New Research Confirms We Got Cholesterol All Wrong

[Captdon]

Statins are problematic and cause more harm than good. They are way over-prescribed. But they are a "life-time" drug and a big money maker for Big Pharma. If you must take one, supplement with CoQ10 because statins leach it from your body and you need it to live.

Yet here I am , alive and healthy. I don't have diabetes either. I don't even know what CoQ10 is but I don't take it. I do follow what me doctor says.

[Just AnotherPerson]

Just listen to the side effects that they are forced to reveal when the advertise new drugs on television. I usually find that the side effects sound worse than what the medication is supposed to be treating! How can that be good?

I have always thought that too. That is for sure.

[Peter1469]

Yet here I am , alive and healthy. I don't have diabetes either. I don't even know what CoQ10 is but I don't take it. I do follow what me doctor says.

Cells use CoQ10 to produce energy. Your body produces it naturally. Statins leach CoQ10 from your body, so some doctors recommend a CoQ10 supplement to those statin users who suffer certain side effects from Statins- not all people do have side effects. My dad got all of them really bad.

[Lummy]

My entire life medical studies that guide our lives keep turning out to be wrong. Then you have to do the opposite then they find out thats wrong.

Recently I read drs have been treating high cholesterol when its triglycerides are the killer.

My father who signed his name with an X always said I dont listen to them, I do everything in moderation, it worked for him he lived to be 87 and was a heavy smoker for over 70 yrs and smoked till the day he died.

LOL, that's science that definitely affects peoples' lives too. I also have known several people who were heavy smokers all their lives who lived well into their 70s and 80's.

[donttread]

I've always thought that the scaremongering about eggs was nonsense and the whole cholesterol theory was weak. I think that, as you correctly identify, that excessive sugar and starch in people's diets is primarily responsible for obesity, diabetes and a decline in health and that comes down to processed foods that are full of sugar and chemicals. I think that there is also a culture of overeating which also promotes obesity and health problems. Restaurants tend to encourage people to overeat rather than be accused of being stingy with food (well, except for the really high-end places that don't serve enough to feed a small child). I once ordered roast beef at the Mariott Hotel in NYC and received a 3-pound roast on my plate, plus sides. I asked who else was going to eat this with me because it could serve a family of five.

The medical industry was one of the replacement industries for manufacturing. Look at the way it has grown.

[donttread]

Eggs are good... wait, eggs are bad. No, eggs are good.

Alcohol is good in moderation... wait, no. Yes, but wine. No... wait

Supplements work... wait, no, you have to drink orange juice. No, still doesn't work. Just take this pill, everything will be fine but you might need more, does your foot hurt?

Game

You forgot the whole "coffee is bad" no "coffee is good" war.

[donttread]

I don't understand how this is "the government".

"The government" doesn't make recommendations much less give directions to the AMA, hospitals, or your personal physician regarding your treatment.

The people you need to be pissed at is the pharmacy industry. It's in their best interest to keep selling you expensive drugs you don't need.

Monsanto writes the bull$#@! food pyramid for the government. The government regulatory agencies , like the FDA, have an incestous relationship with both the food and heath industries. Especially big pharma.

[Peter1469]

You forgot the whole "coffee is bad" no "coffee is good" war.

A lot of coffee's problem, at least non-organic, is the fact that coffee plants get pesticides used on them in amounts greater than any other crop.

[Peter1469]

Monsanto writes the bull$#@! food pyramid for the government. The government regulatory agencies , like the FDA, have an incestous relationship with both the food and heath industries. Especially big pharma.

The first food pyramid was made in the 50's (I think that is the correct decade) and was based on the diet we fed to cows. Heavy on carbs. And cows shouldn't be eating grain in the first place, but rather grass.

[donttread]

A lot of coffee's problem, at least non-organic, is the fact that coffee plants get pesticides used on them in amounts greater than any other crop.

Strange, you would think that taste would drive bugs away due to the bitterness