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<blockquote data-quote="Art Of Flowers" data-source="post: 1430274" data-attributes="member: 375067"><p>If you watch the films Statin Nation and Statin Nation II you will get a good understanding of statins, their actual benefits and the risks. It does appear that they have no benefit to women and only marginal benefit to men who have had a heart attack. </p><p></p><p>Life expectancy does not seem to be improved by lowering cholesterol, in fact low cholesterol is associated with higher mortality rates. Countries with high cholesterol such as Japan and Korea have lower risk of dying from heart disease than most western countries. In the UK, people who have heart attacks have lower cholesterol than average, not higher. </p><p></p><p>For those with slightly high cholesterol they have no benefits and a risk of severe side effects. In short, they should be avoided in most cases. Statins do raise blood sugar levels, so not a good idea for diabetes sufferers and in some cases statins may cause diabetes in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Art Of Flowers, post: 1430274, member: 375067"] If you watch the films Statin Nation and Statin Nation II you will get a good understanding of statins, their actual benefits and the risks. It does appear that they have no benefit to women and only marginal benefit to men who have had a heart attack. Life expectancy does not seem to be improved by lowering cholesterol, in fact low cholesterol is associated with higher mortality rates. Countries with high cholesterol such as Japan and Korea have lower risk of dying from heart disease than most western countries. In the UK, people who have heart attacks have lower cholesterol than average, not higher. For those with slightly high cholesterol they have no benefits and a risk of severe side effects. In short, they should be avoided in most cases. Statins do raise blood sugar levels, so not a good idea for diabetes sufferers and in some cases statins may cause diabetes in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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