I have never taken statins and never will, so I haven't commented on this thread so far. The memory in my mind is the one when the medical profession decided that something which nature uses to protect us was a bad thing and then decided to create a drug to stop that natural protection happening. The results were disastrous. The drug was thalidomide and was designed to stop morning sickness. Morning sickness is just the body's way of getting rid of toxins, it was ridiculous to try to stop it happening.
Cholesterol is another thing that the body uses to protect itself. So here we go again, let's create statins. Why? Maybe higher cholesterol simply means that person actually needs more of it? Statins have been proven to be no use at all in women. Also the 'all causes lowest mortality rate' occurs with a total cholesterol level of 5.4 -.5.6, so why on earth would anyone want their cholesterol to be lower than this optimum level?
Cholesterol is another thing that the body uses to protect itself. So here we go again, let's create statins. Why? Maybe higher cholesterol simply means that person actually needs more of it? Statins have been proven to be no use at all in women. Also the 'all causes lowest mortality rate' occurs with a total cholesterol level of 5.4 -.5.6, so why on earth would anyone want their cholesterol to be lower than this optimum level?