PFO ( patent foramen ovale = hole in heart from birth) with ASA ( atrial septum aneurysm) meaning there are floppy edges to the hole which exacerbates the turbulent blood flow created and therefore predisposes me to little clots which then, thanks to the hole, have direct access to my brain instead of getting filtered out by my lungs. Not everyone with a stroke would be as well investigated as me and I organised privately to have a load of blood tests for homocysteine and multiple autoimmune disorders and clotting disorders. I refused the blood pressure pills ( they did a 24hr monitor which proved it was normal!) and the statins ( I’m a LMHR on low carb) but accepted the clopidogrel as I thought the risk benefit ratio was probably worth it. They offered to put a little ‘umbrella’ in my heart to plug the hole but I researched their outcomes and it was no better than taking the anti platelet and anyway the last thing I want is doctors faffing around with tubes and free floating devices near my heart! No thanks! I do take body identical HRT, which my neurologist ( back in 2017) said was fine so long as the oestradiol was transdermal and therefore bypasses the first pass metabolism effects of the liver. I am a follower of Dr Louise Newson and agree that natural hormones are anti inflammatory- and besides which life wouldn’t be worth living without it!
I'm confused about the HRT information. I thought the WHI study claims were proven false and we are now being told it's better for us to be on estrogen and progesterone? My hot flashes are finally gone which kept me up all night. I can finally sleep through the night which is a good thing. I'm so confused. One expert tells us they can help and then I read this. It's all so confusing.
What I found helpful is progesterone (transdermal) cream. My mom used it years ago at my suggestion (bc of info from Dr John R Lee - back when podcasts were via AM radio!) - and it increased her bone density in 6 months between tests, and (bonus) it resolved her incontinence. MD’s don’t tent to be familiar with it bc it’s not by Rx. Dr Lee is no longer with us, but several of his books still are.
FWIW - I’m detoxing Aluminum now, at 70, especially since the info / book got me checking my AL exposures, and I found the makeup I’ve used for 30 YEARS, contains Aluminum. (As alumina)
Using Silica, found high in FIJI water at 93 mg’s per liter. Silica binds tightly to AL in the body (and bones) and is then excreted. (Sweating also detoxes Aluminum.)
Since Aluminum is cumulative, I imagine I may have quite a stockpile.
It can also come from coffee pot heating elements (but I have a BUNN, which is one of a FEW that doesn’t appear to use Aluminum), antiperspirant, candy colorants (M&Ms, etc), lipstick, baking powder, cookware, etc., etc.
Anyway, I’m referencing books by Dennis N Crouse, and Christopher Exley, also here on Substack.
No. I’m retired - and older - so I don’t sweat much - except I bowl for 2.5 hrs weekly - and next season I’ll be doing that twice a week - it’s mild sweating / cardio that I value it for - besides the social and entertainment factors.
IDK if it’s my imagination - but it seems like drinking some amount of FIJI -seems- to induce mild sweating - without exertion. 🤷♀️
No hair analysis - because Exley & Crouse explain - why it’s not the best assessment. The best (outside of postmortem) is 24 hour urine collection.
Or, 2 - 24 hour collections, the 1st without drinking FIJI water, and compared to the 2nd with drinking FIJI water.
Some anecdotal reports that Crouse shares were quite impressive - demonstrating pretty clear effects - rapidly. (He shares science also)
1) A 75 yo man with 78% arterial blockage, drank 1 liter of FIJI per day and at retesting 7 months later, the blockage had reduced TO 9-12%. His CRP went from 3.5 / 3.9 TO 1.05, homocysteine (down) to within normal range, and ‘uncontrollable’ BP went down to 117/80 range. (Pages 193-195)
2) An 89 yo man Dx with ALZ almost 2 yrs prior, numerous evals, MMSE score of 19. After 2 months of FIJI he retested MMSE and scored 25 - almost testing out of ALZ. Dr said she had never seen that before. (Page 157-158)
And, 3) Crouse was able to stop the advance of his (85 yo) mother’s mild dementia and CVD (stents) for the last 12 yrs of her life - which is why he started the research in the first place. (Page 195)
IMO, their ages show the accumulation of AL, and reversing CVD shows (me) the inflammation effects of Aluminum. (It seems if I recall right, all the anti-statin books - cholesterol ‘myth’ books I’ve read - point to inflammation in CVD - and Crouse shows causal link between AL toxicity and CVD and ALZ)
I also got a silica / collagen supplement by Mercola.
