Showing posts with label Problems. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

I Am Not in Favour of Taking Statins As a Treatment For High Cholesterol Problems


Think about it! Is a high cholesterol reading caused by a deficiency of statins in the body? Of course not! The idea is absurd. The high reading must have been caused in some other way. It is obviously more sensible to address the cause of the problem than to introduce another variable into the matter, especially when that new variable - in this case, statins - too often produces serious, painful health problems of its own, sometimes permanent. I suggest to you that the most likely cause of high cholesterol levels is fluid retention caused by sensitivity to salt, and that the high cholesterol, along with other more serious symptoms of heart problems, is easily and swiftly lowered by avoiding salt and salty food. Go on! - Try it! - Cut down on salt and salty food! You have will feel so much better!

A person not on statins is like a fish not riding a bike. By which I mean that statins are as much use to a person (with or without high cholesterol) as a bike is to a fish. What is the use of lowering or preventing high cholesterol - just one symptom of heart disease - and by no means the most serious symptom, if indeed it is serious or significant at all? Especially as statins are quite expensive and for far too many people also have painful, long-lasting side-effects.

If you want to improve your heart health overall, not just one symptom, and want to do it safely, without unpleasant, harmful side-effects, then you can do that simply, swiftly and very effectively without statins or other drugs. You just need to avoid salt and salty food. When I say that you 'just' need to do this, I must admit that this is not as easy as taking pills. You have to avoid most processed food, since most processed food has had a lot of salt added to it by the manufacturers. This means you will need to buy more fresh food and you will need to cook it yourself. But the health benefits that accrue from sodium reduction are very much worth the effort: lowered high cholesterol, lowered high blood pressure, reduced excess weight, more energy and vitality, greater mental alertness, improved sleep, reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes, most cancers, depression, dementia, etc.








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