I recently had a blood test and found my cholesterol level was 272, HDL 44 and LDL 183. Should I be on medication? How serious is this?
What you have brought up is a major issue that is widely misunderstood.
There is no scientific correlation between total cholesterol level and heart disease. Total cholesterol [...]
Entries Tagged as 'statins'
High Cholesterol and Statin Drugs
April 12th, 2012 · 1:07 PM
Tags: energy, high cholesterol, inflammation, proteins, statins, urine
Statins and Lou Gehrig’s Disease
September 22nd, 2010 · 11:02 AM
Statins have become suspect in people developing Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Be very careful about subjecting your body to anything that can cause more problems. Do your research online about drugs and their side effects before deciding to take them. There are many natural things that can heal the body as well without dangerous risks of [...]
Tags: Lou Gehrig's, muscles, statins
Statins
September 9th, 2010 · 7:18 AM
I, too, took several statins - and then rheumatism symptoms caused an internist and my regular doc to put their heads together and decide it might be the statins. It was; took quite a few months but slowly as the statins dissipated and left my body, the aches went away, the rheumatism factor went down, [...]
Tags: cholesterol, CoEnzyme Q10, statins, zetia
Lowering Cholesterol, More on Statins
July 23rd, 2010 · 5:43 AM
I do most everything possible to lower cholesterol - but cannot take statins. Am on Zetia but a new Dr* says I should try a statin again. Hesitant to do it -they got me to the point of looking at the clock to see when I could take the next handful of ibuprofin for muscle [...]
Tags: cholesterol, high cholesterol, statins, zetia
High Cholesterol and Statin Drugs
November 4th, 2009 · 6:50 AM
I have high cholesterol and the medicines prescribed are beginning to cause side effects. Basically, muscle ache. Are there natural foods to take to help lower the bad and raise the good cholesterol?
I assume the cholesterol-lowering drugs you are on are statins, which I take
Tags: carbohydrates, diabetes, garlic, high cholesterol, insulin, niacin, protein, red yeast, rice, statins
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: