Statin drugs were introduced to the market in 1987 when heart disease was the leading cause of death in the U.S. Nearly forty years later, millions of statin users and billions of dollars in statin sales... Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Try to get those triglycerides down a bit and that would be beneficial. I recommend no processed foods, stable fats like olive or avocado as well. Eat real whole foods. Vegetables are low glycemic and are important too
My total cholesterol is 398. HDL 113. LDL 276. Triglycerides 46. VLDL 9. I wouldn't touch a statin no one should it shuts down the mevalonate pathway that's Coq10 vitmain D testosterone estrogen cell membranes and cholesterol all down the drain.
It isn't a product, but a generic name for the class of drugs. I very much doubt it will get censored, and comments on this video from 2 weeks ago are still visible. He's creating fear!
My doctor said since I refuse to take a statin there's no reason for him to even order a lipid panel blood test. I said "OK". But later I realized, wow! That was a tacit admission that he ONLY looks for opportunities to sell drugs, not for problems in my health.
The same thing happened to me on my last yearly physical. My LDL went from 204 to 240--no biggie--I had lost over 25 pounds on a mostly carnivore diet and felt great. He said I should be on a statin and I said no thank you because I'd done some homework on the benifits and drawbacks or side effects of the drug and told him so. He told me like you were told--no need to do a lipid panel if I wouldn't take his recommendations depending on the results--I later went on line and looked at his notes in my medical record where he noted that I refused his advice to take a statin--oh well.
Ken you can go online an order your own lab test without your doctor's participation. I think quest lab offers that service but there are others that do as well.
@@Ella-ve7kp Yes, I could. But they're not cheap. And I doubt I could convince insurance to pay. I'm living keto. My only concern is my hypothyroidism, not lipids.
I went on the 'Air Force Diet' in the early 70s...became the Atkin's Diet later...and lost 35 pounds in 3 months. Saw no reason to stop using it, so I kept the same weight all of these years. Didn't have any health issues until I got Lyme disease in 1985. When I went to a doctor for the Lyme, he took some blood and told me that my cholesterol was off the charts and gave me a list of foods to eat to bring it down. He also started to write a prescription for statins, but I told him that I didn't want to take any meds. He got annoyed and told me to stick to a strict diet. So...I tried the diet...skinless chicken, no cheese except the skim kinds, no butter, eggs, cream in my coffee, just small portions of lean meats, etc. Tried the diet for about a week and then said 'screw this' and went back to my Air Force diet. Figured if I was gonna die, might as well die happy. I'm over 70 now, still on the Air Force Diet, still the same weight as I was in my 20s and still have no medical issues so far except for the chronic Lyme. I do a lot of gardening, have a large, half-wooded property, so ticks are a problem. But maintaining the property and tending to my garden beds keeps me active, healthy and happy.
You can dig some knotweed roots - "Ethnobotanical plant extracts, including Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, show strong activity against B.burgdorferi, outperforming current antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease."
I've heard lots of people with Lyme use ivermectin for great success. I don't remember the name of the protocol but if you Google it or search here, I'm sure lots of info
@@paveries Thanks for the advice. I know that Japanese knotweed is edible and I have a large property, so I'll find some plants to grow on my property...if deer don't eat them. Will check out the quinine and see if I can find it online. I used to like tonic water years ago...without the gin. Maybe I can find some that isn't sweetened. Might help. Problem with me and Doxy is that I'm out on my large property in the sunshine doing gardening and maintenance from spring to fall and Doxy makes you sun sensitive, so you have to cover up head to toe to prevent sunburn. If I get bit by a tick in springtime, I have to wait until fall to get it treated...or sweat to death covered up for six weeks. Did that once and that was enough! I spray my clothes with permethryn and use Cutter Deep Woods on my back, where I can't reach to pull a tick out, but still find ticks when I go inside and do a tick check, since my property has a wooded border around the yard areas that mice, voles and deer just love to hang out in. I don't spray the property because I don't want to kill all of the other beneficial insects living there along with the ticks. I was also wondering if Ivermectin could help, but try getting that now after COVID.
@@hokeypokeypotsivermectin is available again and even allowed by the tyrants…err, I mean government health authorities. Or get the horse kind. I use it all the time for years. My family horse vet says it’s probably safer than the human kind because they don’t mess around with medicine given to million-dollar race horses.
Yeah I got off of statins about a year ago the only reason I took them is because I was border line. And I had a A truck driving license. Change my diet ate more fish grilled no fried foods drink nothing but water and black coffee organic. Lost 38 lb run 2 miles a day. Up and down hills. And workout with weights I'll be 64 tomorrow I don't even wear glasses feel in the best Health of my life 😳🙏✝️👍
There's no such thing as borderline. That's the kicker. There's no such thing as high cholesterol. It's all bs. The higher the cholesterol the longer you will live, and the more testosterone you'll have.
Santiago, Chile🇨🇱 here! I find astonishing that even a post meal walk or changing some of the oils you use in your kitchen, are more effective reducing stroke and heart attack risks than the medications doctor have been proscribing and people have been paying for all those years Greetings from Chile, South America. Great video
I believe that primary care physicians in clinical settings are being over-watched by managers who push them to prescribe statins based on numbers, and models, but not actual family history of cardiovascular disease. My PCP put me on a statin because my triglycerides were at the upper end of the “no action level,” after a fasting blood draw, based on a “computer model.” Then I hear that there is evidence that, “fasting raises triglyceride levels” in the blood.” Then I hear that using a statin “raises your risk of developing dementia by 25% over a 10-year period.” My mother just DIED of dementia after being on a statin for about 7 years after a heart valve replacement. Anecdotal, I know. I refused to take the statin, and my PCP backed off. The goal of Big Pharma is NOT to cure a disease, but to make you a customer for the rest of your life.
True story- One of my friends and her hubby were put on a statin. She immediately began to have issues. She went in for bloodwork while still freshly on it. Due to many food allergies she has a very strict diet. Her blood sugar was high. The Doctor wanted to know what she was doing that had caused that. She said the only thing different in her life was that she was taking the statin. Of course doctor said it could not be the cause. She stopped the Statin and 6 months later did the same blood work which showed her blood sugar was back to normal. Meanwhile her husband had been on the statin all this time. His mental capacity had deteriorated to a degree where he could no longer drive and could not be trusted to care for their young granddaughter alone. Since I knew about memory issues associated with statins, I shared what I knew with her. She began to decrease his dose, getting him down to half the dose every other day. Gradually he came back to his vibrant mentally competent self. There is an interesting book called Lipitor, The Memory Stealer written by a former astronaut who experienced two episodes of extreme memory issues taking statins. These drugs.have done more harm than good. It was only after lipitor came off patent that negative information started to bubble up.
After the Covid fiasco I now no longer trust anything doctors tell me. They treat symptoms not the root cause. They do what they are told. I tried to talk to 2 of my doctors and was admonished for being T1 Diabetic doing the Carnivore diet. "You NEED Carbs". No I don't. Why would a doctor push carbs on a diabetic? Because that is what they are taught to do. Only carbs I eat are for corrections to low sugars.
64 yr. old female. Have had TC of 335 and LDL around 225 . I've ate low carb for years. My doctor and I agreed for me to try a low fat diet. Egg whites only, oatmeal, white fish, boneless skinless chicken, my only fat was 1 tbs of olive oil on my big salad I ate for lunch and 5 walnuts. We retested in a couple of month and my TC cholesterol went up to 436 and LDL to to 335. I was totally shocked and then just started laughing. I went back to my normal eating and it went back to normal. Very weird.
I eat mostly just red meat( carnivore), so many people believe you will die of a heart attack, because your cholesterol will be too high, if you eat too much red meat. Ive done my research, so I know better. We need cholesterol! Our brains need cholesterol! Its amazing how brainwashed people are. Theyve heard their whole life to eat fruits and vegis, and not much red meat, yet so many, like me, have healed so many health issues, by eating mostly meat, specifically, red meat! Historically, when tyranical governments want to control societies, they limit their ability to consume meat.
And so many more didn't develop the health issues in the first place or healed because they ate their veggies and reduced meat. Carnivore is not for the masses. Cut out processed foods, including processed meat. Sleep well and exercise. It's not the dichotomy you're proposing. Do what works best. It's silly you spoke about eating veggies as if it were not true. Disinformation much?
Can you tell me what tyrannical governments have limited the ability to consume red meat? Most of the time, societies haven't eaten meat because of high cost.
