Cholesterol was found at the crime scene trying to stop the inflammation, and then arrested by statins and charged with murder. While sugar, pollution, toxic chemicals, industrialized seed oils & chronic stress made a clean getaway and they are nowhere to be found.
I am a physician of 40 years and just retired last year. My father had severe cardiovascular problems with a pacemaker (that could jumpstart his heart if needed). I always told him do not take statins. He lived to just one week before his 92 birthday. He was not the only patient of mine living between 90-100 years old.
@@steves5354God bless you. I am very serious. Do a ketogenic diet for at least 60 days, maybe for life. RUclips Dr. ken Berry and look at his videos. You can recover.
almost 73 at 55 my doc tries to get me to take statins. I said no He looked at me VERY sternly. Next physical 2017. Same thing, differnt doc wants me to take statins. Get this: Total count:272 Ldl 188 Hcl 75 TGs 43 I weigh 160, 5 ft 11 Basically ripped. Get exercise every day. As Dave would say, I am a "lean mass hyper responder" More fit than the average 25 yr old. (I realize that is not saying much these days) Ldl is not bad for you, DAMAGED Ldl is bad for you. Obviously one can lower his damaged Ldl by lowering the Ldl with statins. But what a hideously irresponsible way to handle this. Statins are for lazy people who refuse to change their habits
I took a statin for three months. I was told there would be NO side effects. There were severe side effects, I became 'demented' and lethargic. Be careful.
What kind of statin, and what dose? High doses, especially of lipitor (atorvastatin), are notorious for side effects, especially muscle pain and increasing insulin resistance.
Am on 20mg Rosuvastatin. taking Kirkland Wild Fish Oil (ensuring am getting at least 1000mg of DHA/EPA), also CoQ10, Zinc helps with energy levels. Am now trying 50mg DHEA too. Some of these might be worth trying. Will change over to Ubiquinol (CoQ10) from Ubiquinone once the bottle I have is done.
My 65 yo sister is on keto for her epilepsy. Her LDL was very high. But she got the extra analysis of the molecular size of her lipids, which was what some doctors consider lower risk. Then she asked for a carotid artery scan. It came up with ZERO plaque. So they stopped pushing statins on her (she had been on statins prior to keto and they caused her significant pain.)
This is a great example of why a NMR should be standard and routine in our Healthcare. So only the ones who can truly benefit from a statin would get them.
@@renyfornow9570 "Should be standard." Standards are out the window -- it's Big Pharma that drives the medical industry now. That's why we are becoming educated and advocating for ourselves. You can say No and you can tell doctors to educate themselves, too. They are human and miss a LOT in their busy practices.
@@renyfornow9570 the difference in risk between these particle sizes is something minute like 14%. They are all small enough to penetrate the arterial wall and this idea about safe "large and fluffy" LDL seems to be absolute nonsense.
More than twenty years ago I had clogged arteries, which I cleaned down to 0%. I couldn’t figure out how I was able to do this. This video helped me understand it. I must have had insulin resistance and NAFLD, which increased the resident time of the “bullet” LDL in the circulatory system. The rate of deposition of the bullets LDL exceeded the rate of clearing it by the immune cells. Changing dramatically my eating habits fixed my insulin resistance and NAFLD. With zero new deposits and a certain rate of clearing, done by the immune cells, my arteries became perfectly clean, without any meds. Now I know. Thank you Dr. Boz for giving me the answer!
May I ask how you cleaned out your arteries? I just got labs said my ldl is 179.. my Dr of course mentioned statins which I don't want to take. I want to reverse this condition through diet. Any tips?
@@scarab9762 I absolutely love to tell you, but there are a couple of hurdles. One, I’m not a licensed doctor and two it’s quite involved. If I could resolve these, and give you in a nutshell version, it is this: I eat food that is minimally processed, as close to nature as possible, do a lot of wild foraging. Do time restricting eating. Do a lot of fasting and mild to moderate exercise. This is what I did, but since I am not a doctor, sadly, I cannot recommend it to others.
After a heart attack at age 80, I decided to give statins one more try. I quit them three different times because of muscle pain, but I read recently that low doses of statins could be beneficial even though they didn't lower cholesterol to desired levels. After muscle pain and now brain fog, I am finally through with statins for good. Another thing doctors don't tell you about statins is that although they slightly lower the risk of heart attack, they don't lower the risk of death.
Аnd doctors, while prescribing STATINS to patients, conveniently forget to tell that statins are toxic to mitochondria and COENZYME Q10 must be taken together with STATINS, to prevent toxicity of STATINS.
My LDL is 420 after being on keto for 10 months. I lost 70 pounds. I’m 65 weigh 135 and am 5’8”. I’m no longer on bp meds. No longer obese. Trigs are 50 and HDL is 96. Doctor pushing statin. Refused. Now seeing cardiologist. Did Ecco stress test and echocardiogram. All good. Then I did bp monitor for 24 hours. All good. Then 48 hour holter monitor. No signs of problems. Bp perfect and no signs of heart issues. Now sending me for CAC scan. I’ve also done the ultrasound on my carotid arteries. Very minimal signs of plaque. I finally got results of CAC score. Whilst not 0 it was 7.7. Now doctor wants to put me on another cholesterol drug since refused statin. Still refusing.
You still need CT scan or CMIT , Tim Russert NBC Anchor Also had Ecco Stress test & Echo test all Looked normal until he had a Heart Attack 2 weeks later DEAD! Dont let a You tube video be your conscience
You are probably a lean mass hyper responder. She just interviewed a guy by the name Norowitz, I believe about all the studies on that group of people.
"Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance are stronger culprits. " Weak argument. Cholesterol is one of many culprits. And people with genetic defects, who produce too much cholesterol, die young without treatment, statins are very good for them. Without prove that the elevated cholesterol levels do not come with atherosclerosis your statemnet is stupid. Disclaimer: I do not assume that in many cases statin are justified, they are the convenient solution for the doc and patient (?), but I hat strawmens.
I recognize this memory loss in my father. I have forwarded this info to him and mom and they tell me I’m not a Dr (correct) and I’ve probably been watching RUclips (correct again). He not listen because he believes that as soon as he stops taking them it’s over. Well, I tried several times (years) and am at peace with it. He’s 83, diabetic and active. He’s already beat the odds. Thanks Dad for having been around this long! 🙏❤️
@@jeffj318 Low LDLs are often associated with depression and thoughts of suicide. High LDLs are not the evil you think they are and statins have a miniscule lowering of morbidity due to artery hardening while you are dealing with a host of uncomfortable side effects. The difference is the % of large fluffy LDLs vs the small dense LDLs as described later in the video.
So the worldwide scientific and medical communities are wrong and moujntains of evidence are irrelevant and should be ignored. That's good to know. Thanks.
I had statins prescribed because my triglycerides were off the chart (so I was told). But statins had a horrible effect on me. I went as white as a sheet, skin was peeling off my knuckles, my ears itched like mad, I was beginning to have memory problems... the effects went on and on. My sister, who was a cardiac nurse at the time, told me it sounded like my endocrine system was being battered. I stopped after 3 months. Some 20 years later, now in my 70s, my heart is strong, my arteries clear. I reduced my triglycerides with some simple lifestyle changes (not that it was at all unhealthy) and my triglyceride numbers are down. Furthermore, there are some _241 species_ of triglyceride and 29 of them _are associated with longevity._ A triglyceride count is too simplistic. Doctors have a habit if recommending statins (and just about any pharmacological intervention) with ease when a better (and cheaper) approach is often simply to change your lifestyle.
Thank you think this is happening to my mother think I need to help her a stop this medication she has been on them for years an her cholesterol level is low now ??
Wild fish oil Omega 3's have really helped me. Compared to a year ago, my Triglycerides went from 2.53 down to 0.67 More importantly 1.5 down to 0.67 since I've been having the Omega 3 fish oils. Was diagnosed with a 90% artery blockage last year, intense pain on exertion. Had to get a stent put in (saved my life). Non-smoker, mountain biker, runner, eat well, healthy BMI, and then massive artery blockage came out of nowhere. Guess high cholesterol (hereditary?) Was my downfall.
Family member took them for 15 year's, after 5 years he became tyre 2 diabetic, last year triple heart by-pass! Lowering his cholesterol didn't stop him getting heart disease, A low carb diet probably would have.
Yes would have, but when!?!?!? After bypass interventions!?!? At the moment your cousnt have to do only Carnivore diet until his life time!! Good reason to check Carnivore Doctor experts...
@@aliendroneservices6621yep..higher cholesterol people live longer..people with lower live longer ..stop ..JUST STOP WITH THIS MEDICAL INDUSTRY LIES TO FEED BIG PHARMA..NO ONE LISTENING NO MORE !😫😡😡
Also the tiny, tiny positive effect statins have do not come from anything regarding LDL. Statins have a very slight "blood thinning" effect. they reduce risk for clots. Why does it matter? read the book "the clot thickens" and you will know why. Therefore you get the same effect with much less risk by simply taking the low-dose aspirin.
@@jeffj318- science denier? You mean the “science” that was cherry picked by Ancel Keys to support his hypothesis that fat is bad? Or maybe you mean the “science” that the sugar industry paid Harvard researchers to find that said saturated fat and cholesterol were the problem, when they knew full well it was sugar. Or could it be the myriad of “scientific” research papers that are sponsored by big food and pharma? If anything, his statement is scientifically correct. What’s also correct is that big pharma tried to create a drug that would help with other parts of cholesterol, but they have failed, hence the extreme focus on LDL. It’s the only piece of cholesterol doctors can write a script for. Science denier? Sounds to me as if you’re just a denier. Or, maybe a delusional denier.
I love Dr. Boz but I now tend to believe that high LDL is of no moment at all if your HDL is over 60 and your TGs are 60 or less. The ratio of TGs to HDL should be one or less. I am a retired Physician. The risk of becoming pre-diabetic or diabetic is somewhat increased when you take statins. Diabetes is a huge risk factor for having a cardiac event. Statins do have anti-inflammatory effects and anti-platelet effects. But I believe the good outweighs the bad when you take statins. If they are helpful, it may not be because they lower LDL. And lowering LDL may possibly be a fool's errand? Nobody should use the terms good cholesterol or bad cholesterol. There is only one cholesterol. Cholesterol is a carrier molecule and a part of both Low-Density Lipoprotein and High-Density Lipoprotein. I still love you Dr. Boz but please desist from ever using the terms good cholesterol and bad cholesterol in the future. I took a statin for 15 years and prescribed statins for 25 years. I am very sorry that I did either. Keto plus a walking program has fixed my blood sugar, my hypertension, and obesity and my lipids except LDL has gone up a lot. HDL is up to 60 and Triglycerides are down to 60. No more Lipitor, Metformin, or Amlodipine! My weight in 18 months down from 185 to 159! I am a carbohydrate addict and in March of 2019 I weighed 208 pounds. That's what eating donuts, apple fritters, and lots of Coca-Cola will do that for you. It did i exactly that for me. On a ketogenic diet, my cravings for sugar and any sweets diminished over time and the cravings are now entirely gone.
