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<blockquote data-quote="Santa_Fe" data-source="post: 2207077" data-attributes="member: 184674"><p>I was once on statins and my cholestrol levels didn't change, up or down, so I came off them. My reading was only 4.2 but the attitude was "well you're diabetic so you must take statins". </p><p></p><p>According to the physiologists while there are good control methods within the human body for thirst, respiration rate, blood pressure and all sorts of other things there is no control loop for cholesterol levels. This begs the question of does the level matter? Some people say probably not. Cholesterol is seen as a problem because it deposits as plaque on the inside of blood vessels and eventually will block them, the question that is rarely if ever asked is, why does it do that? The medical profession appear unable to answer that question and big pharma won't ask it because they make too much money selling statins. One final word, I have seen reports that statins can have some serious side effects so if you can avoid them, I would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Santa_Fe, post: 2207077, member: 184674"] I was once on statins and my cholestrol levels didn't change, up or down, so I came off them. My reading was only 4.2 but the attitude was "well you're diabetic so you must take statins". According to the physiologists while there are good control methods within the human body for thirst, respiration rate, blood pressure and all sorts of other things there is no control loop for cholesterol levels. This begs the question of does the level matter? Some people say probably not. Cholesterol is seen as a problem because it deposits as plaque on the inside of blood vessels and eventually will block them, the question that is rarely if ever asked is, why does it do that? The medical profession appear unable to answer that question and big pharma won't ask it because they make too much money selling statins. One final word, I have seen reports that statins can have some serious side effects so if you can avoid them, I would. [/QUOTE]
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