Once again we have some of the most brilliant minds in medicine not willing to change from the status quo of cholesterol is bad. The real problem is inflammation which grabs the cholesterol particles as they float by. Thus this cholesterol lowering is a secondary prevention option. If they would focus on solving the real problem of inflammation we wouldn't need all these statins that just disrupt our normal funtions. Our brain is composed of a fair amount of cholesterol. This table from here explains how much cholesterol.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jlr.org%2Fcontent%2F6%2F4%2F537.full.pdf&ei=h7jsU5GyHoqcyAScu4CYAw&usg=AFQjCNHzTR0vtSCnvnCE3PwFSgmvhc6yLQ&sig2=NMQy6qWbum6T_7o40WBqGA&bvm=bv.72938740,d.aWw
Do we really want to disrupt our brains that much by compromising our cholesterol levels?
Do NOT listen to anything I have to say, It is the rantings of a stroke addled brain, but I bet your doctor will not be able to easily refute the findings.
And here are the Mayo recommendations:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-mayo-clinic-cholesterol-treatment-guideline.html
A few selected paragraphs;
Mayo's cholesterol treatment recommendations challenge some core
ACC/AHA recommendations, and go further in-depth in some areas. For
example:
* The ACC/AHA cholesterol treatment guideline recommends prescribing
the strongest statins at high doses to most men older than 65, even
those with no history of heart disease, or any major risk factor for
heart attacks, and with normal cholesterol levels. Men this age will be
classified as high risk only on the basis of age. The Mayo task force
found no evidence from clinical trials to recommend treating people only
on the basis of age in the absence of risk factors, high cholesterol or
inflammation.
This is fascinating considering this guideline; Which this seems to go against.
* The ACC/AHA cholesterol treatment guideline recommends
cholesterol-lowering medication as a primary preventive measure against cardiovascular disease,
and encourages health care providers to simultaneously emphasize the
importance of healthy lifestyle habits. The Mayo task force encourages
lifestyle changes—such as exercise and dietary changes—first, followed
by re-evaluating risk in three to six months before prescribing statins,
especially in motivated patients and with borderline high risk.
* The ACC/AHA cholesterol treatment guideline recommends statins for
all people with diabetes mellitus who are 40 years or older. The Mayo
task force debunks the concept that all diabetics have the same risk as
people with history of heart attacks. The Mayo task force does not
recommend in favor of or against the use of statins in patients with
diabetes in whom the risk for heart attacks or stroke is low based on
the calculator proposed by the ACC/AHA.
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