I am an 82 y old pharmacist n I had a stroke 10 y ago n I was put on statin. A year later, I started getting severe body aches n an uncontrollable urgency to pee. I wet my pants a couple of times. It was then that I read the side effects of statins. I took a bold decision n stopped taking statin. That is four years ago. Now I am fit as a fiddle n very happy, no body pains n no peeing urgency. Please take note guys.
I have been watching many videos about heart disease etc, and they virtually all agree that cholesterol is actually good for you, and that those with higher cholesterol actually have less heart attacks than those with low cholesterol levels.
It’s a bad interview but it’s not the fault of the pharmacist that is being interviewed. It’s the person who is interviewing him that is rude, constantly interrupting and distracting the pharmacist. The man cannot even finish a sentence before the interviewer puts words in his mouth. And you can tell by the pharmacist’s expression that it was not what he had planned to say. I would like to hear what the pharmacist had to say, somewhere the man will be allowed to complete a sentence! For pity sake, just Rules of Order should apply here. I personally am looking for answers to damage caused by “Statin drugs for preventative medicine.” I can’t even walk straight. I am going to his webpage where I bet he can at least speak without being interrupted.
I so wanted to hear what the guest said but the host kept asking questions. Why didn't he research the topic so he could just listen and let the rest of us too.
This is exactly what I've been trying to tell my doctor. Stop pushing me to take statins! I eat a lot of vegetables, I stay away from sugar , breads pastas and he's worried about my cholesterol. I don't feel good on statins
I have just gone off of Atorvastatin. My blood pressure is normal normal, 118/78. It was 128/188, etc. I never expected this. Went off of Amlodipine 10 mg in AM along with Atorvastatin. Sum up, went off Amlodipine and Atorvastatin at the same time, and after two weeks my blood pressure is normal now. I don't feel any different being off of Atorvastatin, but my blood pressure is normal now. Am Staying off both meds for now. Good luck to all of you.
I had heart surgery in 2007. I stopped taking statins six months post surgery. I eat right, lost weight and I take vitamins and supplements. I control my stress and don’t let anything bother me. I talk with God all the time and am thankful to Him I’m still here! ❣️🎚
Maybe that's a good thing that the host was interrupting. This doctor fasted for 2 weeks but his cholesterol came back over 200. Perhaps his liver is producing too much cholesterol. Do you trust him to be a competent doctor? I don't think this doctor is old but he does have signs of aging beyond his years. But may be wrong about his appearance.
Cholesterol is needed in every cell in the body. It is necessary to good health. Low fat diets and high carbs made me so sick and obese. Since being keto have stable weight and feel energised. No to statins, no to high carb, no to high protein and most importantly no to sugar. Enjoy life.
I feel the same way Veldarb. I wonder how long I can make it with such bad Health care. When the Doctors Office won't return your calls. When you have to talk to a answering machine that does not call you back. There was a time when Doctors remembered you and your health. They came to your house to take care of you. When you were sick and feeling bad, the Doctor wouldn't make you come to him. Going out would be the Death of some people. Going out would also spread the Virus if one had a Virus. Peace and Good Health to you.
Taking Atorvastatin 40 mg/day for about 6 months brought my kidney function from normal to stage 2 renal failure, with cloudy, frequent and odiferous urination. Severe lower leg cramps, tingling toes at night and severe skin itching on my upper back and upper arms also occurred. After discontinuing the drug and modifying my diet(bland with no salt and low-protein), I started feeling better. I cannot go back to my VA Healthcare physician because I disobeyed the clinic's instruction on continuing to take the drug.
My gosh. The man tried to talk and had so many important things he was trying to say. That I was so needing The interviewer. Interrupted him talked over him. And I missed everything. Will not I will not watch when that particular interviewer is on
From blood checks the cholesterol level for my husband was always normal.he had a very healthy diet ,could not take stains as it gave him severe leg pains.But his heart was blocked with cholesterol.. all the symptoms of heart failure was not diagnosed and he died on his sleep.his heart arteries were 67% and 72 % blocked..even 3 visits in extreme chest and stomach pains, yo the emergency did not help.ecg and other tests ,he was told he is in perfect health .Such a fit and healthy man ...
My grandmother takes Lipitor for her cholesterol but it causes her muscle / joint pain. I got her some 1500mg superior cbd hemp oil and she feels amazing and is sleeping much better.
Have her drop the statins. I’ve dropped Rosuvastatin (Crestor?) June 30, ‘22. I’ve complained of bad leg cramps and spasms, joint pains all over, since being put on Losartan/Amlodipine-Besylate/Atorvastatin in 2016. Wound up Feb ‘20 having popliteal aneurysm bypass surgery. Then having a 6-day stay in hospital for a duodenal bleed March ‘20. Followed by a DVT in May ‘20. I’ve not had a regularly seen PCP Dr since 2015,. Since 2016 I’ve had a parade of doctors for PCP (as well as raising the issue while in hospital) who’ve completely ignored my complaints (including in my medical records, e.g; notes, summaries). October’20, Drs put me on Rosuvastatin. I never understood their reasoning for the statin. How does a drug that destroys cholesterol, build cholesterol? My numbers have been fairly consistent thru the years. HDL in those years range 27-35, LDL 58-78, triglycerides around 150. Also in that time, my A1c went from 6.0 to 6.5 Oct ‘20. So now I’m diabetic, they say. Last test 6.8. I take 7 meds including a vitamin, an aspirin, and the statin. After seeing so much online and in magazines, in my 6 yrs with statins, I lost faith in the Medical system of my local area. Remembering how quick these symptoms appeared, it’s been amazing how quickly I’ve been feeling better. I presently am in the hunt for a new PCP. I know my lab #’s will be a lot better because I am slowly regaining my mobility from the surgery, which was a very dangerous, extensive cutting. Surgeon said I would not fully regain use of leg and would probably be painful for life. But I already feel better from the other pains. STATINS BAD!!
