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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neohdiver" data-source="post: 1104208" data-attributes="member: 258692">You can see the impact LCHF has had on my cholesterol (all positive).  My doctor pushed statins - I bargained for a small dose of metformin and a few months to demonstrate I didn't need them.I'm not a fan of meds (generally) if there are non-pharmaceutical options.  Statins give me pause because of the connection between statins and alzheimer-like memory impairment - and the recent connection between long-term statin use and the development of diabetes.  My spouse (diabetes and mild-cognitive-impairment consistent with the early stages of Alzheimers) takes statins.   I do wonder if what she has is either caused by statins - which she has taken just short of forever - or out-of-control blood sugar levels (her A1c puts her average above where my own BG impacts my ability to remember and reason).  It was all I could do to get her tested for memory impairment (she's sure she has none) - so I'm pretty sure I'll never know.   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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