You're on the right track doing carnivore (by eliminating foods causing you problems), but reasoning that the improvement means everyone else should mainly eat meat (fruits and veg is bad).. isn't logical, and is where you are misled. You possibly ruined your gut on a bad diet (or in a rare case have immune issues?) and no longer could tolerate a lot of diversity in your diet.. carbs, plant ingredients, etc. An extreme elimination diet improved inflammation, great.. So maybe you are stuck on carnivore a while, but ideally you will gradually add back in diversity to your diet, as eating only meat isn't ideal for the long run; who really wants to only eat a piece of meat every day for the rest of their life, and nothing else? There are no long terms studies to say you won't die earlier from it, etc.. unfortunately. Take the influencer/podcast stuff on TH-cam with a grain of salt, as a lot of it is biased, un-proven/anecdotal, whatever is needed to get a reaction. Too many anecdotes... just as one person "got better" doing an extreme, another person had the opposite effect.. ultimately do what's best for you within reason.
Hi there! Greetings from Singapore 😄 For the last 2 years I've been told (3 times) that I seriously need to go on statins due to a 'higher than normal' LDL score. Nope... I'm not gonna do it. I've been on a low-carb diet for 4-5 years now and ALL my other vital signs are good (blood test results). Thank you, Sir,! It is because of channels like yours that I am able to proceed with confidence. Otherwise I could be cowed into submission by the healthcare industry as so many others are 😢
I took statins briefly about 20 years ago and immediately noticed muscle weakness. I thought we were supposed to tell our doctors if that happened, but they didn't want to hear about it. During a brief hospital stay a few years ago, the doctor noticed my cholesterol levels and gave me statins while I was there. Not surprisingly, the muscle weakness reappeared. When I mentioned it to my doctor, he just said that he could prescribe a different one. I threw away the prescription. My dad (now 94) also noticed the weakness, so he stopped taking his statins a long time ago. I will give my doctor credit, though - he didn't push the vaccine on me. I'm so glad I didn't take that either.
At 49, I got severely sick with covid for 11 days a few months before the vaccine was available. I lost 20 lbs and could barely stand. Thankfully, my wife was there to help care for me. Before that I was rarely ever sick. Having been given damn near 200 shots in 20 years of my Navy career, the anti-vaccine crowd get a big eye-roll from me.
Listener from Kentucky here.. so timely for me! I just got my blood work and had high ldl. Dr suggested statins and I declined until I could do more research. Glad I did!
Get a more detailed lipid density profile.. you’ll need to see the type of ldl you have.. more or the big fluffy ones.. or more of the tiny / vldl ones. Once you get a better picture… you’ll be able to understand how to manage it. Research is good, but N=1.. you’ll always want to tailor make your healthcare to you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mike. I'm 72 and always listened to my inner voice (or my gut feelings). You just justified it! Greetings from Northeastern Ohio.
Whidbey Island. I got drawn into PCSK9 inhibitors after failing statins due to muscle pain. Not taking any of that sh** anymore. LDL Cholesterol 251, Cholesterol is 326, Triglycerides 127 (used to be over 300), HDL 52 (working on it!). No longer pre diabetic. Low carb is the way
If you eat Healthy Fats, you will have high LDL. But that is, Larger Particles, NOT multiple, smaller, sticky ones. That's the difference. On a recent doctor visit, my GP freaked because my LDL was over 400! But, he was baffled that my HDL was 58 & my Triglycerides were 80. He prescribed statins! I threw it in the trash on the way out of his office!
Interesting, mine has also gone up since menopause, also now I'm low carb, no sugar or seed oils - feel amazing but statins have been mentioned constantly! I'm in the UK
lack of calcification does not mean lack of arterial plaques. to see those you need a ct scan WITH a dye agent, whereas cac scores are obtained without one. the majority of myocardial infarctions in people with calcified plaque actually occur in the non calcified plaque.
Williamsburg, Virginia! At age 60 I have 40 triglycerides 85 hdl, and LDLs 150. My doctors always screams Statin, and I say no. I have no other risk factors.
The same results are in the Women's Health Initiative study (independent of pharma). A female friend, prescribed cholesterol lowering meds, had pain and weakness in her muscles as a 'side effect'. She stopped taking the medication but debilitating pain and weakness persisted. Her doctor recommended basic pain meds. I did a tiny amount of research and found that those meds lower coenzyme Q10, which is essential for cellular energy production. She started taking coenzyme Q10 and the pain/weakness symptoms disappeared within a couple of days. Yet her own doctor didn't even look into the possible, basic physiological pathway which might have caused the symptoms.
I always found it odd that the problem with COQ10 depletion was known for years and people put on statins were not told to supplement with COQ10. I was never told to take a supplement and only started to take it when I did my own research . I did eventually stop the statin after the MD kept telling me to take double the dose because he wanted my LDL to be lower than 140! Of course I felt miserable and his response was just take it every other day. Went keto-lost 56 lbs and ended up having to stop my BP meds and told the MD I refuse to take the statins anymore. HDL went up, Triglycerides dropped, VLDL dropped to 9. Of course LDL went up and the MD still tells me at every yearly check up to take a statin. PS I am a 70 y/o who can walk 3-5 miles and lift weights with little effort. Resting heart rate is 58. (PS had to educate my MD re:the HDL and Tri ratio-)
@@ladyj4795 the level of ignorance and bad advice is staggering. The Women's Health Initiative study spans at least 15 years and shows that women with higher LDL live longer than those who have lower LDL. Of course, there have been concerted efforts to hide this inconvenient truth! Well done for taking back your control over your health and showing that age doesn't mean automatic decrepitude and dependence on countless pharmaceuticals!
@@larrycone8821 not only that, they appear to have no knowledge of the deficits they themselves cause by prescribing certain medications with these known effects.
trust your body and instincts, rather than "experts", it will never lie to you. They once recommended cigs to pregnant ladies for health, lol, all you need to know.
From Michigan! Great information, thank you! Waiting for my doc to call me to suggest statins for my high cholesterol LDL 224 (even though BP 106/60, TG 40, HDL 68, calcium score is 0. :)
Your numbers sound similar to mine and when my calcium score came back zero my doctor was impressed (surprised) and backed off. I'd say zero calcium = end of argument.
I’m 68 years old and stay away from medical intervention. It started when I found a book in the library that spoke about the controversy back in the 1980’s. Once that book was banned, I was a convinced there was a coverup.
@@darscassel I can’t remember the name of the book. Yet, it was about penicillin and how it was destroying our immune system. In the beginning, they would always prescribe acidophilus to be used with a penicillin prescription. This action is no longer practiced. According to the book, penicillin should be stayed away from it. Presently, antibiotics are commonly prescribed with no regard to what it does to your natural immunity. No wonder it’s banned.
@@darscassel I can’t remember. It was on the controversial use of penicillin in the medical field. Now we have antibiotics… which seem to prolong life and prescription dependency for life. What do you do? I choose liberty to live until your natural expiration date. Why become a long term burden to your family?
@@jennifermarlow. Earlier he was a huge supporter of the treatments, so maybe that can give us hope that other MDs will see the light on statin usage.
In the same study at 2:19, it also says, "Any increase in LDL-C levels was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction," aka, heart attack. Also, further down it says, "Hence it would be incorrect to use our data as an argument against the use of lipid lowering treatment in the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and mortality." Having said that, if you look at the very bottom, there may be some conflict of interest in that the guarantor of the study has strong ties to the big Pharma. The plot thickens...
@@dnomyarnostaw I don't rely on one single study on anything, but there are plenty of other studies that do reveal the LDL not being the villain, or at least it's not as clear cut as people, (including healthcare professionals), making it out to be. Many studies in the last 10 years have shown sugar, not cholesterol, is the main villain.
I’m 57, very fit, workout 5 times/week, low body fat, very healthy omnivore diet, LDL 205, HDL 83, Triglycerides 47, my doctor told me to take statins and lower egg intake, reduce butter and other fats. I’m thinking about not doing it.
I'm 55. It is very likely that your LDL cholesterol is not being measured but computed through the Friedewald approximation (CT-HDL-TG/5). Just to know what your supposed cardiovascular risk is (hyperinsulinemia not directly considered because selling insulin is BIG business) use the UK calculator (QRisk) instead of the USA one (ASCVD): look for the LDL cholesterol box (that's right, it isn't there). Now ask yourself: what is SO important of a value that doesn't get measured and which is immaterial if it is 189 mg/dl but crucial if it is 190 mg/dl? By the way, my values a month ago: CT 355 mg/dl, HDL 113 mg/dl, TG 83 mg/dl. Once hyperinsulinemia is already discarded (our case), better focus on ferritin (donate blood) and vitamin D. Without our fear they don't have leverage. I am NOT going to restrict eggs, butter or saturated fat consumption at all.
