23/08/2019
Lowering total cholesterol is not likely to lower the risk of cardiovascular events. It's the type of cholesterol that matters. Small low-density lipoproteins are the problematic lipoproteins. If you have large buoyant low-density lipoproteins you are not at higher risk of cardiovascular events, and therefore, don't need to be on a treatment plan (statins) to lower those numbers. You are at low risk. Nonetheless, these steps are helpful in lowering inflammation and reducing the small LDL.
It’s not about having lower cholesterol; it’s about having the right type of cholesterol.
Believing that a low cholesterol count is the best way to prevent heart disease, doctors often prescribe medications like statins to keep those levels low. But these drugs can introduce a whole host of problems: muscle damage, brain damage, memory issues, Parkinson’s-like symptoms, and muscle aches and pains.
All of this has been caused by cholesterol medications, which don’t necessarily even work.
Here’s the shocker: You have to treat 50 people with statins to prevent one heart attack, or treat 890 people to prevent one death. It’s just not a very effective drug.
If you have high triglycerides, if you have a low HDL, if you have high cholesterol, the best way to fix it is to get off flour and sugar. Eat more quality fat—nuts, avocados, seeds, and coconut butter. And eat good quality protein with every meal.
These are very helpful in balancing your blood sugar, balancing your insulin, shutting off the fat-production factory in your liver, and making your cholesterol normal.
