I have wondered if statins, like so many other drugs treat a symptom without without actually fixing anything. Research has noted that people with heart problems strongly tend to have high cholesterol, particularly LDL therefore lowering cholesterol will reduce their heart disease. Statins effects the symptom of high cholesterol so we assume it fixes what is wrong.
However the body makes cholesterol to counter damage in the body. We now know that cholesterol in our diet has very little to do with how much is in our blood stream. In a person with high cholesterol the body senses something is damaged and is trying to fix it. Statins interfere with cholesterol production so if something is damaged and the body needs to fix it, statins prevent that. The more effective solution is to figure our what is getting damaged and how and fix that. If statins do that, so be it, but the current model as presented by doctors seems too simplistic.
My personal opinion is our diets have too much sugar, particularly fructose, and other chemicals our body has a difficult time processing so it develops irritation and inflammation. The irritation and inflammation trigger cholesterol to counter them. If we fix our diets we fix a myriad of problems that includes the inflammation triggering cholesterol production and we stop contributing to damage that results in heart disease.
I look forward to watching this video when I have some time.
Much wisdom in your post. The single greatest thing anyone can do to improve their health is to cut out sugar and refined grains.
Sugar is definitely my problem. I was well on the way to type 2 diabetes until I started a keto diet. Although I have not been able to lose all the weight I need to lose, my blood sugars have been consistently normal. Praying that it continues.