Artificially lowering cholesterol by statin drugs causes LDL transport containers to have too little protection. The function of these containers would normally be to transport excess blood sugars from the liver liver as fat and get rid of this throughout the body!
I just posted something above from another video I just watched. What you say kinda matches. This is from another video: "DR CYWES REVIEWS A CARDIOLOGY PAPER THAT REPORTS NO BENEFIT AND POSSIBLY AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE FROM TAKING STATINS. KNOW YOUR HgA1c to determine risk of HEART ATTACK, STROKE OR DYING OF HEARTATTACK OR STROKE. This paper documents that STATINS offer ZERO RISK BENEFIT!!!! DIABETES, NOT CHOLESTEROL WILL KILL YOU. Please leave comments. Know the scientific truth about how your body works. Ask and answer the right questions to optimize your health!"
If someone is obese, pre-diabetic (at least), has 3 stents, had a mini stroke (plus family history of heart disease/attack) and is on statins, BUT really wants to get off of them and has started/is committed to a keto diet...would you recommend that they get off statins quickly OR wait until the diet has reversed some of their health issues/metabolic syndrome first?
@@leighannf.4730 I don't know the statistics but I think Bad Cholesterol may rise on a lot of Keto and Carnivore Dieters. I've been on strict Keto for 7 months and have lost approx 2.5 (5) Gallon buckets worth of Fat. I'm not far off from my ideal weight. My bad Cholesterol is 27% higher than the excepted maximum. I take K2-MK7 and other vitamins and Minerals. I think they protect me but only God really knows! People need to be tapered off Statins with a Doctors supervision. In some cases, coming off these drugs can be dangerous. The doctor may suggest reducing the dosage. I will never, ever, take Statins. Watch lots of Dr B's Cholesterol video's and learn all you can before you possibly get off the Statins.
Been a paramedic for 30 years. I see just as many people in cardiac arrest or having a stroke who have been on a statin as those who do not take statins. There is literally no difference. Based on what I see, lifestyle and diet are the biggest contributors to health issues.
My LDL is rising because of my way of eating. Dr was very concerned saying I'm at high risk of heart attack or stroke. So I had a Coronary Artery Calcium scan and my doctor was amazed that all three sections of the scan showed zero calcification therefore making a mockery of the LDL bad cholesterol theory. I ONLY eat meat with all its fat, saturated fats like lots of butter, eggs and heavy cream. @@shannon5561
Great job on explaining cholesterol and how it works in the body. I’ve been following Dave Asprey research. I’m 68 and I feel amazing plus walking the dog 4 to 6 miles a day helps a lot. I make my own coconut yogurt, Super Gut recipe, and I make bone broth every other week.
I don't know anyone who hasn't had a heart attack due to statins.... all people around me who should take statins because of high cholesterol also suffered a heart attack - statins destroy a lot in the body, that's why I decided against it - have a great weekend and greetings from Germany❤
The problem is all the doctors I know will just immediately prescribe a statin as soon as they see my LDL’s. They don’t take into account the things you just explained. I’m not sure they even know what good metabolic health even is. I have low triglycerides 77, high HDL 62, LDL 185, cholesterol 258 fasted insulin 5.2. Very lean and muscular normal blood pressure. She immediately called a statin into my pharmacy without consulting with me or asking anything about my diet. Really frustrating, I’m not taking a statin.
I had same experience, they make a lot of money from it, and nobody lives longer, infact the real studies show higher rates of diabetes on stats, search dr Mason lowcarb down Under
I have 272 total, 75 Hcl, 188 Ldl, 43 TGs, totally flat belly, 160 lbs. and yet they have pushed the statins at me for the last 19 years. Have totally refused from the beginning. Doctors dont tell me what to do, they give me advice Heart risk is TGs/Hcl, not Ldl. The lower the ratio the better. A ratio of 1/1 is good. Mine is 0.6/1
My cholesterol readings eere normal, i was fit, non diabetic,non smoker etc. Yet at 58 survived a massive heart attack. I was out on statins, blood thinner, beta blockers which i took religiously for 3 years. After that one by one all the side effects of statin kicked in. Despite doctor's advice i stopped taking statin. Slowly most of the symptoms have gone away accept for being a ore diabetic. Now i am managing my cholesterol etc wih healthier eating, intermittent fasting walks etc. I hope i have done the right thing
Goodness, I mean not every one needs to be a md but this simple video is essential and everyone can understand it…. my mind is blown and I am so thankful to you!!!
Until we find a way to reduce/eliminate oxidised LDLs we will be fighting cholesterol unnecessarily, Statins DO NOT control that erroneous part of the total cholesterol they just lower it globally (both HDL and LDL) which is not necessarily the best think to do In my humble opinion. The liver is designed to recycle all that it can especially when it comes to cholesterol but it will NOT recognise the oxidised part of it, the receptors are simply not designed to do that, so it will remain in circulation causing all the problems inside the blood vessels. This is science, proofed science.
This is BY FAR the BEST educational video I have EVER seen explaining all the various forms of cholesterol, their overall functionality, status and how our various cholesterol "numbers" vary in importance based on so many OTHER variables such as overall diet, insulin resistance, medical cardiac risk factors, etc. THANK YOU for taking the time out of your life to help hopefully educate and extend the lives of everyday people like me. You are the best!!!
There's only 4 things I care about when it comes to routine checkups: 1) Fasting Glucose levels 2) Fasting Insulin levels 3) Triglyceride levels & 4) Vitamin D levels. As long as those four are in the correct range, I'm good. I could care less if my cholestorel levels are through the roof. I once saw an old video here where a female doctor stated that from her years of experience treating patients including old patients, she noticed that the people that lived the longest were the ones with HIGH cholesterol levels and were not taking statins.
Nobody should be on a statin. Statins actually increase the risk of heart disease by increasing the number one risk factor for heart disease which is Type 2 Diabetes. They also cause less cholesterol to be made for cell construction in the arteries which makes arteries less flexible which is another risk factor for heart disease. Doctors should be targeting the real problem which causes cholesterol to be atherogenic, which is inflammation. Because even if you reduce cholesterol with a statin, the cholesterol that is still flowing around in lipoproteins will try to repair any damage to the arteries and leave a plague. If you don't want plaque to build up, reduce inflammation, not cholesterol. In the meantime, by taking these poisons, you're denying every cell in your body the correct amount of an essential substance, which leads to multiple medical problems and diseases. No wonder people have so many adverse effects from taking them. Also, the studies show no real clinical benefit of taking a statin. The people who take statins wind up on operating tables for heart disease in the same numbers as people who aren't on them. They don't prevent anything. They only cause problems. Sadly, most doctors have been brainwashed by the immense propaganda of the drug companies. They even get paid more when prescribing them and get admonished when they don't. The conflict of interest is off the charts. These policies benefit the drug companies, but not the patients.
Thank you so much for all the straightforward and easy to understand info you share with us Dr. Boz! I’ve been binge watching all your videos since I received and read your Keto Continuum book and workbook. My ketone order arrives today and I’m stoked to get started!
In October my doctor prescribed me statins 2 weeks ago for the first time in my 57 years… at my check up, the nurse asked if I was having any symptoms or feelings of SELF HARM After a few other similar questions I realized she was referring to side effects of the DRUGS I NEVER took. I never filled the prescriptions for the cholesterol, diabetes or blood pressure medication she prescribed. I started carnivore My a1c dropped My triglycerides dropped My cholesterol went up 😊 My weight dropped 👍🏼
My mom was on statins for so many year i lost count. She died with dementia 😢. She was the only one in the family that had it. I would never take statins
So sorry for your loss 🙏❤️...you are not alone same situation has happened to countless other people. My mother died a few months into taking statins for the first time at 82.
My 72 year old father (triple bypass at 63) was on 40 mg of statins. Felt god awful with the side effects. Finally went to an endocrinologist who told him to take only 1 mg. Yes, ONE mg. All side effects gone and his LDL and cholesterol is down a lot. He’s also been working on diet, keto and others etc. Lost 60 lbs since. He swears by these changes.
What a big fat lie. No statin exists that has 40mg and 1mg dose at the same time. Let alone, none of them exist in 1mg tablet. Smallest is 5mg. How do you divide a tablet into 5 parts? 😂
This animation of how the process works was super easy to understand! Thanks for the layman’s version. I watch a lot of health videos and it’s usually very hard to concentrate (and sometimes understand) on all the terms, interactions, and blah blah blah (that’s what I start to hear after accidentally tuning out).
Thanks for your videos 👍 my last blood work in August my triglycerides 95, LDL 190, HDL 54. Doctor suggested going on crestor I think was the name. I asked to look at it again in six months. I looked at the long list of side effects I was shocked.
Hi Doc. I think you need to review the David Feldmans work and Nick Norwitz work. Years of elevated cholesterol in his study group did NOT have elevated risk because of their very high ldl.
NNT for statins : No statistically significant mortality benefit. 1 in 217 avoided a nonfatal heart attack (myocardial infarction ).1 in 21 experienced pain from muscle damage. 1 in 204 developed diabetes mellitus
Finally found this video explaining the work of statins and how LDL is removed by the liver from the blood stream. Thank you! So a fat liver is the key. Several other channels I watched blame some "inflammation due to an insulin resistance" without explaining role of liver in LDL recycling process.
They tried to push the Lipitor on me at 55. Never took one. 18 years later, here I am at 272 total, 188Ldl, 75 Hdl, 43 TGs. Have been total flat stomach since highschool They want everyone on statins Friends/relatives my age who did what they advised aint lookin too good. Or they are dead
I was taking a Statin and was getting the worst Heartburn imaginable, even though my cholesterol numbers came back great pertaining to what came back after a Blood Work Test my New Doctor insisted on putting me on a Statin drug, a preventative measure he said due to my age, ethnicity, and family history which I think is a bunch of bullshit, I feel many family practitioners don't like people who educate themselves regarding health issues, they love to keep you under their thumb just to make the hospital money as possible just to keep themselves in good standings, older people are like Slaves it seems.
