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<blockquote data-quote="NicoleC1971" data-source="post: 2223445" data-attributes="member: 365308"><p>Your doctor has been trained in the lipid heart hypothesis and by drug company reps that the best way to preovent a heart attack is to lower ldl cholesterol. Because type 2 diabetics have a higher incidence of heart disease and elevated levels of LDL is is assumed that it is safer to lower those patients' ldl levels. But there are many sceptics of this theory and even the risk calculator used by your GP looks at things other than LDL e.g. triglycerides and HDL in your blood. Those are reckoned to be a far better marker of risk however they cannot be improved via pharmaceuticals but by diet. The Low Carb High Fat diet improves most of the risk factors including blood pressure and glycemic control (diabetes).</p><p>Statins DO reduce ldl but ask your GP what the statistical probability of you living a day longer/not having a heart attack is? For example even if you had already had proven heart disease, you would still only have a 1 in 84 chance of preventing a future heart attack by taking a statin. You might think that this intervention is still worthwhile but that depends on the side effects that are fairly common in statin users. </p><p>Being diabetic as taught me to question any GP or doctor who can't explain to me why I should take a particular drug just because I am diabetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NicoleC1971, post: 2223445, member: 365308"] Your doctor has been trained in the lipid heart hypothesis and by drug company reps that the best way to preovent a heart attack is to lower ldl cholesterol. Because type 2 diabetics have a higher incidence of heart disease and elevated levels of LDL is is assumed that it is safer to lower those patients' ldl levels. But there are many sceptics of this theory and even the risk calculator used by your GP looks at things other than LDL e.g. triglycerides and HDL in your blood. Those are reckoned to be a far better marker of risk however they cannot be improved via pharmaceuticals but by diet. The Low Carb High Fat diet improves most of the risk factors including blood pressure and glycemic control (diabetes). Statins DO reduce ldl but ask your GP what the statistical probability of you living a day longer/not having a heart attack is? For example even if you had already had proven heart disease, you would still only have a 1 in 84 chance of preventing a future heart attack by taking a statin. You might think that this intervention is still worthwhile but that depends on the side effects that are fairly common in statin users. Being diabetic as taught me to question any GP or doctor who can't explain to me why I should take a particular drug just because I am diabetic. [/QUOTE]
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