http://thehealthyskeptic.org/statins-for-pregnant-women-and-kids?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=statins-for-pregnant-women-and-kids Challenging mainstream myths about nutrition, health and disease Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thehealthyskeptic.org/statins-for-pregnant-women-and-kids/comment-page-1#comment-1452 youtube Marketing Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:50:47 +0000 http://thehealthyskeptic.org/?p=52#comment-1452 Great Blog! Very informative, I appreciate all the information that you just shared with me very much and I also bookmarked this on dig too. Take care and I'll be back to read more in the future. Great Blog! Very informative, I appreciate all the information that you just shared with me very much and I also bookmarked this on dig too. Take care and I’ll be back to read more in the future.

]]> http://thehealthyskeptic.org/statins-for-pregnant-women-and-kids/comment-page-1#comment-310 mike pescatore Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:45 +0000 http://thehealthyskeptic.org/?p=52#comment-310 I'm concerned over supplemented infant formulas containing DHA/ARA.Increasing the levels of these long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids will affect cholesterol synthesis and degradation.New research has shown children suffering from autism have very low total cholesterol levels.The degree of severity was associated with the lower the level.I have asked the manufacturers and several other experts very important questions regarding DHA/ARA supplementation safety.I have yet to recieve any information or response.I have researched the association between cholesterol and its importance in neuronal development.I understand it is critical for axon pathfinding,neuron migration,dendrite outgrowth,synapse formation,glutamate receptor regulation as well as several other critical aspects of infant brain development.I understand that peroxidation of DHA/ARA yields neurotoxic components(f-4,f-2 iso and neuro prostanes) found in elevated amounts of several neurodegenerative diseases.I understand that altered cholesterol homeostasis is also another factor in cognive decline.I understand that increasing the unsaturation index of lipid rafts displaces critical proteins and disrupts palmitoylation affecting protein signaling(GPI-anchored proteins and second messengers).With all the missing information regarding the actual mechanics of DHA/ARA and their role in neuronal development,how can they be assumed to be not only safe but beneficial?What are we doing to our infants ? I’m concerned over supplemented infant formulas containing DHA/ARA.Increasing the levels of these long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids will affect cholesterol synthesis and degradation.New research has shown children suffering from autism have very low total cholesterol levels.The degree of severity was associated with the lower the level.I have asked the manufacturers and several other experts very important questions regarding DHA/ARA supplementation safety.I have yet to recieve any information or response.I have researched the association between cholesterol and its importance in neuronal development.I understand it is critical for axon pathfinding,neuron migration,dendrite outgrowth,synapse formation,glutamate receptor regulation as well as several other critical aspects of infant brain development.I understand that peroxidation of DHA/ARA yields neurotoxic components(f-4,f-2 iso and neuro prostanes) found in elevated amounts of several neurodegenerative diseases.I understand that altered cholesterol homeostasis is also another factor in cognive decline.I understand that increasing the unsaturation index of lipid rafts displaces critical proteins and disrupts palmitoylation affecting protein signaling(GPI-anchored proteins and second messengers).With all the missing information regarding the actual mechanics of DHA/ARA and their role in neuronal development,how can they be assumed to be not only safe but beneficial?What are we doing to our infants ?

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