I’m sure they would love to prescribe you another med for your heartburn that started after your Statin, that will then give you another awful symptom that they can prescribe you another medicine 😉
@@tomedwards1879 No, you are the one that needs to do research and stop believing Big Pharma lies. They are making you sick. Clean up your diet, lose weight, stop sugar, carbs, grains.
This is the best explanation of how statins work and why you may or may not need them I have ever heard. Thank you Dr Boz! I recommend everyone considering taking a statin watch videos by Dr Ford Brewer, who only prescribes statins in people with CVD for the purpose of reducing CV inflammation and stabilizing plaque. Further, he only prescribes certain kinds and in such low doses that they do not exacerbate insulin resistance.
Shame he doesn't prescribe diet 🤷🏼 my cousin, who is the 'largest' man I know, has just had a heart op to place 3 stents in a blocked artery and the only take away he had from it was that he had a genetic marker that meant it was predestined and there was nothing he could do to prevent it.
@@FC-PeakVersatility He totally advocates a low-carb lifestyle. It's just that he also isn't afraid to use statins in low doses for people who already have CV disease (plaque).
@@sbag11 I wish that 'the top specialist' my cousin saw (his description not mine) had had the same attitude. Seriously, straight after his operation, before even leaving the hospital, he was eating a chocolate muffin (might have been blueberry but, whatever, it was a muffin).
USA doesn’t have an official definition for 'grass fed.' unlike anything with organic seal on it, which requires adherence to more definitive USDA rules. Calling beef 'grass fed’ doesn't require an on-farm inspection or even mandate that animals live freely on pastures...😮...!
My doctor told me if I did not follow her advice and take anti-statins, I would likely die within 6 months. I tried one packet and I felt quite sick. I decided I might as well die. So I stopped taking them. That was 20 years ago, my cholesterol is still very high. I stopped regular visits to doctors as well.
If we take this information to our primary physicians, most likely they are going to disagree regarding statin drugs. I know that you do not want your students to take this information on RUclips as medical advice. However, because this information that you teach has changed our lives, most of us will take this as medical advice. I have been doing strict keto for about three years and following your advice, watching your videos, and reading your books, have all been life-changing for me. I wish you could recommend a keto doctor in the Las Vegas area for me.
I took satins and had all kinds of aches and pains. Cramps at night. I stop taking them in April or May. About September I had no more aches and pains. In November I had very few nights waking up to cramps. Now in December I very rarely ( twice in the month) and no more of problems. I will not take any Satin!
I weaned myself off statins, and my wife noticed that I’m less sleepy, I’m more energetic, I’m more alert, and overall I feel better . All that in a trade off for a few months or most likely days or weeks of life at the end of my life when I am most likely the sickest? No thank you. I’ll just stop eating “foods” that are not good for me or are downright trying to kill me.
Been on keto/very low carb diet for a year now and got my HbA1C down from 43 (low pre-diabetic) to 38. My cholesterol has rocketed but I feel amazing....no aches or pains (like before) so I am assuming any inflammation has reduced etc etc. Medical people have given me 4 months to get my cholesterol down. Thank goodness for videos like this! I won't be going on statins as was suggested. I know we can't expect general practitioners to know everything but I do wish they would be humble enough to understand that their info might not always be completely up to date. I am not sure if we have fractionation tests for cholesterol available in the UK...I suspect I would get a funny look if I asked for one. I am going to assume that as long as i am metabolically healthy, my cholesterol isn't going to cause me problems. (My HDL 'good' cholesterol was at the top end too = 1.93)
I saw my cardiologist today and he tried to push statins, I said no. Over the years, I have taken 3 types of statins and I quit them all due to side effects. I got itchy and muscle pain. I am Type 2 diabetes and I am the carnivore diet - I am loving it.
I saw your video on Statins and my lipid levels are really good so I thought I should cut out the Statin. My doctor said "NO" . I just ran my risk numbers on the Framingham Risk calculator and i can see why. 14.6% - 20% risk of another MI or death within 10 years. Ouch!! Dropping the first 30 lbs. has helped, but you're teaching us to look at the bigger picture. Thank you.
My compliments! This is THE best explanatory video about statins and LDL cholesterol I’ve ever seen!!! I’ve recently had cause for personal health concern. On attending my doctor, it seems my heart is clear and a 12-lead ECG that I recently had is also clear. Despite this, my GP wanted to send me for further assessment at the ‘heart-failure clinic’ (unfortunate name) as I do sometimes have shortness of breath and slightly puffy ankles. However, on my GP visit a couple of days ago, she told me that, on the basis of my blood test results, they’ve decided there’s no need for further investigation at this stage, so no heart failure assessment is required. Blood tests, though, show my LDL to be high, I’ve a slightly fatty liver and a larger-than-should-be waistline and high blood pressure. There’s no indication of Type II nor any precursor to Type II. I’m male and just short of 65 years old, but have had (prior to this Covid nonsense, the ridiculous ‘lockdowns’ during which I stopped all exercise) a complete life of sporting fitness and have never smoked nor overly drank alcohol. On this basis, I’ve been told - just a couple of days ago - that I should consider statins. I said no. A few days ago, I started on an intermittent fasting regime of one meal per day. I plan to get trimmed back down again by healthy diet/lifestyle means. I’ve also started taking plant sterol supplements, milk thistle and strong-flush niacin. I may, though, have to take blood-pressure medication as, I believe, high blood pressure is not just a lifestyle issue but is commonly related to ageing and so, in many cases, unavoidable. Your video (and I’ve just subscribed) has been a great help. I’ve a better understanding now. Thank you so much.
This was very informative! I’m a PA and enjoy in learning about the actual health aspects of medicine. I don’t know statins calcify the arterial wall and restore receptors. Very interesting. That means statins are only helpful in a small population that are on the very deep end that already have significant years of damage.
If your cholesterol level is high it is because that is what your body needs it at, your own body produced that cholesterol. Taking any medication to force a change to what your body is trying to do is never a good thing.
Thank you, good info, I am not taking statin as my doctor prescribed to me, I do low carb diet, IF 16 to 18Hr, run 10K three time a week , average heart rate of 135 to 150( zoon 2) one hour running, BMI 20.92.
LDL as such is not a risk factor for cvd Dr. Boz. This has been established more than once. It should not be a therapeutic target. The real problem is (pre-)diabetes.
I stopped taking statins 10 years ago because I hated the leg aches & never looked back! Statins stopped me from exercising! I rather do regular exercises than take stains. Exercises lowered my blood pressure & sugar significantly! I’m 73 now…& doing great!
I’ve heard that statins don’t work (actually make things worse) because the increased receptors do not recycle the small LDL only the large LDL which is beneficial.
exactly. Whatever they do with LDL is irrelevant. They do however have a tiny positive effect of prolonging life of risk patients by 4 days on average, no joke. This tiny effect is likley due to statins having a small blood thinning effect, like aspirin, just much less and with worse side-effects.
THANK YOU for this presentation, Dr. Boz ! I have probably watched close to 2000 medical videos on RUclips, and this one ranks right up at the top for its quality, clarity and overall presentation property. At the end of the presentation, I did not ahve a single question left on the topic, and yes, I am moving on to your cholesterol presentation. THANK YOU, Dr Boz !
My hubby was put on after having a stress induced heart attack. He had abt 20 happy lbs to lose. He was put on a statin & within a few months he was a type 2 diabetic. Now he takes 6 meds & would rather do that than lifestyle changes
@andreafong9952 Husband's can be so stubborn. Mine is stage 4 prostrate cancer, and he STILL consumes massive amounts of sugars... mean while, I've adopted a cleaner diet and feeling so good! He won't change his ways. I'm frustrated with him. 😕
@@Deej496 I understand completely and it is heartbreaking. Just be as creative as possible and do the little tokens of change he is probably trying and let him take the lead to get as much progress as possible.
My Dr put me on Statins and it made my joints and muscles hurt very badly ! he then prescribed a medicine for arthritis ! ridiculous !! I quit taking the statins and now I feel fantastic !
11:06 Problem in this video is that the damaged LDLs cannot be taken back by the liver because they're not being recognized, so it won't matter if you increase the number of receptors. Basically you're just getting the side effects (which are VERY bad).
Years ago, I had the lowest dose of simvastatin. One day while crossing a street, all of a sudden I couldn’t move my leg to walk, sort of like my leg wasn’t listening to my brain. Had to have someone walk me to the bus stop, got home, was fine and never had happen again. I also took myself off of them and dr. Is taking credit.
I believe Statins are the worst meds out there for the elders...they CAUSE brain fog and can also cause SEVERE muscle pain...Cholesterol has been maligned by the western medicine drug brainwashing. I'm a retired surgeon. My Dad was in his 80s when I visited and he was bent over in pain, unable to walk to his mailbox. Reviewed meds--took him Off statin. His mental status and muscle pain? GONE in 5 days. Even LDL is not bad, nor triglycerides. KETO diets raise both because they transport fats so if you eat more fat, you need more! All hormones are cholesterol related. The math IS totally messed up. If you have HIGH HDL(good) it falsely RAISES you total cholesterol #!! We need FATS to be healthy. Research is only STARTING to realize how brainwashed we are!!
That was a very cool presentation! Best I have seen. I been watching "education" videos like this for a couple of years. Usually, we just hear words. Your visual presentation is outstanding! I never thought about where do those VLDL come from. I am guessing most of us just think they are "born" that way. I have heard that the total cholesterol was a calculation, but never knew it was done in such a strange fashion. This one video should be a college course requirement for doctors (and the rest of us mere mortals). I cannot thank you enough for what you do.
They were killing my 80 year old father. He shriveled up lost 30 pounds and got weak. He quit them and he has gained back almost 20 pounds and is much stronger again.
Statins effect every muscle cell in the body. Rather you have pain or not. If you have low triglycerides, high HDL , High LDL, and your Doctor wants to give you a statin. He is following the old science.
According to the studies (RCT, only) how much do Statins increase lifespan? I think it is 5 days. My recommendation is lifelong healthy diet and active lifestyle. Diet, as close to the ground (unprocessed) single ingredient foods as you can get.
