Wow sounds like a great doc!! Yeah statins are one of the biggest scams perpetrated on the american public. We went into great detail on that subject on another forum i belong, as well i listened to a seminar about this(regarding " high" or "low" cholesterol from a well known, very accomplished and educated doctor from Germany. simply, if anyone is concerned about athosclerotic plaque in their veins and arteries, have your doc or Cardiologist order an ultrasound of your carotid artery. The cholesterol, whether HDL or LDL will attatch itself to artery walls that already have lesions in them, creating this plaque, which then if a piece breaks off, it can travel to your heart and give you a heart attack, or go to your brain and give you a stroke. How are athesclerotic lesions created? Thats a whole nuther' conversation.
In any case, keep your arteries clear, the very best way thats proven is Oral Chelation(EDTA), its basically a roto rooter for your veins. Take Cayenne caps, or put a capsule in hot water and drink everyday, this helps with circulation BIG TIME, as well as IMO everyone should take and stay on a Vitamin E complex everyday.
The scam is to have docs, which are prepped about Statins from Pharmaceutical drug reps, prescribe these statins, based on cholesterol "numbers" from bloodwork like crazy. These people who make these drugs should be in JAIL IMO.
But what our stupid fucking docs(on the most part) wont tell their patients, is the facts....like they deplete COQ10 levels in the heart, making it weaker, they eventually weaken the muscles in the body, and if you take them long enough, YOU WILL get cancer. But the billions they make off these drugs, and telling stupid people who cant think for themselves that they have "high cholesterol", and get put on these drugs. Ask any honest Cardiologist, especially if you have one in the family, people with "low" cholesterol are dropping dead of heart attacks. Your body and brain NEED cholesterol. Do you know what Burn centers at hospitals give to severe burn victims?? 20-25 hard boiled eggs a day, because THEY KNOW cholesterol helps them recover because it builds cells in the body. The scam is, and was...there simply is NO SUCH THING as "good" or "bad" cholesterol, they are simply a combination of proteins...high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein. The only time they are a problem, is when they attatch themselves to atherosclerotic lesions in veins and arteries, and these lesions are caused by other means. I get an ultrasound of my carotid artery done twice a year, not because i "ask" my doc for it, i TELL him i need it done. They work for YOU, if they refuse, time for a new doc.
Anyway my cholesterol numbers are high, but my arteries are clear, circulation is just fine. Hmmm, no statins for me?? And if your a guy, YOU KNOW when you have good circulation!
Anyway, if you go to a docs office and just put your trust in them, i mean WOW! you need to be an informed patient, and question EVERYTHING.
Funny they did a study of 100yr old people to see what some of the factors were that they live so long, and in good health. They all had one thing in common, they did NOT visit doctors....only when absolutely necessary....and they did not take meds. Hmmmm
Of course it helps what you eat, drink, and put in your body. All that bullshit about high and low cholesterol, the need for statins, thats for people who dont know any better, which is unfortunately many. Where do i get my information from? Im a results oriented person, im listening to the doctors who are having real world results. The FDA, AMA, or your doc dont give a fuck if you die from prescribed meds. Google the stats on people who die each year of CORRECTLY prescribed meds.....its scary. Trust your doc still? When and if i need to see him, i do my homework, and not ask many questions, i make him work with me for solutions, avoiding meds and possible surgeries.
Anyway last time i even touched on this topic here i made a lot of enemies it seems, people who keep hearing, reading, and are exposed to the same information, wont accept or consider anything to the contrary, even get angry with you. Thats sad...