How Millions are Tricked into Ingesting Harmful Statins

How Millions are Tricked into Ingesting Harmful Statins







Elizabeth Renter
Activist Post

Are statins safe? When unknowing patients go to their doctor and are
found to have high cholesterol or heart disease risk factors, they are
usually given a pill rather than given instructions on how to reverse
the conditions naturally. And that pill they are given is usually a
statin. But, research is showing that these drugs do more harm than
good—despite doctors doling them out in increasing and alarming numbers.


Are Statins Safe?

According to the Harvard Health blog,
more than half of American men between the ages of 65 and 74 and 39% of
women over the age of 74 are on statin drugs. That’s huge, and accounts
for millions of older adults. What’s so frightening about this isn’t
that these people might have high cholesterol and be at risk for heart
disease (the cholesterol myth has been debunked, by the way), but that the statins they are taking could actually be making things worse.

A study recently published in Atherosclerosis found
that statins actually increase the risk of calcified arteries. This
doesn’t just mean a little plaque—it means the plaque has gotten so bad,
it is in the latter stages of hardening of the arteries.

As GreenMedInfo.com reports:
<blockquote class="tr_bq">Coronary artery disease is one of the primary
risk factors for heart attack and cardiac mortality, and calcification
marks the end-stage of atherosclerosis, the gradual plaque-driven
narrowing of the arteries, as the lumen (opening of the artery) can no
longer compensate for the obstructive build-up of plaque by expanding,
once the calcification process has taken place.</blockquote>
The research showed that statins were associated with an increased prevalence of calcification by a whopping 52%.

What’s more, statin drugs have actually been linked to over 300 different adverse effects in peer-reviewed research,
while pulling in around 25 billion dollars in annual sales. The dangers
of these drugs are nothing new. Some of the issues triggered by statin use include cancer, liver disease, memory loss, diabetes, and most recently, arterial calcification.

“But don’t some people need statins?” Everyone will make their own
decision for personal medical care. But, don’t you think taking a drug
made to fight heart disease that actually increases the risk of one of
the biggest causes of heart attacks might be a little backwards,
slightly counter-productive?

So, are statins safe? What if you could reduce your cholesterol and
heart disease risk factors without taking drugs and without the scary
risks and uncomfortable side effects? Well, you can. It’s called proper
diet and fitness. We’ve grown so accustomed to making bad health choices
and them fixing them with a pill that many people don’t realize the
wondrous, self-maintaining, and naturally healthy thing that their body
is. But, it all starts with proper nutrition. So, rather than seeking
out a magic pill, start looking into the myths associated with
cholesterol and natural ways to keep it in check.

Source:-
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/10/statins-how-millions-are-tricked-into.html