Ever heard of Hemp oil. Hemp oil capsules will help your cholesterol. A nurse mentioned this to me a year ago after I had a mild stroke. She was taking two hemp oil capsules a day and so am I. It also helps with itchy dry scaly skin caused by blood thinners.
I was at a clinic with two doctors who gave me two types of medications one which was Lipitor. I had to takes these medications to my employers physician whom instructed me to take the medication back to the doctors and told me not to take it because taking both drugs will kill me.🤔🤔🤔which was no longer an issue because my employer dropped my insurance while on sick leave and the doctors would not see me anymore.
Servers muscle pain and muscle weakness memory loss was bothering me which is why I stopped the statins and then reduced them to half…but I’m learning more and K2 is not in our diet due to factory farming and feeding beef grain etc…eating leafing green’s broccoli spinach etc (K1) that the gut turns into K2 is part of the solution.
I stopped by statins after 10 months. I take 1 turmeric supplements and 100mg CoQ10 during the day and 100mg magnesium glycinate before I sleep. I switched to a healthier diet, more greens and fruits, hardly eat out or eat bread, pasta or anything processed, limited sugar as in from 1 soda/day to just 1-2/month. I ditched the canola oil and switched to virgin coconut oil for cooking and use it on my coffee. I now feel a lot better and back to playing basketball..
That is your personal experience. We are all different. Cholesterol is mainly genetic. It requires a wholistic plan, that may or may not need drugs. However, statins do lower cholesterol made by your liver, and for some it is life saving.
@@deantsar6246 What kind ox cholestérol does it lower? Is it selective? How do you get the good ratio with statins without loosing your health? How much people are concerned with genetic cholestérol ? Why? Did someone confuse "genetic cholestérol " with "chronic stress due cholestérol ?. The only question left for me is: are statins worthy for something else not forseen during the research which would be to help the calcium plaque in arteries harder so that it doesn't collap in the bloodstream?? These aren't even questions as we now know that cholestérol isn't the main problem now but rather the inflammation it can cause randomly in the arteries
I want to put tape across the interviewer's mouth and just give the Doctor a written list of questions!!😡 ...Since the interviewer kept cutting in, it made the doctor start talking faster trying to get his thought out.🤦🏽♀️
I eat aged garlic cloves stored in honey. 4 cloves a day! Off Maxide, & Lipitor, my blood pressure & cholesterol is below normal! I also do shots; Manuka honey (heat 8 seconds) olive oil, cayenne pepper, kyolic aged garlic, lemon juice. Shoot follow with tart Cherry juice then 2 shots of water. I also do apple cider, turmeric & black seed oil. Fasting also.😮
I figured out a long time ago it was heinous stuff...gave me HORRIBLE side effects...couldn't walk at one time; tried at least five of them due t doctors' concerns
There's only do much time in the program and he wants to cover all points, I found this segment to be very informative and at the end he gives his website for those who want more info
I’m a pharmacist and I’ve got to say, it’s so refreshing to hear pharmacists saying statins are not all they are cracked up to be. I’m very interested in the natural medicine side of health care now that I’ve been practicing in a hospital for over 20 years. Are you self taught or did you go through any training? I also need to look up the studies do I can refute the standard way that doctors and pharmacists are trained. If you could provide any that you have studied, that would be greatly appreciated!!
Glad to hear your willing to do the research, I wish more doctors would. Just know you will get attacked by the mainstream medical industry. The conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical industry, studies( funded by said companies) and the FDA that receives kickbacks is a massive conflict of interest . Pharmaceutical co. don't want to cure people they want lifelong patients, while natural doctors want you healthy and cured!!
I just started on Lipitor and the pain in my shoulder muscles and upper arms is unbearable. I am stopping now from taking them. My cholesterol is high but it has been same for the last 30 years! Not worth the pain. I quit them.
I’m ABOUT to start Lipitor TODAY via doctor’s orders and am very nervous. My numbers are really up there, yet I’m active (10 miles on bike 6 days a week) and 135 lbs. I was wondering after a year, how you’re feeling!!!!
This tape is 8 years old. The information they talk about is confirmed. Also he said he juiced. Taking out the fiber from the vegetable can hurt over long term. I juiced for two years too much sugars with no fiber.
My cholesterol is 63 my Dr has me on statins 10 mg. My goal is to eliminate the statin. I do have a plugged artery and it is I believe from K2 deficiency. 4 years ago I went from 140 LDL to 45 LDL by just not eating meat and cheese…no milk either. But since my education about the importance of K2 deficiency I’m saying no to statins. But I’ll also get other tests that are more relevant than an archaic lipid panel.
After years of listening to so-called medically-trained people I conclude that nothing is safe to eat. I also take the message that in order to stay healthy I should take the medications they suggest. The trouble is nobody can agree on what that combination should be. I am also lead to believe that I'm going to die anyway one of these years.
Thanks for saying that my friend - my thoughts exactly . No wonder so many laymen like you and I are bewildered by all the opinions out there. We all want to live longer, but hey, we have to die of something . Regards from a sixty nine year old Englishman .
