Saturday, July 17, 2004

I could be wrong, but a few years down the road look for a backlash to these reports that the lower your cholesterol the better.  I do a good bit of reading on health-related matters and statins are more of a controversial set of drugs than most people are aware.  For one, they lower levels of CoQ10, ironically a very crucial nutrient for the heart.  In addition, it has not been shown whether or not such extreme low levels of cholesterol in humans actually does damage in other areas (i.e. for some bodily functions, cholesterol is needed).  Also, we know that statins put stress on the liver -- what will happen longer-term when dosages are increased to get cholesterol down to these new lower levels?  Finally, these studies are somewhat questionable given the fact that many of the researchers have received $$ from the pharma firms who produce statins.
 
Buyer beware. 

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