I was prescribed a satin drug but my dr. never said the word satin. So when i got home and read the info from the pharmacist i dumped them down the toilet. He prescribed satins because my cholesterol was 150 , 49 to 149 is ok but over 150 is considered high.
I love your take. A lot of carnivore doctors prop up the diet as the solution without mentioning it needs to be strict for you to be healthy. I loved your side by side comparison, too. Great graphics!
I had a total cholesterol level of 175 about 20 years ago as a vegetarian. I never had it checked again until this past Sept. My total cholesterol was 462! My LDL was 332. My tryglyceride level was 47. My doctor immediately wanted to put me on a statin, but I said no. I have been doing Keto since Nov. of 2022. I'm taking CholestOff, reducing red meat and eggs, and increasing salmon and other lean proteins. I'm going to get retested soon. I'm a 64 yr. old female, weigh 115, and am 5'6" tall.
Carrie, before you take statins again, read all you can by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Ivor Cummins, and Jerome Burne, for a start (all from the UK). Cholesterol is a marker and has not been proven to extend your life nor prevent heart attacks. In fact, it is beneficial to women as we age. Buyer beware. Best of luck to you.
Vegan or vegetarian is a problem. Cutting red meat is propaganda made up by the FDA & climate change activists to reduce the cows presence on earth. Try carnivore and you’ll see a huge difference with inflammation and your cholesterol will drop. There is not enough pro in vegetables. Look into it. Lots of videos on this subject.
Look into the LMHR study. LMHR = lean mass hyperresponder. Thin athelitc people that go on keto and their LDL goes throught the roof. What Dave feldmanns videos on the topic. LDL doesn't matter, what matters is small-dense LDL (sd-LDL) also called oxidized-LDL (ox-LDL). There is a test for this you cando, LDL subfraction or LDL Pattern. If sd-LDL is low, no issue. And note that high HDL and low triglycerides usually means it's low. My LDL is also high, not that high but still. but almost no sd-LDL. the video forgets the fact that sd_LDL is broken and can not be taken up by the liver as it is not recognized anymore. It doesn't matter how many receptors you have in that case. And the cause for LDL oxidation is high pufa content in the LDL particle (from seed oils and processed foods) plus high blood sugar.
Eggs and red meat are not the evil they've been made out to be. Even Ancel Keys reported that the cholesterol in food does NOT end up in our bloodstream. If you don't know who he is I recommend researching him. He was the father of the Diet-Heart hypothesis, which has been repeatedly debunked. Fats from real food, not seed oils, are healthy and in a keto or low carb diet fat is the energy source, instead of sugars. Eggs are, in fact, one of the most perfect foods there is, because of the high nutrition in the yolks. Red meat is also very good and supplies bio available nutrition that leafy greens can only dream of. The problem is the bread/buns/fries/sugary drinks that are eaten with the burger, not the burger itself.
I’ve had open heart surgery in 2005…My cardiologist ordered a calcium test..The local hospital said I was not a candidate and was paying cash for the test…
Isn't inflammation in the arteries what is causing heart disease, not cholesterol per se? I was on statins ten days. Ten days and my glucose levels jumped, my cravings - under control for months - skyrocketed. Just going grocery shopping became hazardous. Headaches, muscle cramps, all from the statins. I have worked so hard to do keto and lose weight and the statins are derailing my progress. They think changing my statin to a different one will remove the side effects. I can test it out on my body. My body will tell me if that is so, but I am not holding my breath. Sugar gave me heart disease and I will really push back at any doctor treating me with meds that raise my glucose again.
This is one of the very best videos I ever watched about the topics of cholesterol and statins! It is very informative and illustrative. Thanks, Dr. Boz for this excellent work!!
No, no, no. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Cholesterol does NOT cause CVD. You are conflating association with causation. There is NO proof of causation. You just lost all credibility.
And oddly just today Dr Cywes posted part 2 of a recent video series discussing Statins and a Denmark study. It seems to point to diabetics/insulin as the #1 cause of CVD risk factors and not cholesterol.
@@Alecmcq Amen. I made a comment suggesting she read Dr. Malcolm Kendrick's books and blog, as he has been researching the inflammation/insulin connection, but that comment didn't get published. Hmmm. Anyway, I am with you and don't bother getting my cholesterol "checked." Waste.
My father in law was put on an age based statin with no CVD history and soon after exhibited some pretty disturbing neurological deficits which vanished after he stopped taking the statin. I told my Dr this and he suggested it's just coincidence - I told him if it quacks like a duck it's a duck.
Love your scientific presentation Doc! - I do have almost identical numbers to yours. I am 59, BMI 18 and my doctor told me my lipids are excellent. Doc still wants me to do CAC which I appreciate anyway.
As someone who had a heart attack and bought into the statins are bad narrative, I would caution rejecting them out of hand. After six years I had a major heart attack as the progression of atherosclerosis had gone unchecked. My diet and exercise profile was probably better than 85% of the country. Had I taken a statin the third pillar of heart disease would have been slowed down and prevented the advance of heart disease. After researching statins extensively I found they are one of the safest and most studied drugs on the market. Yes there are side effects, I do take vitamin D and CoQ10 to mitigate them. There’s also side effects to living with too much LDL, it’s called heart disease and death. If you really can’t tolerate a statin there are other therapies like PCSK-9 inhibitors. Work with your doctor, not RUclips.
You say that had you taken a statin, you would not have had a heart attack. But statins are a statistical plus (if at all.) The number to treat varies some from study to study, but it is high. The chance that the statin would have prevented your heart attack are quite small. From statnews: Statins, which have become synonymous with “heart-attack-and-stroke-preventing,” have an NNT of 60 for heart attack and 268 for stroke: That's how many healthy people have to take statins for five years for those respective outcomes to be prevented.
Please remember that most drug trials for statins were done by the manufacturers who still consistently deceive the public by using relative risk data rather than absolute risk. If they are so wonderful why the deception?
@@powerguiller Really? "Stratified by subtypes of dementia, statin use was associated with a 28% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease (SHR 0.72, 95% CI 0.63-0.82), 18% lower risk of vascular dementia (SHR 0.82, 95% CI 0.70-0.95), and a 20% lower risk of unspecified dementia (SHR 0.80, 95% CI 0.75-0.85)."
Thank you for this great video! Ok, you changed my mind! I was hardcore about statins, but now I’m slightly open to it. But… the key is, if the person refuses to recognize to do ALL they can do to fix the issue, and there’s much they can do, it’s just prolonging the inevitable. Hard long fasts, IF, Keto, Carnivore, Lion meal lifestyle can help reverse many issues. I just came off a 72 hr fast, and wow! I may not do another, and just do 36 a couple times per month, but fasting works. IF and strict KETO is a minimum for me. Ketovore or Carnivore is my best plan! It WORKS!!
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Cholesterol was found at the crime scene trying to stop the inflammation, and then arrested by statins and charged with murder. While sugar, pollution, toxic chemicals, industrialized seed oils & chronic stress made a clean getaway and they are nowhere to be found.
Comic relief of a deadly serious issue, thanks!
Meaning she’s got this badly wrong. 😡
100% perfectly said. Thanks
Well said 👏
You forgot stress.
I am a physician of 40 years and just retired last year. My father had severe cardiovascular problems with a pacemaker (that could jumpstart his heart if needed). I always told him do not take statins. He lived to just one week before his 92 birthday. He was not the only patient of mine living between 90-100 years old.
So you ignored the mountains of evidence showing the benefits of statins? And you are proud of this? Shame on you!
Statins are poison. I blindly took for 14 years, and I am still trying to recover from the muscle and nerve damage done.
@@steves5354 statins have saved millions of lives
@@steves5354God bless you. I am very serious. Do a ketogenic diet for at least 60 days, maybe for life. RUclips Dr. ken Berry and look at his videos. You can recover.
almost 73 at 55 my doc tries to get me to take statins.
I said no
He looked at me VERY sternly.
Next physical 2017. Same thing, differnt doc wants me to take statins. Get this:
Total count:272
Ldl 188
Hcl 75
TGs 43
I weigh 160, 5 ft 11
Basically ripped.
Get exercise every day.
As Dave would say, I am a "lean mass hyper responder"
More fit than the average 25 yr old. (I realize that is not saying much these days)
Ldl is not bad for you, DAMAGED Ldl is bad for you.
Obviously one can lower his damaged Ldl by lowering the Ldl with statins. But what a hideously irresponsible way to handle this.
Statins are for lazy people who refuse to change their habits
I took a statin for three months. I was told there would be NO side effects. There were severe side effects, I became 'demented' and lethargic. Be careful.
Oh my goodness!
What kind of statin, and what dose? High doses, especially of lipitor (atorvastatin), are notorious for side effects, especially muscle pain and increasing insulin resistance.
I had body pain with all of the several statins I took
Am on 20mg Rosuvastatin. taking Kirkland Wild Fish Oil (ensuring am getting at least 1000mg of DHA/EPA), also CoQ10, Zinc helps with energy levels. Am now trying 50mg DHEA too. Some of these might be worth trying. Will change over to Ubiquinol (CoQ10) from Ubiquinone once the bottle I have is done.
For me side effects appeared around the 5th to 6th months by my estimate i suddenly couldnt walk for a long time my muscles got tired fast.
My 65 yo sister is on keto for her epilepsy. Her LDL was very high. But she got the extra analysis of the molecular size of her lipids, which was what some doctors consider lower risk. Then she asked for a carotid artery scan. It came up with ZERO plaque.
So they stopped pushing statins on her (she had been on statins prior to keto and they caused her significant pain.)
This is a great example of why a NMR should be standard and routine in our Healthcare. So only the ones who can truly benefit from a statin would get them.
That’s a win
@@renyfornow9570 "Should be standard." Standards are out the window -- it's Big Pharma that drives the medical industry now. That's why we are becoming educated and advocating for ourselves. You can say No and you can tell doctors to educate themselves, too. They are human and miss a LOT in their busy practices.
@@renyfornow9570 the difference in risk between these particle sizes is something minute like 14%. They are all small enough to penetrate the arterial wall and this idea about safe "large and fluffy" LDL seems to be absolute nonsense.
Yep that is what seems to happen when you do a Keto or Carnivore diet.
