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<blockquote data-quote="NoCrbs4Me" data-source="post: 1351032" data-attributes="member: 113206"><p>There are lots of threads about statins here. Hopefully someone else can post some links. In a nutshell, all diabetics regardless of cholesterol levels are supposed to be on statins according to the standard care guidelines. However, there are sceptics (such as myself) who believe that the benefits of statins has been overinflated and the dangers (i.e. side effects) minimised by the companies that sell statins. I was on statins for a couple of months about 12 years ago and I had to stop due to muscle weakness (I remember spending most of a weekend prone and virtually unable to do much just before I figured out it was the statin). I have never felt quite the same since. The link between total cholesterol and cardiovascular disease is weak and the link between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease is also weak. In fact, the higher your cholesterol, the longer you'll live. Stress is not good for your heart, so stressing about your cholesterol levels is probably worse for your heart than your cholesterol levels. I recommend reading some books about it written by sceptics. They have lots of references to scientific papers that refute the saturated fat-cholesterol-heart disease theory and the theory that statins are beneficial. One of the biggest problems with statins is that their safety and efficacy are based on drug trials run and interpreted by the companies that want to sell them, so they tend to be biased.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/books-by-dr-malcolm-kendrick/the-great-cholesterol-con/" target="_blank">https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/books-by-dr-malcolm-kendrick/the-great-cholesterol-con/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NoCrbs4Me, post: 1351032, member: 113206"] There are lots of threads about statins here. Hopefully someone else can post some links. In a nutshell, all diabetics regardless of cholesterol levels are supposed to be on statins according to the standard care guidelines. However, there are sceptics (such as myself) who believe that the benefits of statins has been overinflated and the dangers (i.e. side effects) minimised by the companies that sell statins. I was on statins for a couple of months about 12 years ago and I had to stop due to muscle weakness (I remember spending most of a weekend prone and virtually unable to do much just before I figured out it was the statin). I have never felt quite the same since. The link between total cholesterol and cardiovascular disease is weak and the link between saturated fat and cardiovascular disease is also weak. In fact, the higher your cholesterol, the longer you'll live. Stress is not good for your heart, so stressing about your cholesterol levels is probably worse for your heart than your cholesterol levels. I recommend reading some books about it written by sceptics. They have lots of references to scientific papers that refute the saturated fat-cholesterol-heart disease theory and the theory that statins are beneficial. One of the biggest problems with statins is that their safety and efficacy are based on drug trials run and interpreted by the companies that want to sell them, so they tend to be biased. [URL]https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/books-by-dr-malcolm-kendrick/the-great-cholesterol-con/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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