Posted on 06/12/2024 8:35:15 PM PDT by dadfly
Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor is one of the most profitable medications of all time. Globally, the lucrative statin market is projected to reach $32 billion by 2032. Yet, for years, there have been published studies reporting that statin drugs lead to profound memory loss and diabetes, and, overall, are entirely worthless. As such, the studies have supplied the basis for reevaluating the guidelines for prescribing statins and theories on cholesterol in general. After all, cholesterol is essential to the human body—if you had none, you would be dead. The studies have likewise questioned why more focus isn’t put on maintaining good heart health through beneficial lifestyle habits instead of harmful statin medications. However, given the massive profits enjoyed by Big Pharma and physicians alike, questions are quelled, and statin prescriptions continue to increase.
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:). sounds about right. i’ve heard that from a bunch of people including teenagers.
I do take supplements and one of them is nattokinase. It’s supposed to keep the arteries clear especially if you eat right and exercise.
yup. my diet’s gone back to half Pacific Islander/half Ohio farm food (like me). love the sushi, raw veggies and all foods Japanese in mass quantities. and in the morning bacon and eggs, cut back on the toast. but lots of butter when i indulge in steak, sandwiches, roast beef, porridge and oatmeal, ham and beans...
hard work. walking alot. and i’ve just gone back to what my farm relatives used to eat. very little processed food or fast food. do my own cooking. and of course supplements like D3, etc. i think it’s minimal carbs and lots of meat.
ditto.
Here is what I tell my wife. I do not want to live for ever. I am 66 and do not take drugs. My wife is also 66 and takes about 4 drugs. Who is going to die first? Who cares?
I have an associated story to yours. I was 286 pounds and my HDL was 26. Over the next 2 years I changed my diet, and used the Peloton every day and lost over 50 pounds. (down to 232) My HDL was then 26.
My doctor had no explanation as to how this was possible. “I guess it’s just your genetics” he said.
My older brother took statins and it gave him incredible muscle cramps in his legs, and peripheral neuropathy.
He went off statins and the cramps and tingling in extremities went away
I have refused them for at least 20 years. My cath shows arteries clean as a whistle.
Then you’re doing fine. Most doctors nowadays have been indoctrinated that high cholesterol is bad. There’s no proof of that. Now if a person has comorbiditys and high cholesterol, that’s different. But research (multi-year) showing the high risk factors are (I used to have a pie chart and am working off memory) obesity, inflammation, smoking and diabetes. There were others but that made up the bulk of it. Cholesterol was such a small sliver it was negligible. So, cholesterol is a poor bio-marker for ones health.
You have made Big Pharma sad. You are not enriching them.
Doing all I can.
True but it's a great biomarker for big pharm'$ pocket$.
yup. much the same for me as your brother. a healthy diet/exercise w/o pounding the statins, and keeping a visual check on your cardio vascular system seems to be the ticket for many of us.
So why did you have a cath? Looks like you are lucky to have good genes when it comes to cardiovascular health.
bttt
Today is my 88th birthday. Weigh 115, walk a mile every day, take one prescription drug, have great posture, eat organic, love potatoes for carbs. And on cereal mornings, eat Panda Puffs, organic with no wheat or GMOs. Women in my MD’s office eat them too. Use Almond Milk, which has more calcium than cow’s milk and no saturated fat. .
Not sure which or how much cholesterol you might need. Thanks for raising the question.
This is what WebMD says:
“What Is Cholesterol Ratio and What Should Yours Be?
To find your cholesterol ratio, you divide your total cholesterol number by your HDL, or good, cholesterol number. For example, if your total cholesterol number is 200 and your good cholesterol is 50, your total cholesterol ratio is 4:1.
“Cholesterol ratio may be used as a monitoring tool by some health care specialists. However, the AHA suggests that doctors use LDLcholesterol with patients rather than cholesterol ratio. That’s because the total cholesterol number is considered a better tool for guiding the doctor in planning the best patient care and helping patients understand their health risks. Discuss with your doctor what the best numbers to monitor for you are.”
Interesting, I’ll speak with my MD about that next time I see him.
How much nartokinase do you take, Bipolar Bob?
happy birthday, brother. may God give you many more in good health!
sounds you are very trim, thin and in good shape, and doing just fine. i wouldn’t change too much at all. i think potatos are very good carbs. mashed are very good with some butter. have come back to them.
far as cow’s milk, i don’t drink a lot like i used to. i think the ‘experts’ put me off it. i like to do more raw milk. it’s more of an ingredient in cooking/deserts for me now. i sometimes take wild honey and coconut milk in my coffee.
[Read the book “Wheat Belly” by William Davis, MD. He proves that wheat is the cause of high cholesterol. I stopped eating wheat and my LDL was perfect three months later.]
wow
[at Natural Grocer]
I hate to ask but how much?
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