I seem to recall reading something somewhere about the possible link with low cholesterol causing Alzheimer’s
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2019, at 8:41 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had this discussion with my new doctor this year. I've never been a fan of > statins, as I've never been convinced that there was any real data indicating > a mechanism for moderately elevated cholesterol causing heart disease. In > fact, sans cholesterol you would be dead, so it's presence in the bloodstream > is sorta like oil in your car engine. > > Anyway, the prevailing theory back in the 70's, before statins were > discovered, was that inflammation both caused the deposition of cholesterol > and calcium onto arteries, and further inflammation would cause swelling of > the plaques and rupture, leading to clogs (myocardial infarcts, commonly > called heart attacks). > > I'm a case in point -- as of four years ago I have perfectly clean heart > arteries. Not a hint of calcium buildup, nor of any plaques as all. I have > had moderately elevated cholesterol since at least 1983..... My father died > from a heart attack in 1976 -- stents would have saved him, but they weren't > around yet. He had rather severe heart disease. And a co-worker has low to > very low cholesterol and has had stents put in to treat his coronary artery > disease at least twice. > > Research on the causes of heart disease seems to have stopped with the advent > of statins, with the stupid notion we should all take them in spite of the > very serious side effects -- anything that interferes with cholesterol > metabolism is going to screw with nerves, as the insulation (myelin sheath) > on nerve fibers is mostly cholesterol..... Should be pretty obvious that > nerve issues due to inhibited cholesterol metabolism ain't really a good > thing. > > My new doctor thinks food preservatives are much more likely to be the issue, > along with trans fats. I've avoided hydrogenated fats since the late 70's -- > the Doctoral candidate in my lab worked on cell membrane structure, and she > found that trans fats could not be metabolized normally. She was a plant > scientist, but her dietary advice was to avoid trans fats at all costs. > Turns out she was right, trans fats are probably the cause of the huge heart > disease plague that started in the 1940's. > > I suspect the entire reduction in heart disease that statins get credit for > is due to improved diet, more exercise, and removing trans fats from the food > supply, which is why the rate of incidence of heart disease has leveled off > even though more and more people take statins. > > I refuse to take them, I'm not treating a non-existant "risk" by taking > metabolic poisons. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