More than twenty years ago I had clogged arteries, which I cleaned down to 0%. I couldn’t figure out how I was able to do this. This video helped me understand it. I must have had insulin resistance and NAFLD, which increased the resident time of the “bullet” LDL in the circulatory system. The rate of deposition of the bullets LDL exceeded the rate of clearing it by the immune cells. Changing dramatically my eating habits fixed my insulin resistance and NAFLD. With zero new deposits and a certain rate of clearing, done by the immune cells, my arteries became perfectly clean, without any meds. Now I know. Thank you Dr. Boz for giving me the answer!
May I ask how you cleaned out your arteries? I just got labs said my ldl is 179.. my Dr of course mentioned statins which I don't want to take. I want to reverse this condition through diet. Any tips?
How do you know you ..."cleaned it down to 0%" ?
@@scarab9762 I absolutely love to tell you, but there are a couple of hurdles. One, I’m not a licensed doctor and two it’s quite involved. If I could resolve these, and give you in a nutshell version, it is this: I eat food that is minimally processed, as close to nature as possible, do a lot of wild foraging. Do time restricting eating. Do a lot of fasting and mild to moderate exercise. This is what I did, but since I am not a doctor, sadly, I cannot recommend it to others.
I did two independent medical tests both showing zero plaque. @@jmkcr
Impossible . Another you tube dreamer ….
After a heart attack at age 80, I decided to give statins one more try. I quit them three different times because of muscle pain, but I read recently that low doses of statins could be beneficial even though they didn't lower cholesterol to desired levels. After muscle pain and now brain fog, I am finally through with statins for good. Another thing doctors don't tell you about statins is that although they slightly lower the risk of heart attack, they don't lower the risk of death.
Аnd doctors, while prescribing STATINS to patients, conveniently forget to tell that statins are toxic to mitochondria and COENZYME Q10 must be taken together with STATINS, to prevent toxicity of STATINS.
My LDL is 420 after being on keto for 10 months. I lost 70 pounds. I’m 65 weigh 135 and am 5’8”. I’m no longer on bp meds. No longer obese. Trigs are 50 and HDL is 96. Doctor pushing statin. Refused. Now seeing cardiologist. Did Ecco stress test and echocardiogram. All good. Then I did bp monitor for 24 hours. All good. Then 48 hour holter monitor. No signs of problems. Bp perfect and no signs of heart issues. Now sending me for CAC scan. I’ve also done the ultrasound on my carotid arteries. Very minimal signs of plaque.
I finally got results of CAC score. Whilst not 0 it was 7.7. Now doctor wants to put me on another cholesterol drug since refused statin. Still refusing.
And that plaque was 99% from your previous diet.
You still need CT scan or CMIT , Tim Russert NBC Anchor Also had Ecco Stress test & Echo test all Looked normal until he had a Heart Attack 2 weeks later DEAD! Dont let a You tube video be your conscience
You are probably a lean mass hyper responder. She just interviewed a guy by the name Norowitz, I believe about all the studies on that group of people.
@@desertpeak7906good advice but russert's death was not natural.
Those are wonderful results. There is a study that says weight loss and low card diets can elevate LDL.
Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance are stronger culprits.
Exactly !
"Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease. Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance are stronger culprits.
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Weak argument. Cholesterol is one of many culprits. And people with genetic defects, who produce too much cholesterol, die young without treatment, statins are very good for them. Without prove that the elevated cholesterol levels do not come with atherosclerosis your statemnet is stupid.
Disclaimer: I do not assume that in many cases statin are justified, they are the convenient solution for the doc and patient (?), but I hat strawmens.
I recognize this memory loss in my father. I have forwarded this info to him and mom and they tell me I’m not a Dr (correct) and I’ve probably been watching RUclips (correct again). He not listen because he believes that as soon as he stops taking them it’s over.
Well, I tried several times (years) and am at peace with it. He’s 83, diabetic and active. He’s already beat the odds. Thanks Dad for having been around this long! 🙏❤️
It’s hard to change our parents beliefs as they are the generation that believes there is a magic pill to cure everything.
@@erinobrien8793 you’re so right about that.
Cholesterol is not your enemy! I wish doctors would drop this misleading mantra!!!
Amen.
Did you understand this video?
Another science denier making comments.
@@jeffj318 Low LDLs are often associated with depression and thoughts of suicide. High LDLs are not the evil you think they are and statins have a miniscule lowering of morbidity due to artery hardening while you are dealing with a host of uncomfortable side effects. The difference is the % of large fluffy LDLs vs the small dense LDLs as described later in the video.
I take statins. They're called avocados. No side effects and probably more effective.
Cholesterol is NOT a risk factor for heart disease.And yes statins are evil.
So the worldwide scientific and medical communities are wrong and moujntains of evidence are irrelevant and should be ignored. That's good to know. Thanks.
This is consistent with lots I have read in books on the topic
@@helenasingleton7225 It is not consistent with the evidence though.
@@tomgoff7887 It's totally consistent with the evidence. Not one person can show the physiological pathway of any causality of disease by cholesterol.
@@porkpie2884 It's actually LDL that is causal (and measured by calculating LDL cholesterol). The evidence for this is mountainous and conclusive.
I had statins prescribed because my triglycerides were off the chart (so I was told). But statins had a horrible effect on me. I went as white as a sheet, skin was peeling off my knuckles, my ears itched like mad, I was beginning to have memory problems... the effects went on and on. My sister, who was a cardiac nurse at the time, told me it sounded like my endocrine system was being battered. I stopped after 3 months. Some 20 years later, now in my 70s, my heart is strong, my arteries clear. I reduced my triglycerides with some simple lifestyle changes (not that it was at all unhealthy) and my triglyceride numbers are down. Furthermore, there are some _241 species_ of triglyceride and 29 of them _are associated with longevity._ A triglyceride count is too simplistic. Doctors have a habit if recommending statins (and just about any pharmacological intervention) with ease when a better (and cheaper) approach is often simply to change your lifestyle.
Thank you think this is happening to my mother think I need to help her a stop this medication she has been on them for years an her cholesterol level is low now ??
@@busterhughes6553 Definitely stop them. I trashed my mom's!
@@busterhughes6553You should watch Dr. Ken Berry. It is actually more fatal to have very low cholesterol than slightly high.
Wild fish oil Omega 3's have really helped me. Compared to a year ago, my Triglycerides went from 2.53 down to 0.67
More importantly 1.5 down to 0.67 since I've been having the Omega 3 fish oils. Was diagnosed with a 90% artery blockage last year, intense pain on exertion. Had to get a stent put in (saved my life). Non-smoker, mountain biker, runner, eat well, healthy BMI, and then massive artery blockage came out of nowhere. Guess high cholesterol (hereditary?) Was my downfall.
@@51249ca Low K2 intake?
Family member took them for 15 year's, after 5 years he became tyre 2 diabetic, last year triple heart by-pass! Lowering his cholesterol didn't stop him getting heart disease, A low carb diet probably would have.
Low cholesterol is a death sentence.
Yes would have, but when!?!?!?
After bypass interventions!?!?
At the moment your cousnt have to do only Carnivore diet until his life time!! Good reason to check Carnivore Doctor experts...
Pretty sure he would be a much healthier person without these statins.
@@aliendroneservices6621yep..higher cholesterol people live longer..people with lower live longer ..stop ..JUST STOP WITH THIS MEDICAL INDUSTRY LIES TO FEED BIG PHARMA..NO ONE LISTENING NO MORE !😫😡😡
My biggest issue is statins remove large particle ldl not the small ones that cause all the damage. We have been lied to for years about cholesterol.
Also the tiny, tiny positive effect statins have do not come from anything regarding LDL. Statins have a very slight "blood thinning" effect. they reduce risk for clots. Why does it matter? read the book "the clot thickens" and you will know why. Therefore you get the same effect with much less risk by simply taking the low-dose aspirin.
Another science denier making comments.
That's decades,. not years.
@@CatouMilou I stand corrected.❤️
@@jeffj318- science denier? You mean the “science” that was cherry picked by Ancel Keys to support his hypothesis that fat is bad? Or maybe you mean the “science” that the sugar industry paid Harvard researchers to find that said saturated fat and cholesterol were the problem, when they knew full well it was sugar. Or could it be the myriad of “scientific” research papers that are sponsored by big food and pharma?
If anything, his statement is scientifically correct. What’s also correct is that big pharma tried to create a drug that would help with other parts of cholesterol, but they have failed, hence the extreme focus on LDL. It’s the only piece of cholesterol doctors can write a script for.
Science denier? Sounds to me as if you’re just a denier. Or, maybe a delusional denier.
I love Dr. Boz but I now tend to believe that high LDL is of no moment at all if your HDL is over 60 and your TGs are 60 or less. The ratio of TGs to HDL should be one or less. I am a retired Physician. The risk of becoming pre-diabetic or diabetic is somewhat increased when you take statins. Diabetes is a huge risk factor for having a cardiac event. Statins do have anti-inflammatory effects and anti-platelet effects. But I believe the good outweighs the bad when you take statins. If they are helpful, it may not be because they lower LDL. And lowering LDL may possibly be a fool's errand? Nobody should use the terms good cholesterol or bad cholesterol. There is only one cholesterol. Cholesterol is a carrier molecule and a part of both Low-Density Lipoprotein and High-Density Lipoprotein. I still love you Dr. Boz but please desist from ever using the terms good cholesterol and bad cholesterol in the future. I took a statin for 15 years and prescribed statins for 25 years. I am very sorry that I did either. Keto plus a walking program has fixed my blood sugar, my hypertension, and obesity and my lipids except LDL has gone up a lot. HDL is up to 60 and Triglycerides are down to 60. No more Lipitor, Metformin, or Amlodipine! My weight in 18 months down from 185 to 159! I am a carbohydrate addict and in March of 2019 I weighed 208 pounds. That's what eating donuts, apple fritters, and lots of Coca-Cola will do that for you. It did i exactly that for me. On a ketogenic diet, my cravings for sugar and any sweets diminished over time and the cravings are now entirely gone.
Artificially lowering cholesterol by statin drugs causes LDL transport containers to have too little protection. The function of these containers would normally be to transport excess blood sugars from the liver liver as fat and get rid of this throughout the body!
I just posted something above from another video I just watched. What you say kinda matches. This is from another video:
"DR CYWES REVIEWS A CARDIOLOGY PAPER THAT REPORTS NO BENEFIT AND POSSIBLY AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE FROM TAKING STATINS. KNOW YOUR HgA1c to determine risk of HEART ATTACK, STROKE OR DYING OF HEARTATTACK OR STROKE. This paper documents that STATINS offer ZERO RISK BENEFIT!!!! DIABETES, NOT CHOLESTEROL WILL KILL YOU. Please leave comments.
