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A new book by Dr. Joel Kauffman, Malignant Medical Myths, highlights deadly myths spread by Western Medicine. These myths kill an estimated 200,000 per year. And that is a conservative estimate. In painstaking detail, Dr. Kauffman uses keen science, not prescription drug hype, to show why Western Medicine elicits such a tragedy...Every year.

Medical doctors, registered nurses, dieticians and university professors will want to embrace this book immediately. As a member of Western Medicine, they unknowingly perpetuate the deadly myths on a daily basis. If they knowingly do it then they are criminals. Ignorance does not confer innocence – especially when patients are dying. That is why reading Malignant Medical Myths is of exceptional importance to these professionals.

With his extensive backround in medicine, Dr. Kauffman is among the few people in the world who has the credentials to expose this hard truth to Western Medicine – who for 30 years has lived in denial of their deadly practices.

Dr. Kauffman obtained a PhD in organic chemisty from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After 11 years of experience in the chemical industry he joined the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) in 1979. Rising to Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Kaufmman has published an estimated 80 scientific papers and holds 11 patents. He is also a fellow member of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (www.thincs.org). Joel's findings leave zero room for doubt: Medical rot has replaced medical science and healing.

Driven by morals and ethics rather than blind servitude one cannot accept Western Medicine dogma after reading this book – at least if you have a brain of your own. As a fellow organic chemist and author of Health Myths Exposed I was honored to have the opportunity to interview Dr. Kauffman on his new book.

Shane: What prompted you to begin writing Malignant Medical Myths (MMM)?

Dr. Kauffman: I first began to question the medical community after my 2nd wife, Helen, died from the side effects of medical treatment. She suffered from type II diabetes and was not advised about proper diet (low carb, healthy fat). Instead she was put on conventional drugs to lower blood glucose, and other drugs to lower blood pressure This exacerbated her discomfort. She developed a diabetic foot ulcer that led to a systemic infection said to be from pseudomonas. In a generally good hospital, she was treated with two antibiotics with no effect, then two others, ciprofloxacin and clindamycin, which stopped her from breathing. After 9 months on a respirator and feeding tube, mostly in a comatose state, and finally contracting gangrene in the infected foot, she died during a kidney dialysis session. She was 66 year old.

Along with several alternative newsletters challenging mainstream medicine in many respects, Helen's horrible end prompted me to investigate mainstream Medicine more thoroughly. I started with Aspirin™. Contrary to what doctors tell us, healthy women taking aspirin were more likely to die compared with those not taking aspirin, and there was no significant benefit for men. Then I began to study the cholesterol dogma.

I read Uffe.Ravnskov’s book The Cholesterol Myths. Over several years I published papers and letter on medical topics of several types. With encouragement from Sally Fallon of the Weston A. Price Foundation, I became motivated to publish Malignant Medical Myths, in order to highlight the reasons that 200,000 people die every year under the “care” of Western Medicine.

Shane: What has been the reaction to MMM from your peers?

Dr. Kauffman: Shock and dismay from other organic and medicinal chemists. Kudos from physicians and researchers who understood the problems. Big Pharma’s advertising has a tight grip on society’s thought process – even that of professionals.

Shane: What is the most MALIGNANT Medical Myth today and why?

Dr. Kauffman: That "high" total cholesterol levels are dangerous and need to be treated. Selling drugs and drug alternatives to lower cholesterol levels generates more money than any other class of drug. Therefore, this medical myth is the most prominent, and also malignant, lasting almost 100 years to date.

Shane: Myth 1 discusses in great detail the use of Aspirin™. What advice would you give medical doctors who prescribe daily aspirin to healthy people in an attempt to avoid heart disease?

Dr. Kauffman: The side effects of aspirin nullify any benefit for "heart disease". While it cuts the number of non-fatal heart attacks, it does not change the overall mortality rate. The main side effect would be internal bleeding. Seemingly nothing happens on the outside to those who take daily aspirin (even coated baby aspirin). It seems to be well tolerated until the user collapses, ends up in the emergency room for a blood transfustion, and has radical surgery for stomach ulcers from aspirin use.

It is also a cause of cataracts. Blindness is not something a person should risk for a tiny benefit of aspirin.

Shane: Myth 2 discusses basic human eating. What food group is the most valuable to the human body and why? Is it fiber, carbohydrates, fat or protein (could be a combination here)?

Dr. Kauffman: Essential amino acids, omega-3s and a small of amount omega-6 fatty acids are the most valuable food sources to the human body. Meat supplies some beneficial saturated fats as well. You read that right! There is no requirement for carbohydrates in our diet whatsoever. The body can make its own carbohydrate (glycogen and glucose) when needed from certain amino acids. Other beneficial nutrients from salads and vegetables are worthwhile. From 10-40% of us have allergies to grains, which are not, therefore, the most healthful foods as advertised.

Shane: Myth 3 exposes the dangers of cholesterol-lowering drugs. What is the biggest danger associated with their use?

Dr. Kauffman: The biggest danger of cholesterol-lowering drugs is financial decline and even bankruptcy. This is a reality for many people.