Thank you for this- I have high LDL and my Dr wants to put me on statins. Been Primal/carnivore. BP is optimal, triglycerides good, HDL good. I have said no. 10 lbs to loose but I am working on it.
I'm tuning in from Scotland ( not for the first time). At my last check up with a nurse I was informed my cholesterol was ' a bit high' . This nurse handed me a prescription for a stastin. I WAS SHOCKED! No doc discussion . No explanation. I was so gobsmacked especially since I know the risks of using statins that I just took the prescription. And walked out the surgery. I won't e using that surgery again. I've taken my own precautions
Lots of bullying going on at GP surgeries. I’ve been referred, without my permission, to a Lipids Clinic at my local hospital. My LDL cholesterol is very high, but I’m on a high fat/low carb diet. The referral was made by a Nurse Practitioner, who I did not even meet with. I’m so angry, I’ve got autonomy over my body and I will make decisions about what I want to do, not them.
@@evepatchett8481 thd use of nurse practitioners us a huge mistake, but it seems thd older we get, the less likely we will actually see a trained medical Dr. And yes, I've nearly been killed TWICE by these poorly trained automatons.
Mine too has always been high. I finally did something about it after the eye doctor freaked out on seeing cholesterol deposits is in my eyes. I'm not overweight and eat healthy. Some people just have this problem.
My HDL was 50, LDL 154, triglycerides 109 and I refuse statins… tried Atorvastatin, Simvastatin and Zetia with leg cramps as the main issue… NO more statin poisons!!!!!!😂😂
A topic near and dear to my heart (no pun intended). Been low carb/keto/Carnivore/animal based for 6.5 years. Currently, total cholesterol around 300, LDL in the 250's, triglycerides in the 80's. Doctor demanding statins, and i have resisted (so far). A very frustrating topic, especially since i have cured a laundry list of health issues by eating this way.
Watching from Gaffney, SC. For years, have been resisting my doctors about taking statins. I finally gave in a couple of months ago and within a couple of weeks, I began experiencing pains in both of my knees. Thx for putting this info out there !
You’ve probably heard this too. During an interview, Rob Cywes-Georgia Ede, Georgia, eloquently stated, something to the effect, all statins cross the blood brain barrier. If I understood, statins lower ldl necessary for cognition. They, potentially, impair cognition. The term she used was brain fog.
Yes. And the brain has to make its own cholesterol. Dietary cholesterol and cholesterol made by the liver doesn’t even make it to the brain. But statins impair cholesterol synthesis in the brain
@@Lulu-kt6gr The Effect of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors on Cognition in Patients With Alzheimer's Dementia: A Prospective Withdrawal and Rechallenge Pilot Study Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2012 CONCLUSIONS Statins can produce adverse effects on cognition in individuals
@@Lulu-kt6gr AFAIK There are fat soluble and water soluble statins, and only the fat soluble is supposed to cross the BBB. I have no reference for that - and even if I did, would I believe that some statins are "better"? Nope, I have been put on them all over many years, and they ALL caused severe side effects. This was before the YT / online resources like this were available.
I remember hearing about a study where they took patients with dementia in a memory care unit also on statins, took them off the statins and their neuro symptoms dramatically improved; they put them back on statins and they deteriorated again.
I started following DR. Anthony Martin a couple of years ago. I love that the things you say and the things he says align. He was in practice for 45 years. Also, the private doc I see (after mainstream MDs failed to help me) says you’re a pretty smart guy.
Watching and catching up from the UK. What is really happening is that all the toxic garbage in crappy foods and unhealthy habits/lifestyles among other factors are the main culprits causing all the damage. What we all need is proper education learning the dynamics how human body works within its complexity and the nutrional facts that promote health but they rather want people ignorant because the big industries are only creating customers just for profit. Thank you for speaking out big truths and raising awareness, Mike. Cheers 🎉
From Cape Town, South Africa. Only when i was very ill and tests revealed liver damage and my My Dr advised me to stop the statins and I'm glad i did. Statins caused my liver enzymes to increase and I was very ill. 10yrs Later and I'm off all meds and feeling blessed that my Dr took me off statins. Monitoring my diet, exercising and at 69 I'm happy for now. Enjoying life
Thank you Sir! Love your content. Watching the replay from santa cruz ca. Just visited donega markeguard and her husband Eric for ranch day on their regenerative farm in half moon bay. They've been raising grassfed happy cows for 20 years. We enjoyed ranch day last weekend on their farm and became members to support all that they fo. She writes books and would be great for you to interview her. She's well known cowgirl in Northern California.
my theory is - it doesn't matter what your LDL is as long as its not massively high or massively low - to me it's just a transport of fat around the body. other measures are much more important. know of a few who have had a heart attack on low cholesterol. stress, and toxic lifestyles are much more important and being overweight etc. doctors are told to prescribe the 'medicine' at lower and lower cholesterol levels until no one is going to have 'normal' levels.
"Vitamin B1 (thiamine): In this study involving South Korean subjects, people who had enough vitamin B1 or thiamine in their bodies had significant reductions in their total serum cholesterol levels."
Most people associate LDL with Cholesterol, they are not the same. LDL is the molecule that carries the Cholesterol around the body along with a lot of other essential nutrients. The fact is that if you were to go to your doctor and get a shot that eliminated your body's ability to make Cholesterol you would be reduced to a pile of sludge before you left the office. Cholesterol is needed in every cell of the body.
BOOM ! cholesterol is the brain fuel and foundational building block of all hormones. They went down the wrong road on this. It's what's causing inflammation in the vascular system that allows the cholesterol to stick. The environment causes the cholesterol problem. cholesterol itself is not a problem.
My father-in-law had low cholesterol and died of heart attack in his 70's. My mother had high cholesterol and died at 101 yrs. My LDL is high, but my triglycerides are low and HDL is high. I don't need statins. Also, there are 2 kinds of LDL. I had a special test done to show I had more of the good LDL.
Just had a CT scan for my arteries 0% surprised my doctor. Kept telling her I'd rather change my diet and my way of living. I was on acne medication for 13 years in my youth. Off the hamster wheel 👍
Similar story here, HDL is high and LDL is also high. Doc wanted me on statin, I said no. Cardiac calcium scan score: 0. I will hear what the doc has to say at the followup.
Me too! I had high LDL and my doctor was ready to prescribe a statin and was very surprised when my calcium scan came up zero. I had absolutely no intention of taking a statin anyway.
Watching from Nigeria. The cholesterol song is loud in Nigeria and people are dancing to the beat of statins. Few of us have left the party. I dropped my statins last year, started Intermittent Fasting and at 56, I have recovered my life. Thanks a lot, I am sharing and please do keep up your great work.
Nigeria too. I took statins for three days, felt like I was going to die, and dumped them. Did research and agree that cholesterol is not necessarily a bad thing …
I use Magnesium Glycinate and Liposomal Vitamin C. This also allows D3 to work and Krill oil Omega 3. I am reducing my cholesterol. I am here in Colorado
I am a Singaporean.I have done my blood test every year for my cholesterol panel. The recent was on April 2024. Total cholesterol 10.6 mmol/L,Tg from 1.46 elevated to 2.28mmol/L,Hdl 1.86mmol/L, ldl from 4.58 to 7.71mmol/L,Dr prescribe statins to me, l decide not to take the medicine as l know there are so many side effects affecting especially the liver n kidney, was told to go back on July 10th to go for another blood test to make sure that my Ldl will drop, as l was told its dangerous if l don't take to lower my ldl levels.During these 3 months l go on diet,eat less red meat,less fatty meat n chicken meat without skin n try exercise 4 times a wk..just to please the doctor my ldl level.Many Singaporeans just simply listen to the doctors when they are ask to take statin, what a pity! unlike me l have do some research about cholesterol.
Your numbers are great. You seemed to have controlled your issue. Alzheimer’s is definitely something you need to protect against. And that’s quality saturated fat for that very necessary cholesterol. Good job.
Hi Mike, I am viewing you from Ireland. I have been following your videos for years..your on my list of go-to pro active and progressive enlighten preventive health hero's Thank you as always.
Fiduciary responsibility is killing people since the pharmaceutical companies are required by law to do whatever necessary to make a profit for stockholders
There was a new study that came out in Jama April 24 of this year. That saying that heart disease is on the rise even though people are on statins. Do you know about this study? Thank you for your research
Would you trust your electrician if he didn't "keep up with the codes" ...no it would put you in danger. Same goes for these white coat demigods. It's their responsibility to keep up with research , not just taking advise from pharma reps at expensive luncheons
Well the “codes” for MDs are actually the national orgs that create treatment guidelines - which are all bought and paid for by Pharma and so the guidelines that doctors are required to follow and that can get them in trouble with their boards if they don’t follow - they’re all corrupt and not designed to keep and get people healthy. It’s like if every code for an electrician created a fire hazard. The whole system is screwed.
