Fruit Pectin Cure

By TerryH Thursday, November 15, 2007

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I was diagnosed in June '07 from a May blood test. Doc said it was hereditary and there was no dietary fix to be had. Prescribed Lipitor at $3./day for the rest of my life! I numbly bought the pills but Googled the drug before taking. There is a 5.6% rate of severe muscular degeneration! I never took them out of the wrapper.
Further Googles turned up an array of natural treatments but only one had scientific studies attached to a great deal of anecdotal evidence - FRUIT PECTIN. The study was on pigs and the grapefruit rinds cured them.

5 months later now and all 5 indicators read NORMAL!...whereas all 5 were badly out of whack back in May.

The Cure: Buy liquid fruit pectin, same as for jam and jelly making. I found Certo brand at the Superstore for $3. a box which lasts about 3 weeks. Mix 1 teaspoon with juice. I like veggy juice. Take once a day for the first week and then 3 times per day hence.

Note that since my condition is hereditary I did not attempt to alter my eating habits at all.

Now that I am cured I will drop my intake to 1 teaspoon/day. In Jan'08 I will be tested again to see in the lower maintenance dose is effective.

Good Luck to All,
Terry

PS: Turns out that fruit pectin is also a natural apetite suppressant so do not be surprised if you lose weight.

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Shwin

2/ 2/08 10:42pm

Thanks that was helpful!

Lynn

9/10/09 7:50pm

Terry, I to have been diagnosed with hereditary. I cannot take the statin drugs out of the question! You did not say how much juice to mix with the 1 tsp. of pectin. Can you elate on that for me. I have done the 1 tsp with about 3 oz. of v8 for a week now. Am i suppose to do 3 tsp. now per day or split up the whole container having only the 1 tsp but 3 times daily. thank you so much for your sharing this some how I believe it will work thanks....... Lynn

Anne Wright

1/10/10 9:40am

Terry: Thanks for making this post. I am trying to understand the biochemical mechanisms behind the absorption of a cholesterol-like toxin. I read this on the wikipedia page for pectin:

Consumption of pectin has been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels. The mechanism appears to be an increase of viscosity in the intestinal tract, leading to a reduced absorption of cholesterol from bile or food.^[3]

That's what brought me to your site. If you're willing to share, I'd be interested to learn more detail about your hereditary cholesterol issue in order to better understand the mechanisms involved here.

Lynn: It's interesting you mention v8 juice. It turns out the toxin I'm studying, solanaceous glycoalkaloids (SGA), is present in tomatoes (and all other nightshades). One of its chemical properties is that it has a high affinity for cholesterol. I have seen it speculated that consuming SGA and cholesterol together may be less hazardous than consuming either one separately because they bind to each other and may therefore be less absorbable. I avoid nightshade because I suspect I have problems relating to SGA. However, for someone who has a normal ability to deal with nightshade, but a problem with excess absorption of cholesterol, taking the pectin with tomato juice at meals may be just the thing. This is all speculation, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case it helps.

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