High cholesterol in Women found to be the reverse of what they thought it was (less risky)

PubMed ^ | Sept 25, 2011

[Mercat]

Wow. After my doc telling me for two years to start, I just this week started on very low dose of statin. Female. sixties. confused.

[LoveUSA]

Beware of statins. Research everything. Two of my dear friends have been told recently that their mothers have Alzheimer's because they've been on lipitor for 10 years or more.

When my father died of an aortic aneurysm we were told that it's possible his statin drug over-stripped his blood vessels.

The Alzheimer's theory makes sense. Cholesterol is necessary for brain health.

[aruanan]

Also, higher, rather than lower, levels of cholesterol in people over 80 is beneficial, not harmful, probably because they have a greater need of it to maintain cellular membrane structure since cell turnover and repair is decreased in the elderly.

[Scythian]

Statins rip CoQ10 out of your body, very important for the heart. I am not a doctor, but I cannot stress enough how important Magnesium and Potassium are to the human heart, they reduce blood pressure, suppress diabetes, relax the veins, just so much good there. As long as you don’t have any kidney issues work things with Mag and Pottasium into your diet. Remember, always work with your doctor.

[libertarian27]

Everybody sing:
~~Killing me softly with statins~~killing me softly~~with statins~~killing me softly~~

(I won’t touch the stuff)

[bmwcyle]

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[Scythian]

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[LS]

I strongly recommend Gary Taubes’ incredible book, “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” which contains more actual scientific references than most papers in a medical journal. It is dense, no doubt. But he has said this for years. His newer book, “Why We Get Fat-—and What to Do About It,” is more accessible, but has far less meat (pardon the pun).

[Scythian]

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[Darnright]

>I strongly recommend Gary Taubes’ incredible book, “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” which contains more actual scientific references than most papers in a medical journal.<

In addition to Gary’s book, another very enlightening book is William Davis, MD’s book “Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health”.

[Silentgypsy]

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[decimon]

Thanks, Gypsy.

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[Scythian]

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[Conservativegreatgrandma]

What about men, or do we just not care about evil white men?

[TalonDJ]

This kind of turnabout shows the problem with one-off studies that conclude things like “too much X increase the risk of you dying by Y.” They are too narrow. Biology is not that simple. Yeah, something like cholesterol might make you more likely to have a heart issue but int probably make you LESS likely to have a host of other issues. It is not a 1 dimensional trade-off.

[little jeremiah]

What about men with higher cholesterol? It would seem as though what’s sauce for the goose would be sauce for the gander.

[Netizen]

(I won’t touch the stuff)

Me either. I wound up in emergency. It was hitting my kidneys really hard. I can't take any of the statins.

[Netizen]

As an addendum, my mother couldn’t take them either, but for her, they messed up her liver.

[Guenevere]

I was taking niacin for cholesterol but it increased the enzyme levels of my liver, so the doctor took me off ..

I have always had good levels before....and I don't drink....so that's why she immediately had me drop the niacin..

I Googled this and it seems it happens quite often....certain supplements....even 'natural' types from health food stores, should be monitored.