Posted on 12/09/2022 9:24:19 AM PST by Red Badger
Makes sense. Your blood doesn’t have as much Cholesterol in it gumming up the works.
If you don’t mind being bent over your whole life from the stiffness it causes.
Jury’s out on the whole cholesterol thing.
For every benefit there is a cost. Read up on stating side effects.
Docs push stations on everyone over 40, many with borderline high cholesterol, and often people with genetic disposition to slightly higher than “normal “ cholesterol levels.
G-D damn auto correct!
Statins not stations... or stating.
Statins cause serious problems in many. Sometimest they lead to crippling, and life’s end.
Statins damn near killed me. My then-doctor got mad at me when I stopped taking them.
“Sometimest they lead to crippling, and life’s end.”
After taking them for a few days, the muscle cramps were so bad I had to crawl to the restroom. That was it for me...it felt like my life would end shortly if I continued taking them.
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/statins-diabetes-study/
I discussed this with my doctor and he advised me to stop taking them immediately.
My current doc thinks there’s a significant genetic component to how well (or poorly) one responds to statins.
There is a 100% chance that you will eventually die from something.
Finally! Some good news about statins.
But neuralgia and fatigue are still problems for many statin users. In fact, many people just quit taking the statins because the side effects are so debilitating.
Overall, cholesterol levels have an inverse relationship with mortality. People with higher cholesterol tend to live longer. Two-thirds of your cholesterol number is made by your own body and it is the precursor to many hormones.
To top it off, cholesterol tests are easily gamed.
Statins have the same primary function as COVID vaccines — they enhance the wealth of drug companies and degrade the health of their customers.
I’m behind the systemic inflammation being the main issue.
Dietary cholesterol intake doesn’t highly correlate with blood lipids.
I’ve “lowered” my weekly egg intake to 24.
This is about bleeding strokes, not clotting strokes.
I wouldn’t take Statons.
Why are you eating so few eggs?
Did you switch to anything else or just stop? I’ve been on them for over 30 years and am trying to get off them without being labeled a conspiracy theorist. I’ve had one heart attack and have 11 stents in one artery (the “full metal jacket”), but I really don’t like taking them. My reading on the “LDL of 70 or less” mantra indicates that it’s a pharma plot to get everybody on them.
That’s been known forever. A few points increase in mg/dl. If a person was right at the pre-diabetes / diabetes cutoff it might seem like a big deal but really isn’t.
Just decreasing my total caloric intake for fat loss.
I’m training for Masters Track and Field.
Strength to weight ratio is key.
P.S. I couldn’t tell if you were being sarcastic or not… :)
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