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If you are concerned about your cholesterol you would find it very beneficial to read the book by former austronaut and physician, Duane Graveline, M.D. It is called "Statin Drugs. Side Effecrts and the Misguided War on Cholesterol". Like many other leading medical doctors and researchers he supplies the growing evidence that the obsession with reducing cholesterol production with statins is not the solution. Any beneficial effects of statins are due to its effective reduction of inflammation. The blocking of cholesterol is an incidental result and is not the reason for any benefits. Cholesterol is essential for life and the interference of cholesterol synthesis in the brain which occurs due to statins is the reason for the cases of memory loss, aggressive behaviour, suicide, etc which have been recorded.

As inflammation has been shown to be the culprit in cardiovascular disease, there are safer methods of reducing it than by taking statins, as you have demonstrated. Another problem with statins is that as well as blocking the production of cholesterol they interfere with the production of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-KB) which is an important part of the immune system which fights harmful bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, etc.

There is a huge amount of research confirming all of the above, and eventually the message should reach all parties concerned that statins in their present form are not the best solution, and their cholesterol-lowering effects are not the mechanism for any benefits to cardiovascular health. Above all, using statins to lower cholesterol when there is no evidence of cardiovascular pathology is totally uncalled for, and risky.