Know the scientific truth about how your body works. Ask and answer the right questions to optimize your health!"
Thank u for your detailed history -from u we learn
If someone is obese, pre-diabetic (at least), has 3 stents, had a mini stroke (plus family history of heart disease/attack) and is on statins, BUT really wants to get off of them and has started/is committed to a keto diet...would you recommend that they get off statins quickly OR wait until the diet has reversed some of their health issues/metabolic syndrome first?
@@leighannf.4730 I don't know the statistics but I think Bad Cholesterol may rise on a lot of Keto and Carnivore Dieters. I've been on strict Keto for 7 months and have lost approx 2.5 (5) Gallon buckets worth of Fat. I'm not far off from my ideal weight. My bad Cholesterol is 27% higher than the excepted maximum. I take K2-MK7 and other vitamins and Minerals. I think they protect me but only God really knows! People need to be tapered off Statins with a Doctors supervision. In some cases, coming off these drugs can be dangerous. The doctor may suggest reducing the dosage. I will never, ever, take Statins. Watch lots of Dr B's Cholesterol video's and learn all you can before you possibly get off the Statins.
Been a paramedic for 30 years. I see just as many people in cardiac arrest or having a stroke who have been on a statin as those who do not take statins. There is literally no difference. Based on what I see, lifestyle and diet are the biggest contributors to health issues.
True
Half the people on statins already had heart attacks or very high ldl why there taking them you need ldl under 100 ect not to build plaque
My LDL is rising because of my way of eating. Dr was very concerned saying I'm at high risk of heart attack or stroke. So I had a Coronary Artery Calcium scan and my doctor was amazed that all three sections of the scan showed zero calcification therefore making a mockery of the LDL bad cholesterol theory. I ONLY eat meat with all its fat, saturated fats like lots of butter, eggs and heavy cream. @@shannon5561
True. If you look at the biggest reasons for CVD, smoking and T2D are much higher up the list than Cholesterol.
money making racket
Great job on explaining cholesterol and how it works in the body. I’ve been following Dave Asprey research. I’m 68 and I feel amazing plus walking the dog 4 to 6 miles a day helps a lot. I make my own coconut yogurt, Super Gut recipe, and I make bone broth every other week.
I don't know anyone who hasn't had a heart attack due to statins.... all people around me who should take statins because of high cholesterol also suffered a heart attack - statins destroy a lot in the body, that's why I decided against it - have a great weekend and greetings from Germany❤
Best wishes from Canada!
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Best wishes from London
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Yes. Statins do not prevent heart attacks and they don't extend your life. Can you say Big Pharma?
Thank you 😊 for sharing your story. Have great weekend from USA
The problem is all the doctors I know will just immediately prescribe a statin as soon as they see my LDL’s. They don’t take into account the things you just explained. I’m not sure they even know what good metabolic health even is. I have low triglycerides 77, high HDL 62, LDL 185, cholesterol 258 fasted insulin 5.2. Very lean and muscular normal blood pressure. She immediately called a statin into my pharmacy without consulting with me or asking anything about my diet. Really frustrating, I’m not taking a statin.
Statins raise insulin resistance
@@sixpackbinky Yep. Statins are an insidious poison.
I had same experience, they make a lot of money from it, and nobody lives longer, infact the real studies show higher rates of diabetes on stats, search dr Mason lowcarb down Under
I have 272 total, 75 Hcl, 188 Ldl, 43 TGs, totally flat belly, 160 lbs. and yet they have pushed the statins at me for the last 19 years. Have totally refused from the beginning. Doctors dont tell me what to do, they give me advice
Heart risk is TGs/Hcl, not Ldl. The lower the ratio the better. A ratio of 1/1 is good. Mine is 0.6/1
there a lots of meta studies out now that shows high ldl is not the bad guy.
My cholesterol readings eere normal, i was fit, non diabetic,non smoker etc. Yet at 58 survived a massive heart attack. I was out on statins, blood thinner, beta blockers which i took religiously for 3 years. After that one by one all the side effects of statin kicked in. Despite doctor's advice i stopped taking statin. Slowly most of the symptoms have gone away accept for being a ore diabetic. Now i am managing my cholesterol etc wih healthier eating, intermittent fasting walks etc. I hope i have done the right thing
Goodness, I mean not every one needs to be a md but this simple video is essential and everyone can understand it…. my mind is blown and I am so thankful to you!!!
Other experts claim that inflammation leads to the plaque. Not that the lipids cause the inflammation.
Until we find a way to reduce/eliminate oxidised LDLs we will be fighting cholesterol unnecessarily, Statins DO NOT control that erroneous part of the total cholesterol they just lower it globally (both HDL and LDL) which is not necessarily the best think to do In my humble opinion. The liver is designed to recycle all that it can especially when it comes to cholesterol but it will NOT recognise the oxidised part of it, the receptors are simply not designed to do that, so it will remain in circulation causing all the problems inside the blood vessels. This is science, proofed science.
This is what I've heard also.
This is BY FAR the BEST educational video I have EVER seen explaining all the various forms of cholesterol, their overall functionality, status and how our various cholesterol "numbers" vary in importance based on so many OTHER variables such as overall diet, insulin resistance, medical cardiac risk factors, etc. THANK YOU for taking the time out of your life to help hopefully educate and extend the lives of everyday people like me. You are the best!!!
There's only 4 things I care about when it comes to routine checkups: 1) Fasting Glucose levels 2) Fasting Insulin levels 3) Triglyceride levels & 4) Vitamin D levels. As long as those four are in the correct range, I'm good. I could care less if my cholestorel levels are through the roof. I once saw an old video here where a female doctor stated that from her years of experience treating patients including old patients, she noticed that the people that lived the longest were the ones with HIGH cholesterol levels and were not taking statins.
Nobody should be on a statin. Statins actually increase the risk of heart disease by increasing the number one risk factor for heart disease which is Type 2 Diabetes. They also cause less cholesterol to be made for cell construction in the arteries which makes arteries less flexible which is another risk factor for heart disease. Doctors should be targeting the real problem which causes cholesterol to be atherogenic, which is inflammation. Because even if you reduce cholesterol with a statin, the cholesterol that is still flowing around in lipoproteins will try to repair any damage to the arteries and leave a plague. If you don't want plaque to build up, reduce inflammation, not cholesterol. In the meantime, by taking these poisons, you're denying every cell in your body the correct amount of an essential substance, which leads to multiple medical problems and diseases. No wonder people have so many adverse effects from taking them. Also, the studies show no real clinical benefit of taking a statin. The people who take statins wind up on operating tables for heart disease in the same numbers as people who aren't on them. They don't prevent anything. They only cause problems. Sadly, most doctors have been brainwashed by the immense propaganda of the drug companies. They even get paid more when prescribing them and get admonished when they don't. The conflict of interest is off the charts. These policies benefit the drug companies, but not the patients.
Thank you so much for all the straightforward and easy to understand info you share with us Dr. Boz! I’ve been binge watching all your videos since I received and read your Keto Continuum book and workbook. My ketone order arrives today and I’m stoked to get started!
They're heavily prescribed because they're profitable. The same reason for covid and flu jabs
In October my doctor prescribed me statins
2 weeks ago for the first time in my 57 years… at my check up, the nurse asked if I was having any symptoms or feelings of SELF HARM
After a few other similar questions I realized she was referring to side effects of the DRUGS I NEVER took.
I never filled the prescriptions for the cholesterol, diabetes or blood pressure medication she prescribed.
I started carnivore
My a1c dropped
My triglycerides dropped
My cholesterol went up 😊
My weight dropped 👍🏼
This is the best video I have ever seen on the subject. Thank you, Doctor Boz!
My mom was on statins for so many year i lost count. She died with dementia 😢. She was the only one in the family that had it. I would never take statins
Sorry about your mum but your blaming the statin? Statins get blamed for everything.
So sorry for your loss 🙏❤️...you are not alone same situation has happened to countless other people. My mother died a few months into taking statins for the first time at 82.
Same with my mom. Tragic 😢
My 72 year old father (triple bypass at 63) was on 40 mg of statins. Felt god awful with the side effects. Finally went to an endocrinologist who told him to take only 1 mg. Yes, ONE mg. All side effects gone and his LDL and cholesterol is down a lot. He’s also been working on diet, keto and others etc. Lost 60 lbs since. He swears by these changes.
Low dose, is the key, for most.
Less side effects, if any....
What a big fat lie. No statin exists that has 40mg and 1mg dose at the same time. Let alone, none of them exist in 1mg tablet. Smallest is 5mg. How do you divide a tablet into 5 parts? 😂
Lipitor goes up to 90mg. Given after a stent in Australia. Terrible side effects
You lost all credibility when you said 1mg. Lowest statin is 5mg.
@@ÁzsiábaSzakadtamI'd turn it into a powder, divide by five and pick up 1/5 with a wet finger, lick and swallow. How difficult is that?
This is the best video to explain how colesterol work in our body. Thank you !
This animation of how the process works was super easy to understand! Thanks for the layman’s version. I watch a lot of health videos and it’s usually very hard to concentrate (and sometimes understand) on all the terms, interactions, and blah blah blah (that’s what I start to hear after accidentally tuning out).
I agree with many of the prior comments - you really nailed it in this video Dr Boz. Well done, and thank you!
Thanks for your videos 👍 my last blood work in August my triglycerides 95, LDL 190, HDL 54. Doctor suggested going on crestor I think was the name. I asked to look at it again in six months. I looked at the long list of side effects I was shocked.
Hi Doc. I think you need to review the David Feldmans work and Nick Norwitz work. Years of elevated cholesterol in his study group did NOT have elevated risk because of their very high ldl.
Very sweet Dr. Boz who does her best to keep us informed ! 🙂
NNT for statins : No statistically significant mortality benefit. 1 in 217 avoided a nonfatal heart attack (myocardial infarction ).1 in 21 experienced pain from muscle damage. 1 in 204 developed diabetes mellitus
Finally found this video explaining the work of statins and how LDL is removed by the liver from the blood stream. Thank you! So a fat liver is the key. Several other channels I watched blame some "inflammation due to an insulin resistance" without explaining role of liver in LDL recycling process.
