Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lipitor are some of the most dangerous drugs around, causing serious side effects, and blocking the body’s ability to manufacture cholesterol—which is a vital substance in the body for brain functioning and tissue repair. This talk will examine traditional high-fat diets and the healthy populations that ate them—from the Arctic to Africa. It will also look at myths and truths about cholesterol and how our culture has been misled into eating dangerously low-fat diets that create many long-term health problems, including, ironically, obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
November 12, 2009: 6 to 7:30 pm, suggested donation: $10
Upper Valley Food Coop, in White River Junction, VT
For more information call (802) 785-2503 or email sustainablemedicine@gmail.com
About the Instructor:
Didi Pershouse, certified homeopath and licensed acupuncturist, has provided gentle and affordable health care in the Upper Valley for over 15 years. She is co-author of the latest homeopathy textbook: “Vital Expression: A Manual on Homeopathic Casetaking.” She is the local chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, and founder of The Center for Sustainable Medicine in Thetford Center, VT where she practices homeopathy, acupuncture, and nutritional counseling. She has traveled and taught extensively in the field of alternative medicine. You can read her Sustainable Medicine Manifesto online at www.sustainablemedicine.org