Dr. Eric Berg and others have provided numerous books and YT videos on Cholesterol and statins which are far more useful and informative, not annoying.
I'll have find another doctor. Cholesterol just over 200. I don't have high blood pressure. Don't eat fried food. Never smoked and rarely have alcohol. Passed 2 stress test just fine. Reminded my doctor of this, but she keep saying I could have a stroke. Not just any stroke but a massive one. Very frustrating to hear this.
Why don't doctors address the issue of what causes cholesterol particles to stick to the interior walls of the arteries? We need cholesterol - its in every cell of the body. The real culprit is not cholesterol its the condition of the arteries that cause it to stick to the walls. That condition is inflammation and inflammation is predominantly caused by the consumption of sugar. When we look at the consumption of sugar per person since 1900 until today we see a significant rise in heart disease and heart attacks almost paralleling the rise in sugar consumption. There is a direct correlation between the two but doctors don't look at this because they make more money (as do the pharmaceutical companies) with each prescription written. If your doctor prescribes a statin to lower your cholesterol ask him/her what causes cholesterol to collect in the arteries. He/she probably doesn't know. Time to find a different doctor - preferably one who knows why. They simply aren't trained about this in medical school because the pharmaceutical companies fund the schools of medicine and influence the curriculum to protect their biggest selling drug - you guessed it - STATINS! CHOLESTEROL IS NOT THE PROBLEM!
Doug miller thank for your comments. Very valuable. I have been on Atorvastatin for a year w co q 10. Just sent off of the drug for a week. Am attempting to do a better diet, but the sugar is a bit tough to avoid. God bless
A really dreadful interviewer who kept interrupting his guest, who actually sounded like he’d be worth listening to if he could get a word in edgewise.
We I went off .lost 40lbs .no meat lots of veggies with lots of cardio .my lds doubled .we back on limiter and ate normal and my numbers went down big time .they work
Yes, the fact that cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease, nor any other disease for that matter is now coming out. Dave, I question why you say to eat lean meats and fruit and veggies? It is a fact that fruits have very low nutritional value next to veggies. Fruits are designed to fatten us up for the winter as the high sugar content keeps us hungry so we gorge on them and fatten up for the winter. A low carb high fat diet is the answer. Heart disease is related only to inflammation, which is caused by carbohydrates and sugars, and how it causes insulin resistance and therefore high insulin levels in the blood. This is all clear known information. Throw the statins away and enjoy your healthy high cholesterol. Do not have unhealthy fats like Canola oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil etc (These are chemically manufactured and contain trans-fats that your body can't cope with. Eat only healthy high fat salted butter, lard (Pork Fat), and all saturated animal fats. If it's poly-unsaturated steer clear!!!. Yes, it is the big pharm companies that are killling people for profit through misinformation and very clever fear mongering. Turn the food pyramid upside down and now you will ne following a heathy diet - but, this diet will deplete the profits of big Pharm, so they do not want you to do that.
Yesss I'm glad other people noticed that too. This host is really rude. You invite the man on the show so let him speak. We all know your intelligent and know things but you have a guest on the show who's giving good information and your cutting him off and blocking that information from coming out. You really need to work on that.
I was on Lipidor. Caused severe muscle pain and muggy brain. I stopped taking them. I am now diabetic. Doctor put me on another statin. I refuse to take them. Severe pains in my feet now. Co-codamol is helping relieve pain.
Getting off statins isn’t a problem: I stopped taking them in 2011 having been prescribed in 1997 after open heart surgery. My then GP went ballistic, wanted to throw me out of the practice, and even as recently as last year they were trying to convince me that this other one wouldn’t cause the agonising pain I had been getting. My cholesterol is 8 (whatever that means) and I am in perfect health, no heart problems at all, nothing. I agree statins are a con. It’s one of the weirdest stories ever in the history of medical treatment
statin almost killed me. As of 20th of this month I quit taking 40 mg Atorvastatin. I am an x-heart attack patient. I also have a stent in my carotid artery, I quit the satin. It is proved that statin weakens muscles .Now, what is the most important muscle in our bodies? Heart, of course. statin weakened me so that I could hardly walk. It also caused repeated atrial fibs.
I've been taking 10 mg atorvastatin for a few years now. I started and stopped twice because it made feel like crap. I'm considering to stop altogether. Did you just quit or did you do a gradual withdrawal?
Lipitor(Atorvastatin) 40 mg/day as prescribed by my VA Healthcare physician put my previously normally functioning kidneys into stage II renal failure within 6 months after starting the drug.
And you dont see any stroke patients who did take their statins? Your propaganda statement is pointless unless you show a really significant difference in the percentage of both populations having strokes and then adjust that also for diet and lifestyle factors eg if you arent on statins and also not on the kind of diet and lifestyle the pharmacist/nd said then was it the lack of stains or the poor diet and lifestyle
Just don’t do it! Change your diet. Do not eat vegetable oils and stay away from all process foods and sugars! .Finally, educated people who are pointing to the problem instead of the symptom.
