Sat, Mar-07-09, 10:05
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Experimenter
Posts: 25,863
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Read through the postings in this forum. Lots of good info on the harm statins can do, and the uselessness of statins in women. You're doing the best thing you can be doing by going low carb.
Here's another thread to read through, follow the links!
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=392036
This bomb shell from Businessweek discusses how useless Statins are in most people.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...68052092994.htm
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Yes, Wright saw, the drugs can be life-saving in patients who already have suffered heart attacks, somewhat reducing the chances of a recurrence that could lead to an early death. But Wright had a surprise when he looked at the data for the majority of patients, like Winn, who don't have heart disease. He found no benefit in people over the age of 65, no matter how much their cholesterol declines, and no benefit in women of any age. He did see a small reduction in the number of heart attacks for middle-aged men taking statins in clinical trials. But even for these men, there was no overall reduction in total deaths or illnesses requiring hospitalization—despite big reductions in "bad" cholesterol. "Most people are taking something with no chance of benefit and a risk of harm," says Wright. Based on the evidence, and the fact that Winn didn't actually have angina, Wright changed his mind about treating him with statins—and Winn, too, was persuaded. "Because there's no apparent benefit," he says, "I don't take them anymore."
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Last edited by Nancy LC : Sat, Mar-07-09 at 10:10.
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