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With statins, what you don't feel can hurt you
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by Barry ORegan | August 28, 2009 at 05:11 am
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As a Health Physicist, what I can tell you what this story leaves out is statins, derived from mold, particularily Penicillium citrinum, formed from mycotoxins from rice, wheat, barley etc (Who Knew eh?) has a few more proven side effects which can be disastrous, for one loss of short term memory function. For someone such as teachers and mathematicians who need a sharp mind in order to do their job, statins can be a deal breaker. I was on statins for a year, and working as a Health Consultant on Stargate SG-1, within a month, I experienced short term memory loss, forgetting even the simplest things such as formulas and equations needed to evaluate human health risk assessments, so I was always referring to my medical books, thus slowing my abilities in assessing Actors and Crews health effects under hot lights, Vocs from closed sets and special effects from chemicals to explosives used in the making of the film. Luckily, I had reference tabs throughout medical manuals enabling me to make quick decisions on peoples health which is a big part of my job. Then there is muscle loss, I noticed it after a month, after a few months of stopping my daily dose of Zocor my faculties came back, thank christ. I now use diet and exercise to treat my cholesterol, and after losing 30 pounds over the course of a year, my health is in back in check.
Though many with heart disease attributed to high levels of LDL, the benefits far outweigh the risks. Many people with heart disease also have fatty livers in which body fat is marbled all over the liver, like a Grade AAA Prime Rib, preventing the liver functions. Statins help remove the fatty deposits.
Lastly, since Penicillium citrinum, a mold, has other serious side effects, such as memory loss, one benefit of this statin has shown an improvement in patients suffering from Dementia. So all in all you are damned if you do take statins and damned if you don't take it, but if it means the difference between life or death, Statins are worth the risk.
With statins, what you don't feel can hurt you
By Alan Cassels, Times ColonistAugust 28, 2009 2:05 AMt's a hot summer and time to relax. With most of us lucky to take some time to chill out, life couldn't feel better. Right?
Well, not so fast. New research adds more heft to that old adage: If you are feeling fine, you just haven't had enough tests.
A study published last month in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that muscle weakening, one of the most common adverse effects related to drugs to lower cholesterol (statins like Crestor, Lipitor or Zocor) can be found in patients who have no apparent symptoms.
The fact that some patients taking statins experience muscle pain or cramps is not exactly groundbreaking news.
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at 09:36 on August 28th, 2009
Really interesting and informative article.
at 11:10 on August 28th, 2009
Cholesterol causing heart disease is still a theory. The whole concept of cholesterol is complicated. The body needs it, and will make it if it isn't consumed by the diet, which is why vegans could still have "high" cholesterol. Statins are powerful drugs that can cause harm, and yet are prescribed heavily because a theory yet to be proven.
at 14:27 on August 28th, 2009
Plaque in your arteries near your heart brought on by Cholesterol, certainly is not a theory, but a Fatal proven fact. In fact you can live a productive life with your arteries 90 percent blocked, the problem being if a piece of plaque breaks off and makes it to your heart, you are hooped, sometimes permanently.
at 11:33 on August 28th, 2009
I had no idea about any of this, wow, thank you for sharing.
at 12:06 on August 28th, 2009
Have one relative, who is 95 years old, still retains all 32 of his teeth and does not wear a spectacle. His life style goes like this.
Wakes up early in the morning (05:00). Brushes his teeth with lukewarm water, one spoon of common salt added (Sodium Chloride). Does not use any tooth paste, but neem leaves.
05:20 Half an hour light Yoga exercises - 12 Sun Salutation (otherwise called Surya Namaskar), 15 minute brisk walk. Drinks one glass of plain water with one teaspoon of honey added after the exercise, half an hour reads the morning news paper.
08:00 Bath in regular, cold water taken from the well.
08:30 , light break fast. Including boiled rice, non spicy curry.
9:00 onwards goes out, takes care of the day-to-day stuff of his farm. That involving lot of walking around.
11:00 One glass of hot milk with a teaspoon of turmeric paste. Drinks lot of plain water
12:30 Lunch in any combination of Rice, Wheat, salads, curd, veg soups, fish or omelets (no yoke), fruits. This is the heaviest food he takes.
16:30 A glass of hot 'turmeric' milk (not the skimmed one). Office work continues till 17:30.
18:30 Bath in hot water. Says this removes all the toxins formed in the body during the day's work. Listens to radio, reads books, writes letters. He does not watch TV. Says it corrupts the mind.
20:30 Dinner. Vegetables, fruits, coconut, nuts (not the right wing type..lol ) etc.
21:30 Sleeping time. Takes one glass of plain water or milk - depends upon the mood.
He never takes tea or coffee. No soft / hard drinks. No smoking. Occasionally he devours on read meat like chicken / mutton / beef (say once in a month or so - similarly once in a month fasts for a day so that the body gets time to recycle / reboot itself).
He had never ever taken an injection or modern tablet, according to him. For small stuff like common cold or seasonal fever he takes only ayurvedic medicine.
He plans to live till the age of 140 it seems..!!
.Agent.
at 14:36 on August 28th, 2009
IA your relative most likely will live to `140, many Doctors and researchers in the last couple of decades derided home remedies, especially from East Asia, course one can only assume the detractors were Big Pharam believers. As for me, Asian medicine, especially medicine used thousands of years beats many Big Pharma hands down, and it is cheaper too, British COlumbia has a ton of East Indian farmers toiling their fields here, and from the looks of them, they are quite spry, and at least approaching their 70s. With age comes wisedom.
Thanks for the story
at 14:35 on August 28th, 2009
Thanks Jazz, I am also a big advocate of porridge as well.