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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dbr10" data-source="post: 1301400" data-attributes="member: 174581"><p>They prescribe them automatically because LDL normally goes up with diabetics I believe. It did in my case certainly. Mine rose steadily to 10.1. But I was on a LCHF diet. Statin was increased to 80mg and then the numbers fell equally dramatically to 4.6. The specialist said that you wouldn't normally get such a big fall from the increased dose. So all a bit of a mystery. There is some dispute about the dangers of cholesterol anyway. What is not in dispute is that high blood sugars cause heart disease.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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