They have guidelines they kind of have to follow, though, which are the equivalent of codes. Pushing statins is the standard of care. To get change, you need to get the standards of care changed.
High LDL cholesterol becomes problematic when inflammation damages the smooth arterial endothelial lining leading to plaque buildup (Imagine taking a Brillo pad to a Teflon pan). Cholesterol is a problem when it sticks, builds up, narrows vessels and becomes unstable. People with insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and obesity are showing signs of inflammation and should take this risk seriously.
This is why I don’t know what to do. Family history of heart attacks and stents. I have high blood pressure and slightly elevated ldl. Doc recommended statins as prevention. Tiny amount every other day…I’m stumped
Study at 13:50 showed 1.28% reduction in combined cardiovascular events. The 0.39% sited was the reduction all cause mortality. If you keep looking further down it looks like statins did not significantly increase liver enzymes, diabetes or myositis except for one (of 22) trials with high dose statins increasing diabetes risk.
Been carnivore 2 years now. Had a yearly check up yesterday: doctors calling me on Monday regards my cholesterol! I knew my LDL WAS high 6 months ago from a private blood works. So NHS WILL BE PUSHING STATINS EVEN THOUGH ALL MY MARKERS ARE IN THE GREEN. So stressful
I use IF to reduce calories. KETO to eat cleaner. 2 day fasting to reset levels. When you get within good height & weight body composition standards. You can eat carbs, fruits, you can eat x3 times a day, you can have sweet treats every other week. Restrictive diets should be temporary for specific reasons. We should always be fluctuating between fasting, feeding, 2 meals a day, OMAD, x3 meals a day. Working out fasted, working out early a.m. Get creative and versatile with your diet and fitness.
Australia here. I only learnt recently that the brain contains approximately 20% of our total cholesterol but dies not get it from the liver but makes its own cholesterol. Taking statins lowers all cholesterol including that made by the brain? Noting the increases in ealy onset dementia has a study been done to rule out causation from this potential correlation?
When looking at NNT, some of those studies also show NNH(Number Needed to Harm). In some cases the NNH is close to NNT, which is even worse than something not helping.
Melbourne, Australia here. 🇦🇺 🙋♀️ You often come up with some surprises. That’s why I keep visiting and raising my eyebrows. LDL 6.7 here. HDL and Trigs within parameters. Sitting in the sun on a lovely Autumn day. ☀️
Docs are being forced to tell patients to take statins or they will loose their license! We need the recommendations to be redone so docs not forced to push cholesterol meds on people!
My TG 85, HDL58, LDL 143, LipoA 44nmol/L, A1C 5.5 and my Dr. wants me to lower LDL, at least she didn’t mention meds or I think I would loose my gasket.
A few months ago my trg was 119 now 50, hdl 52 now 56 and try 132 now 150 but I was fasting for a month and on low carb diet for 4 months so my ldl results could be like that in this case.I went right after fsting period to do the test. later i learnt that it is not recommended. However, with my previous ldl at 132 my doctor told me to lower my ldl but he did say he would not give me anything for it he has not seen this new results and will NOT be seeing it.
There isn't much to deep dive on. Cancer sucks, and you need to catch ot early. Now there's a ton of suffering research on the subject of cancer but again, catching it early is the best thing you can do.
In WI watching on the replay. I am so happy I ran into this. My primary has been trying to push a statin on me. Even though my endocrinologist recommended I not take it. I opted not to, so I hope I made the right decision for me.
Prolonged water fasting (7 days or more) is the quickest way to clear the arteries of plaque which consists of cholesterol, calcium and fibrins. Autopsies were once done on a large group of people that starved to death and the interesting thing noted was their arteries were all completely clear. Most people can avoid cardiovascular surgery if they did a prolonged water fast and adjusted their diet.
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Statin drugs were introduced to the market in 1987 when heart disease was the leading cause of death in the U.S. Nearly forty years later, millions of statin users and billions of dollars in statin sales... Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.
Yes because everyone is fat as fuck
On a per capital basis, heart disease deaths have been trending down for decades - typical carnivore attitude, ignore facts.
Its a racket
It's(statins) also believed to be the reason for early onset dementia.
U want to reduce heart disease .......destroy coco cola...destroy Mac....destroy factory shit foods... Exercise...
My LDL is 244. HDL is 72 and Triglycerides 94. I don’t care what studies come out I’ll never ever take a statin.
Your TG/ HDL ratio is 1.3 which in another video says it’s ideal. And you can compute your total cholesterol/ HDL ratio also. Ideal is
Try to get those triglycerides down a bit and that would be beneficial. I recommend no processed foods, stable fats like olive or avocado as well. Eat real whole foods. Vegetables are low glycemic and are important too
My total cholesterol is 398. HDL 113. LDL 276. Triglycerides 46. VLDL 9.
I wouldn't touch a statin no one should it shuts down the mevalonate pathway that's Coq10 vitmain D testosterone estrogen cell membranes and cholesterol all down the drain.
Well I do care about the studies, which is why a don't take statins.
Statins make u 🏳️🌈
When you can’t even say the name of a product because you will get censored, you know that company controls the narrative!
It isn't a product, but a generic name for the class of drugs. I very much doubt it will get censored, and comments on this video from 2 weeks ago are still visible. He's creating fear!
Hear, hear!
yep, the oligarchy rules, unfortunately.
@@tonyclif1 You're insane.
@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt ok sane guy, tell me why I'm wrong?
My doctor said since I refuse to take a statin there's no reason for him to even order a lipid panel blood test. I said "OK". But later I realized, wow! That was a tacit admission that he ONLY looks for opportunities to sell drugs, not for problems in my health.
The same thing happened to me on my last yearly physical. My LDL went from 204 to 240--no biggie--I had lost over 25 pounds on a mostly carnivore diet and felt great. He said I should be on a statin and I said no thank you because I'd done some homework on the benifits and drawbacks or side effects of the drug and told him so. He told me like you were told--no need to do a lipid panel if I wouldn't take his recommendations depending on the results--I later went on line and looked at his notes in my medical record where he noted that I refused his advice to take a statin--oh well.
He doesn't want your data to be useful for contradiction
Ken you can go online an order your own lab test without your doctor's participation. I think quest lab offers that service but there are others that do as well.
@@Ella-ve7kp Yes, I could. But they're not cheap. And I doubt I could convince insurance to pay. I'm living keto. My only concern is my hypothyroidism, not lipids.
@@KenJackson_US
For your hypothyroid, the cellular healing diet is super helpful. (Dr. Pompa)
I went on the 'Air Force Diet' in the early 70s...became the Atkin's Diet later...and lost 35 pounds in 3 months. Saw no reason to stop using it, so I kept the same weight all of these years.
Didn't have any health issues until I got Lyme disease in 1985. When I went to a doctor for the Lyme, he took some blood and told me that my cholesterol was off the charts and gave me a list of foods to eat to bring it down. He also started to write a prescription for statins, but I told him that I didn't want to take any meds. He got annoyed and told me to stick to a strict diet.
So...I tried the diet...skinless chicken, no cheese except the skim kinds, no butter, eggs, cream in my coffee, just small portions of lean meats, etc.
Tried the diet for about a week and then said 'screw this' and went back to my Air Force diet. Figured if I was gonna die, might as well die happy.
I'm over 70 now, still on the Air Force Diet, still the same weight as I was in my 20s and still have no medical issues so far except for the chronic Lyme. I do a lot of gardening, have a large, half-wooded property, so ticks are a problem. But maintaining the property and tending to my garden beds keeps me active, healthy and happy.
You can dig some knotweed roots - "Ethnobotanical plant extracts, including Ghanaian quinine and Japanese knotweed, show strong activity against B.burgdorferi, outperforming current antibiotics for the treatment of Lyme disease."
I've heard lots of people with Lyme use ivermectin for great success. I don't remember the name of the protocol but if you Google it or search here, I'm sure lots of info
@@paveries Thanks for the advice. I know that Japanese knotweed is edible and I have a large property, so I'll find some plants to grow on my property...if deer don't eat them. Will check out the quinine and see if I can find it online. I used to like tonic water years ago...without the gin. Maybe I can find some that isn't sweetened. Might help.
