Via: Daily Health eAlert New Salt-Busting Drug Poses Dementia Risk Dear Reader, Tenapanor, is the latest prescription drug set to soon hit the market. This drug blocks a protein that brings salt into your bloodstream and, by doing that, it keeps the sodium from the foods you eat confined to your gut. If you are one of the millions of people across the globe that has been coaxed into believing that salt is bad for your health... well, then a drug like Tenapanor, which will allow you to eat all the high-salt foods you want while following doctors orders, probably sounds like a very good idea. However, trust me when I say: This drug should not be touched with a bargepole. Fast-track ticket to dementia Tenapanor has already been dubbed the salt buster. But its more likely to be a health buster, if anything. Heres why this drug is a terrible idea: Having sodium short-circuited and not pass through your body is about as healthy as putting a plastic bag over your head. Your body needs salt just as much as it needs oxygen. And like oxygen, sodium plays a critical role in keeping your brain healthy. In fact, when you dont get enough sodium, it can keep your neurons from transmitting impulses, which can lead to forgetfulness and confusion... which can lead to dementia. Your body and your brain must have a good supply of sodium to function normally. Last year, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) made a u-turn on the mainstreams low sodium dogma, when it announced that there is no reason for anyone to keep their sodium levels below 2,300mg a day. The chairman of the IOM took it even further. He said that there are potential harms linked to a diet that goes below the 2,300mg mark. Harms like a higher risk of heart attacks and death. So while the IOM is finally warning against the mainstreams low-sodium policy, a small drug company is finding yet another way to keep the low-sodium dogma alive... and in the process will cause a lot of harm to your body. Tenapanor has been developed by a very small company, but that is about to change. AstraZeneca (the pharmaceutical giant behind blockbuster statin drug Crestor), has pumped $15 million into the Tenapanor project and has also taken over the development of the drug. This means that there will be no shortage of cash to bring this brain-destroying drug onto the market. The numbers of people with Alzheimers is said to triple by 2050. Just imagine how many more cases there will be if this drug makes it on to the pharmacy shelf... So, remember the name Tenapanor and say No when you doctor suggests you take it...
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:37:44 +0000
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