I’ve read some things about statin drugs recently & will never go on them. Lowering cholesterol is actually bad unless you’re WAY over the normal amount & they keep lowering what is considered normal. A new level is recommended at 190, instead of 300. But our brains need cholesterol, & I’m much more afraid of living to 90 with dementia than dying of a heart attack at 70.
Statins reduce the LDL levels in your blood. As you say, 23% of the cholesterol is in the brain and it is the covering or “insulation” to the neurons. Do we really want to short circuit those? Also statins get the wrong kind of LDLs. They get the large particle ones that don’t do any damage. Besides cholesterol doesn’t cause heart attacks, clogged arteries do. That can be attacked better ways without side effects.