LDL(bad, but not really), HDL, good, should have a count of 60. HDL basically take out of your arteries the LDL to return to the liver for breaking down and repackaging to go out again. Two parts to the LDLs; large fluffy ones (harmless), and very small density deformed and damaged (bad). They have more fluffy ones than the deformed ones. Statins only remove the fluffy LDLs, not the very small bad ones because the liver can no longer see the very small bad ones! A good reason not to take Statins. You can increase you good HDLs through a high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrates (vegetables only!). Eliminate all sugars, grain foods from you diet. Grains increase your triglycerides (which should’ve less than a count of 100 mg/no. Divide your triglycerides number by the HDLS and that ratio should be less than 2. Intermittent fasting will also help, no smoking or drinking. Statins drugs are deadly and will shut off many other necessary functions of the liver. You will get sick from other organ failures if on statins! Best of success and good health to you!! Keep these numbers in mind and you will be in good health! Medical profession is criminal in league with the pharmaceutical industry.
Had a heart attack three months ago -- 55 years old, 145 lb male, good blood numbers and now have a very healthy diet. NO sugar, few carbs.They had me on 80 mg of lipitore and I cut them in quarter doses. I want to go off statins but keep hearing about dangers of hot plaque. Suggestions?
I feel you. I had one 3 weeks ago, I'm 41, 145 lbs and working out alot. Was on Keto for a 1.5 years, my cholesterol levels and triglycerides all went sky high. I refuse to take statins.
Ween yourself off them slowly! Get Vitamin D3 to boost your immune system. Vitamin K2 is ok for those who are healthy, NOT, for you or me who had had an event! K2 strips away calcium buildup which may be protecting you from hot liquid plaque, which I’d it breaks through the lining of the artery (Intima), the plaque will quickly clot and you will have a heart attack or stroke! That’s what happened to me. Statins shut down critical process by the liver and you will develop other illness 20-40 years from now! Statins are dangerous and do nothing except remove harmless fluffy LDLs only, and cannot see the very small dangerous very low density LDLS. Lot of data out there on this! Best of good health to you!
Randy, you need to stop interrupting your guests or at least let them get the entire thought out before you move to the next topic. Just a bit over two years ago now I was diagnosed with stage II hypertension, atherosclerosis requiring stints and was immediately put on high dose blood pressure meds and statins. At about the same time my doctor was retiring and I had to find a new one. As I researched new doctors I was also researching how to help lower my BP and cholesterol on top the drugs. When I chose a new doctor I thought I was getting a male doctor so when a 75 year old Indian female doctor walked in the room on my first visit I was surprised. She looked at my records from my old doc and flat out told me that while the diagnoses was correct she disagreed with the treatment. At first I didn't believe her and told her so, she then asked how I was feeling on the drugs, I said like shit, worse than before when I was just feeling like shit for high blood pressure and cholesterol. Her answer, "well, if you don't believe me then you need to prepare for it to only get worse, surgery, not being able to do anything and an early death. She told me everything I was suffering from could not only be stopped but reversed through diet and I would not have to take drugs the rest of my life. She told me to go whole food, plant-based vegan and I thought I got nothing to lose so I thought I would try it. Today, just over two years later, no stints, no drugs, no high blood pressure, and no high cholesterol. I have more energy than when I was in my twenties, I sleep better, my eyesight improved, my migraines that I have suffered with for more than third years are all but gone, my skin has cleared up and my digestion problems are gone. This the first year in twenty-five that I haven't had to take allergy meds. In the last two years I have had my blood work taken three times and everything comes back perfect including my B12 and D3.
This makes sense. I've been on Pravastatin for about 10 years and now my dr says I'm not producing any vitamin d so now I'm taking 5000 iu's of vitamin d. Dr Berg talks about when we ingest wheat carbs, we also increase insulin which increases cholesterol. I decided to go on a low carb diet with high fats and several ounces of protein daily and I decided to stop taking my statin drugs. When I see my dr next, i want to see how my diet affects my thyroid because i want to stop taking my Levothyroxin too. I want to be drug free because I know by diet, my body will heal itself.
What herbal products can you recommend for malignant neplasm of the pancreas head? Diagnosed in August 2021. Docs are reccomending 6, 5FU chemo treatments. Have done 2 chemo treatments. Do not want to have whipple procedure.
Randy, let the Dr. talk. He is there as the expert.
I am an 82 y old pharmacist n I had a stroke 10 y ago n I was put on statin. A year later, I started getting severe body aches n an uncontrollable urgency to pee. I wet my pants a couple of times. It was then that I read the side effects of statins. I took a bold decision n stopped taking statin.
That is four years ago. Now I am fit as a fiddle n very happy, no body pains n no peeing urgency. Please take note guys.
Can you just stop taking statins?
I'm on them, and I have pee issues as well, and I'm 57.
Did you replace with other medicine?because Dr said should not stop statin because my mum have plaque.
DAMN IT, Allow the DR finish his statement before you ask the next question.
Ditto bud!
EXACTLY!!!!!!
Yes, he keeps interrupting INFURIATING!!!!!!!
Quit interrupting the expert you have in for the interview!
Thank you LET THE MAN SPEAK CHUCLEHEAD...........
He does this with everyone.
I have been watching many videos about heart disease etc, and they virtually all agree that cholesterol is actually good for you, and that those with higher cholesterol actually have less heart attacks than those with low cholesterol levels.
Jesus Christ Randy Alvarez LET THE MAN TALK
The interviewer needs to shut his mouth and let his guest do the talking since that is what the guest pharmacist is there for and to discuss
It’s a bad interview but it’s not the fault of the pharmacist that is being interviewed. It’s the person who is interviewing him that is rude, constantly interrupting and distracting the pharmacist. The man cannot even finish a sentence before the interviewer puts words in his mouth. And you can tell by the pharmacist’s expression that it was not what he had planned to say. I would like to hear what the pharmacist had to say, somewhere the man will be allowed to complete a sentence! For pity sake, just Rules of Order should apply here. I personally am looking for answers to damage caused by “Statin drugs for preventative medicine.” I can’t even walk straight. I am going to his webpage where I bet he can at least speak without being interrupted.
