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Title: Great article on Statins
Post by: Coach is Back! on January 23, 2019, 05:20:21 PM

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10717431/Why-Ive-ditched-statins-for-good.html

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: myt1 on January 23, 2019, 05:51:27 PM

I wish I could remember the name of the guy who has a TEDX on YT about statins and just meds in general.  I also wish I could remember the label for what it's called that he was talking about.  Basically, it was breaking down the real effectiveness, safety, and avoidance of side effects when taking statins and when you break it down they really only help roughly 5% of people without significant side effects.

My Dr. put me on one years ago....I think it was called Simvastat or something like that.  I went on WebMD and tossed that shit after reading about it

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: Marty Champions on January 23, 2019, 06:57:27 PM

Doctors know whats best

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: IroNat on January 24, 2019, 03:40:55 AM

And yet just the other day I read (also from the UK) a "way behind the times" article that advised avoiding saturated fat as a way to lower cholesterol.

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: oldtimer1 on January 24, 2019, 04:32:56 AM

Most of the studies on statins are financed by the statin companies. They keep lowering what is high cholesterol so they can get half the nation on the drugs. Watch, in under 10 years they will say anything over 180 is high cholesterol.

So the doctor in this article lowered carbs (sugars) and his cholesterol went down.

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: Mr Anabolic on January 24, 2019, 04:41:46 AM

Junk science from the very beginning.  Big pharma is all about money, these drugs are killing people.  The TV commercials for them are endless.  I cannot believe people take this poison.  Cholesterol is not the doing the damage, it's the sugar that causes the inflammation, the arterial sclerosis and 1000 other health problems.

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: Powerlift66 on January 24, 2019, 06:08:05 AM

Ditched Simvastatin after being on it for 11 years.
Kills test levels in people. (Test is made in cholesterol). Lots of other weird issues (anxiety, etc).

A great read "The great cholesterol myth".

Title: Re: Great article on Statins
Post by: Conker on January 24, 2019, 06:13:24 AM

i personally wouldnt fk about if your dr tells you you should take statins. my brother in law was advised to go on a statin due to high cholesterol. he decided he could control it by cleaning up his diet. he had a heart attack within 18 months.

he was very lucky was only a mild one and he's fine 12 months on. needless to say he's taking the statin as advised now. he's early 50s.