Cholesterol
Drugs will Wreck your Muscles
This is
explained well on the Dr Mercola Website
Statins have been known
to cause muscle pain and weakness, but no one knew exactly why. These findings add valuable talking-points
when discussing your need for a statin drug with your doctor.
In this study, the viability
of the proliferating cells was reduced by 50 percent at a dose
equivalent to 40 milligrams of Simvastatin. This could clearly have a negative
effect on your skeletal muscles’ ability to heal and repair
themselves, and could lead to eventually becoming more or less
incapacitated.
You should
NOT ignore symptoms of pain and muscle weakness, as they can
deteriorate into even more dangerous conditions, including death.
Baycol was withdrawn in
2001 after 31 people died from rhabdomyolysis, a condition in which muscle
tissue breaks down resulting in kidney failure.
Other serious and
potentially life threatening side effects include, but are not limited to:
An
increase in cancer risk
Immune
system suppression
Potential
increase in liver enzymes, so patients must be monitored for normal
liver function
There is no argument that
statin drugs are effective at lowering your cholesterol levels. However, they
do not treat the cause of your problem. There is no such thing as “good”
or “bad” cholesterol. Both HDL and LDL cholesterol perform vital
functions in your body, which is why it’s actually dangerous to bring
your LDL levels down too low. HDL and
LDL are actually proteins that transport the cholesterol to and from your
tissues.
Cholesterol in turn is a
precursor to steroid hormones. (For example, you can’t make testosterone
or oestrogen, cortisol, DHEA or a multitude of other steroid hormones that are
necessary for health, without cholesterol.)
Even more importantly,
you can’t make new cell membranes without cholesterol. So, the major
reasons your body makes cholesterol in the first place is to take the
cholesterol to the tissue so you can make new cells or repair old damaged ones.
The reason why LDL could
be considered “bad” at all is because there are different sizes of
LDL particles, and it’s the LDL particle size that is relevant. Small
particles can easily get stuck and cause inflammation, which leads to damage
and the build-up of scar tissue, also known as arterial plaque. It’s one
of the major things that insulin does. If you eat properly then LDL does the
right thing; it takes the cholesterol to your tissues, the HDL takes it back to
your liver, and nothing gets stuck causing damage.
Simply
Reducing Your Insulin Levels Can Achieve Statin Drug Effect. Statins work by reducing
the enzyme that tells your liver to produce cholesterol when it is stimulated
by increased insulin levels. The same result can be achieved by simply reducing
your insulin levels. How? Simple! Reducing or eliminating sugars and most
grains will effectively lower your insulin levels naturally.
Statins block a number of
very important liver enzymes. As well as blocking the cholesterol enzyme they
also block Coenzyme Q10. CoQ10 is a vital enzyme that your body needs for
energy and cardiovascular health. It is widely recommended to repair heart
damage, boost the function of the heart and acts as a protectant against heart
attacks and valve damage.
Normalize
Your Cholesterol Without Drugs
If you truly want to
normalize your cholesterol levels,
Normalize
your insulin levels by eliminating sugars and grains from your
diet. Add vinegar.
Make
meat (proteins) & veg your staple diet.
Take
a high-quality fish oil daily.
Exercise regularly. Dr
Mercola 15/10/08