article by Kevin Michael Geary.
Is the American Heart Association a terrorist organization?What’s the difference between ISIS and the AHA?
The AHA’s strategy is a lot more effective.
Sure, the AHA isn’t beheading people in the streets or strapping bombs on children. But that’s not the only way to be a terrorist organization, is it?
Look at cyber-terrorism. That’s the use of computers and information technology to cause widespread disruption, panic, and harm.
Can’t you also cause widespread disruption, panic, and harm with blatant propaganda?
And what if that propaganda results in horrendous health and medical outcomes for hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children?
And what if that propaganda campaign proves to be intentional? Both financially and politically motivated?
Is that not terrorism?
Who are the American Heart Association?The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. Founded by six cardiologists in 1924, our organization now includes more than 22.5 million volunteers and supporters.
We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives.That’s great copy for a marketing brochure, but the reality isn’t so sweet.
The AHA is a front organization. And the bolded area of that copy requires correction for the sake of accuracy. Here is the unseen reality:
The research funded by the AHA is very strategic and full of manipulation and con-artistry.The health policies promoted by the AHA are favorable to industry partners without regard for the wellbeing of the general public.
The “critical tools” and information put forth by the AHA only have destructive consequences to the health and wellbeing of the general public.
Let’s take a closer look, shall we?
The research funded by the AHA is very strategic and full of manipulation and con-artistry.
A few days ago, the AHA stole the attention of headlines across the globe with a report that sounded like it was straight out of the 1990s: Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association.
In this report, the AHA doubled down on their attacks against coconut oil and saturated fat.Frank Sacks, lead author on the report, reportedly said that he has no idea why people think coconut oil is healthy.
Two primary theories underscore their entire argument:
That saturated fat increases LDL cholesterol.
That an increase of LDL cholesterol is a cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
But those two primary theories have been thoroughly debunked. The British Medical Journal said as much in October 2013. Even the incompetent USDA recently figured out that the cholesterol panic was all for naught and changed their guidelines.
Here are the facts:
“LDL cholesterol” is a term that describes multiple types of LDL particles. Not all LDL particle types are associated with CVD. Thus, the increase in LDL does not necessarily translate to a greater risk of CVD. In fact, the increases in LDL that come from eating saturated fat are specifically from the particle type not associated with CVD.
17 meta-analyses and systematic reviews have been unable to establish a clear link between saturated fat intake and CVD.
The AHA only used four cherry-picked studies, some from the 1960s, to formulate this latest report.
The AHA claims that coconut oil (and saturated fat) has “no known offsetting favorable effect.” This is fantasy. It’s widely accepted that saturated fat raises HDL cholesterol, which is said to reduce the risk of heart disease. Look at human breast milk as a perfect example. 50–60% of the calories come from fat, with nearly half being saturated fat.
This supplies babies with up to six times the percentage of cholesterol than the average adult eats. And this has been happening for hundreds of thousands of years.
Even though it’s touted as “bad cholesterol,” LDL has very important functions in the body. LDL delivers nutrients around the body, is an anti-inflammatory, an anti-oxidant, and works for the immune system. Additionally, low levels of LDL cholesterol are associated with some very horrific health outcomes.
Why does the AHA not discuss the different LDL particle types? Why do they ignore the studies that show no clear link between saturated fat intake and CVD? Why did they cherry-pick down to only four specific studies, some of which are wildly out of date? Why do they ignore the well-known benefits of saturated fat on HDL levels? Why do they ignore the conclusion – that even the corrupt USDA has finally acknowledged – that saturated fat is both healthy and necessary?
Is it because the AHA are incompetent?
Of course not. The conclusion published by the AHA in this case was knowingly false. They came to the published conclusion because they are incentivized do so.
In other words, the AHA exchanged the health outcomes of millions of Americans for dollar bills and the extension of a specific agenda.
The explanation is right there for anyone to see. You just have to bother to look at the major funding sources…
Amarin (Pharmaceutical Company)
Amgen (Pharmaceutical Company)
AstraZeneca (Pharmaceutical Company)
Eli Lilly (Pharmaceutical Company)
Glaxo-Smith Kline (Pharmaceutical Company)
Merck (Pharmaceutical Company)
Pfizer (Pharmaceutical Company)
Regeneron/Sanofi (Pharmaceutical Company)
Takeda (Pharmaceutical Company)
California Walnut Commission (incentivized to undermine saturated fats)
Ag Canada and Canola Oil Council (incentivized to undermine saturated fats and promote vegetable oils).
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (incentivized to undermine the value of coconut oil).
One only has to do 30 minutes of research into the AHA to see that their recommendations always boil down to three general recommendations:
Take statin drugs.
Consume vegetable oils.
Eat AHA-approved products.
Why?
They’re in bed with pharmaceutical companies.
They’re in bed with vegetable oil manufacturers.
They make money selling their “Heart Check” certification symbol.
The AHA know their recommendations lead to worse health outcomes. They don’t care, because they are not an organization that serves human beings. They’re an organization that serves big government and corporatist pimps.
Full article,
https://bleedinggumsmurphy.blogspot.com/2017/06/is-american-heart-association-terrorist.html