#statins

eileen@despora.de

Just Say No to Statins

Widespread myths about lowering your cholesterol with statins to improve your heart health still permeate modern medicine
A comprehensive review of the literature, published in 2018, found that LDL cholesterol does not cause heart disease, so statins’ ability to lower LDL is of dubious value
Over a five-year period, taking a statin once you’ve had a heart attack will only increase your life expectancy by four days
Just like COVID-19, they manipulated the statistics and grossly exaggerated statin benefits by conflating relative and absolute risks. If you take a statin, your chance of a heart attack is only 1.1% lower than if you're not taking it: that is your absolute, not relative, risk
Even though public health perpetuates the notion that lower LDL cholesterol is better, there’s no consistent relationship between lowering LDL with statins and death, heart attack or stroke

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/05/27/just-say-no-to-statins.aspx?

#No #Statins #Cholesterol #HeartHealth

danie10@squeet.me

The Link Between Statins, Memory Loss And Dementia

I'm not a doctor, so cannot qualify this article at all, but it is certainly interesting, and I am aware that the brain requires fat and cholesterol to work well. It is difficult to judge what triggers what side effects because often dementia or memory loss is just ascribed to 'old age' even if the patient has been taking Statins for a while.

But the World Health Organization study on trends in cardiovascular disease with relation to average cholesterol vs death rates is certainly food for thought. BUT always consult with your doctor if you're considering changes, or discontinuing any prescribed medication.

One just hopes that more and more studies will consider and evaluate any correlations found.

See The Link Between Statins, Memory Loss & Dementia

#health #statins #dementia #memoryloss #sideeffects

Memory loss and dementia are some of many side effects of statins. Learn what to do if you think statins are causing memory loss for you.


https://gadgeteer.co.za/link-between-statins-memory-loss-and-dementia