IDK how much AL I have gathered, but I know I have some to get rid of. Oh, and I got a water filter pitcher for our tap water / pets use, etc.
(I’m hoping FIJI doesn’t get bought and shelved! Don’t repeat that, just stock up 😉)
Is there aluminum in beverages found in an aluminum can? I asked an AI (I think it was ChatGPT) about it a short while back and it said No due to the cans “liner”. Obviously i don’t trust that answer 100% which is why i’m repeating the question to you. You seem very knowledgeable, so thank you.
Aluminum canning and other packaging is discussed in Crouse’s book. I don’t have it on hand as I lent it out. But as I recall - yes - the liner can be or become compromised - especially in long term or hot / heated storage, an uncooled warehouse or your garage.
The ‘good news’ is, there’s Silica in -some- beers. LOL
Crouse’s wife has a Substack that seems to focus on AL exposures - Linda Adamson silicawater.
P.S. FIJI water comes in BPA-FREE plastic bottles.
I asked ChatGPT the top silica rich bottled waters and it says Nürburg Quelle, Germany is Number 1 @ 120mg/l. I imaging one cannot locate it in the US like Fiji.
I have a question. I don’t think the Covid virus exists - it’s not been isolated or proven to exist. Therefore, how does this spike protein, which allegedly encapsulates the virus, exist? Moreover, as has been asserted by some, they’ve not actually measured the spike protein in the blood or tissue. This makes sense, as Dr Cowan has stated, supposedly when someone who is infected with Covid coughs or sneezes, they spew millions of the virus into the air, yet it is undetectable in the body. Not one virus has ever been found in the blood or fluid of anyone. What they do is take a sample of nasal fluid, use PCR to amplify it until the PCR detects a preprogrammed genetic sequence that they say comes from the virus. So, if the virus can’t be detected directly, how can the spike protein be detected? I’m not asserting the mRNA vaccine doesn’t do harm. I’m questioning the validity of the spike protein.
Zeta potential is one of the mechanisms used by acupuncturists to restore health. The Midwestern Doctor also did a series on Zeta potential, but his may be behind a paywall. His also included the fascia which is what interacts with the electromagnetic fields from the earth and is what cell towers intetferes.
Love this deep dive! I have read some of your references…
FYI, This sentence needs to be rewritten:
“Blaylock’s formulation, cited in Dawn Lester and David Parker’s What Really Makes You Ill, is direct. Free radicals in the blood oxidize the cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins called LDL and HDL. Once oxidized, they can damage blood vessel walls, leading to atherosclerosis and its related complications including heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease.⁵ The cholesterol itself is not the villain, a point Kendrick, Ravnskov, and McCully have documented across decades of work. The villain is the oxidative damage to the vessel wall, and cholesterol arrives at the site of damage as part of the repair response, not as the initiating injury.”
Well caught, MichaelT — thank you. You're right. Oxidized-LDL as the damaging agent is the establishment's fallback when the pure cholesterol hypothesis fails, and I should not have let it stand in my own voice. Corrected in the essay. Much appreciated.
> "A 2019 study in Neurology by Douros and colleagues documented a dose-response relationship: the greater the serotonin reuptake inhibition, the greater the ischemic stroke risk.³⁴"
Actually their study abstract says:
"Conclusion: Our large population-based study suggests that antidepressants strongly inhibiting serotonin reuptake may be associated with a small DECREASE [my bolding] in the rate of ischemic stroke."
Thank you for explaining what causes stroke. My mom took multiple covid jabs (even though I warned her not to). Now she has "atrial fibrillation" and was put on the Eliquis blood thinner (apixaban), which increases her risk of a hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed). She could have tried potassium to slow her heart rate (it works for me). Instead she was prescribed a drug that causes stroke. The medikill system never rests. So sad.
My collaborator, Dr Barry Ninham, on the referenced paper here wished to post this comment which we post here for consideration. Dr Ninham is one of the foremost experts on colloid physics, molecular forces, lipid self assembly and more. He is also co-author of The Language of Shape which may be useful though the new information is missing there. Here is Barry’s comment:
The Essay What is a Stroke reads well and the case is well made. At first sight.
But it is a classic illustration of Stephen J Gould’s aphorism:
I have long believed that
the major impediment to progress in science
is not factual lacks, but conceptual locks.
It is a universal dilemma and not a matter for gloom, but rather celebration.
We are increasingly aware that the venerable enabling disciplines of physical, colloid and surface chemistry that underpin all of the biological, medical sciences and biochemistry are fraught due to sins of omission and commission.
