Fri, Dec-21-12, 00:25
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Plan: High fat, low carb
Stats: 225/179/180
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Randy Thomas a preventative cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says: “I don’t think there will be much of a future for niacin.” He is disenchanted with many cholesterol-lowering drugs. The big exception, he says, are statin medications like Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, and Pravachol, most of which are now cheap and generic and have been shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths in big studies, and which are among the most commonly prescribed medicines.There is no doubt that these medicines have a big benefit for heart patients.
“As we delve into the statin therapy there are probably multiple reasons that the statins are so beneficial and lowering [cholesterol] may be just one of the reasons for benefits from statins. Anti-inflammatory effects may be another factor.”
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Wow, those last 2 sentences on the benefits of statins contain one "probably" and two "maybe's".
Sooo, Niacin and statins both lower cholesterol, but Niacin's cholesterol lowering effect is being shown to be ineffective at reducing heart disease, so what does that say about statin's cholesterol lowering effect. "Well.....ahem.....it must be.....um......it must be the anti-inflammatory effects of statins. Yeah, that's the ticket." *shakes head*
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