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<blockquote data-quote="zand" data-source="post: 1430894" data-attributes="member: 85197"><p>The decision on whether to take statins or not is a personal one, so I will tell you my opinion, which isn't necessarily the right one for you.</p><p></p><p>I would be happy with those cholesterol levels. My own have been in the 7s for total cholesterol before and I refused statins then and will continue to do so if they ever go that high again. My own 'good' HDL level was alot lower than yours, so my 'bad cholesterol' was alot worse. Your trigs figure has come down very well, and that's really the most important one. I found LCHF helped improve all of my cholesterol figures eventually. </p><p></p><p>If I were you I would cut down on the fats, ( particularly dairy as some people find this does raise their 'bad' cholesterol) and see what that does to your next set of figures. There isn't much clinical evidence that statins are useful to stay healthy unless you have previously had a heart attack, or come from a high risk family.</p><p></p><p>Statins are known to cause muscle problems in some people. The heart is a muscle too and I don't see the logic in taking statins to protect it when they are known to cause weakness in other muscles in some people.</p><p></p><p>I take the view that cholesterol is naturally produced by the body as a response to inflammation so if we have a higher level then that is what we need. I personally would never want my own TC to be below 4.00, which is what the NHS like to see for diabetics, as this is far too low - just my opinion based on reading Dr Uffe Ravnskov - 'The Cholesterol Myths' and also info from Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Our TC levels tend to get higher as we age, because we need higher levels as we age.</p><p></p><p>So I would never take statins (but that is partly because I am a woman and there is no clinical evidence that they are useful for women at all) . We all have to form our own opinions on this controversial subject and now you know mine, but that's all they are - my personal opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zand, post: 1430894, member: 85197"] The decision on whether to take statins or not is a personal one, so I will tell you my opinion, which isn't necessarily the right one for you. I would be happy with those cholesterol levels. My own have been in the 7s for total cholesterol before and I refused statins then and will continue to do so if they ever go that high again. My own 'good' HDL level was alot lower than yours, so my 'bad cholesterol' was alot worse. Your trigs figure has come down very well, and that's really the most important one. I found LCHF helped improve all of my cholesterol figures eventually. If I were you I would cut down on the fats, ( particularly dairy as some people find this does raise their 'bad' cholesterol) and see what that does to your next set of figures. There isn't much clinical evidence that statins are useful to stay healthy unless you have previously had a heart attack, or come from a high risk family. Statins are known to cause muscle problems in some people. The heart is a muscle too and I don't see the logic in taking statins to protect it when they are known to cause weakness in other muscles in some people. I take the view that cholesterol is naturally produced by the body as a response to inflammation so if we have a higher level then that is what we need. I personally would never want my own TC to be below 4.00, which is what the NHS like to see for diabetics, as this is far too low - just my opinion based on reading Dr Uffe Ravnskov - 'The Cholesterol Myths' and also info from Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Our TC levels tend to get higher as we age, because we need higher levels as we age. So I would never take statins (but that is partly because I am a woman and there is no clinical evidence that they are useful for women at all) . We all have to form our own opinions on this controversial subject and now you know mine, but that's all they are - my personal opinions. [/QUOTE]
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