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<blockquote data-quote="andyR57" data-source="post: 2595078" data-attributes="member: 420014"><p>Would appreciate peoples views and expertise on Statins/ Vitamin K2 and calcium in the blood.</p><p></p><p>I am pre-diabetic and as a consequence my GP is determined to get me on Statins. After a lot of pressure a few months ago I agreed but within days my readings had risen a fair bit – even for low carb meals and so after a week I came off them much to the annoyance of my GP. The issue is my total cholesterol is 4.8 but my HDL is a low 0.7 my LDL 2.5 but my Triglycerides a ridiculous 8.0. I do need to get the Trig's down and I have reduced carbs and made lifestyle changes which I hope will have a good impact. </p><p></p><p>Apart from statins increasing my glucose levels I have also resisted statins because I understood they increase blood calcium levels and I understood this to be a bad thing and that taking vitamin K2 was effective in decreasing calcium levels in the blood which was good. HOWEVER, I have just watched a video on Youtube that advocates statins do increase calcium in the blood BUT this is a good thing since it calcifies unstable plaque and actually makes in safer thereby reducing potential heart attacks.</p><p></p><p>I am now totally confused which is correct and whether statins are not the evil I assumed.</p><p></p><p>Comments would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="andyR57, post: 2595078, member: 420014"] Would appreciate peoples views and expertise on Statins/ Vitamin K2 and calcium in the blood. I am pre-diabetic and as a consequence my GP is determined to get me on Statins. After a lot of pressure a few months ago I agreed but within days my readings had risen a fair bit – even for low carb meals and so after a week I came off them much to the annoyance of my GP. The issue is my total cholesterol is 4.8 but my HDL is a low 0.7 my LDL 2.5 but my Triglycerides a ridiculous 8.0. I do need to get the Trig's down and I have reduced carbs and made lifestyle changes which I hope will have a good impact. Apart from statins increasing my glucose levels I have also resisted statins because I understood they increase blood calcium levels and I understood this to be a bad thing and that taking vitamin K2 was effective in decreasing calcium levels in the blood which was good. HOWEVER, I have just watched a video on Youtube that advocates statins do increase calcium in the blood BUT this is a good thing since it calcifies unstable plaque and actually makes in safer thereby reducing potential heart attacks. I am now totally confused which is correct and whether statins are not the evil I assumed. Comments would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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