Using statin drugs is expensive. If insurance is used, the co-pay is significant for most people, and the premiums reflect the price of the drugs. Further, there is a positive relationship between intelligence level and wealth. As intelligence increases so does wealth and vice-versa. Cholesterol lowering drugs cause mental ability to decline. This is yet another reason that these drugs have a potential for increasing poverty levels among those taking them.

Next on the list would be kidney damage, then cancer. The increase in cancer seen among those who take cholesterol lowering drugs may be caused by the vitamin D deficiency that results from taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.

Shane: In your book, you make a great point, which is the antithesis of what the public is told: “Studies show that high cholesterol increases longevity not vice versa. Please tell readers why cholesterol is so important to the human body.”

Dr. Kauffman: Framingham Study misinterpretation: Total and LDL cholesterol levels increase in humans from birth to about age 60 in men and until near the time of death in women. Older people are more likely to die of almost any cause. Higher cholesterol levels are not responsible. In fact, in congestive heart failure and cancer, a huge drop in cholesterol level precedes death.

High cholesterol is protective. The importance of cholesterol is far reaching. Cholesterol is the precursor to vitamin D and other hormones that are needed for sustaining a healthy life. Cholesterol is one of the key substances at nerve synapses needed to transmit information (or store memory). Without it we become forgetful and even suffer from depression and dementia. It is also required to keep the cell membrane intact. Eliminate or lower cholesterol enough and the person dies.

Shane: Myth 5 discusses the popular topic of wine. What would you say to the person who is drinking wine daily to keep “the heart doctor away?”

Dr. Kauffman: A 25-year follow up study among alcoholic beverage drinkers showed no benefit for all-cause mortality. This included many wine drinkers. Further, not a single study has addressed all-cause mortality rates among drinkers. In other words, there is nothing to show that it increases life span. While beneficial in preventing heart attacks, like aspirin, the benefits are nullified by increased accidents and cancer caused by excessive consumption. Further, most beer and wine contains so much sugar that it would become problematic for the carb-sensitive, insulin-resistant and diabetics of both types.

Shane: Myth 9 hits on a very important point. The underlying message is that early detection is not prevention. Briefly explain to readers why that is.

Dr. Kauffman: If you are found to have cancer you already have it, and cannot prevent it [with Western Medicine]. Most cancer propensity is inherited, not environmental, so there is nothing you could have done.

Shane: Myth 10 underscores the fact that conventional cancer treatments do not have the oft advertised cure rate of 60%. Instead, this is a 5-year survival rate. Doctors confuse the two. And in many instances, after 5-years, cancer patients begin to suffer from the negative side-effects of drugs or radiation. In most instances, are the cancer drugs more dangerous than cancer itself for early stage cancer victims?

Dr. Kaufmman: Cytotoxic cancer drugs are in fact more dangerous than most types of cancer itself.

Cancer drugs that target fast replicating cancer cells also destroy the immune system, which is composed of fast dividing cells. These drugs are more dangerous than cancer itself.

An important note, 30-40% of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer do not have it; they have DCIS. Yet, they are administered these dangerous classes of prescription drugs and subjected to 6000 rads of cobalt-60 gamma rays. This may knock out the cancer, but increase other causes of death, especially heart attacks

The best thing to do for cancer is to boost the immune system. One way to do this is via high dose vitamin C. Intravenous sodium ascorbate has proven of value for many types of cancer.

Shane: Myth 11 discusses fluoridated water. What is the biggest danger associated with fluoride consumption via city tap water? What form of water is best for the human body? Do you think plastic water containers pose a threat?

Dr. Kauffman: The most serious problems from fluoridated water are bone cancer in young men, then all the problems of hypothyroidism for everyone. It is even possible that the obesity epidemic in the USA is partially caused by fluoridated water.

The best water is artesian well water that does not need to be disinfected or that has a minimal amount of chlorine added (1 part per million). Collected rain water is second best.

Non-fluoridated tap water it may be perfectly OK as is. The cheapest way to remove fluoride is by distillation. A distiller can be obtained from Sears and others. This ensures that fluoride is removed. Filters cannot rid the water of the tiny fluoride ion. Calcium, magnesium and iron are acceptable components of water in small concentrations. Like fluoride, they are also removed by distillation. But these vital nutrients can be obtained by consuming meat, fish, fruit and vegetables.

I don’t think that plastic containers pose a huge threat to water drinkers. The most dangerous might be polyvinylchloride (PVC - recycle number 3). PVC contains additives to make it soft, and the dangers of these are small and disputed.But few water containers are made of this plastic. Other plastics do not Have water-soluble additives in them. And if they did, the only other option would be glass. But new glass is "filthy" despite its clean and shiny look. It can contaminate water with toxic heavy metal ions. Certainly this is true of leaded glass.

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About the Author: Shane is an organic chemist and internationally recognized authority on therapeutic nutrition. He is author of Health Myths Exposed and Hidden Truth about Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs. Get 6-months of his FREE Life Saving Health Briefs at www.healthmyths.net!

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