muscle weakness on cholesterol drug

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a friend wants to know how to lower his cholesterol w/o these drugs.

They make him tired all the time.

He has a low fat, and hi fiber diet now.

Does chitin work?

[Guest guest]

There are many diet solutions to lower cholesterol but I think the first question we need to ask is does high cholesterol put people at risk. We have been convinced by the medical industry that this is true but what do the facts say? First of all about 50% of the people that have heart disease do not have high cholesterol. Secondly while statin drugs have been proven to lower cholesterol they have not been shown to increase lifespan in people. Thirdly older people with higher cholesterol levels tend to live longer than people with lowered levels. Lower cholesterol levels are also associated with depression. There is a Swedish MD that has written an excellent book about the problems with the cholesterol theory called cholesterol myths. You can check it out on his website http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm. He also has a link on his site to a group of

scientists and doctors that are skeptical about the cholesterol theories. If you are interested in lowering cholesterol through diet - I suggest you check out the Dash diet. It is a pretty basic Americanized diet that has been shown to lower blood pressure and cholesterol as well as drugs. I believe this diet study originally came out of Harvard or Tufts University. For me this diet speaks volumes on the value of adding fruits and vegetables and keeping unhealthy trans fats out of the diet as a means to stay healthy. .http://www.dashforhealth.com . On a more targeted note. There are doctors who have have both lowered cholesterol and helped reverse heart disease with a vegetarian diet and lifestyle changes. Three of these doctors are Dr Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr http://www.heartattackproof.com/, Dr. McDougall http://www.drmcdougall.com/ and Dr Dean Ornish http://www.webmd.com/content/pages/9/3068_9408.htm In memory of my mother,(a 7 year statin drug user who just recently died from pancreatic cancer) I will be posting to a new blog about heart disease and drug myths. I have collected much information on this subject and more is always coming out. The main purpose of this blog will be to have a central place where studies and information about heart disease and medical myths can be shared. It is my posit on that pharmaceutical drugs never get to the root cause of disease they only treat numbers and symptoms and cause

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, " jane

smith " <missourinaturegirl wrote:

>

> a friend wants to know how to lower his cholesterol w/o these

drugs.

> They make him tired all the time.

> He has a low fat, and hi fiber diet now.

> Does chitin work?

>

Statins cause muscle weakness because they interfere with the proper

utilization of Co-Enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). This is well documentated but

too many physicians prescribe statins without this warning. The

treatment is to take CoQ10 supplements.

 

Cholesterol control may be helped by chitin. Also Policosonal. Also

Niacin. But the real problem is said to be the oxidation of LDL, not

the level of cholesterol itself. This would lead one, then, to focus

on inproving the HDL/LDL ratio and on supplementation with a variety

of antioxidants.

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, " ityler00 " <irwintyler

wrote:

>

> , " jane

> smith " <missourinaturegirl@> wrote:

> >

> > a friend wants to know how to lower his cholesterol w/o these

> drugs.

> > They make him tired all the time.

> > He has a low fat, and hi fiber diet now.

> > Does chitin work?

> >

> Statins cause muscle weakness because they interfere with the proper

> utilization of Co-Enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). This is well documentated but

> too many physicians prescribe statins without this warning. The

> treatment is to take CoQ10 supplements.

>

> Cholesterol control may be helped by chitin. Also Policosonal. Also

> Niacin. But the real problem is said to be the oxidation of LDL, not

> the level of cholesterol itself. This would lead one, then, to focus

> on inproving the HDL/LDL ratio and on supplementation with a variety

> of antioxidants.

>