Problem with me and Doxy is that I'm out on my large property in the sunshine doing gardening and maintenance from spring to fall and Doxy makes you sun sensitive, so you have to cover up head to toe to prevent sunburn. If I get bit by a tick in springtime, I have to wait until fall to get it treated...or sweat to death covered up for six weeks. Did that once and that was enough!
I spray my clothes with permethryn and use Cutter Deep Woods on my back, where I can't reach to pull a tick out, but still find ticks when I go inside and do a tick check, since my property has a wooded border around the yard areas that mice, voles and deer just love to hang out in. I don't spray the property because I don't want to kill all of the other beneficial insects living there along with the ticks.
I was also wondering if Ivermectin could help, but try getting that now after COVID.
@@hokeypokeypotsivermectin is available again and even allowed by the tyrants…err, I mean government health authorities. Or get the horse kind. I use it all the time for years. My family horse vet says it’s probably safer than the human kind because they don’t mess around with medicine given to million-dollar race horses.
Go carnivore (zero carbs) and Lord willing, you will be healed of Lyme disease as well! May God bless and protect you!
Yeah I got off of statins about a year ago the only reason I took them is because I was border line. And I had a A truck driving license. Change my diet ate more fish grilled no fried foods drink nothing but water and black coffee organic. Lost 38 lb run 2 miles a day. Up and down hills. And workout with weights I'll be 64 tomorrow I don't even wear glasses feel in the best Health of my life 😳🙏✝️👍
Great! Kudos to you 😊
@jamescunningham awesome 👏🏽
There's no such thing as borderline. That's the kicker. There's no such thing as high cholesterol. It's all bs. The higher the cholesterol the longer you will live, and the more testosterone you'll have.
Watch thoses knees
Me too ! Good on you 🤜🤛
Santiago, Chile🇨🇱 here!
I find astonishing that even a post meal walk or changing some of the oils you use in your kitchen, are more effective reducing stroke and heart attack risks than the medications doctor have been proscribing and people have been paying for all those years
Greetings from Chile, South America. Great video
You can't make billions in profit from either of those Santiago.
I believe that primary care physicians in clinical settings are being over-watched by managers who push them to prescribe statins based on numbers, and models, but not actual family history of cardiovascular disease. My PCP put me on a statin because my triglycerides were at the upper end of the “no action level,” after a fasting blood draw, based on a “computer model.” Then I hear that there is evidence that, “fasting raises triglyceride levels” in the blood.” Then I hear that using a statin “raises your risk of developing dementia by 25% over a 10-year period.” My mother just DIED of dementia after being on a statin for about 7 years after a heart valve replacement. Anecdotal, I know. I refused to take the statin, and my PCP backed off.
The goal of Big Pharma is NOT to cure a disease, but to make you a customer for the rest of your life.
The customer is the one who pays you. Drs are paid by insurance companies.
Yes, while electronic medical records do have benefits for patient care they also allow surveillance by the overlords.
True story-
One of my friends and her hubby were put on a statin.
She immediately began to have issues.
She went in for bloodwork while still freshly on it.
Due to many food allergies she has a very strict diet.
Her blood sugar was high. The Doctor wanted to know what she was doing that had caused that. She said the only thing different in her life was that she was taking the statin.
Of course doctor said it could not be the cause.
She stopped the Statin and 6 months later did the same blood work which showed her blood sugar was back to normal.
Meanwhile her husband had been on the statin all this time. His mental capacity had deteriorated to a degree where he could no longer drive and could not be trusted to care for their young granddaughter alone.
Since I knew about memory issues associated with statins, I shared what I knew with her.
She began to decrease his dose, getting him down to half the dose every other day.
Gradually
he came back to his vibrant mentally competent self.
There is an interesting book called Lipitor, The Memory Stealer written by a former astronaut who experienced two episodes of extreme memory issues taking statins.
These drugs.have done more harm than good. It was only after lipitor came off patent that negative information started to bubble up.
After the Covid fiasco I now no longer trust anything doctors tell me. They treat symptoms not the root cause. They do what they are told. I tried to talk to 2 of my doctors and was admonished for being T1 Diabetic doing the Carnivore diet. "You NEED Carbs". No I don't. Why would a doctor push carbs on a diabetic? Because that is what they are taught to do. Only carbs I eat are for corrections to low sugars.
@fladave99 🤣
64 yr. old female. Have had TC of 335 and LDL around 225 . I've ate low carb for years. My doctor and I agreed for me to try a low fat diet. Egg whites only, oatmeal, white fish, boneless skinless chicken, my only fat was 1 tbs of olive oil on my big salad I ate for lunch and 5 walnuts. We retested in a couple of month and my TC cholesterol went up to 436 and LDL to to 335. I was totally shocked and then just started laughing. I went back to my normal eating and it went back to normal. Very weird.
I eat mostly just red meat( carnivore), so many people believe you will die of a heart attack, because your cholesterol will be too high, if you eat too much red meat. Ive done my research, so I know better. We need cholesterol! Our brains need cholesterol! Its amazing how brainwashed people are. Theyve heard their whole life to eat fruits and vegis, and not much red meat, yet so many, like me, have healed so many health issues, by eating mostly meat, specifically, red meat!
Historically, when tyranical governments want to control societies, they limit their ability to consume meat.
And so many more didn't develop the health issues in the first place or healed because they ate their veggies and reduced meat. Carnivore is not for the masses. Cut out processed foods, including processed meat. Sleep well and exercise. It's not the dichotomy you're proposing. Do what works best. It's silly you spoke about eating veggies as if it were not true. Disinformation much?
Can you tell me what tyrannical governments have limited the ability to consume red meat? Most of the time, societies haven't eaten meat because of high cost.
The dementia rates seem to have increased since this medication was promoted...It's s Trillion $ industry
You're on the right track doing carnivore (by eliminating foods causing you problems), but reasoning that the improvement means everyone else should mainly eat meat (fruits and veg is bad).. isn't logical, and is where you are misled. You possibly ruined your gut on a bad diet (or in a rare case have immune issues?) and no longer could tolerate a lot of diversity in your diet.. carbs, plant ingredients, etc. An extreme elimination diet improved inflammation, great.. So maybe you are stuck on carnivore a while, but ideally you will gradually add back in diversity to your diet, as eating only meat isn't ideal for the long run; who really wants to only eat a piece of meat every day for the rest of their life, and nothing else? There are no long terms studies to say you won't die earlier from it, etc.. unfortunately. Take the influencer/podcast stuff on TH-cam with a grain of salt, as a lot of it is biased, un-proven/anecdotal, whatever is needed to get a reaction. Too many anecdotes... just as one person "got better" doing an extreme, another person had the opposite effect.. ultimately do what's best for you within reason.
@@Dan-dg9pi They limit them with their BS and keeping you controlled by fear mongering.
Hi there! Greetings from Singapore 😄
For the last 2 years I've been told (3 times) that I seriously need to go on statins due to a 'higher than normal' LDL score.
Nope... I'm not gonna do it. I've been on a low-carb diet for 4-5 years now and ALL my other vital signs are good (blood test results).
Thank you, Sir,!
It is because of channels like yours that I am able to proceed with confidence.
Otherwise I could be cowed into submission by the healthcare industry as so many others are 😢
I would live to know if spike proteins are impacting weird cholesterol #s.
It is really disturbing that pharmaceuticals are still withholding or downplaying the negative side effects and risks of statins from us.
I took statins briefly about 20 years ago and immediately noticed muscle weakness. I thought we were supposed to tell our doctors if that happened, but they didn't want to hear about it. During a brief hospital stay a few years ago, the doctor noticed my cholesterol levels and gave me statins while I was there. Not surprisingly, the muscle weakness reappeared. When I mentioned it to my doctor, he just said that he could prescribe a different one. I threw away the prescription. My dad (now 94) also noticed the weakness, so he stopped taking his statins a long time ago.
I will give my doctor credit, though - he didn't push the vaccine on me. I'm so glad I didn't take that either.
At 49, I got severely sick with covid for 11 days a few months before the vaccine was available. I lost 20 lbs and could barely stand. Thankfully, my wife was there to help care for me. Before that I was rarely ever sick. Having been given damn near 200 shots in 20 years of my Navy career, the anti-vaccine crowd get a big eye-roll from me.
Listener from Kentucky here.. so timely for me! I just got my blood work and had high ldl. Dr suggested statins and I declined until I could do more research. Glad I did!
Get a more detailed lipid density profile.. you’ll need to see the type of ldl you have.. more or the big fluffy ones.. or more of the tiny / vldl ones. Once you get a better picture… you’ll be able to understand how to manage it. Research is good, but N=1.. you’ll always want to tailor make your healthcare to you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mike. I'm 72 and always listened to my inner voice (or my gut feelings). You just justified it! Greetings from Northeastern Ohio.
