More than 1 in 4 Americans aged 45 and older are now on statins to lower cholesterol. Statins are among the most-prescribed of all medications in America.
The best doctors that I know will write a prescription instantly for a statin (i.e., a drug to force cholesterol lower). The cholesterol myth is so well-established and so completely accepted by doctors that there is almost no inquiry into this crime of commerce.
The cholesterol myth is based on the Lipid Hypothesis created by Ancel Keys in the 1950s. The Lipid Hypothesis is a theory that saturated animal fats and cholesterol in our food raise cholesterol levels in the blood. Then the theory goes that high blood cholesterol causes atherosclerosis, leading to obstruction of blood vessels of the heart and resulting in coronary heart disease. The pharmaceuticals saw trillions of dollars of profits. Who can say that the pharmaceuticals didn’t create the flawed studies that led to the cholesterol profit empire that we have today. In fact, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention both rely on industry studies when giving their approval for drugs. You may call it a “science” of fraud?
Suppressing cholesterol is not about health. It’s about making money, and the people who created the cholesterol myth did so to make trillions of dollars — and they are doing it.
A study from Harvard on Asta-Zeneca’s statin drug Crestor, promoted by the American Heart Association, claims that people with normal cholesterol levels taking Crestor have a 54 percent lower risk of heart attack than people not taking it. That and other studies were funded by — you guessed it — Astra-Zeneca. But the study in question did not explain why.
Independent studies have shown that statin drugs raise vitamin D levels, which, as John Cannell, M.D. writes, “may be a contributing mechanism by which statins decrease mortality.”
But that decrease, if founded, comes at a steep price. Studies show that for every 10,000 people on statins, there were:
- 307 additional patients with cataracts.
- 23 more patients with acute kidney failure.
- 74 additional patients with liver dysfunction.
Another scientific review found that statins were even worse for women, actually increasing their risk for cardiac disease. It also showed that statin therapy increased:
- Muscle fatigabilty by 30 percent with more than 11 percent incidence of rhabdomyolysis (a life-threatening muscle condition) at high doses.
- Coronary artery and aortic calcification.
- Erectile dysfunction, which is 10 times more common in young men taking the lowest dose of statin.
Patients on statins also often have a side effect known as myalgia, which is a muscle pain, or myonecrosis, which is the death of muscle cells.
A new study conducted by the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati has found that vitamin D supplementation reduces these effects.
The crux of the matter is that you can get the benefits of statin drugs — decreased mortality and lower rates of atherosclerosis — by changing your diet and by supplementing vitamin D.
It’s not a “diet” as much as it’s a lifestyle change. It starts with fresh, whole foods — primarily raw — and only free-range meats. The Nutritarian Diet is one such option.
The cholesterol myth is a monument to the lies, deceit and fraud of the pharmaceuticals and the government. Save and invest the $600 or more that you are spending monthly to keep up the pharmaceuticals. I promise and guarantee you positive results beyond anything you can imagine.
