Cholesterol Facts

I am getting increasingly annoyed at the willy nilly distribution of statins for lowering blood cholesterol. these muscle wasting, nervous system damaging drugs are dangerous and more often than not completely unnecessary. The use of statins is coming under fire and that makes me feel good.

FACT: If you are a man over 45 your chance of getting a heart attack or suffering from heart disease is LOWER when your cholesterol level is 240+.

Read The Cholesterol Myths before you take these drugs. You owe it to yourself and to your beloved  family members.

Comments

[Chip]

I'm 50 years old, I take Pravochol, medicine for high blood pressure, medicine for allergies, all precribed by my doctor. To tell you the truth I don't know who to believe. One doctor says this, another says the opposite. I make the mistake of reading every article online which really sends me in a tizzy. Its like gambling with your life, do I listen to my doctor who is supposed to be a trusted trained professional in the health field or try to sort through the hundreds of other opinions circling the web. I just don't know anymore. Maybe I'd be better off finding someone who is 100 years old and asking them.

[Audley]

My dad has been taking meds for years for high cholesterol. I have tried to encourage him to change from the high carb/low fat diet to a higher protein/moderate fat/lower carb diet, but his dietitian insists this is the way he should eat, and he listens to her. I made the change a few years ago because my HDL was low, and my triglycerides were in the 300's, apparently a better marker for potential heart disease. Within 4 months of eating a higher protein, lower carb diet, I brought that number to 99. Part of the blame for the promotion of the high carb diet has to go to the running/jogging community. I started out as a runner, and for years ate like a runner(pasta,pasta,pasta). Even after I started weight training, I thought I was eating well, not knowing I was doing more harm than good on the high carb diet. The question is now, if my cholesterol and triglyceride numbers are within the “healthy range” after changing to a higher protein diet, are those numbers meaningless?