Think We Have a Statin Drug Deficiency?
...then why are you taking them???
Greetings to All. I hope your health is the best it can be. My emphasis, again, is to provide you with the best advice to ensure you can make an educated decision about your health. There are really only two ways to produce health:
-Food
-Exercise
The first is easy-easy.....the second requires motivation. Even NFL coaches know you cannot coach motivation....so do I. Now drop and give me 20!!! lol
But first, some head-fakes....
”Don’t we need supplements?” They can produce health...
“Don’t we need drugs?” They can correct imbalances...
“Don’t we need heroic medical solutions?” They can save lives...
“Don’t we need_____?” YGTBSM
What we need is:
-Food
-Exercise
I don’t see anything about drugs with those two ideas. Both have worked in the past, and both don’t have ANY side effects; especially the side effects associated with statins (cholesterol-lowering). Statins have not shown ANY benefit at prolonging lives of healthy people. ONLY reduced heart attack risk with MEN WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
-ONLY IN MEN WITH A PREVIOUS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION....”how to you read me?”
An extensive analysis by the Cochrane Collaboration shows statin therapy only has a trivial effect. And compared to the risk of side effects, it’s just not worth it. Allow me to begin:
-you can’t make new cells or nerve fibers without cholesterol
-you can’t make testosterone/estrogen or vit D without cholesterol
-you DIE WITHOUT OR WITH TOO LITTLE CHOLESTEROL
The idea that cholesterol is dangerous came from the 1948 Framingham Study. People there who had slightly elevated cholesterol had a little higher risk. It spread like wild fire through the medical community. But 30 years later, 1978, it turned out that the higher cholesterol was a risk factor for men only up to 47 years of age.
And to make matters worse, more men died of heart attack whose cholesterol decreased!!! The authors wrote: “For every milligram per cent cholesterol had decreased, cardiovascular mortality and total mortality increased by fourteen and eleven percent.” Numerous subsequent studies have proven this fact. More than 20 studies have shown that older people with high cholesterol live the longest.
-CHOLESTEROL IS NOT DANGEROUS!!!!!!
Another study, ENHANCE, had simvastatin (go google the brand name, I can’t mention it here publicly), in a treatment group, and they had atherosclerotic increase the most.
Now, if you are 60 years old, your probability of reaching 65 is about 90%
If then had a heart attack, took a statin drug, your probability goes to a whopping 92%!!!
Statins May Not Help Healthy People:
Uncritical use of statins is dangerous, and you need to know this to be healthy. The possible side effects are massive in comparison to a trivial and measly decrease in SUBSEQUENT heart attacks AFTER YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE. The vast majority of our pilots on statin drugs have NOT had a heart attack.
Trivial decrease in risk compared to side effects:
-20% of males become impotent in a few months (don’t worry, Pfizer not only makes statins, but also they make Viagra)
-memory loss
-aggression
-insomnia
-nightmares
-depression
-suicidal thoughts (not surprising since the brain is the organ richest in cholesterol and normal brain function requires a lot of it)
-cancer (in three studies cancer increased in those taking statins)
All those for a 2% reduced risk???? Do some math, and use that cholesterol filled (hopefully) brain of yours.
As Always...Healthful Regards,
Dr. John
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