Whidbey Island. I got drawn into PCSK9 inhibitors after failing statins due to muscle pain. Not taking any of that sh** anymore. LDL Cholesterol 251, Cholesterol is 326, Triglycerides 127 (used to be over 300), HDL 52 (working on it!). No longer pre diabetic. Low carb is the way
If you eat Healthy Fats, you will have high LDL. But that is, Larger Particles, NOT multiple, smaller, sticky ones. That's the difference. On a recent doctor visit, my GP freaked because my LDL was over 400! But, he was baffled that my HDL was 58 & my Triglycerides were 80. He prescribed statins! I threw it in the trash on the way out of his office!
I hope you are looking for a new GP.
@@trucid2 LOL! WHO? They, 99% are like that!
Thank you 😊 for your info. You should watch Dr Robert Lusting video about cholesterol 👍
You understood very well
😂
Minnesota. My cholesterol and LDL has risen steadily since menopause. I refused statins , but did do a cardiac calcium scan score 0!
Exact same for me.
Interesting, mine has also gone up since menopause, also now I'm low carb, no sugar or seed oils - feel amazing but statins have been mentioned constantly! I'm in the UK
Mine too but was told my cholesterol went up cause of hypothyroidism.
@@millerlisa1 maybe thats why mines higher
lack of calcification does not mean lack of arterial plaques. to see those you need a ct scan WITH a dye agent, whereas cac scores are obtained without one. the majority of myocardial infarctions in people with calcified plaque actually occur in the non calcified plaque.
Williamsburg, Virginia! At age 60 I have 40 triglycerides 85 hdl, and LDLs 150. My doctors always screams Statin, and I say no. I have no other risk factors.
You sound healthy AF!
TG/HDL is 0.47. That’s considered excellent.
Fire your doctor.
@@CL-im9lk thank you for the input, I wasn’t sure.
@@CL-im9lk You are a super lean mass hyper responder
The same results are in the Women's Health Initiative study (independent of pharma). A female friend, prescribed cholesterol lowering meds, had pain and weakness in her muscles as a 'side effect'. She stopped taking the medication but debilitating pain and weakness persisted. Her doctor recommended basic pain meds. I did a tiny amount of research and found that those meds lower coenzyme Q10, which is essential for cellular energy production. She started taking coenzyme Q10 and the pain/weakness symptoms disappeared within a couple of days. Yet her own doctor didn't even look into the possible, basic physiological pathway which might have caused the symptoms.
I always found it odd that the problem with COQ10 depletion was known for years and people put on statins were not told to supplement with COQ10. I was never told to take a supplement and only started to take it when I did my own research . I did eventually stop the statin after the MD kept telling me to take double the dose because he wanted my LDL to be lower than 140! Of course I felt miserable and his response was just take it every other day. Went keto-lost 56 lbs and ended up having to stop my BP meds and told the MD I refuse to take the statins anymore. HDL went up, Triglycerides dropped, VLDL dropped to 9. Of course LDL went up and the MD still tells me at every yearly check up to take a statin. PS I am a 70 y/o who can walk 3-5 miles and lift weights with little effort. Resting heart rate is 58. (PS had to educate my MD re:the HDL and Tri ratio-)
@@ladyj4795 the level of ignorance and bad advice is staggering. The Women's Health Initiative study spans at least 15 years and shows that women with higher LDL live longer than those who have lower LDL. Of course, there have been concerted efforts to hide this inconvenient truth! Well done for taking back your control over your health and showing that age doesn't mean automatic decrepitude and dependence on countless pharmaceuticals!
Sounds like the doctors they are not trained very well in any nutritional or supplement benefits.
@@larrycone8821 not only that, they appear to have no knowledge of the deficits they themselves cause by prescribing certain medications with these known effects.
I am from Denmark, and my LDL is skyhigh, but I feel fine and are athletic ☀️
trust your body and instincts, rather than "experts", it will never lie to you. They once recommended cigs to pregnant ladies for health, lol, all you need to know.
From Michigan! Great information, thank you! Waiting for my doc to call me to suggest statins for my high cholesterol LDL 224 (even though BP 106/60, TG 40, HDL 68, calcium score is 0. :)
Sounds like you don’t need them. Good luck on that conversation!
Change doctor
Your numbers sound similar to mine and when my calcium score came back zero my doctor was impressed (surprised) and backed off. I'd say zero calcium = end of argument.
Me too. 73 yrs. old. Similar BP and low resting heart rate.
Calcium score is late stage of calcification.
CT scan angiogram is accurate to tell soft and calcified plaque.
Hs-crt.. Inflammation marker
Like I said in the live comments, "I love fired-up Mike haha passion"
Freat work!
I did my active recovery work this morning. Tomorrow I'll train
I’m 68 years old and stay away from medical intervention. It started when I found a book in the library that spoke about the controversy back in the 1980’s. Once that book was banned, I was a convinced there was a coverup.
What’s the name of the book?
@@darscassel I can’t remember the name of the book. Yet, it was about penicillin and how it was destroying our immune system. In the beginning, they would always prescribe acidophilus to be used with a penicillin prescription. This action is no longer practiced. According to the book, penicillin should be stayed away from it. Presently, antibiotics are commonly prescribed with no regard to what it does to your natural immunity. No wonder it’s banned.
@@darscassel I can’t remember. It was on the controversial use of penicillin in the medical field. Now we have antibiotics… which seem to prolong life and prescription dependency for life. What do you do? I choose liberty to live until your natural expiration date. Why become a long term burden to your family?
That's my philosophy as well
Dr Aseem Malhotra, leading UK cardiologist, does not support the blanket statin use that seems to be the norm these days.
My father was prescribed statin. But it is I who manages his medication. I was able to reduce his LDLc level to normal without him taking statin.
He also wrote a book
@@jennifermarlow.,
"Normal" in the U.S. these days appears to me to be very UNhealthy.
@@jennifermarlow. Earlier he was a huge supporter of the treatments, so maybe that can give us hope that other MDs will see the light on statin usage.
Thanks Mike for covering this VERY IMPORTANT Topic 🙂👍
In the same study at 2:19, it also says, "Any increase in LDL-C levels was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction," aka, heart attack.
Also, further down it says, "Hence it would be incorrect to use our data as an argument against the use of lipid lowering treatment in the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and mortality."
Having said that, if you look at the very bottom, there may be some conflict of interest in that the guarantor of the study has strong ties to the big Pharma. The plot thickens...
Thank you.
Or it could be they expected non trained youtubers to draw the wrong conclusions.
@@dnomyarnostaw I don't rely on one single study on anything, but there are plenty of other studies that do reveal the LDL not being the villain, or at least it's not as clear cut as people, (including healthcare professionals), making it out to be. Many studies in the last 10 years have shown sugar, not cholesterol, is the main villain.
I shall be having the talk about high ldl with my doctor next week, the argument was strong before seeing this and so much stronger now.
Besides the usual great evidence based presentation, I love how animated and adamant your delivery is in this video. Keep rocking, Mike!
I’m 57, very fit, workout 5 times/week, low body fat, very healthy omnivore diet, LDL 205, HDL 83, Triglycerides 47, my doctor told me to take statins and lower egg intake, reduce butter and other fats. I’m thinking about not doing it.
I'm 55. It is very likely that your LDL cholesterol is not being measured but computed through the Friedewald approximation (CT-HDL-TG/5). Just to know what your supposed cardiovascular risk is (hyperinsulinemia not directly considered because selling insulin is BIG business) use the UK calculator (QRisk) instead of the USA one (ASCVD): look for the LDL cholesterol box (that's right, it isn't there). Now ask yourself: what is SO important of a value that doesn't get measured and which is immaterial if it is 189 mg/dl but crucial if it is 190 mg/dl? By the way, my values a month ago: CT 355 mg/dl, HDL 113 mg/dl, TG 83 mg/dl. Once hyperinsulinemia is already discarded (our case), better focus on ferritin (donate blood) and vitamin D. Without our fear they don't have leverage. I am NOT going to restrict eggs, butter or saturated fat consumption at all.
Go ahead! Don't cry when you have a CV event.
Get a real doctor
Fire you doctor
@@destro1989That's never going to be happening
Thank you for this- I have high LDL and my Dr wants to put me on statins. Been Primal/carnivore. BP is optimal, triglycerides good, HDL good. I have said no. 10 lbs to loose but I am working on it.
I'm tuning in from Scotland ( not for the first time).