The omission of dissolved atmospheric and other gases is a big one.
The stable nanobubbles they form at physiological salt sugars and amino acid concentrations provide free radicals like nitric oxide and receive oxygen species that drive enzyme reactions. Nikolai Bunkin showed this first over 30 years ago.
The classical DLVO theory of particle interactions omits (quantum dispersion forces, specific ion [Hofmeister effects] and violates physics.
The Shultz Hardy Rule is just plain inapplicable in biological soup that contains multiply charged proteins like albumin.
Jerry Pollack’s water omits the existence of the structure and function of very dynamic infrastructure in the large endothelial surface layer -glycocalyx that guides cell traffic. No offence to Jerry. Everyone else missed it.
The geometry of self assembly of lipids is non Euclidean, well defined bicontinuous organelles all, not “fuzzy layers”.
It is all a dog’s breakfast.
The conceptual locks are legion. It’s very much the Ptolemaic vs Copernican /Galileo/Newton system of the planets.
It’s all laid out in a few recent papers that distil the 50 years of colloid science during which awareness of the situation dawned.
Back to the drawing board. It’s all there and ready for the taking.
References are to open access papers below.
Apposite to What is a Stroke are appendix 2 of Gut Brain and Microbiome, a Portrait of Parkinsons disease and the first 15 references there.
Title: Gut, brain and the Glycocalyx: A portrait of Parkinsons disease
The more I read your essays, the more I am happy that I've decided to get off the mainstream medical hamster wheel. I made that decision right before COVID when I did Cologuard, it came back positive (but of course they don't tell you why), had a colonoscopy and there were no polyps. That was the last straw. When my time comes, then it comes. In the meantime, I try to eat well and take supplements, I feel good for my age, and I'm at peace with life.
Ummm...about those supplements....
Exactly.
I also was given a Cologuard test, which they market as "cancer screening" but all it actually detects is blood in the stool (which has multiple causes, some harmless). It's a $500 test which replaced a $35 non-invasive test to check for blood in the stool. The cheap test is still available over the counter but most doctors don't tell you about it. I managed to avoid a colonoscopy when the scamdemic shut everything down. And I haven't been back.
Unfortunately very little can be really done - the pollution is there, quasi irreversible. The food supply is what it is - in the best case we can find a natural farm with decent veggies and meat. Computers are nowadays a must, as less and less stores sell what we need - and even a doctor's appointment has to be cellphone submitted. We do most everything on the computer - read our email, send pictures, read books, listen to music, watch films. Very few will be lucky enough to be able and go back to where we came from - natural farming, a cabin in the woods (at least I got that), grow their own veggies, raise their own food supply.
You could hard wire your house. The problem are devices that don't have an ethernet option, like cell phones and tablets.
Join the Amish
Do they accept outsiders?
I don't think so, even the Mennonites frown on friendships with non-members, and they have cars, cell phones etc.
they're up against this crap too now. having their vaccine exemptions challenged in new york and pa. they have their own worries. they don't need us in the mix!!
They don't need you in the mix, but they definitely need true believers in the mix...which is more than just protecting you from vax mandates!!
"Satan deceives the WHOLE WORLD through Pharmacea ( sorcery). You wouldn't understand, and therefore are condemned.
I have denied the doctors the pleasure of seeing me take their advice on statins, heart medications, and other "offerings" I had no inclination to trust. My mother kept me out of school when "vaccinations" were going on. I refused the Covid 19 mandated shots, and was threatened with 5 years in prison, and a $1,000,000.00 fine for refusing an order to go into a federal quarantine facility after crossing the border into Canada, in 2022. I proved that I had "natural immunity". I am glad that I refused to comply with all the idiocy to date. It is apparent that trusting God's word matters, and that trusting "physicians", guys like Fauci (Mr. Science himself), and general prognosticators is folly. It is apparent that "trusting the experts", those that are propagandized by their education, is a bad idea. Yet, the government typically hires 'experts' and uses their advice, usually to the detriment of those they claim to be protecting. I am grateful for your efforts, Unbecoming, in re-educating folks. I will try to do my part in this work. Thank you. This article was fantastic. Thanks also for mentioning Sasha Latypova's contributions to the current understanding of the harm done by metallic particles in virtually all of the human use "vaccines".
Great comment, all of it.
Excellent comment. Thank you.
Finished reading this outdoors on a park bench...as skies are being bombarded with aluminum containing chemtrails!! The sky is now turning white with aerosolized metals!!
