View this email in your browser     ANH-Intl eAlert No 287 | 10 February 2016         e-ALERT     Don’t take statins without knowing risks—or alternatives           How do you feel about washing down some heart health protecting medications with a nice, fresh glass of water? The fact is, statins are being pushed on around half of all adults over the age of 40 in the USA. But not only are the drugs less effective than claimed by their makers, their long-term use yields a long list of common and serious side effects that are insufficiently communicated to users. Find out more in our main story this week. The other fly in the ointment is the quality of our drinking water supplies, the subject of our second piece this week. Let’s face it, for all those statin users, if the water being used to wash down the meds was a little cleaner and less contaminated than it is, it wouldn’t be quite the double whammy it is. For many people, the self-care nirvana in which we consume unadulterated, uncontaminated, wholesome unprocessed foods and fresh spring or mineral water, while managing our health using a diverse range of natural products, is a long way off. For others among us, albeit a small minority today, it is a state of living we are passionate to protect. Please help support us in our work at the Alliance for Natural Health International so that we can both promote and protect our right to manage our health through natural and sustainable means. In health, naturally Rob Verkerk, PhD Founder, executive & scientific director           Ten things you should know BEFORE taking statins Despite mounting evidence of serious risks following long-term use of statins, these low-cost and high-profit drugs are being prescribed relentlessly...       Drinking water supplies worldwide in perilous state We consider appropriate responses, in the wake of a tidal wave of negative news about water quality and pollution...       News Alerts: Week 6, 2016 Swine flu vaccine damages paid, EMF signals cause nerve pain, New GMO labelling law attracts anti’s, Over 50% of schools...           HELP SUPPORT US BY FORWARDING TO A FRIEND               Copyright © 2016 Alliance for Natural Health International. Please share or forward this e-ALERT widely using any of the provided share tools. You may copy, reproduce, reprint or forward any content on the condition that attribution is made clearly to Alliance for Natural Health International including date and link to original content. Alliance for Natural Health International. The Atrium, Curtis Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1XA, UK   Unsubscribe