I am like you I HATE pharmaceuticals, I take ONE pill a day for thyroid for some reason my thyroid just stopped working, hair started falling out, voice completely changed, fell asleep sitting up talking to people, FREEZING COLD all the time it was the damndest thing!! I take supplements and one aspirin Doc has tried to get me on cholesterol meds NO GO!! I watch my diet and I am VERY active, keep your immune system healthy and let your system take care of itself!!
My doc finally got me to take a statin. . Within 24 hours I began to have lassitude and physical weakness. I hung with it for a weak but got so I could not push the gates at my job and quit the statins. I was back to normal in a week. If not taking it really does increase my chance of a heart attack then on balance I would rather take that chance than the surety that I will be a physical weakling and always tired.