They tried to push the Lipitor on me at 55. Never took one. 18 years later, here I am at 272 total, 188Ldl, 75 Hdl, 43 TGs. Have been total flat stomach since highschool
They want everyone on statins
Friends/relatives my age who did what they advised aint lookin too good.
Or they are dead
I was taking a Statin and was getting the worst Heartburn imaginable, even though my cholesterol numbers came back great pertaining to what came back after a Blood Work Test my New Doctor insisted on putting me on a Statin drug, a preventative measure he said due to my age, ethnicity, and family history which I think is a bunch of bullshit, I feel many family practitioners don't like people who educate themselves regarding health issues, they love to keep you under their thumb just to make the hospital money as possible just to keep themselves in good standings, older people are like Slaves it seems.
I’m sure they would love to prescribe you another med for your heartburn that started after your Statin, that will then give you another awful symptom that they can prescribe you another medicine 😉
Of course, you would say, "Consult with your physician first before stopping your statin treatment." What do you suppose he will say?
You can reduce it without statins. NO one should take statins.
It’s ignorance like yours, well meaning or not, that cause cardiac events
Yes, a LMHR can reduce LDL with carbs. Is that best? We don't know.
Seriously, no one should take it.
You really are ill informed. Go and do your research.
@@tomedwards1879 No, you are the one that needs to do research and stop believing Big Pharma lies. They are making you sick. Clean up your diet, lose weight, stop sugar, carbs, grains.
This is the best explanation of how statins work and why you may or may not need them I have ever heard. Thank you Dr Boz! I recommend everyone considering taking a statin watch videos by Dr Ford Brewer, who only prescribes statins in people with CVD for the purpose of reducing CV inflammation and stabilizing plaque. Further, he only prescribes certain kinds and in such low doses that they do not exacerbate insulin resistance.
I like how Dr ford talks about subjects.
Also, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Eric Berg, Dr. Paul Mason, and more. I'm so thankful for these doctors for educating us!
Shame he doesn't prescribe diet 🤷🏼 my cousin, who is the 'largest' man I know, has just had a heart op to place 3 stents in a blocked artery and the only take away he had from it was that he had a genetic marker that meant it was predestined and there was nothing he could do to prevent it.
@@FC-PeakVersatility He totally advocates a low-carb lifestyle. It's just that he also isn't afraid to use statins in low doses for people who already have CV disease (plaque).
@@sbag11 I wish that 'the top specialist' my cousin saw (his description not mine) had had the same attitude. Seriously, straight after his operation, before even leaving the hospital, he was eating a chocolate muffin (might have been blueberry but, whatever, it was a muffin).
USA doesn’t have an official definition for 'grass fed.' unlike anything with organic seal on it, which requires adherence to more definitive USDA rules. Calling beef 'grass fed’ doesn't require an on-farm inspection or even mandate that animals live freely on pastures...😮...!
I guess grass-fed means 'whatever it looks like now, no matter how many processes it has gone through, once upon a time this food grew in a field'
My doctor told me if I did not follow her advice and take anti-statins, I would likely die within 6 months. I tried one packet and I felt quite sick. I decided I might as well die. So I stopped taking them. That was 20 years ago, my cholesterol is still very high. I stopped regular visits to doctors as well.
Wow! That was a shitty dr.
If we take this information to our primary physicians, most likely they are going to disagree regarding statin drugs. I know that you do not want your students to take this information on RUclips as medical advice. However, because this information that you teach has changed our lives, most of us will take this as medical advice. I have been doing strict keto for about three years and following your advice, watching your videos, and reading your books, have all been life-changing for me. I wish you could recommend a keto doctor in the Las Vegas area for me.
Thank you Dr Boz for the great explanation!
I took satins and had all kinds of aches and pains. Cramps at night. I stop taking them in April or May. About September I had no more aches and pains. In November I had very few nights waking up to cramps. Now in December I very rarely ( twice in the month) and no more of problems. I will not take any Satin!
I weaned myself off statins, and my wife noticed that I’m less sleepy, I’m more energetic, I’m more alert, and overall I feel better . All that in a trade off for a few months or most likely days or weeks of life at the end of my life when I am most likely the sickest? No thank you.
I’ll just stop eating “foods” that are not good for me or are downright trying to kill me.
This woman is a beautiful gift to the world!
You sound like a goofy Woman Worshipper.
Been on keto/very low carb diet for a year now and got my HbA1C down from 43 (low pre-diabetic) to 38. My cholesterol has rocketed but I feel amazing....no aches or pains (like before) so I am assuming any inflammation has reduced etc etc. Medical people have given me 4 months to get my cholesterol down. Thank goodness for videos like this! I won't be going on statins as was suggested. I know we can't expect general practitioners to know everything but I do wish they would be humble enough to understand that their info might not always be completely up to date. I am not sure if we have fractionation tests for cholesterol available in the UK...I suspect I would get a funny look if I asked for one. I am going to assume that as long as i am metabolically healthy, my cholesterol isn't going to cause me problems. (My HDL 'good' cholesterol was at the top end too = 1.93)
Stop keto and Start carnivore. You'll be amazed.
I saw my cardiologist today and he tried to push statins, I said no. Over the years, I have taken 3 types of statins and I quit them all due to side effects. I got itchy and muscle pain. I am Type 2 diabetes and I am the carnivore diet - I am loving it.
Why do you love Type 2 diabetes? Is it better than Type 1? confused
@@eugene8524I meant that I love the carnivore diet. My blood sugar came down a lot.
Statins also cause type 2...
Soon T2D is probably history.
I saw your video on Statins and my lipid levels are really good so I thought I should cut out the Statin. My doctor said "NO" . I just ran my risk numbers on the Framingham Risk calculator and i can see why. 14.6% - 20% risk of another MI or death within 10 years. Ouch!!
Dropping the first 30 lbs. has helped, but you're teaching us to look at the bigger picture.
Thank you.
My compliments! This is THE best explanatory video about statins and LDL cholesterol I’ve ever seen!!! I’ve recently had cause for personal health concern.
On attending my doctor, it seems my heart is clear and a 12-lead ECG that I recently had is also clear. Despite this, my GP wanted to send me for further assessment at the ‘heart-failure clinic’ (unfortunate name) as I do sometimes have shortness of breath and slightly puffy ankles.
However, on my GP visit a couple of days ago, she told me that, on the basis of my blood test results, they’ve decided there’s no need for further investigation at this stage, so no heart failure assessment is required.
Blood tests, though, show my LDL to be high, I’ve a slightly fatty liver and a larger-than-should-be waistline and high blood pressure. There’s no indication of Type II nor any precursor to Type II. I’m male and just short of 65 years old, but have had (prior to this Covid nonsense, the ridiculous ‘lockdowns’ during which I stopped all exercise) a complete life of sporting fitness and have never smoked nor overly drank alcohol.
On this basis, I’ve been told - just a couple of days ago - that I should consider statins. I said no.
A few days ago, I started on an intermittent fasting regime of one meal per day. I plan to get trimmed back down again by healthy diet/lifestyle means. I’ve also started taking plant sterol supplements, milk thistle and strong-flush niacin.
I may, though, have to take blood-pressure medication as, I believe, high blood pressure is not just a lifestyle issue but is commonly related to ageing and so, in many cases, unavoidable.
Your video (and I’ve just subscribed) has been a great help. I’ve a better understanding now. Thank you so much.
This was very informative! I’m a PA and enjoy in learning about the actual health aspects of medicine. I don’t know statins calcify the arterial wall and restore receptors. Very interesting. That means statins are only helpful in a small population that are on the very deep end that already have significant years of damage.
If your cholesterol level is high it is because that is what your body needs it at, your own body produced that cholesterol. Taking any medication to force a change to what your body is trying to do is never a good thing.
Thank you, good info, I am not taking statin as my doctor prescribed to me, I do low carb diet, IF 16 to 18Hr, run 10K three time a week , average heart rate of 135 to 150( zoon 2) one hour running, BMI 20.92.
LDL as such is not a risk factor for cvd Dr. Boz. This has been established more than once. It should not be a therapeutic target. The real problem is (pre-)diabetes.
I stopped taking statins 10 years ago because I hated the leg aches & never looked back!
Statins stopped me from exercising! I rather do regular exercises than take stains. Exercises lowered my blood pressure & sugar significantly! I’m 73 now…& doing great!
I’ve heard that statins don’t work (actually make things worse) because the increased receptors do not recycle the small LDL only the large LDL which is beneficial.
exactly. Whatever they do with LDL is irrelevant. They do however have a tiny positive effect of prolonging life of risk patients by 4 days on average, no joke. This tiny effect is likley due to statins having a small blood thinning effect, like aspirin, just much less and with worse side-effects.
THANK YOU for this presentation, Dr. Boz ! I have probably watched close to 2000 medical videos on RUclips, and this one ranks right up at the top for its quality, clarity and overall presentation property. At the end of the presentation, I did not ahve a single question left on the topic, and yes, I am moving on to your cholesterol presentation. THANK YOU, Dr Boz !
My hubby was put on after having a stress induced heart attack. He had abt 20 happy lbs to lose. He was put on a statin & within a few months he was a type 2 diabetic. Now he takes 6 meds & would rather do that than lifestyle changes
Yikes
Try to work with his out of wack emotions. My husband died from that same pattern and I know it’s almost impossible but try anyway.
@andreafong9952 Husband's can be so stubborn. Mine is stage 4 prostrate cancer, and he STILL consumes massive amounts of sugars... mean while, I've adopted a cleaner diet and feeling so good! He won't change his ways. I'm frustrated with him. 😕
@@Deej496 you should look up Dr Boz & keto continuum on how she helped her mother
@@Deej496 I understand completely and it is heartbreaking. Just be as creative as possible and do the little tokens of change he is probably trying and let him take the lead to get as much progress as possible.
My Dr put me on Statins and it made my joints and muscles hurt very badly ! he then prescribed a medicine for arthritis ! ridiculous !! I quit taking the statins and now I feel fantastic !
11:06 Problem in this video is that the damaged LDLs cannot be taken back by the liver because they're not being recognized, so it won't matter if you increase the number of receptors. Basically you're just getting the side effects (which are VERY bad).
Years ago, I had the lowest dose of simvastatin. One day while crossing a street, all of a sudden I couldn’t move my leg to walk, sort of like my leg wasn’t listening to my brain. Had to have someone walk me to the bus stop, got home, was fine and never had happen again. I also took myself off of them and dr. Is taking credit.
