Cholesterol and Statins Question?

Statins are just not beneficial unless you are an older male who has already had a heart attack. You're not so you shouldn't be on them.

You don't want to lower total cholesterol. You want to raise HDL. In fact, it's the total cholesterol to HDL ratio you want to lower. Mathematically you could try to lower cholesterol, but biologically that's bad.

Cholesterol isn't the bad guy in the body. In fact cholesterol is used for the growth and repair of every cell in the body. It's absolutely essential. And your body produces most of its own cholesterol.

When you have inflammation in the arteries your body produces LDL cholesterol to perform repairs. The LDL acts somewhat like band-aids over the inflammation. When the repair is completed it's the HDL that comes along to remove the "used" LDL. That's the proper function. But when you don't have enough HDL the LDL can't be removed so you end up with plaques - or Heart Disease.

Now the problem with reducing LDL should now be clear. Your body produces LDL when it has inflammation. So if you try to reduce LDL you are fighting your body's normal repair functions and so you prevent the repairs from taking place. That's bad.

Increasing HDL is the only healthy answer.

And guess what? After all these years of telling us that fat and cholesterol is bad, it's the saturated fat that helps to raise HDL cholesterol and that protects us from Heart Disease!

This is one of the reasons I enjoy bacon and eggs for breakfast every morning. Well, this morning I had two lamb chops with all the fat. And my latest lipid blood-work results were fantastic. In fact, over the last 12 months of eating a high fat diet they have improved (and they were good to start with)!

The cause of the inflammation is carbs - sugars and starches. Avoid them.

No medication needed. Just a change in diet.

Cinnamon lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, as well as normalizing blood sugar. Studies conducted by the Department of Agriculture used one, two or six grams of cinnamon. It's a matter of experimentation to discover how much an individual might need. Good luck and be well. Kelley

yes. stop putting blind faith in pill pushing idiots and educate yourself. did you know that cholesterol lowering drugs can cause every problem they claim to prevent and more?

what if you can not taken statin cholesterol medication

Ask you doctor about niacin.