I’ve had a stroke which was only diagnosed when I had a TIA at age 47. My best guess for when the stroke happened ( in my cerebellum) is during pregnancy or childbirth because the subtle balance symptoms I can now ascribe to it came on after I had children. In my case the cause is a large PFO ( patent foramen ovale = hole in heart from birth) with ASA ( atrial septum aneurysm) meaning there are floppy edges to the hole which exacerbates the turbulent blood flow created and therefore predisposes me to little clots which then, thanks to the hole, have direct access to my brain instead of getting filtered out by my lungs. Not everyone with a stroke would be as well investigated as me and I organised privately to have a load of blood tests for homocysteine and multiple autoimmune disorders and clotting disorders. I refused the blood pressure pills ( they did a 24hr monitor which proved it was normal!) and the statins ( I’m a LMHR on low carb) but accepted the clopidogrel as I thought the risk benefit ratio was probably worth it. They offered to put a little ‘umbrella’ in my heart to plug the hole but I researched their outcomes and it was no better than taking the anti platelet and anyway the last thing I want is doctors faffing around with tubes and free floating devices near my heart! No thanks! I do take body identical HRT, which my neurologist ( back in 2017) said was fine so long as the oestradiol was transdermal and therefore bypasses the first pass metabolism effects of the liver. I am a follower of Dr Louise Newson and agree that natural hormones are anti inflammatory- and besides which life wouldn’t be worth living without it!
I'm confused about the HRT information. I thought the WHI study claims were proven false and we are now being told it's better for us to be on estrogen and progesterone? My hot flashes are finally gone which kept me up all night. I can finally sleep through the night which is a good thing. I'm so confused. One expert tells us they can help and then I read this. It's all so confusing.
I had identical twin boys at 37 yrs old. Natural birth, no drugs.
They came into this world alert and un-druged.
And they were easy to raise and super happy children!
I also had about 10 years of menopause hot flashes and hot sweats,
which was hell.. but that's the way it is. I took NO DRUGS, and I survived.
I do not trust doctors, nor will I take synthetic, pharma drugs nor any vaXXines,
including Covid jabs. I never got Covid nor have ever had the flu, except in childhood.
I survived all that, and am now,71 years old, I garden for hours, mow my lawn,
haul wood and shovel snow in the winter and clean houses..
yesterday did a 5 hour hard clean, and feel great, but, yes, a bit tired.
PHARMA DRUGS HARM.
If it's home, don't worry about it. Sleep well!
What I found helpful is progesterone (transdermal) cream. My mom used it years ago at my suggestion (bc of info from Dr John R Lee - back when podcasts were via AM radio!) - and it increased her bone density in 6 months between tests, and (bonus) it resolved her incontinence. MD’s don’t tent to be familiar with it bc it’s not by Rx. Dr Lee is no longer with us, but several of his books still are.
I recall those white pointed sticks used to stop razor cuts as being an aluminum salt.
https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Samurai-Anti-hemorrhaging-Irritation-Accidental/dp/B0H93DBYX3/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=R2QNAXZPPFT4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pVpMfu16wlowlQa3OzxMTlmbYSHI31HoXNSg7sKo_5_VNWzMh_Em5NX7BOqDJPPFeOgoDI0ULFTNjYhiVpxg87AhDsOKg2OdoExRBAmNOw-KTWeCZhxOkMfyiKz9stYRH05CEfSGJrZFqZEz1-6nLn64InA9Dsk5BFPDx4zXKZlNfTGHmB9LGe6YAQoK5JOmaa-Tgm9qMRj3THAHCM3y7w.ejMUkYThj9CXvKH8VV4vQTqzn6XBbN_0NdFVqx0Wxx4&dib_tag=se&keywords=razor+cut+bleed+stop+stick&qid=1786525046&sprefix=razor+cut+%2Caps%2C323&sr=8-3
Thanks for today's education, you're fantastic. Imagine deliberately injecting a clotting agent directly into the bloodstream!
And McDonald's adds aluminum to its seasoning salt!
FWIW - I’m detoxing Aluminum now, at 70, especially since the info / book got me checking my AL exposures, and I found the makeup I’ve used for 30 YEARS, contains Aluminum. (As alumina)
Using Silica, found high in FIJI water at 93 mg’s per liter. Silica binds tightly to AL in the body (and bones) and is then excreted. (Sweating also detoxes Aluminum.)
Since Aluminum is cumulative, I imagine I may have quite a stockpile.
