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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1035742" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Quick update.  Saw my GP today and we had a good meeting.  Most of my indicators went in the right directions, apart from total cholesterol, which went North by 0.1 mmol/L.  GP wanted me to do more statins, I wanted to do NONE.  When I pointed out that 0.1 mmol was not significant considering I had already stopped taking my statins 6 months previous, then I WIN.  I am now off my statins subject to a review in 6 months time, by which time hopefully LCHF will have done its stuff and dropped my LDL.  We also discussed ASCOT and GP was surprised to discover that the conclusions that NICE used did not come from the data presented in the report.  He has also heard of the latest meta analysis that suggests us old fellowes live longer with higher cholesterol, and that statins make no difference for women.  So we reached agreement amicably.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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