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<blockquote data-quote="seadragon" data-source="post: 1001002" data-attributes="member: 195124"><p>Cholesterol is as vital to the body as oxygen and too much oxygen can kill as well as too little but they don't fret over oxygen levels on a daily basis. Taking statins would seem akin to deciding that because oxygen is poisonous in large amounts everyone should live halfway up a mountain where the air is thinner (less oxygen) so we aren't killed by it's poisonous effects.</p><p></p><p> That would seem to be about as daft as giving everyone statins to the point they appear to be trying to eliminate cholesterol when it is actually vital and not a direct case of heart disease. Just as living around sea level would seem to allow the body to function at optimal levels of oxygen so it used to be stated that cholesterol around 5 or 5.5 was optimal for good health and that for most people the body's normal range was the right one for that body.</p><p></p><p>And sure you can live halfway up the mountain - you might get a few side effects (headaches, altitude sickness) but as the body adjusts to it's reduced oxygen supply they tend to wear off and you can get by though it wouldn't be the best thing for your body. Same with cholesterol - this mania for ever lower levels of cholesterol may not kill you but your body wont be functioning at it's best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seadragon, post: 1001002, member: 195124"] Cholesterol is as vital to the body as oxygen and too much oxygen can kill as well as too little but they don't fret over oxygen levels on a daily basis. Taking statins would seem akin to deciding that because oxygen is poisonous in large amounts everyone should live halfway up a mountain where the air is thinner (less oxygen) so we aren't killed by it's poisonous effects. That would seem to be about as daft as giving everyone statins to the point they appear to be trying to eliminate cholesterol when it is actually vital and not a direct case of heart disease. Just as living around sea level would seem to allow the body to function at optimal levels of oxygen so it used to be stated that cholesterol around 5 or 5.5 was optimal for good health and that for most people the body's normal range was the right one for that body. And sure you can live halfway up the mountain - you might get a few side effects (headaches, altitude sickness) but as the body adjusts to it's reduced oxygen supply they tend to wear off and you can get by though it wouldn't be the best thing for your body. Same with cholesterol - this mania for ever lower levels of cholesterol may not kill you but your body wont be functioning at it's best. [/QUOTE]
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