$$ Maker with lots of side effects.
Do Statins Save Lives? Doctors Don’t Agree!
How good are statins for preventing heart attacks in primary prevention? More important, do statins save lives? Read surprising new results.
Testimony:
One of the most surprising findings of this study is that the association between LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and heart disease is “weak or inconsistent.”
My brother was at his doctor's office & the doc recommended a statin. My bro asked if his cholesterol was high. Doctor's answer: no, statins are a preventative. My brother's next question: "are you taking a statin?" Doc's answer: "NO." Response from my brother, "then why should I?"
End of discussion. My brother has been a medical malpractice attorney for over 40 yrs with a degree in biology from Harvard & a law degree from UTexas. - [fren on another forum]
After doing a bunch of reading years ago about statins I have come to the conclusion that statins cause a ton of side effects and they are a bandaid, not a cure. Elevated cholesterol is a sign of inflammation in the body. You have to figure out what is causing the inflammation for the cholesterol to go down. Your body is producing the cholesterol in response to whatever is happening and lowering the cholesterol artificially, therefore, only causes more problems. If your high cholesterol is determined to be "genetic", then no amount of diet or exercise will bring it down because something else is going on in the body. Food sensitivities are a big culprit of inflammation in the body, a lot of people are allergic to egg whites and don't realize this, which leads to inflammatory conditions like arthritis and high bad cholesterol. Another problem could be sleep apnea. And so on. Statins are just a doctor's lazy way of treating the symptoms, not the cause. That's my opinion.