It can also come from coffee pot heating elements (but I have a BUNN, which is one of a FEW that doesn’t appear to use Aluminum), antiperspirant, candy colorants (M&Ms, etc), lipstick, baking powder, cookware, etc., etc.
Anyway, I’m referencing books by Dennis N Crouse, and Christopher Exley, also here on Substack.
Cheers! And drink up! 🥂
Do you have, or use, a sauna??
No. I’m retired - and older - so I don’t sweat much - except I bowl for 2.5 hrs weekly - and next season I’ll be doing that twice a week - it’s mild sweating / cardio that I value it for - besides the social and entertainment factors.
IDK if it’s my imagination - but it seems like drinking some amount of FIJI -seems- to induce mild sweating - without exertion. 🤷♀️
YMMV
OMG, thank you! Binhave a cheap coffee brewer, I never considered the inside element!
And yes, I've heard of silica being a detox agent, thanks. I'll have to focus more on Fiji water.
Have you sent in a hair sample for a Hair Mineral Analysis yet?
No hair analysis - because Exley & Crouse explain - why it’s not the best assessment. The best (outside of postmortem) is 24 hour urine collection.
Or, 2 - 24 hour collections, the 1st without drinking FIJI water, and compared to the 2nd with drinking FIJI water.
Some anecdotal reports that Crouse shares were quite impressive - demonstrating pretty clear effects - rapidly. (He shares science also)
1) A 75 yo man with 78% arterial blockage, drank 1 liter of FIJI per day and at retesting 7 months later, the blockage had reduced TO 9-12%. His CRP went from 3.5 / 3.9 TO 1.05, homocysteine (down) to within normal range, and ‘uncontrollable’ BP went down to 117/80 range. (Pages 193-195)
2) An 89 yo man Dx with ALZ almost 2 yrs prior, numerous evals, MMSE score of 19. After 2 months of FIJI he retested MMSE and scored 25 - almost testing out of ALZ. Dr said she had never seen that before. (Page 157-158)
And, 3) Crouse was able to stop the advance of his (85 yo) mother’s mild dementia and CVD (stents) for the last 12 yrs of her life - which is why he started the research in the first place. (Page 195)
IMO, their ages show the accumulation of AL, and reversing CVD shows (me) the inflammation effects of Aluminum. (It seems if I recall right, all the anti-statin books - cholesterol ‘myth’ books I’ve read - point to inflammation in CVD - and Crouse shows causal link between AL toxicity and CVD and ALZ)
I also got a silica / collagen supplement by Mercola.
IDK how much AL I have gathered, but I know I have some to get rid of. Oh, and I got a water filter pitcher for our tap water / pets use, etc.
(I’m hoping FIJI doesn’t get bought and shelved! Don’t repeat that, just stock up 😉)
Is there aluminum in beverages found in an aluminum can? I asked an AI (I think it was ChatGPT) about it a short while back and it said No due to the cans “liner”. Obviously i don’t trust that answer 100% which is why i’m repeating the question to you. You seem very knowledgeable, so thank you.
Aluminum canning and other packaging is discussed in Crouse’s book. I don’t have it on hand as I lent it out. But as I recall - yes - the liner can be or become compromised - especially in long term or hot / heated storage, an uncooled warehouse or your garage.
The ‘good news’ is, there’s Silica in -some- beers. LOL
Crouse’s wife has a Substack that seems to focus on AL exposures - Linda Adamson silicawater.
P.S. FIJI water comes in BPA-FREE plastic bottles.
Oops! It’s - Laurie Adamson silicawater. Laurie, not Linda.
You’re a wealth of info! Thanks, and it looks like I have some books to read ;)
I asked ChatGPT the top silica rich bottled waters and it says Nürburg Quelle, Germany is Number 1 @ 120mg/l. I imaging one cannot locate it in the US like Fiji.
I have a question. I don’t think the Covid virus exists - it’s not been isolated or proven to exist. Therefore, how does this spike protein, which allegedly encapsulates the virus, exist? Moreover, as has been asserted by some, they’ve not actually measured the spike protein in the blood or tissue. This makes sense, as Dr Cowan has stated, supposedly when someone who is infected with Covid coughs or sneezes, they spew millions of the virus into the air, yet it is undetectable in the body. Not one virus has ever been found in the blood or fluid of anyone. What they do is take a sample of nasal fluid, use PCR to amplify it until the PCR detects a preprogrammed genetic sequence that they say comes from the virus. So, if the virus can’t be detected directly, how can the spike protein be detected? I’m not asserting the mRNA vaccine doesn’t do harm. I’m questioning the validity of the spike protein.
