I took statins to "improve my health" for four years. They worked for a while and then my cholesterol levels started to creep up. The doctors increased the dosage to deal with the increase. About a year after that, I saw dramatic (read scary) changes to my cognitive and neurological health. I virtually lost my short-term memory and started to experience uncontrolled twitching and tremors. I stopped taking the statins. Now, three or four years later, I have regained my cognitive and neurological functions nearly 100 percent. Nearly. A regimen of a more sensible diet, exercise, oatmeal and fish oil has reduced my cholesterol levels to levels comparable to what the statins had reduced them to.
After stopping the statins we noticed several things. My color improved, I felt better, I no longer experienced any sexual dysfunction and my thinking was clearer.
Statins are not a miracle. I believe they hold many dangers that have not yet manifested. Allowing people to take them unregulated and unsupervised is a recipe for disaster.
Pharmaceutical companies have lied about the efficacy of statin drugs and were responsible for the the sudden lowering of cholesterol thresholds as a way to encourage more people to spend 30 dollars a month for the rest of their lives taking statins to eliminate a risk that was small in the first place.
Statins are poison—as poisonous as any Big Mac, large fries and a shake ever will be.
Sensibility, not medication, is the key to good health and long life. Don't be fooled by nonsense being spewed in the guise of "medical literature" from friends of Big Pharma.
Jimof NM7:07PM August 13, 2010
The fat in cheeseburgers isn't bad for you. In fact, the fat and protein are the only things worth eating. It's the carbs that are the problem. The bun, the HFCS condiments, the fries, and the soft drink. But, of course, the same people who push statins are those who push the "fat bad, carbs good" approach to nutrition. Never mind the fact that along with the historical rise of cardiovascular disorders, statins, and the like, has also come a meteoric rise in carbohydrate consumption.
Grantof FL3:49PM August 13, 2010
The fat in cheeseburgers isn't bad for you. In fact, the fat and protein are the only things worth eating. It's the carbs that are the problem. The bun, the HFCS condiments, the fries, and the soft drink. But, of course, the same people who push statins are those who push the "fat bad, carbs good" approach to nutrition. Never mind the fact that along with the historical rise of cardiovascular disorders, statins, and the like, has also come a meteoric rise in carbohydrate consumption.
Grantof FL3:48PM August 13, 2010
There's a much better, less toxic, cheaper and tastier solution: walnuts.
For those with moderately high cholesterol (150-220mg/dl), 40g of walnuts (about 20 halves) improved blood flow after a fatty, starchy meal--salami and cheese on white bread-- by 24%.
Eat your walnuts and save your arteries from junk food: it may be more effective than lowering cholesterol.
Cited in "ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine": http://tinyurl.com/34h8pm
John La Puma MD
http://drjohnlapuma.com
Reference (also the Amer Jrnl of Cardiology: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17045905)
John La Puma of CA2:46PM August 13, 2010
Statins don't prevent heart disease. Another shill for big pharma, I see.
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