Please let the expert talk Randy. If you are so smart why are you not the expert?
Exactly! I won't subscribe to this channel because Randy keeps interrupting the speaker... poor interview skills!
I so wanted to hear what the guest said but the host kept asking questions. Why didn't he research the topic so he could just listen and let the rest of us too.
Gertrude Barrett Agreed!
Man the moderator needs to put a sock in it. He's so intent on letting everyone know he knows something.
Amen.
Exactly …he was very annoying.
Why ask questions and not allow the guest to fully answer them ? 😮
Randy: absolutely horrific host! You need to learn how to listen, constantly interrupting is not good for anyone! Absolute worst interviewer!!!
He's irritating...I want to hear the guest thoughts..but he keeps interrupting!
Good info from the guest - it would be nice if the host wouldn’t interrupt him mid-sentence. Not only is it rude but we get less expert advice.
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ml benson, you took the words right out of my mouth! Everytime the guy was in the middle of making a point, he was interrupted by this chatterbox.
Mr Alvarez: please don’t keep interrupting your guest.
"HOST" was probably hired by the pharmaceutical to dominate the conversation.
@@B81Mack You can blame him in interrupting because he might be getting paid from the FDA.
This is exactly what I've been trying to tell my doctor. Stop pushing me to take statins! I eat a lot of vegetables, I stay away from sugar , breads pastas and he's worried about my cholesterol. I don't feel good on statins
I have just gone off of Atorvastatin. My blood pressure is normal normal, 118/78. It was 128/188, etc. I never expected this. Went off of Amlodipine 10 mg in AM along with Atorvastatin. Sum up, went off Amlodipine and Atorvastatin at the same time, and after two weeks my blood pressure is normal now. I don't feel any different being off of Atorvastatin, but my blood pressure is normal now. Am Staying off both meds for now. Good luck to all of you.
Fire your doctor. You can't go wrong with colorful fruits and vegetables.
@@jamestrawick3262 too much sugar in fruit. Keto is the way to go.
I had heart surgery in 2007. I stopped taking statins six months post surgery. I eat right, lost weight and I take vitamins and supplements. I control my stress and don’t let anything bother me. I talk with God all the time and am thankful to Him I’m still here! ❣️🎚
@@DK-pr9ny sorry keto is NOT the way to go! First three letters in the word diet? (DIE) No thanks!
Way too many interruptions of the guest!
Maybe that's a good thing that the host was interrupting. This doctor fasted for 2 weeks but his cholesterol came back over 200. Perhaps his liver is producing too much cholesterol. Do you trust him to be a competent doctor? I don't think this doctor is old but he does have signs of aging beyond his years. But may be wrong about his appearance.
Cholesterol is needed in every cell in the body. It is necessary to good health. Low fat diets and high carbs made me so sick and obese. Since being keto have stable weight and feel energised. No to statins, no to high carb, no to high protein and most importantly no to sugar. Enjoy life.
I would like to have heard what the doctor was going to say, but was interrupted WAY too many times!
im afraid I will die under the care of the American medical system like my brothers did
My dad died under the care of. Doctors. Did not know any better at the time.
I feel the same way Veldarb. I wonder how long I can make it with such bad Health care. When the Doctors Office won't return your calls. When you have to talk to a answering machine that does not call you back. There was a time when Doctors remembered you and your health. They came to your house to take care of you. When you were sick and feeling bad, the Doctor wouldn't make you come to him. Going out would be the Death of some people. Going out would also spread the Virus if one had a Virus. Peace and Good Health to you.
Taking Atorvastatin 40 mg/day for about 6 months brought my kidney function from normal to stage 2 renal failure, with cloudy, frequent and odiferous urination. Severe lower leg cramps, tingling toes at night and severe skin itching on my upper back and upper arms also occurred. After discontinuing the drug and modifying my diet(bland with no salt and low-protein), I started feeling better. I cannot go back to my VA Healthcare physician because I disobeyed the clinic's instruction on continuing to take the drug.
This is something you are entitle to, are you able to see another physician at the hospital?
You dont eat salt?
But you will live longer 😊
Stick to you guns! Be healthy naturally!
@@vickyburton2434 Thank you. I think my health has improved over the years.
Let him finish the sentence 🤨
My gosh. The man tried to talk and had so many important things he was trying to say. That I was so needing The interviewer. Interrupted him talked over him. And I missed everything. Will not I will not watch when that particular interviewer is on
Can’t finish listening bc of mediator!
Thanks Dave Foreman
Dang. Let him talk!
From blood checks the cholesterol level for my husband was always normal.he had a very healthy diet ,could not take stains as it gave him severe leg pains.But his heart was blocked with cholesterol.. all the symptoms of heart failure was not diagnosed and he died on his sleep.his heart arteries were 67% and 72 % blocked..even 3 visits in extreme chest and stomach pains, yo the emergency did not help.ecg and other tests ,he was told he is in perfect health .Such a fit and healthy man ...
Did he happen to take an mrna covid vaccine?
Randy, please stop interrupting your guest and let him have his say before you chime in. Thanks for your kind consideration!
his host needs to STOP INTERRUPTING his guests, this is not the first time ive seen him do this.