At my last check up with a nurse I was informed my cholesterol was ' a bit high' . This nurse handed me a prescription for a stastin. I WAS SHOCKED! No doc discussion . No explanation. I was so gobsmacked especially since I know the risks of using statins that I just took the prescription. And walked out the surgery. I won't e using that surgery again. I've taken my own precautions
Lots of bullying going on at GP surgeries. I’ve been referred, without my permission, to a Lipids Clinic at my local hospital. My LDL cholesterol is very high, but I’m on a high fat/low carb diet. The referral was made by a Nurse Practitioner, who I did not even meet with. I’m so angry, I’ve got autonomy over my body and I will make decisions about what I want to do, not them.
@@evepatchett8481 thd use of nurse practitioners us a huge mistake, but it seems thd older we get, the less likely we will actually see a trained medical Dr. And yes, I've nearly been killed TWICE by these poorly trained automatons.
My Cholesterol-340, LDL-217, HDL-117, Triglycerides-53.
Cholesterol changes quickly. Take it a week apart and you’d be surprised. It depends on what you ate day before.
This was after 22 hours of fasting.
Excellent
Mine too has always been high. I finally did something about it after the eye doctor freaked out on seeing cholesterol deposits is in my eyes. I'm not overweight and eat healthy. Some people just have this problem.
@@leesh2684 it's very hard to change your levels drastically without meds.
My HDL was 50, LDL 154, triglycerides 109 and I refuse statins… tried Atorvastatin, Simvastatin and Zetia with leg cramps as the main issue… NO more statin poisons!!!!!!😂😂
Chandler AZ here.. love your YT presence.. thank you gorgeous your dedication.
A topic near and dear to my heart (no pun intended).
Been low carb/keto/Carnivore/animal based for 6.5 years. Currently, total cholesterol around 300, LDL in the 250's, triglycerides in the 80's. Doctor demanding statins, and i have resisted (so far).
A very frustrating topic, especially since i have cured a laundry list of health issues by eating this way.
Watching from Gaffney, SC. For years, have been resisting my doctors about taking statins. I finally gave in a couple of months ago and within a couple of weeks, I began experiencing pains in both of my knees. Thx for putting this info out there !
You’ve probably heard this too. During an interview, Rob Cywes-Georgia Ede, Georgia, eloquently stated, something to the effect, all statins cross the blood brain barrier. If I understood, statins lower ldl necessary for cognition. They, potentially, impair cognition. The term she used was brain fog.
Yes. And the brain has to make its own cholesterol. Dietary cholesterol and cholesterol made by the liver doesn’t even make it to the brain. But statins impair cholesterol synthesis in the brain
I was told by my doctor that statins do NOT cross blood/brain barrier 🤷♀️
@@Lulu-kt6gr The Effect of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors on Cognition in Patients With Alzheimer's Dementia: A Prospective Withdrawal and Rechallenge Pilot Study
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2012
CONCLUSIONS
Statins can produce adverse effects on cognition in individuals
@@Lulu-kt6gr AFAIK There are fat soluble and water soluble statins, and only the fat soluble is supposed to cross the BBB. I have no reference for that - and even if I did, would I believe that some statins are "better"? Nope, I have been put on them all over many years, and they ALL caused severe side effects. This was before the YT / online resources like this were available.
I remember hearing about a study where they took patients with dementia in a memory care unit also on statins, took them off the statins and their neuro symptoms dramatically improved; they put them back on statins and they deteriorated again.
I started following DR. Anthony Martin a couple of years ago. I love that the things you say and the things he says align. He was in practice for 45 years. Also, the private doc I see (after mainstream MDs failed to help me) says you’re a pretty smart guy.
Yes ! Absolutely continue to have discussion break down
Excellent
Mike def had his caffeine today. Love you Mike!
Watching and catching up from the UK. What is really happening is that all the toxic garbage in crappy foods and unhealthy habits/lifestyles among other factors are the main culprits causing all the damage. What we all need is proper education learning the dynamics how human body works within its complexity and the nutrional facts that promote health but they rather want people ignorant because the big industries are only creating customers just for profit. Thank you for speaking out big truths and raising awareness, Mike. Cheers 🎉
Watching from Spokane and the weather has finally been beautiful! And thanks for everything you do and continuing to educate people!
Watching the replay - Hello from Carver County Minnesota!
From Cape Town, South Africa.
Only when i was very ill and tests revealed liver damage and my My Dr advised me to stop the statins and I'm glad i did. Statins caused my liver enzymes to increase and I was very ill. 10yrs Later and I'm off all meds and feeling blessed that my Dr took me off statins. Monitoring my diet, exercising and at 69 I'm happy for now. Enjoying life
Listening in Olympia WA. Appreciate what you do!
Thank you Sir! Love your content. Watching the replay from santa cruz ca. Just visited donega markeguard and her husband Eric for ranch day on their regenerative farm in half moon bay. They've been raising grassfed happy cows for 20 years. We enjoyed ranch day last weekend on their farm and became members to support all that they fo. She writes books and would be great for you to interview her. She's well known cowgirl in Northern California.
my theory is - it doesn't matter what your LDL is as long as its not massively high or massively low - to me it's just a transport of fat around the body. other measures are much more important. know of a few who have had a heart attack on low cholesterol. stress, and toxic lifestyles are much more important and being overweight etc. doctors are told to prescribe the 'medicine' at lower and lower cholesterol levels until no one is going to have 'normal' levels.
Or massively oxidized!
Define massive, and by what standard?
Hey, I always appreciate the up2date reviews and greetings from Ireland
Never seen him so fired up.
Great info and consistent with all recent studies. Thanks. David, Antalya, Turkey on the Mediterranean Coast. 😊
"Vitamin B1 (thiamine): In this study involving South Korean subjects, people who had enough vitamin B1 or thiamine in their bodies had significant reductions in their total serum cholesterol levels."
Who cares? You are missing the point.
@@Krunch2020 Whatever helps
greatings Mike , and thanks from Murrells Inlet SC.
Most people associate LDL with Cholesterol, they are not the same. LDL is the molecule that carries the Cholesterol around the body along with a lot of other essential nutrients. The fact is that if you were to go to your doctor and get a shot that eliminated your body's ability to make Cholesterol you would be reduced to a pile of sludge before you left the office. Cholesterol is needed in every cell of the body.
Well said!
BOOM ! cholesterol is the brain fuel and foundational building block of all hormones. They went down the wrong road on this. It's what's causing inflammation in the vascular system that allows the cholesterol to stick. The environment causes the cholesterol problem. cholesterol itself is not a problem.
Valuable information and hope that this gets shared. Listened while I was at the gym👊🏻
My father-in-law had low cholesterol and died of heart attack in his 70's. My mother had high cholesterol and died at 101 yrs. My LDL is high, but my triglycerides are low and HDL is high. I don't need statins. Also, there are 2 kinds of LDL. I had a special test done to show I had more of the good LDL.
Ldl is not causal, Apo B is.
I love it when you break down research papers so I can send to people I know don’t believe me.
Just had a CT scan for my arteries 0% surprised my doctor. Kept telling her I'd rather change my diet and my way of living. I was on acne medication for 13 years in my youth. Off the hamster wheel 👍
Accutane? 13 years? You would be dead if u took that for that long!
Acne is. Caused by low zinc. Fact!!!
Similar story here, HDL is high and LDL is also high. Doc wanted me on statin, I said no. Cardiac calcium scan score: 0. I will hear what the doc has to say at the followup.
Me too! I had high LDL and my doctor was ready to prescribe a statin and was very surprised when my calcium scan came up zero. I had absolutely no intention of taking a statin anyway.
@@elliewall7621what if cal scan wasnt zero, would you have taken statin? Im in this situation right now
When I went carnivore my LDL went up to 368 HDL 84 TRIS 61 I’m 65 6’2 195 lbs I feel fantastic keep up your great work 😊
If we haven't figured out that medicine is a business... we have more serious problems.
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People are too brainwashed and it's hard for them to realize it...
Watching from Nigeria. The cholesterol song is loud in Nigeria and people are dancing to the beat of statins. Few of us have left the party. I dropped my statins last year, started Intermittent Fasting and at 56, I have recovered my life.
Thanks a lot, I am sharing and please do keep up your great work.
Nigeria too. I took statins for three days, felt like I was going to die, and dumped them. Did research and agree that cholesterol is not necessarily a bad thing …
Mike, even you are not an M.D. I think your knowledge is better than M.D.
My doctor doesn't know sh-t about any of this.
