SANTE FE
(March 1, 2010) - In a Wall Street Journal article published
last week entitled: The
Danger of Daily Aspirin,
public health officials said they are no longer advising
healthy people to take aspirin to prevent cardiovascular
disease.
The concern is that aspirin's side effects, which can include
bleeding ulcers, might outweigh the potential benefits when
taken by many healthy or older people. The drug’s blood thinning
action, along with its tendency to erode the stomach's
protective lining and degenerate smooth muscle cells in the
brain, can lead to dangerous gastrointestinal and cerebral
bleeding.
Ex-pharmaceutical
chemist and author Shane Ellison has been an outspoken critic of
aspirin since Bayer launched its Wonders of the Heart TV
marketing campaign in 2007, hiring charismatic home makeover
king Ty Pennington as company spokesperson.
"Aspirin is a wonder drug," said
Pennington in a Bayer press release.
The campaign must have worked
because according
to research firm IMS Health, Americans purchased more than 44
million packages of low-dose aspirin marketed for heart
protection last year, an increase of 12% since 2005. But Ellison
says it's time to put the brakes on marketing aspirin as as a
wonder drug and heart/stroke cure-all. “Instead,” he says, “we
should turn to a safe and readily available natural alternative.
In
his new book
Over-The-Counter Natural Cures: Take
Charge of Your Health in 30 Days with 10 Lifesaving Supplements
for Under $10 (Sourcebooks),
Ellison writes how hawthorn can successfully be used to
prevent and treat chronic cardiovascular disease, hypertension,
excess blood clotting, and cardiac arrhythmias - and without
side effects, he claims.
The hawthorn berry, known scientifically as
Crataegus oxyacantha, has a long history as a medicinal
substance. But with the rise of pharmaceutical advertising and
high-profit patentable drugs, it has all but disappeared from
consumer awareness. Science studies cited by Ellison in his book
however, confirm that hawthorn acts as a vasodilator,
increasing blood supply to the heart and improving circulation
to the extremities by decreasing arterial resistance. Hawthorn
also has positive inotropic and beta-blocking effects, along
with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits. “In
short, hawthorn is the new first-line of defense against heart
attacks and stroke,” says the author.
In Ellison’s recent
appearances on Good Day
New Mexico, Daybreak
on the Deuce, and
Good Day Colorado, the former pharmaceutical insider exposed
how the drug industry is failing America’s health and revealed
how ten select natural supplements - that can easily be found on
the shelves of mass retailers like Walmart,
About Shane Ellison
Shane Ellison, M.S., known as “The
People’s Chemist,” abandoned his career as a drug design chemist
and founded
www.thepeopleschemist.com, a science-based natural health
information website. Ellison has a Bachelor of Science in
biology from
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AUTHOR/DRUG CHEMIST RELEASES OVER-THE-COUNTER NATURAL CURES AS ALTERNATIVE FOR AN “OVERMEDICATED AMERICA”
SANTE FE (February 24, 2010) -Organic chemist/author Shane Ellison says a lack of nutrients is responsible for the ghastly epidemics of obesity, lethargy, depression, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 90% of Americans are nutrient deficient. This malnourishment stems from over-dependence on prescription drugs and excessive consumption of sugar, artificial flavors, preservatives, and fast food. Over-The-Counter Natural Cures: Take Charge of Your Health in 30 Days with 10 Lifesaving Supplements for Under $10 (ISBN 978-1-4022-2505-5; TP $15.99 US/$19.99 CAN; October 2009) is a breakthrough guide to natural health cures for many life-threatening medical conditions which plague our population today.
Ellison, an award-winning scientist with a master’s degree in organic chemistry and a former Big Pharma chemist for Array BioPharma and Eli Lilly, shares his insights about the pharmaceutical industry in his new book. During his career as a medicinal chemist, he witnessed a shift from Big Pharma’s benign quest to produce useful new drugs, to becoming a powerful Wall Street marketing machine which “pushes” questionable and over-priced medications on consumers.
While the economy continues to struggle and Obama’s National Health Insurance Plan appears to be in peril, more and more people are being forced to pay a greater fraction of their drug bills out of pocket. Over-the-Counter Natural Cures shows readers how to replace their prescription drugs with 10 lifesaving supplements for under $10 that can easily be found on the shelves of mass retailers. Every chapter includes anecdotes and is supported with scientific evidence that fosters a new health message: anyone can use the right supplement to restore and maintain wellness without the risk and expense associated with today’s pill-popping culture.
Ellison is available to discuss natural ways to reverse such medical conditions as:
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Heart Disease
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Cancer
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Type II diabetes
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Obesity
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Impaired Immunity
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Poor Prostate health
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Poor vision
About The Author
Shane Ellison, M.S., known as “The People’s Chemist,” abandoned his career as a drug design chemist and founded www.thepeopleschemist.com, a science-based natural health information website. Ellison has a Bachelor of Science in biology from Fort Lewis College and a Master’s in organic chemistry from Northern Arizona University. His previous books include Health Myths Exposed and The Hidden Truth About Cholesterol-lowering Drugs. He has been quoted by USA Today, Women’s Health, Pharma Wire, On Fitness Magazine, Woman’s World, and Good News Tucson Today Magazine. He lives in Santa Fe, NM.
Read more about Over-the-Counter Natural Cures at: www.overthecounternaturalcures.com.