Comments on: The heart’s a lonely hunter

By: brian bernatz

brian bernatz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:14:49 +0000

Thank you so much for this topic it helps to know this I was told by my doc that my cholesterol is high my triglycerides are394 my hdl 29 ldl 110 this was last week my last test was 3 months ago I am 36, 170 lps and about 6 f I ride a bike every were I mean I do not drive not in winter I will take bus or train but I still walk my diet would almost be veg. but I do eat chicken 1 a week maybe not even and I may have a burger 1 a month I do not eat as much fresh veg as I did do to dentures My reason for all this is that to me it makes no sense I did smoke but its been 1 year and it was off and on before in those days and my doc just put me on a medication but no other options on any thing elts I have been doing fish oil nordic naturals but it is $$$ so some times I cant do it ,but now after reading this it does make me wonder all my life I have been sad and I do not think so much like its a mental and I have tried all of those pills not 1 worked it is part of me I feel the pain of the world I am sad righting this for me I have a hard time in life ,one it is so easy for people to hert each other and nature I do NOT feel comfortable taking this med gemfibrozil my moms side does have this chol. problem I am a single father and I feel It is my part for my daughter to take it so I do not have a heart attack but on the other maybe it will effect my brain I am interested in EFT and any help some one could give .namaste

By: LINDA

LINDA — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:51:08 +0000

I AM A CARDIAC SPECIALIST NURSE,WITH A REAL PASSION FOR HOLISTIC CARE.I GIVE MY PATIENTS A RANGE COMPLIMENTARY APROACHES, FROM REIKI,HYPNOTHERAPY,NLP FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.LAUGHTER THERAPY AND WE HAVE A VERY LARGE CLOSE SUPPORT NETWORK INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY EXERCISE/HEART SUPPORT GROUP AND SOCIAL EVENTS GROUP.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT IS PARAMOUNT IN MY OPINION,MYSUPPORT LINE IS ALWAYS OPEN AND I GET FABULOUS FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMME.
I ALSO SPEND ALOT OF MY TIME CHANGING DRUGS FOR COMPLIANCE DUE TO SIDEEFFECTS. tHIS A GET FUSTRATED ABOUT BUT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
I OFFER MY PTS ACCESS TO DEAN ORNISH AND
MATTHUS RATHS APPROACH,BUT I WORK MAINLY ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS,DEALING WITH ANXIETY/DEPRESSION/STRESS MANAGEMENT IN GROUP SESSIONS. OR INDIVIDUALLY COUNSELLING WITH MY COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES AND THE USE OF HYPNOTHERAPY/SUBLIMINAL CDS.

By: Alice Vlietstra

Alice Vlietstra — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:02:26 +0000

I certainly agree that heart health is related to
emotional health. I once had a heart arrhythmia. I used the attractor-field technique to release the hidden cognitive- emotional pattern through forgiveness and accutones to release the neurological pattern. Today I am much happier and my relationships are much more harmonious.

By: Connie Collins

Connie Collins — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:03:34 +0000

Thank you for confirming what I have believed for a long time now, that heart attacks are really an emotional “broken heart”. I used to work in a heart specialist office and felt sorry for all the broken hearted patients that came through the door. Confirming that what we “feel” will manifest in our physical bodies.

By: Magdalena

Magdalena — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:20:40 +0000

I am 64 and I had a heart attack when I was 48. My heart was already totally emotionally broken when my first husband and soulmate died 20 years earlier. I remarried and I love my husband, but the wounds where to deep to repair. I expressed myself as a broken heart woman, and I was sure I should die very early. My heart atttack happened 3 months after a removal to an other side of the country. It gave me much stress physical, financial, social, marriage. My whole family died from heart attack. I am a survivor. I refused to take cholesterol pills because I felt the damage to brain: memory, dull mind. I recognise all the items you mentioned in your letter and I thank you for sharing.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:09:55 +0000

I am in my seventies and I have not had heart problems. I do, however, have elevated cholesterol levels which apparently run in my family and which do not, for the most part, respond to diet. I now take both Lipitor and Zetia to get my “bad” cholesterol below 190. I exercise, eat right, never smoked, and am only slightly overweight. I wish I could ignore my doctor and stimply not take the statins, but the medical profession seems to see them as such “wonder drugs” that I am afraid to ignore my doctor’s advice.
I agree with Lynne that emotional factors may well be more harmful to the heart than having too much cholesterol. I have seen the accepted C levels drop significantly over the years until they finally included me.

By: James Milton

James Milton — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:07:18 +0000

I myself suffer from heart disease and I have over the past 20 years taken an interest in the subject on that account. However, the following could only be described as an informed viewpoint. I have no medical qualifications whatsoever.

I have to indicate that I have absolutely no doubt that the mind and the emotions play a major role. Even so, smoking can be counted as a major factor. Somewhere on the web, someone wrote that statistics show that if a person has high cholesterol and smokes, they will have a heart attack before the age of 60. I qualified on both counts and I had mine at 44. Obviously, I survived (that time).

Smoking causes hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure. My Father, who smoked all his life passed on at age 67, from a heart attack.

However, it is my view that the medical profession in the main, has for years, put far too much emphasis on cholesterol. My own Cardiologist, whom I will not name, went on TV to argue that a well known cholesterol drug should not be dropped by patients even though trials had proved that it actually increased plaque!

I believe that Dr. Mathias Rath is absolutely correct in his opinion that the big factor in heart disease is lack of vitamin C and other vital nutrients. It was lack of fresh fruit and vitamin C which caused the external disease of scurvy in sailors and lack of this vitamin can cause veins and arteries to become porous. The body, which I have long believed has intelligence independent of the wearer, attempts to make repairs using cholesterol. The view that cholesterol is the cavalry is something I would agree with.

It may also be the case that the programme which the body follows in attempting to make repairs continues to the point of blocking arteries if the damage caused by lack of vitamin C continues or is advanced. I personally would not drop the use of statins, on that account, although I did switch from the one I mentioned earlier.

It is my view that the enormous profits involved in medicine often have the effect of obscuring facts and this is something I constantly bear in mind. Bob Dylan wrote the line “Money doesn’t just talk – it swears!”

By: Ejvind

Ejvind — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:53:29 +0000

Such great news deserves to be spread around the world – maybe you should Twitter it? Maybe I should?

I have also used EFT to help relieve stress, as I have used laughter yoga to help heal and release stress. However, I cannot prove that people can mend their broken hearts by laughing or using EFT.

So it is great news that finally someone is looking outside of the normal symptom range to find an answer to why we have people dying of a broken heart for instance. I believe that very soon most, if not all ilnesses will be found to have a root cause in the “mind” or “brain” or maybe just the way we think, act, feel and lead our lives.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:31:47 +0000

Thanks again Lynne. The Institute of Heartmath is also instrumental in opening up the latest research into cardio-endocrinology: the physiology of the hearts hormonal reactions to emotions, and its effect on the nervous system. As a medical doctor, I have personally been exploring the emotional connection to heart disease for years. At an intuitive level it is well known by patients. However the medical profession, together with the media, created such a deep belief in the cholesterol theory, that people begin to deeply doubt their own intuition. They second guess the most important brain of all…the gut! You cant even get a life insurance policy without an increased premium if your cholesterol level is mildly elevated. And the questionaires never include questions on emotional and social well-being!
I find EFT (Emotional freedom Techniques) very helpful in all chronic disease prevention,
especially heart disease, more than any pill, synthetic or natural.
Thanks for your beautiful bright light.