T2 & Cholesterol

[wellwell1212]

I have my review coming up and as usual I am dreading it. After many years 10+ of being T2 diagnostic, I still have not made friends with Statins. Now before anyone tells me they are fine on them, I know that and lucky you :wink: I can not suffer the side effects of Simvastin and others have had on me and some of my middle age friends are just the same. I know the drug obsessed Doc I have will be at it again and I can not get through to him that I am not going to take any more of what I consider poison. Getting to my point, I was wondering what the state of the art was on Statins or Cholesterol lowering equivalents .. anything new available on the NHS :?:

 

[Daibell]

Hi. Don't accept any nonsense from your GP that statins are safe; they often aren't. They are well known to cause muscle degradation and when my wife took them they caused serious liver pains within a day. I have no problem with them but that doesn't mean every one is. Taking medication for the sake of it which makes you ill is a fools errand. The drugs companies have done a good job training the docs to assume statins are needed by everyone as they age.

 

[wellwell1212]

Cheers M8 .... I thought as much and that my Doc was in the lap of the Medical reps :?

 

[Juliette40]

Hi!

If you take statins, which I never will despite irecently increased cholesterol levels, take co-enzyme Q10 as well. It counteracts the muscle degredation which is not causesd directly by statins, but because the active ingredients in them also turn off the liver's production of Q10. Q10 is a co-enzyme which is responsible for many metabolic processes and this naturally depletes after age 40. A lack of this co-enzyme causes muscle degredation which can lead to heart attack or strokes. This is also the cause of tiredness, low energy, muscular aches and joint pain. Q10 is widely available in your local health food shop.

In addition to Q10, I also take supplements of artichoke, garlic, and omega 3 all renowned for lowering cholesterol. Additionally, I have increased my dietry intake of avocados, nuts, seeds and fish as these also greatly reduce cholesterol levels. I have cut out all processed meats and increased my activity levels. I am having my blood cholesterol checked again next month to see if these new diet and supplement changes have had any effect. I hope they have!