Remember how high cholesterol, especially the LDL kind, is supposed to be bad for your longevity? Studies are putting the kibosh on that —
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...nger_life.html
Remember how high cholesterol, especially the LDL kind, is supposed to be bad for your longevity? Studies are putting the kibosh on that —
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...nger_life.html
Last edited by wacojoe; 10-26-2019 at 12:47 PM.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
I've always had high LDL levels. Not extreme but high enough that my doctor prescribed me a Statin a few years ago but told me not to take it. He said he was only prescribing it to cover his ass....
My doctor prescribed Vitorin for my cholesterol, and when my insurance disappeared along with my second wife, he kept me going with samples until the generic Simvastatin went on the market...I can afford it...My cholesterol levels have been favorable with both the real thing and the generic......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
Since the American stinker is not high on my trusted source list I went off to find collaboration--which I did--and interestingly enough at the conclusion of this article in "Medical News" they make their own disclosure statement regarding the authors
Seems interesting that they---who ever they is---keeps lowering the recommended max.People should make an informed decision
Study co-author Prof. David Diamond, of the University of Southern Florida in Tampa, comments on the findings, saying, "There have been decades of research designed to deceive the public and physicians into believing that LDL causes heart disease, when in fact, it doesn't."
"The research that has targeted LDL is terribly flawed," he goes on to explain. "Not only is there a lack of evidence of causal link between LDL and heart disease, the statistical approach statin advocates have used to demonstrate benefits has been deceptive."
The researchers aim "to share this information with people, so they can make an informed decision when they're considering taking cholesterol lowering medication."
In the paper, the authors disclose that Dr. Ravnskov — along with a few other co-authors — have previously published books that criticize the idea that LDL cholesterol causes heart disease.
Dr. Ravnskov is the director of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics, and in 2007, he was awarded the Leo-Huss-Walin Prize for Independent Thinking.
In the interest of full disclosure, I too take a statin.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
Good to know as high cholesterol levels run in my family.
Now, when Joe can demonstrate drinking alcohol is good for you, my life will be full.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
Alcoholism has been THE major bane of humankind for aeons.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Yes, sadly, yes.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead