“All to sell you more statin drugs, my dear.” I’ve seen it all over many years as a Certified Diabetes Educator R.N. Big Pharma Profits. Lower the goal numbers and sell more drugs. The true risk factor is vascular inflammatory processes. And no, triglycerides are not cholesterol. They do not fit in the category of non-HDL cholesterol. Triglycerides are a separate product. LDL is the major non-HDL blood component. VLDL is next but very small compared to LDL and other non-HDLs are so low in number as to be not practical to measure. It is true that high carbs increase triglyceride levels. Triglycerides are made by the liver, converting excess intake into storable fat. Nevertheless, high protein and high fat diets present issues of their own. Balance! Regular, frequent exercise especially after eating (not heavy...just a short walk will do). Keeping self-produced insulin levels down by post-meal physical activity is the best way to achieve health by preventing the effects of too much insulin. High insulin levels cause overgrowth of tissue in the body...fat storage, junk in the arteries, and also several types of serious cancer....colon, breast, prostate, kidney to name the proven ones. Enough for now.
Just sayin...keto is not a high protein diet. It’s moderate protien, higher fats. It forces your body to consume the over abundance of stored liver fat as well as other body fats. Your body learns to burn fat instead of demanding carbs. When I adjust to the keto diet my insulin demands go way down...like 3/4. Statins can only treat symptoms while causing dementia..brain is cholesterol..they don’t address the problem.
The problem i tend to have with keto is the relatively restrictive array of foods. After a while I begin to feel vitamin deprived..and while i like green veg, i need to include some yellows in there too. And then the carb cravings begin. The proof is in the blood sugar tests.
Trying to find that happy balance is a tightrope walk.
Statinc can cause bad decision making with elders...see FDA announcements on this
Statin Side Effects – New FDA Warnings
Possible Statin Side Effects: Memory Loss, High Blood Sugar, Diabetes
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced that statin drugs, used by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, must carry warnings on their labels about the following potential side effects:
Memory loss and mental confusion
Risk of high blood sugar
Risk of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
“The value of statins in preventing heart disease has been clearly established,” said Amy G. Egan, M.D., M.PH., deputy director for safety in FDA’s Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products. “Their benefit is indisputable, but they need to be taken with care and knowledge of their side effects.”
But VLDL is effectively 1/5 the number of your triglycerides, so lower your triglycerides and directly lower your VLDL.
Bkmrk.