Absolutely...100% awful interviewer...ruining a very important issue.
Randy interrupts at every turn!
My grandmother takes Lipitor for her cholesterol but it causes her muscle / joint pain. I got her some 1500mg superior cbd hemp oil and she feels amazing and is sleeping much better.
Have her drop the statins. I’ve dropped Rosuvastatin (Crestor?) June 30, ‘22. I’ve complained of bad leg cramps and spasms, joint pains all over, since being put on Losartan/Amlodipine-Besylate/Atorvastatin in 2016. Wound up Feb ‘20 having popliteal aneurysm bypass surgery. Then having a 6-day stay in hospital for a duodenal bleed March ‘20. Followed by a DVT in May ‘20. I’ve not had a regularly seen PCP Dr since 2015,. Since 2016 I’ve had a parade of doctors for PCP (as well as raising the issue while in hospital) who’ve completely ignored my complaints (including in my medical records, e.g; notes, summaries). October’20, Drs put me on Rosuvastatin. I never understood their reasoning for the statin. How does a drug that destroys cholesterol, build cholesterol? My numbers have been fairly consistent thru the years. HDL in those years range 27-35, LDL 58-78, triglycerides around 150. Also in that time, my A1c went from 6.0 to 6.5 Oct ‘20. So now I’m diabetic, they say. Last test 6.8. I take 7 meds including a vitamin, an aspirin, and the statin. After seeing so much online and in magazines, in my 6 yrs with statins, I lost faith in the Medical system of my local area. Remembering how quick these symptoms appeared, it’s been amazing how quickly I’ve been feeling better. I presently am in the hunt for a new PCP. I know my lab #’s will be a lot better because I am slowly regaining my mobility from the surgery, which was a very dangerous, extensive cutting. Surgeon said I would not fully regain use of leg and would probably be painful for life. But I already feel better from the other pains. STATINS BAD!!
Ever heard of Hemp oil. Hemp oil capsules will help your cholesterol. A nurse mentioned this to me a year ago after I had a mild stroke. She was taking two hemp oil capsules a day and so am I. It also helps with itchy dry scaly skin caused by blood thinners.
The host has to allow the doctor to talk!
A rude host.
Great video but jeez interviewer ask the question let the guy answer - just shut up and listen jeez!
I was at a clinic with two doctors who gave me two types of medications one which was Lipitor. I had to takes these medications to my employers physician whom instructed me to take the medication back to the doctors and told me not to take it because taking both drugs will kill me.🤔🤔🤔which was no longer an issue because my employer dropped my insurance while on sick leave and the doctors would not see me anymore.
Servers muscle pain and muscle weakness memory loss was bothering me which is why I stopped the statins and then reduced them to half…but I’m learning more and K2 is not in our diet due to factory farming and feeding beef grain etc…eating leafing green’s broccoli spinach etc (K1) that the gut turns into K2 is part of the solution.
Stop interrupting. Let the doctor talk!!
I stopped by statins after 10 months. I take 1 turmeric supplements and 100mg CoQ10 during the day and 100mg magnesium glycinate before I sleep. I switched to a healthier diet, more greens and fruits, hardly eat out or eat bread, pasta or anything processed, limited sugar as in from 1 soda/day to just 1-2/month. I ditched the canola oil and switched to virgin coconut oil for cooking and use it on my coffee. I now feel a lot better and back to playing basketball..
Agree, the host had got too much to say....let the guest make his point.
Egomaniac
virgin olive oil in coffee,gotta try it!
That is your personal experience.
We are all different.
Cholesterol is mainly genetic.
It requires a wholistic plan, that may or may not need drugs.
However, statins do lower cholesterol made by your liver, and for some it is life saving.
@@deantsar6246 What kind ox cholestérol does it lower? Is it selective? How do you get the good ratio with statins without loosing your health?
How much people are concerned with genetic cholestérol ? Why? Did someone confuse "genetic cholestérol " with "chronic stress due cholestérol ?.
The only question left for me is: are statins worthy for something else not forseen during the research which would be to help the calcium plaque in arteries harder so that it doesn't collap in the bloodstream??
These aren't even questions as we now know that cholestérol isn't the main problem now but rather the inflammation it can cause randomly in the arteries
I stop statin and eat low carb more than year and my life is healtier than before
Ramadan is an annual 30 day fasting month for
Muslims, good recommendation.
I want to put tape across the interviewer's mouth and just give the Doctor a written list of questions!!😡
...Since the interviewer kept cutting in, it made the doctor start talking faster trying to get his thought out.🤦🏽♀️
I eat aged garlic cloves stored in honey. 4 cloves a day! Off Maxide, & Lipitor, my blood pressure & cholesterol is below normal! I also do shots; Manuka honey (heat 8 seconds) olive oil, cayenne pepper, kyolic aged garlic, lemon juice. Shoot follow with tart Cherry juice then 2 shots of water. I also do apple cider, turmeric & black seed oil. Fasting also.😮
Let the guest speak!!!
I figured out a long time ago it was heinous stuff...gave me HORRIBLE side effects...couldn't walk at one time; tried at least five of them due t doctors' concerns
Very interesting information but too many interruptions that cut off the conclusion to important statements.
I'm out bcuz the host is making me crazy constantly interrupting. Ugh..
Randy - 2 ears , one mouth = perfect proportions for communication.
Just got off and the aches and pain is gone. Raise your HDL.
