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Message: <blockquote data-quote="suejat" data-source="post: 1883384" data-attributes="member: 46714">Do your own research, and make up your own mind. There is a lot of research out there. Personally I  am against statins big time. Not just because of the side effects, but because I believe that lowering cholesterol to the ridiculously low levels that doctors seem to think necessary now, is downright dangerous. High cholesterol is a symptom, not a cause. Switzerland has the lowest incidence of cardiovascular incidents in the western world AND the HIGHEST average levels of blood cholesterol. Dr Malcolm Kendrick did a meta-analysis of 70,000 people and found that 92% of those with high cholesterol lived longer than all those with low. 72%of heart attack sufferers have normal to low cholesterol. I think it was the Cochrane collaboration (I could be wrong about who actually did this one, but not the results) did a huge meta-analysis on behalf of the WHO which found that although those with a naturally low BP had a built in resistance to cardiovascular and kidney problems, there was no benefit to lowering BP artificially below 140/90, and that statins might ?(and this was put down to statistical error)increase life expectancy by 1 DAY. Cholesterol is vital for cell regeneration. Your body cannot make new cells without it as it plays a major role in the production of cell membranes.This is just my opinion, and although I vent a lot about it, please do your own research and make up your own mind.</blockquote>

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