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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UbleyP" data-source="post: 1692997" data-attributes="member: 204205"><p>I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two years ago.  Since then I have been mostly on a LCHF diet and have shed over four and a half stone.  However, my HBA1c has still been up and down, and my daily readings have been rising over the last six months, in August I was averaging about 7, last month I was averaging18, occasionally rising to 25.  Then a diabetic friend told me how badly he had been affected by statins and I realised that my fluctuating reading coincided with the doctor prescribing me statins.  A week ago I stopped taking the statins and my blood readings have been dropping each day, I have gone from 27.8 last week to 13.7 tonight.  I have arranged to have a new HBA1c done next week but I will definitely NOT be taking the statins again.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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