Wow! Who to believe...
> but it is nevertheless the cause of coronary heart disease
Correlation isn’t causation. Just because there is cholesterol obstructions in someone’s arteries doesn’t mean cholesterol caused them. The question should be “what is causing the cholesterol to clot?”
Great. So I lower my cholesterol and avoid heart attack but my brain goes out early! Talk about Pyrrhic victories!
I stopped taking the Crestor (much to my doctor's annoyance) and decided to reduce weight and pick up the pace on my bicycle riding.
All drugs are a balances of benefits versus dangers.
I’ve had good results with Lipitor with no side effects.
Want to lower your bad cholesterol and raise your good cholesterol without drugs? Do the following:
1) Eat about an ounce of almonds every day.
2) Have high dose Niacin (either buffered to avoid the flushing effect and/or with a large meal) - about 500-800 mg.
3) Have a glass of dry (or at worst, semi-sweet) RED wine a day.
4) Exercise for about 20-30 minutes, 5 times a week.
That is all you need. Pay no attention to Big Pharma and Big Medicine - they WANT you hooked on constant tests, constant doctors visits and a daily drug habit. My grandfather was a medical doctor for about 54 years, and his advice for staying healthy and living a long life was to “stay away from doctors and stay away from hospitals.” Obviously, he said, if your bone is sticking out of your arm or legs, or any similar actual emergency, then go to the hospital ASAP. Otherwise, depend on the body that G-d gave us all; with modern sanitation and looking both ways when you cross the street, most of us should live to between 80 and 90.
http://knowledgeofhealth.com/something-huge-is-going-on-in-cholesterol-world/
Statins have a lot of bad side effects, and they have not been proven to be effective in lowering cholesterol.
But they are the drug de jour.