A few people I know are no longer are on statins. One doctor said he would never prescribed them for a woman...but I forgot why women in particular.
“One doctor said he would never prescribed them for a woman...but I forgot why women in particular.”
Not only have statins not shown to reduce the risk of a first heart attack, but the data is even more definite for women. Statins show no benefit for women in preventing a heart attack. People who have a family history of extremely high levels of cholesterol due to an inherited condition are the only exceptions.
So I went in search-of statins and women. Here is my first find:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-statins_b_4283650
Not a single one of my doctors has ever addressed diet except one endochrinologist who is no longer a member of the clinics I go to.
He told me that the problem with cholesterol had nothing to do with eating fats and had everything to do with starches/sugars.
I’ve consistantly resisted cholesterol drugs and they keep trying to push them on me. Yet none of these drug pushers has ever suggested anything to do with getting healthy. It’s a foriegn concept when your religion is better health by chemistry.
One day I mentioned the keto diet and the strong negative reaction was immediate. “Oh no! We never reccomend that for diabetics!”
Yet diabetis and metabolic syndrome is what is causing the health problems. And some medicines drive up the blood sugar in order to protect against heart attack. Some also destroy kidneys and liver.
Better health by chemistry my @$$!!