Any drug that make me feel that bad cannot be good.
Fantastic visual examples. Thank you for the insight. Subscribed.
Just lose weight, exercise and avoid processed and packaged foods
That doesn't work for everyone, sweetheart.
Not everyone is you. By the way, stop being ignorant.
I took stains for over 20 years I'm 72 now..I told the doctor no more.thank you..
I believe Statins are the worst meds out there for the elders...they CAUSE brain fog and can also cause SEVERE muscle pain...Cholesterol has been maligned by the western medicine drug brainwashing. I'm a retired surgeon. My Dad was in his 80s when I visited and he was bent over in pain, unable to walk to his mailbox. Reviewed meds--took him Off statin. His mental status and muscle pain? GONE in 5 days. Even LDL is not bad, nor triglycerides. KETO diets raise both because they transport fats so if you eat more fat, you need more! All hormones are cholesterol related. The math IS totally messed up. If you have HIGH HDL(good) it falsely RAISES you total cholesterol #!! We need FATS to be healthy. Research is only STARTING to realize how brainwashed we are!!
That was a very cool presentation! Best I have seen. I been watching "education" videos like this for a couple of years. Usually, we just hear words. Your visual presentation is outstanding! I never thought about where do those VLDL come from. I am guessing most of us just think they are "born" that way. I have heard that the total cholesterol was a calculation, but never knew it was done in such a strange fashion. This one video should be a college course requirement for doctors (and the rest of us mere mortals). I cannot thank you enough for what you do.
They were killing my 80 year old father. He shriveled up lost 30 pounds and got weak. He quit them and he has gained back almost 20 pounds and is much stronger again.
Been told by docs in Australia they don't recommend statins for the elderly.
This is a very precise and elegantly taught lesson on a difficult subject. Thanks!
Statins effect every muscle cell in the body. Rather you have pain or not. If you have low triglycerides, high HDL , High LDL, and your Doctor wants to give you a statin. He is following the old science.
Thanks for being a voice of reason on this topic! And thanks for easy to understand graphics and advice!
According to the studies (RCT, only) how much do Statins increase lifespan? I think it is 5 days. My recommendation is lifelong healthy diet and active lifestyle. Diet, as close to the ground (unprocessed) single ingredient foods as you can get.
I was prescribed a satin drug but my dr. never said the word satin. So when i got home and read the info from the pharmacist i dumped them down the toilet. He prescribed satins because my cholesterol was 150 , 49 to 149 is ok but over 150 is considered high.
However if you would really like to increase your chances of dementia a statin can help with that.
This is THE best explanation about cholesterol and statin. Thank you doctor.
Terrific presentation on a complex topic. Thank you Dr. Boz!
I love your take. A lot of carnivore doctors prop up the diet as the solution without mentioning it needs to be strict for you to be healthy. I loved your side by side comparison, too. Great graphics!
I had a total cholesterol level of 175 about 20 years ago as a vegetarian. I never had it checked again until this past Sept. My total cholesterol was 462! My LDL was 332. My tryglyceride level was 47. My doctor immediately wanted to put me on a statin, but I said no. I have been doing Keto since Nov. of 2022. I'm taking CholestOff, reducing red meat and eggs, and increasing salmon and other lean proteins. I'm going to get retested soon. I'm a 64 yr. old female, weigh 115, and am 5'6" tall.
Do you have any heart disease? I would think you would want to be checked for that before treating yourself for a disease you don't have.
Carrie, before you take statins again, read all you can by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Ivor Cummins, and Jerome Burne, for a start (all from the UK). Cholesterol is a marker and has not been proven to extend your life nor prevent heart attacks. In fact, it is beneficial to women as we age. Buyer beware. Best of luck to you.
Vegan or vegetarian is a problem. Cutting red meat is propaganda made up by the FDA & climate change activists to reduce the cows presence on earth. Try carnivore and you’ll see a huge difference with inflammation and your cholesterol will drop. There is not enough pro in vegetables. Look into it. Lots of videos on this subject.
Look into the LMHR study. LMHR = lean mass hyperresponder. Thin athelitc people that go on keto and their LDL goes throught the roof. What Dave feldmanns videos on the topic. LDL doesn't matter, what matters is small-dense LDL (sd-LDL) also called oxidized-LDL (ox-LDL). There is a test for this you cando, LDL subfraction or LDL Pattern. If sd-LDL is low, no issue. And note that high HDL and low triglycerides usually means it's low. My LDL is also high, not that high but still. but almost no sd-LDL. the video forgets the fact that sd_LDL is broken and can not be taken up by the liver as it is not recognized anymore. It doesn't matter how many receptors you have in that case. And the cause for LDL oxidation is high pufa content in the LDL particle (from seed oils and processed foods) plus high blood sugar.
Eggs and red meat are not the evil they've been made out to be. Even Ancel Keys reported that the cholesterol in food does NOT end up in our bloodstream. If you don't know who he is I recommend researching him. He was the father of the Diet-Heart hypothesis, which has been repeatedly debunked. Fats from real food, not seed oils, are healthy and in a keto or low carb diet fat is the energy source, instead of sugars. Eggs are, in fact, one of the most perfect foods there is, because of the high nutrition in the yolks. Red meat is also very good and supplies bio available nutrition that leafy greens can only dream of. The problem is the bread/buns/fries/sugary drinks that are eaten with the burger, not the burger itself.
I’ve had open heart surgery in 2005…My cardiologist ordered a calcium test..The local hospital said I was not a candidate and was paying cash for the test…
My wife and I both had Calcium CT scans, it was quick, informative and cost less than $100 apiece.
Thank you. You put this issue into a very comprehensive and practical form in 13 minutes.Good for you.
Great presentation Dr Boz. Thank you
Isn't inflammation in the arteries what is causing heart disease, not cholesterol per se? I was on statins ten days. Ten days and my glucose levels jumped, my cravings - under control for months - skyrocketed. Just going grocery shopping became hazardous. Headaches, muscle cramps, all from the statins. I have worked so hard to do keto and lose weight and the statins are derailing my progress. They think changing my statin to a different one will remove the side effects. I can test it out on my body. My body will tell me if that is so, but I am not holding my breath. Sugar gave me heart disease and I will really push back at any doctor treating me with meds that raise my glucose again.
This was excellent! Thanks for explaining this so clearly.
This is one of the very best videos I ever watched about the topics of cholesterol and statins! It is very informative and illustrative. Thanks, Dr. Boz for this excellent work!!
With the slight issue that it's wrong.
Thank you for this. This is what I needed
Doc, this is the best video that you've ever done. I wonder how many lives you saved today!! Thank you so much.
Wow a You Tube title that is true! I do not hear or see Statins good side from Keto-Carni leaders. Good explanation of bad/good LDL, thanks!
No, no, no. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Cholesterol does NOT cause CVD. You are conflating association with causation. There is NO proof of causation. You just lost all credibility.
Exactly. Correlation ≠ risk
I agree. I had to turn the video off. I may stop following after this one.
And oddly just today Dr Cywes posted part 2 of a recent video series discussing Statins and a Denmark study. It seems to point to diabetics/insulin as the #1 cause of CVD risk factors and not cholesterol.
@@my-yt-inputs2580 this is spot on… CVD is caused by inflammation largely driven by glycation and hyperinsulinism.
@@Alecmcq Amen. I made a comment suggesting she read Dr. Malcolm Kendrick's books and blog, as he has been researching the inflammation/insulin connection, but that comment didn't get published. Hmmm. Anyway, I am with you and don't bother getting my cholesterol "checked." Waste.
My father in law was put on an age based statin with no CVD history and soon after exhibited some pretty disturbing neurological deficits which vanished after he stopped taking the statin. I told my Dr this and he suggested it's just coincidence - I told him if it quacks like a duck it's a duck.
Cholesterol is not linked to heart disease. Those with higher cholesterol live longer.
Love your scientific presentation Doc! - I do have almost identical numbers to yours. I am 59, BMI 18 and my doctor told me my lipids are excellent. Doc still wants me to do CAC which I appreciate anyway.
As someone who had a heart attack and bought into the statins are bad narrative, I would caution rejecting them out of hand. After six years I had a major heart attack as the progression of atherosclerosis had gone unchecked. My diet and exercise profile was probably better than 85% of the country. Had I taken a statin the third pillar of heart disease would have been slowed down and prevented the advance of heart disease. After researching statins extensively I found they are one of the safest and most studied drugs on the market. Yes there are side effects, I do take vitamin D and CoQ10 to mitigate them. There’s also side effects to living with too much LDL, it’s called heart disease and death. If you really can’t tolerate a statin there are other therapies like PCSK-9 inhibitors. Work with your doctor, not RUclips.
Stop eating sugar and carbs.
Ask your doctor about K2 with mk7
You say that had you taken a statin, you would not have had a heart attack.
But statins are a statistical plus (if at all.) The number to treat varies some from study to study, but it is high. The chance that the statin would have prevented your heart attack are quite small.
From statnews:
Statins, which have become synonymous with “heart-attack-and-stroke-preventing,” have an NNT of 60 for heart attack and 268 for stroke: That's how many healthy people have to take statins for five years for those respective outcomes to be prevented.
Please remember that most drug trials for statins were done by the manufacturers who still consistently deceive the public by using relative risk data rather than absolute risk. If they are so wonderful why the deception?
Great explanation, thank you for all you do Dr. Boz,,❤
statins basically kill you
Statins kill your brain first😢
Inflammation kills too. Statins lowers Inflammation markers. They do have side effects tho
Did you understand this video?
@@powerguiller Really? "Stratified by subtypes of dementia, statin use was associated with a 28% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease (SHR 0.72, 95% CI 0.63-0.82), 18% lower risk of vascular dementia (SHR 0.82, 95% CI 0.70-0.95), and a 20% lower risk of unspecified dementia (SHR 0.80, 95% CI 0.75-0.85)."
Thank you for this great video! Ok, you changed my mind! I was hardcore about statins, but now I’m slightly open to it.
But… the key is, if the person refuses to recognize to do ALL they can do to fix the issue, and there’s much they can do, it’s just prolonging the inevitable.
Hard long fasts, IF, Keto, Carnivore, Lion meal lifestyle can help reverse many issues.
I just came off a 72 hr fast, and wow! I may not do another, and just do 36 a couple times per month, but fasting works. IF and strict KETO is a minimum for me. Ketovore or Carnivore is my best plan! It WORKS!!