I was recently asked a question about Statins:
"I remember you saying something about statins, that they weren't good and they had some nasty side effects like the brain failing. What are the natural sources of statins?"
Statins reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood. You need cholesterol in order to repair blood vessels. It's a natural compound found in all of us.
The tests that were carried out to prove that Statins work and the ones that made them popular, were scientifically flawed. (see the well researched book "What Doctors dont tell you" by Lynn McTaggart) These tests were carried out in Denmark. After 20 years of people using Statins the results show they
can cause horrible side effects.
Here are some articles by a well researched and trusted medical doctor called Dr Mercola. He says a lot more than I can mention in this article and his work is beautifully researched.
As my late friend Peter Fraser(NES Health) said, "I would never f&$?ing take statins, your brain is 80% fat, guess what they do to that!"
It seems they are massively flawed as a drug, it's all about money and has nothing to do with health. Doctors appear to be misinformed and I would never personally take them. Unless I was in the top 1% of people whose cholesterol was so high it needed to be reduced immediately. Even then I would probably change my diet instead.
My father took them, his brain went foggy, he muscles were weak and ached, and he was only taking the smallest recommended dose. I had to send him loads of literature before he woke up and stopped taking them.
These drugs seem disastrous and should be avoided at all costs, according to Dr Mercola. If you do insist on taking them he recommends CQ10 as a supplement. Even worse is women taking them. The studies carried out apparently showed no benefit for women taking Statins.
What can you eat naturally to lower cholesterol? Any foods containing fibre, salmon, Omega 3 and many more. Just do your research and remember you need cholesterol to repair blood vessels. The range that your doctor uses to check whether you need statins or not is being lowered all the time, so that the drug can be given to more and more people. It seems it's more about making money than anything to do with our health.
Richard Flook is an expert on stress and disease with a focus in Alternative and Integrative Health with an extensive background in Integrative Health Coaching, Energy Therapies, EFT, NLP, Timeline Therapy, and Hypnotherapy. His extensive work within these fields includes training 1000's of top blue chip company/corporation executives, medical and alternative practititoners. He is also a highly sought after speaker and health coach. His 20+ years of research and advancements in these fields lead him to discovering the strategies he calls "Advanced Clearing Energetics"(ACE). These strategies help uncover the root stress of an illness and assist the client to clear out the energy behind those stressors and rapidly increase the healing process. ACE can be used with any medical or alternative modality. His Revised book, "Why Am I Sick - What's really wrong and how you can solve it using Advanced Clearing Energetics" was released through Hay House Publishing in July 2013 and he is currently working on his 3rd book.
