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Old Wed, Jan-25-17, 07:41
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Plan: very low carb real food
Stats: 245/125/135 Female 62
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Originally Posted by khrussva
I will do as Janet suggested and do all the reading up I can on this subject between now and my March doctor visit. My preliminary argument is that if these statin drugs work so well then why is CVD still such a disaster. I have come to believe that diet is the root cause and the most likely cure for many health issues including CVD. I don't know that the score can actually go down. It seems that if something is calcified, then it is going to stay that way. But if I can fix this through diet and not have the condition get worse over the next few years I want the credit to go to the diet - not to some pharmaceutical that I'm taking. I don't want to be stupid, but in as much as I've read there has been way too much faith placed in the effectiveness of statin drugs. Changing an LDL number is one thing. Reducing the risk of a heart attack is another. And the side effects of statins are something that I'd prefer not to deal with if not warranted.


I agree with you Ken. I made the decision a long time ago to never take a statin drug again after Lipitor caused me disabling joint pain. I also believe that the best things we can do for ourselves is to eat a low carb real food diet. I stick by this decision and don't even have my cholesterol checked because whatever the score I won't do anything different than what I am doing now. I tend not to like to be to dogmatic when it comes to other people although I am very dogmatic when it comes to myself. I figure that whatever damage I did to myself by my years of bad eating, known or unknown, is just what I have to live with. Right now all I can do is live the most healthy life I can in the here and now.

Jean
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