Just the studies I needed. Listening while at the gym in CA
I use Magnesium Glycinate and Liposomal Vitamin C. This also allows D3 to work and Krill oil Omega 3. I am reducing my cholesterol.
I am here in Colorado
Cholesterol is not the enemy. It's brain fuel.
I am a Singaporean.I have done my blood test every year for my cholesterol panel. The recent was on April 2024. Total cholesterol 10.6 mmol/L,Tg from 1.46 elevated to 2.28mmol/L,Hdl 1.86mmol/L, ldl from 4.58 to 7.71mmol/L,Dr prescribe statins to me, l decide not to take the medicine as l know there are so many side effects affecting especially the liver n kidney, was told to go back on July 10th to go for another blood test to make sure that my Ldl will drop, as l was told its dangerous if l don't take to lower my ldl levels.During these 3 months l go on diet,eat less red meat,less fatty meat n chicken meat without skin n try exercise 4 times a wk..just to please the doctor my ldl level.Many Singaporeans just simply listen to the doctors when they are ask to take statin, what a pity! unlike me l have do some research about cholesterol.
I'm a LMHR with BMI of 18.5, LDL160 HDL 94, triglycerides 54, A-1C 5.2, LP-IR
Your numbers are great. You seemed to have controlled your issue. Alzheimer’s is definitely something you need to protect against. And that’s quality saturated fat for that very necessary cholesterol. Good job.
Look into Apoe4 genetic testing.
Hi Mike, I am viewing you from Ireland. I have been following your videos for years..your on my list of go-to pro active and progressive enlighten preventive health hero's
Thank you as always.
Statins = sales = profits = share dividends = happy shareholders = BlackRock.
True !!!
Fiduciary responsibility is killing people since the pharmaceutical companies are required by law to do whatever necessary to make a profit for stockholders
There was a new study that came out in Jama April 24 of this year. That saying that heart disease is on the rise even though people are on statins. Do you know about this study? Thank you for your research
Originally from W Wa, just north of Seattle. In early 2020, my husband and I moved our family to Boise, ID.
Thank you for speaking about this topic!
Smart move. 😊 I'm in Eastern Wa.
Watching live from Kenya 🇰🇪
Thank you so much.
Great presentation.
Useful n Accurate with back up studies.
I agree thoroughly.
Well done.
Perth. Western Australia.❤❤❤
Great food is great medicine. 60 years old and still work all day and take no meds! Eat healthy folks!
Great presentation as always Mike , keep up the good work please. Tuned in from Ireland !
Would you trust your electrician if he didn't "keep up with the codes" ...no it would put you in danger. Same goes for these white coat demigods. It's their responsibility to keep up with research , not just taking advise from pharma reps at expensive luncheons
Well the “codes” for MDs are actually the national orgs that create treatment guidelines - which are all bought and paid for by Pharma and so the guidelines that doctors are required to follow and that can get them in trouble with their boards if they don’t follow - they’re all corrupt and not designed to keep and get people healthy. It’s like if every code for an electrician created a fire hazard. The whole system is screwed.
They have guidelines they kind of have to follow, though, which are the equivalent of codes. Pushing statins is the standard of care. To get change, you need to get the standards of care changed.
@@alanj9978my son is in med school. The standard of care is everything. Until the research hits the guidelines, no doctor is going to risk it.
Here’s from Alberta Canada. Love the passion Mike
High LDL cholesterol becomes problematic when inflammation damages the smooth arterial endothelial lining leading to plaque buildup (Imagine taking a Brillo pad to a Teflon pan). Cholesterol is a problem when it sticks, builds up, narrows vessels and becomes unstable. People with insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and obesity are showing signs of inflammation and should take this risk seriously.
They should take their diets seriously. Low carb is best for diabetes.
But cholesterol is what repairs these things so how is getting rid of cholesterol healthy?
This is why I don’t know what to do. Family history of heart attacks and stents. I have high blood pressure and slightly elevated ldl. Doc recommended statins as prevention. Tiny amount every other day…I’m stumped
@@janedough6575that’s correct, cholesterol is rushing to repair the damage and…creating clots
@@uplandtube Ah, the old “blaming the firemen for the fire “.
I live in Oregon City, Oregon. Love all your videos and have learned a lot from them. Thank you!!
Going to work out!
Study at 13:50 showed 1.28% reduction in combined cardiovascular events. The 0.39% sited was the reduction all cause mortality. If you keep looking further down it looks like statins did not significantly increase liver enzymes, diabetes or myositis except for one (of 22) trials with high dose statins increasing diabetes risk.
Been carnivore 2 years now. Had a yearly check up yesterday: doctors calling me on Monday regards my cholesterol! I knew my LDL WAS high 6 months ago from a private blood works. So NHS WILL BE PUSHING STATINS EVEN THOUGH ALL MY MARKERS ARE IN THE GREEN. So stressful
I use IF to reduce calories. KETO to eat cleaner. 2 day fasting to reset levels.
When you get within good height & weight body composition standards. You can eat carbs, fruits, you can eat x3 times a day, you can have sweet treats every other week.
Restrictive diets should be temporary for specific reasons. We should always be fluctuating between fasting, feeding, 2 meals a day, OMAD, x3 meals a day. Working out fasted, working out early a.m. Get creative and versatile with your diet and fitness.
Australia here. I only learnt recently that the brain contains approximately 20% of our total cholesterol but dies not get it from the liver but makes its own cholesterol. Taking statins lowers all cholesterol including that made by the brain? Noting the increases in ealy onset dementia has a study been done to rule out causation from this potential correlation?
Thanks Dr. Mike, cheers from Málaga, Andalucia. 🇪🇸
When looking at NNT, some of those studies also show NNH(Number Needed to Harm). In some cases the NNH is close to NNT, which is even worse than something not helping.
Rhode Island! Thanks for this info. Just got my results back.
Melbourne, Australia here. 🇦🇺 🙋♀️ You often come up with some surprises. That’s why I keep visiting and raising my eyebrows. LDL 6.7 here. HDL and Trigs within parameters. Sitting in the sun on a lovely Autumn day. ☀️
Before statins and the lipid hypothesis the normal cholesterol in the west was between 3-10
First time viewer! Love your video and stats! What is your background??
Docs are being forced to tell patients to take statins or they will loose their license! We need the recommendations to be redone so docs not forced to push cholesterol meds on people!
Who told you that?
@@halburke9115 many who are docs are saying it! They are threatened of they don’t.
Marysville, Washington. Thanks for all your great content. I have been demeaned by my cardiologist for not going on a statin.
My TG 85, HDL58, LDL 143, LipoA 44nmol/L, A1C 5.5 and my Dr. wants me to lower LDL, at least she didn’t mention meds or I think I would loose my gasket.
A few months ago my trg was 119 now 50, hdl 52 now 56 and try 132 now 150 but I was fasting for a month and on low carb diet for 4 months so my ldl results could be like that in this case.I went right after fsting period to do the test. later i learnt that it is not recommended. However, with my previous ldl at 132 my doctor told me to lower my ldl but he did say he would not give me anything for it he has not seen this new results and will NOT be seeing it.
Love your analysis of studies- do more 🙏
Excellent thank you
Deep dive on mammograms please. If you haven’t already
There isn't much to deep dive on. Cancer sucks, and you need to catch ot early. Now there's a ton of suffering research on the subject of cancer but again, catching it early is the best thing you can do.
Hi Mike from the sunshine coast of B.C. your pacific northwest neighbor. Love your channel.
The question to ask when your doctor wants to prescribe you a medication potential for the rest of your life: "what is your plan to get out of it?"
Excellent question that most people nowadays don't even dare to ask. It's not a normal life to be on meds & pills forever
They don't want you ever going off of it, even when total cholesterol is under 200..
Thankyou for your insightful perspective. I am following this clinical I formation from Australia
Yeah - absolute reduction was also very low for the covid interventions 🤣
Watching from Long Island, New York. Love your content!
Just a suggestion but it might be useful to post the articles referenced in the description.
In WI watching on the replay. I am so happy I ran into this. My primary has been trying to push a statin on me. Even though my endocrinologist recommended I not take it. I opted not to, so I hope I made the right decision for me.
Prolonged water fasting (7 days or more) is the quickest way to clear the arteries of plaque which consists of cholesterol, calcium and fibrins. Autopsies were once done on a large group of people that starved to death and the interesting thing noted was their arteries were all completely clear. Most people can avoid cardiovascular surgery if they did a prolonged water fast and adjusted their diet.
Do you have references? I'd love to read about that. Haven't fasted in a while but I might consider doing it every fortnight
@@mestrinimaster3602 Yes, I agree. That would be a fascinating read.