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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2691262" data-attributes="member: 520626">When I asked the Dr if I needed to go on Statin's as my LDL was high (and it was likely a lot higher as my resumption of carbs preceded my lipid panel test) , he said no. I took comfort in that 'no' reply. That was when I was totally ignorant of the LMHR triad thing. I wonder if he new all about the LMHR phenotype groups and didn't say anything. Anyways, I really haven't had an in depth discussion around statins with him, as usually my failing eye sight takes precedence, but I have an Ac1 review in a couple of months. I don't bother with the diabetic nurses as they seem lacking in any in depth knowledge of anything to do with T2.and diet They just come out with the same rubbish about low fat diets. They hang onto this low fat docterine. They also cling for dear life on the fact that I am 60 whatever ,therefore I am D2, period. So I have canned them. A waste of my time. I'm sure there must be good ones somewhere in the system, I just haven't met them.I'm not wearing a CGM at the moment, but despite the none diabetic medication I am on, which in fact forces my pancreas to produce insulin, as it's an - it also carries a warning of hypogylcemia' side effect when using this med,  I noticed my blood sugars rising ever so slowly again, even on that medication. Back to the statins if they are suggested by my Dr, which I doubt he would suggest them, I now feel confident in declining them after reading around this very credible challenge to the  LDL hypothesis. Sorry for the gramatical choppyness of my reply.</blockquote>

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