When insulin goes down your liver stops taking up cholesterol for some reason. Fasting does it. Low carb does it. Your body can be trusted.
I agree with Mary Hill
The interviewer is trying to show how SMART he is... he is so RUDE
There's only do much time in the program and he wants to cover all points, I found this segment to be very informative and at the end he gives his website for those who want more info
Let the guest talk!! I hate when he keeps interrupting.
I’m a pharmacist and I’ve got to say, it’s so refreshing to hear pharmacists saying statins are not all they are cracked up to be. I’m very interested in the natural medicine side of health care now that I’ve been practicing in a hospital for over 20 years. Are you self taught or did you go through any training? I also need to look up the studies do I can refute the standard way that doctors and pharmacists are trained. If you could provide any that you have studied, that would be greatly appreciated!!
Glad to hear your willing to do the research, I wish more doctors would. Just know you will get attacked by the mainstream medical industry. The conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical industry, studies( funded by said companies) and the FDA that receives kickbacks is a massive conflict of interest . Pharmaceutical co. don't want to cure people they want lifelong patients, while natural doctors want you healthy and cured!!
Amazing for 2014. This is already common knowledge in 2019.
And now we’re going into 2022 still little change in guidelines if any!
Randy Alveradez needs to let the doctor speak without interruptions. This is so rude.
I love this host guy he was so concerned about his cholesterol 😂
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I hurt my knee so can not walk, was in good shape until i fell. Go see doc and he prescibed Lipitor, Losartan. Makes sense
I just started on Lipitor and the pain in my shoulder muscles and upper arms is unbearable. I am stopping now from taking them. My cholesterol is high but it has been same for the last 30 years! Not worth the pain. I quit them.
How did you stop? Cold turkey?
I’m ABOUT to start Lipitor TODAY via doctor’s orders and am very nervous. My numbers are really up there, yet I’m active (10 miles on bike 6 days a week) and 135 lbs. I was wondering after a year, how you’re feeling!!!!
This tape is 8 years old. The information they talk about is confirmed. Also he said he juiced. Taking out the fiber from the vegetable can hurt over long term. I juiced for two years too much sugars with no fiber.
My cholesterol is 63 my Dr has me on statins 10 mg. My goal is to eliminate the statin. I do have a plugged artery and it is I believe from K2 deficiency. 4 years ago I went from 140 LDL to 45 LDL by just not eating meat and cheese…no milk either. But since my education about the importance of K2 deficiency I’m saying no to statins. But I’ll also get other tests that are more relevant than an archaic lipid panel.
After years of listening to so-called medically-trained people I conclude that nothing is safe to eat. I also take the message that in order to stay healthy I should take the medications they suggest. The trouble is nobody can agree on what that combination should be. I am also lead to believe that I'm going to die anyway one of these years.
Thanks for saying that my friend - my thoughts exactly . No wonder so many laymen like you and I are bewildered by all the opinions out there. We all want to live longer, but hey, we have to die of something . Regards from a sixty nine year old Englishman .
Dr. Eric Berg and others have provided numerous books and YT videos on Cholesterol and statins which are far more useful and informative, not annoying.
The Brain is mainly Cholesterol so what's happening to IT?
Right.
Thank you Dave
Statins ruined my life for 2 years. Everyday I felt like I fell out of a tree.
I'll have find another doctor. Cholesterol just over 200. I don't have high blood pressure. Don't eat fried food. Never smoked and rarely have alcohol. Passed 2 stress test just fine. Reminded my doctor of this, but she keep saying I could have a stroke. Not just any stroke but a massive one. Very frustrating to hear this.
I'd like to hear what this doctor has to say - not the ignorant host.
JungoJerry
Absolutely, was thinking the same. He keeps speaking over him
HE'S A PHARMACIST NOT A PHYSICIAN.
@@petermacander5039 Pharmacists know far more about drugs than physicians ever.
Fruit and veggies? What about if I’m on Keto diet? Had a stent and 20 years Lipidor
Why don't doctors address the issue of what causes cholesterol particles to stick to the interior walls of the arteries? We need cholesterol - its in every cell of the body. The real culprit is not cholesterol its the condition of the arteries that cause it to stick to the walls. That condition is inflammation and inflammation is predominantly caused by the consumption of sugar. When we look at the consumption of sugar per person since 1900 until today we see a significant rise in heart disease and heart attacks almost paralleling the rise in sugar consumption. There is a direct correlation between the two but doctors don't look at this because they make more money (as do the pharmaceutical companies) with each prescription written. If your doctor prescribes a statin to lower your cholesterol ask him/her what causes cholesterol to collect in the arteries. He/she probably doesn't know. Time to find a different doctor - preferably one who knows why. They simply aren't trained about this in medical school because the pharmaceutical companies fund the schools of medicine and influence the curriculum to protect their biggest selling drug - you guessed it - STATINS! CHOLESTEROL IS NOT THE PROBLEM!
Doug miller thank for your comments. Very valuable. I have been on Atorvastatin for a year w co q 10. Just sent off of the drug for a week. Am attempting to do a better diet, but the sugar is a bit tough to avoid. God bless
That is great info you provided in your comment.
Can't recall the name but the statin I took can lead to dementia. Gled I'm off it and depend on pepsids.
A really dreadful interviewer who kept interrupting his guest, who actually sounded like he’d be worth listening to if he could get a word in edgewise.