THANK YOU!!!
Zeta potential is one of the mechanisms used by acupuncturists to restore health. The Midwestern Doctor also did a series on Zeta potential, but his may be behind a paywall. His also included the fascia which is what interacts with the electromagnetic fields from the earth and is what cell towers intetferes.
Love this deep dive! I have read some of your references…
FYI, This sentence needs to be rewritten:
“Blaylock’s formulation, cited in Dawn Lester and David Parker’s What Really Makes You Ill, is direct. Free radicals in the blood oxidize the cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins called LDL and HDL. Once oxidized, they can damage blood vessel walls, leading to atherosclerosis and its related complications including heart attacks, strokes, and peripheral vascular disease.⁵ The cholesterol itself is not the villain, a point Kendrick, Ravnskov, and McCully have documented across decades of work. The villain is the oxidative damage to the vessel wall, and cholesterol arrives at the site of damage as part of the repair response, not as the initiating injury.”
Keep up the great work! 👏👏🙏🙏
Well caught, MichaelT — thank you. You're right. Oxidized-LDL as the damaging agent is the establishment's fallback when the pure cholesterol hypothesis fails, and I should not have let it stand in my own voice. Corrected in the essay. Much appreciated.
> "A 2019 study in Neurology by Douros and colleagues documented a dose-response relationship: the greater the serotonin reuptake inhibition, the greater the ischemic stroke risk.³⁴"
Actually their study abstract says:
"Conclusion: Our large population-based study suggests that antidepressants strongly inhibiting serotonin reuptake may be associated with a small DECREASE [my bolding] in the rate of ischemic stroke."
Thoughts?
Thank you for explaining what causes stroke. My mom took multiple covid jabs (even though I warned her not to). Now she has "atrial fibrillation" and was put on the Eliquis blood thinner (apixaban), which increases her risk of a hemorrhagic stroke (brain bleed). She could have tried potassium to slow her heart rate (it works for me). Instead she was prescribed a drug that causes stroke. The medikill system never rests. So sad.
My collaborator, Dr Barry Ninham, on the referenced paper here wished to post this comment which we post here for consideration. Dr Ninham is one of the foremost experts on colloid physics, molecular forces, lipid self assembly and more. He is also co-author of The Language of Shape which may be useful though the new information is missing there. Here is Barry’s comment:
The Essay What is a Stroke reads well and the case is well made. At first sight.
But it is a classic illustration of Stephen J Gould’s aphorism:
I have long believed that
the major impediment to progress in science
is not factual lacks, but conceptual locks.
It is a universal dilemma and not a matter for gloom, but rather celebration.
We are increasingly aware that the venerable enabling disciplines of physical, colloid and surface chemistry that underpin all of the biological, medical sciences and biochemistry are fraught due to sins of omission and commission.
The omission of dissolved atmospheric and other gases is a big one.
The stable nanobubbles they form at physiological salt sugars and amino acid concentrations provide free radicals like nitric oxide and receive oxygen species that drive enzyme reactions. Nikolai Bunkin showed this first over 30 years ago.
The classical DLVO theory of particle interactions omits (quantum dispersion forces, specific ion [Hofmeister effects] and violates physics.
The Shultz Hardy Rule is just plain inapplicable in biological soup that contains multiply charged proteins like albumin.
Jerry Pollack’s water omits the existence of the structure and function of very dynamic infrastructure in the large endothelial surface layer -glycocalyx that guides cell traffic. No offence to Jerry. Everyone else missed it.
The geometry of self assembly of lipids is non Euclidean, well defined bicontinuous organelles all, not “fuzzy layers”.
It is all a dog’s breakfast.
The conceptual locks are legion. It’s very much the Ptolemaic vs Copernican /Galileo/Newton system of the planets.
It’s all laid out in a few recent papers that distil the 50 years of colloid science during which awareness of the situation dawned.
Back to the drawing board. It’s all there and ready for the taking.
References are to open access papers below.
Apposite to What is a Stroke are appendix 2 of Gut Brain and Microbiome, a Portrait of Parkinsons disease and the first 15 references there.
Title: Gut, brain and the Glycocalyx: A portrait of Parkinsons disease
Reference: CIS_103880
Authors
Barry Ninham
Matt Battye
Martha Carlin
Saved this one. The line about What Is a Stroke? An Essay is the one.
Thank you for adding/ discussing HRT in your discussion. Some patients think HRT will allow them to live forever. 🥲