From: ron.roth@rose.com (ron roth)
Subject: TRIGLYCERIDES
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:34:03 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-28-93 03:28

My recent post on low sodium being a culprit in some cases of
persistent cholesteremia brought, among the usual 'raised eyebrows,'
a lot of inquiries, necessitating perhaps additional clarification.

The research I do consists primarily in the comparison of known,
medically established and previously diagnosed medical disorders,
and their correspondence or relationship to a person's mineral (and
vitamin) metabolism.

It would be ludicrous to assume that all instances of hypertension
are a result of renal (sodium) disturbances.
I treat sodium as a mineral like any other, and, regardless of its
reputation, I try to lower or raise it in a person as is indicated
on the individual tests that I run.

While I have monitored occasional clips in the news of other doctors
relating to the paranoia surrounding the normal use of sodium, I have
also seen them quickly silenced.
One such clip appeared in our local paper a couple of years ago, 
quoting Dr. Brent Egan, director of the hypertension unit at the 
Medical college of Wisconsin suggesting that strictly limiting salt
intake could be bad for people with normal blood pressure.
His study also noticed the levels of LDL cholesterol increasing when
salt was reduced, and decreasing when salt intake was increased.

I have applied that very criteria for over 10 years (long before the
LDL/HDL cholesterol hype became fashionable) and have continued to 
this very day with good success.

If other researchers wouldn't have their preconceived negative notion
on sodium, they would likely find many good uses (as I have) in the
treatment of various medical disorders.

Some of them are edema (yes!), hypertension, (yes!), LDL-type choles- 
teremea, Vit B-12 deficiency (no more shots needed), depression, hypo-
tension, right-sided kidney stones, allergies, duonenal ulcers (if due
to helicobacter pylori bacteria - sodium is needed to raise HCl levels
to kill the bacteria), asthma, chronic headaches, and many others...

Following are cholesterol, triglyceride and sodium-raising/lowering 
effects of a few minerals and vitamins:

Cholesterol             Triglycerides             Sodium
~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~~
/\           \/         /\            \/          /\           \/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Potassium   Magnesium   Zinc        Calcium      Iron       Folic acid
Vit C       Manganese   Vit B-2     Iron         Vit E      Vit A
Vit B-6     Vit B-3     Vit E       Folic acid   Vit B-1    Vit B-2
            Vit B-4                 Vit A        Vit B-6    Vit B-5
            PABA                                 Choline    Zinc     
            Vit E                                Silicon    Potassium
                                                            Magnesium


           Cholesterol                       Triglycerides
           ~~~~~~~~~~~                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     HDL-/\           LDL-/\              HDL-/\         LDL-/\
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Iron             Zinc                Phosphorus     Calcium
     Sodium           Magnesium           Manganese      Vit B-5
     Choline          Folic acid          Vit B-3        Potassium
     Vit E            Vit B-2             Vit B-4        Zinc
     Vit B-1          Vit B-5             Germanium      Vit D
     Vit B-6          Vit A               Vit C          Copper
     Silicon          Chromium            Bismuth        Simple Carbo.
     Lithium                              Complex Carbo.
     Lecithin                             Lecithin
                                          Alcohol (even though its a
                                                  simple carbohydrate)

Some of the other minerals such as sulfur, nickel, cobalt, selenium,
chlorine, fluoride, iodine, bromine, Vit B-12, Vit B-15, etc. are less 
specific or neutral.

                     ~Ron Roth~
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