Apple cider vinegar helps lower cholesterol
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Apple cider vinegar helps lower cholesterol By JOE GRAEDON and TERESA GRAEDON, Ph.D. King Features Syndicate
Your column often covers high-cholesterol issues. Why don't you mention the value of adding a daily dose of organic apple cider vinegar as a great way of reducing cholesterol?
I add 1 to 2 teaspoons to my morning cranberry and orange juice, and my cholesterol is down from 184 to 132. It's tasty and a whole lot cheaper and safer than the medicines the pharmaceutical industry pushes on us.
Apple cider vinegar is a traditional remedy that is often suggested for lowering cholesterol. A Japanese study has shown that acetic acid (vinegar) added to the diet can lower cholesterol and triglycerides in rats (British Journal of Nutrition, May 2006). We have not seen such a study in humans, however.
I have taken Wellbutrin XL for two years, and it has taken care of my depression beautifully. In January, my insurance company switched me to the generic called Budeprion XL. I didn't think twice about it. I just assumed it was as good as Wellbutrin XL.
After a few months of thinking I was losing my mind and that Wellbutrin just wasn't working anymore, it finally dawned on me that I was no longer taking WELLBUTRIN! (I honestly hadn't even thought about the generic.)
I have been very depressed, crying and irritable, with no energy or ambition. While I am not suicidal, it sure doesn't sound like a bad plan most days. I will stop Budeprion XL immediately, even though I will have to pay full price for Wellbutrin XL.
More than a dozen people have contacted us about experiences that are strikingly similar to yours. Some of them reported nausea or dizziness as side effects of Budeprion XL; all of them said their symptoms of depression had returned.
We have no scientific evidence that there is a difference between the brand name and the generic. Nevertheless, so many reports convince us that there should be an investigation.
We have arranged with the Food and Drug Administration to analyze any generic pills that readers of The People's Pharmacy suspect are not equivalent to their branded counterparts. Please describe your experience and send your generic pills with as much information as possible: Name of medication, name of generic drug maker, lot number and date dispensed. Send the parcel to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.
My husband was diagnosed with diverticulitis. He was treated with antibiotics, but the doctor said he could have another attack at any time.
My husband now avoids seeds and nuts, but a different doctor says food has very little impact. I now give my husband lots of fruit, yogurt and acidophilus milk and he is taking FiberCon daily. Is there anything else that might help?
Your husband might want to try probiotics (good bacteria). Such products can be purchased under refrigeration in health food stores. One reader reported: "After 10 years of being diagnosed repeatedly with diverticulitis and treated with antibiotics, my digestive system went crazy, and I lost bowel control.
"More antibiotics and prednisone were prescribed. One doctor wanted to do surgery, perhaps a colostomy, on my bowel.
"I sought a second opinion and the doctor prescribed probiotics (VSL#3). A week later I was fine. After four years I have no more diverticulitis, and my system works fine. No diarrhea."
I have always had a problem with dry hands in the winter. The skin on my hands dries out, splits and peels off time and again. Ten years ago a co-worker told me about Bag Balm. (I later read in a magazine that it was a well-kept beauty secret. As a male, I don't worry about the beauty part.)
It can be purchased in a 10-ounce tin at most feed-supply stores for use on cows' udders. It has an antiseptic in it and works great on dry, split hands.
Bag Balm is an old-fashioned farmers' favorite that can help moisturize human hands as well as cows' udders. Another such product is Bova Cream, found at co-op farm stores.
We discuss barnyard beauty aids and other effective hand moisturizers in our Guide to Skin Care. Anyone who would like a copy, please send $2 in check or money order with a long (No. 10), stamped (63 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. S-28, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.
I just wanted you to know that I read your column recently about the power of green olives fighting hiccups. My 5-year-old got the hiccups the next day. Guess what? One green olive did the trick.
Coincidence or science? Who knows, but we're convinced it worked!
We're delighted to learn that this unusual remedy worked for your child.
I have been taking Ambien for about six months. It really helps me get a decent night's sleep, but now I have heartburn.
Can Ambien cause reflux? I hate to take Nexium to counteract indigestion that might be caused by Ambien.
Ambien (zolpidem) can cause indigestion or reflux. Here is another reader's experience: "Ambien gave me a great night's sleep after years of wakefulness. The cost was disabling digestive problems: bloating, pain and acid reflux.
"After a year of pain, more than $20,000 in uncomfortable testing and drugs for reflux, I took myself off Ambien. Two doctors had insisted that my digestive woes were not related to Ambien, but after three nights of sleeplessness, the digestive problems went away."
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist. Teresa Graedon is a medical anthropologist and nutrition expert. E-mail them via their Web site:
I just wanted you to know that I read your column recently about the power of green olives fighting hiccups. My 5-year-old got the hiccups the next day. Guess what? One green olive did the trick.
Coincidence or science? Who knows, but we're convinced it worked!
We're delighted to learn that this unusual remedy worked for your child.
I have been taking Ambien for about six months. It really helps me get a decent night's sleep, but now I have heartburn.
Can Ambien cause reflux? I hate to take Nexium to counteract indigestion that might be caused by Ambien.
Ambien (zolpidem) can cause indigestion or reflux. Here is another reader's experience: "Ambien gave me a great night's sleep after years of wakefulness. The cost was disabling digestive problems: bloating, pain and acid reflux.
"After a year of pain, more than $20,000 in uncomfortable testing and drugs for reflux, I took myself off Ambien. Two doctors had insisted that my digestive woes were not related to Ambien, but after three nights of sleeplessness, the digestive problems went away."
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist. Teresa Graedon is a medical anthropologist and nutrition expert. E-mail them via their Web site:
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