There are two broad categories of the statin debate:<\/p>\n
What if you had a Doctor that said that white blood cells are bad since people with infections have high white blood cell counts! Infections must be caused by white blood cells. You’d walk out of that Doctors office immediately. \u00a0Correlation is not causation.
\nThe debate about whether cholesterol is actually bad for you is beyond the scope of this website. \u00a0I personally think that the danger of LDL is way over hyped. Sugar (and simple carbs) are much worse for you. They cause systemic inflammation that results in real damage.
\nThere are many people debating whether cholesterol is really a villain. Do your research. I’m not going to cover it here.<\/p>\n
Try this analogy: \u00a0We know that being overweight is not good either. We also know that smoking cigarettes tends to suppress appetite. Nicotine is a stimulant (like many diet pills). There are two broad categories of the statin debate: Is cholesterol really a villain?\u00a0We are so conditioned to hear that elevated LDL cholesterol is bad that we don’t question why. Supposedly LDL enables blockages in your heart (or brain) since pathologists find fats in your artery walls if you have cardiovascular disease. What if you … Continue reading Scope<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/357"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/statinvictim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSuppose your doctor noticed that you were 20 lbs overweight and suggested that you take up smoking. \u00a0Hey, it should\u00a0really help you lose those 20 pounds!\u00a0Again, you’d walk out of that Doctor’s office immediately! \u00a0Why? Because the harm caused by cigarettes is much worse than the benefit. Obvious!
\nThe key to this story: \u00a0Statins are like cigarettes. \u00a0They may actually have a slight benefit. \u00a0But the harm, over time, is immense.
\nThat is the crux of this website: to illuminate the harm of statins. \u00a0 I know. I live it every day.
\nIf your Doctor doesn’t acknowledge the following, get a new Doctor:
\nFor otherwise healthy people (no known cardiovascular disease) the risk reduction of taking statins is less than the risk increase of developing myopathy (muscle damage) or developing \u00a0diabetes. <\/strong>(reference)<\/a>
\nRepeat this question to your Doctor: \u00a0So, Doctor: you are suggesting I take a pill whose potential benefit is less than the potential harm. Really?
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\nThere are\u00a0many serious adverse effects of statins.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The leading two are myopathy and diabetes. Lipitor is now being sued for causing diabetes and, finally, statin TV commercials are mentioning muscle pain. \u00a0Neuropathy, cognitive decline, pancreatic cancer, cataracts, and even Alzheimer\u2019s risks have been linked to statins. \u00a0And just in the past year statins have been shown to cause heart failure. No surprise (to me) since statins damage muscles and the heart is a muscle. \u00a0It is astounding that they are still widely prescribed.
\nI will cover\u00a0the overall risks and will stress myopathy and diabetes. \u00a0They are what I know best, since they are what statins have caused in me.
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