The Fairy Tales of Statin drugs

Everytime I see someone on statin drugs for cholesterol I want to scream. It's all part of a 100 year lie perpetrated by Big Pharma to sell drugs for a symptom that simply isn't the issue in heart related deaths.

This is a 26 billion dollar industry and the drug companies will do anything they can to hang on to this one. Fortunately, people are catching on. In a recent 4,500-patient study it failed to prove that patients who had just suffered heart attacks were helped by treatment with high doses of Merck's Zocor. You can read one article here.

So let's quickly talk about what truly is at issue here. As you age, your body begins to produce more cholesterol to protect your cardiovascular system. But, as you age you also begin to produce more oxidation (the "rusting" of your red blood cells) and this can begin to produce homocysteine. This amino acid can be a risk factor for cornary artery disease by contributing to atherosclerotic placgue in the arteries.

This can be prevented in several ways, one of which is increase your levels of anti-oxidants such as pinebark or grape seed extract. Try to purchase one of these with at least 85% concentrations of oligomer proanthocyanidins (OPC's for short).

If LDL's and HDL's are out of balance (LDL's higher than HDL's) you have a niacin deficiency. Try 500 mgs of niacinamide (as inositol hexanicotinate) 2x daily and watch your numbers change dramatically.

Also, hormone imbalances will cause elevated triglycerides and these should also be checked at least once a year. My favorite lab is ZRT labs in Beaverton, Oregon. You can receive more information here. These are accurate and inexpensive. These are also the most important tests you will ever run on yourself if you want to stay healthier and happier longer. (In New York and California you are too dumb to spit and you will need a practitioner of some sort to order these for you...even a chiropractor can do it).

Now I can't tell you to get off statin drugs because your doctor has prescribed it, but I can and will tell you to stop believeing the stories and fairy tales the drug companies have been telling you and check out what I am telling you.

Come to think of it, the drug companies really should be writing fairy tales because they have been so good at it.