Relentless Statin Junk Science
Continues
What
a load of Cholesterol and saturated fat hogwash. Using statins at such high
dose makes theses drugs anti
inflammatory medications and that might be the reason why there is a reduction
in heart attacks and strokes. Even that is a very expensive and highly
dangerous from of anti inflammatory medication given that there are so many safer
ways to reduce inflammation. Further the 29% reduction mentioned is a
meaningless number. 29% of what? For example if the target population is only
1% then a reduction of 29% this means didly squat!
See:
FAQ
about Cholesterol & Heart Disease
What's
a little cholesterol amongst friends?
Imagine lowing cholesterol to below 75, which should be a sure recipe for
depression, amnesia and cancer. Only the pharma Mafia could consider this a
great benefit to risk ratio. Billions of dollars world wide benefit to their
bottom line that is.
Not to mention vitamin B and Coenzyme 10 (CQ10) depletion due to their use
leading directly to congestive heart failure besides muscle, liver and kidney
damage. Exactly what your pharma doctor needs to keep her/him rich and happy
for ever and ever!
See:
Statin
Drugs & Memory Loss
Statins
May Cause Nerve Damage
Cholesterol
Drug & Muscle Pain
Muscle
Side Effects Of Statins
Statin
Drugs & Breast Cancer
Most
Pain Killers Deplete The Body Of The B Vitamin Folic Acid
High
Homocysteine Due to Low B Vitamins
Safe nutritional based solutions such as Orthomolecular
Solutions to Heart Disease are naturally never mention!
Given the perceived benefits of lowering cholesterol borders more on
speculation then in fact (mostly
from manipulated statistics) it is surprising that there is a need to
reduce cholesterol at all. Yet Dr. Mirkin still seems to feel the need to do so
indicates how ingrained the cholesterol lowering mantra has taken hold in the
medical community.
Dr. Mirkin and his ilk seem also to be totally oblivious on the importance of
saturated fats in health - then what else is new?
See: The
Benefits of Saturated Fats
"Dr. Mirkin's cavalier, dumbed-down explanation of the PERMANENT damage
caused by statins wrecking the delicate mitochondrial
machinery that provides glucose and oxygen to working muscle is typical of
the allopathic model: the chemical becomes the inviolate standard which
is never at fault, and the response to the chemical is judged instead. So if
statins ruin your muscles and you are too sore to lift a glass of water, and
you die of a stroke despite rock bottom cholesterol, you are a "poor
responder" and the drugs are blameless." Aliss Terpstra
So so true. Blame the victim strategy is so convenient and hence endemic in
our society that it has pretty much become the norm for just about anything,
all the way form fluorides to pesticide poisoning etc. etc.
Chris Gupta
http://tinyurl.com/zk3tx
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Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fitness and Health E-Zine May 14, 2006
Dear Dr. Mirkin: Are statin drugs the best way to lower cholesterol?
The Treatment to New Targets (TNT) study reported at the 2005 meeting of the American
College of Cardiology
showed that very high doses of 80 mg per day of Lipitor lower cholesterol far
better than lower doses, and reduce the rate of heart attacks and strokes by 29
percent. At the 2006 meeting, the Asteroid study showed that taking 40mg
per day of Crestar for one year removed plaques from arteries. These
studies show that your doctor should try to lower blood levels of the bad LDL
cholesterol as much as possible, probably to below 75. Statin drugs such
as Lipitor usually don't cause many serious side effects, but they can cause
muscle pains, particularly in heavy exercisers. On the basis of this latest
research, doctors are encouraged to treat people at high risk for heart attacks
with diet and high doses of statin drugs. People with high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes are at the highest risk. All
people at increased risk for heart attacks should restrict saturated and
partially hydrogenated fats and refined carbohydrates, and base their diet on
plants: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and other seeds, whether or not
you take drugs.