We I went off .lost 40lbs .no meat lots of veggies with lots of cardio .my lds doubled .we back on limiter and ate normal and my numbers went down big time .they work
Randy needs to stop interrupting
Yes, the fact that cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease, nor any other disease for that matter is now coming out. Dave, I question why you say to eat lean meats and fruit and veggies? It is a fact that fruits have very low nutritional value next to veggies. Fruits are designed to fatten us up for the winter as the high sugar content keeps us hungry so we gorge on them and fatten up for the winter. A low carb high fat diet is the answer. Heart disease is related only to inflammation, which is caused by carbohydrates and sugars, and how it causes insulin resistance and therefore high insulin levels in the blood. This is all clear known information. Throw the statins away and enjoy your healthy high cholesterol. Do not have unhealthy fats like Canola oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil etc (These are chemically manufactured and contain trans-fats that your body can't cope with. Eat only healthy high fat salted butter, lard (Pork Fat), and all saturated animal fats. If it's poly-unsaturated steer clear!!!. Yes, it is the big pharm companies that are killling people for profit through misinformation and very clever fear mongering. Turn the food pyramid upside down and now you will ne following a heathy diet - but, this diet will deplete the profits of big Pharm, so they do not want you to do that.
Finally, the truth; thanks so much.
Yesss I'm glad other people noticed that too. This host is really rude. You invite the man on the show so let him speak. We all know your intelligent and know things but you have a guest on the show who's giving good information and your cutting him off and blocking that information from coming out. You really need to work on that.
My VA doctor wanted me to take them. I said HELL NO. Of course, they only spend 10 minutes with me each year.
I was on Lipidor. Caused severe muscle pain and muggy brain. I stopped taking them. I am now diabetic. Doctor put me on another statin. I refuse to take them. Severe pains in my feet now. Co-codamol is helping relieve pain.
What's that?
Debbie Evans what is co-codamol? Went off lipitor three wks ago. Have pain in my feet. Thanx, and where did you get this product?
I am reading that in the UK they have mandated doctors prescribe statins to anyone over 70 years of age with no other factors.
interviewer you talk when you shouldnt
Getting off statins isn’t a problem: I stopped taking them in 2011 having been prescribed in 1997 after open heart surgery. My then GP went ballistic, wanted to throw me out of the practice, and even as recently as last year they were trying to convince me that this other one wouldn’t cause the agonising pain I had been getting.
My cholesterol is 8 (whatever that means) and I am in perfect health, no heart problems at all, nothing.
I agree statins are a con. It’s one of the weirdest stories ever in the history of medical treatment
How Is your diet?
Frankie Gunnz diet is crucial to healthy living. I do my best to support the principles of Ayurveda in all my activity including nutrition
@@johnlawrence2757 Hows your triglycerides levels?
Frankie Gunnz i gave up triglycerides a long time ago along with hang-gliding and fossil-poking
@@frankiegunnz8066aq aq
Would have been much better without the moderator’s intervention…..
statin almost killed me. As of 20th of this month I quit taking 40 mg Atorvastatin. I am an x-heart attack patient. I also have a stent in my carotid artery, I quit the satin. It is proved that statin weakens muscles .Now, what is the most important muscle in our bodies? Heart, of course. statin weakened me so that I could hardly walk. It also caused repeated atrial fibs.
I've been taking 10 mg atorvastatin for a few years now. I started and stopped twice because it made feel like crap. I'm considering to stop altogether. Did you just quit or did you do a gradual withdrawal?
I am taking 300 COQ10 per day. Feel great now. I was having some Afib COQ10 solves that problem.
Thanks for the good guest, but interviewing technique interrupts the guest way way too much.
Lipitor(Atorvastatin) 40 mg/day as prescribed by my VA Healthcare physician put my previously normally functioning kidneys into stage II renal failure within 6 months after starting the drug.
Good material for SNL.
Rehab RN here, we see lots of stroke patients who refused to take statins or stopped their statins 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
And you dont see any stroke patients who did take their statins? Your propaganda statement is pointless unless you show a really significant difference in the percentage of both populations having strokes and then adjust that also for diet and lifestyle factors eg if you arent on statins and also not on the kind of diet and lifestyle the pharmacist/nd said then was it the lack of stains or the poor diet and lifestyle
Just don’t do it! Change your diet. Do not eat vegetable oils and stay away from all process foods and sugars! .Finally, educated people who are pointing to the problem instead of the symptom.
Well. Looks like this view is unanimous. I hope that 5 years later you've...LISTENED !
Please distinguish between HDL and LDL cholesterol. It's not all the same.
LDL(bad, but not really), HDL, good, should have a count of 60. HDL basically take out of your arteries the LDL to return to the liver for breaking down and repackaging to go out again. Two parts to the LDLs; large fluffy ones (harmless), and very small density deformed and damaged (bad). They have more fluffy ones than the deformed ones. Statins only remove the fluffy LDLs, not the very small bad ones because the liver can no longer see the very small bad ones! A good reason not to take Statins. You can increase you good HDLs through a high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrates (vegetables only!). Eliminate all sugars, grain foods from you diet. Grains increase your triglycerides (which should’ve less than a count of 100 mg/no. Divide your triglycerides number by the HDLS and that ratio should be less than 2. Intermittent fasting will also help, no smoking or drinking. Statins drugs are deadly and will shut off many other necessary functions of the liver. You will get sick from other organ failures if on statins! Best of success and good health to you!! Keep these numbers in mind and you will be in good health! Medical profession is criminal in league with the pharmaceutical industry.
@@richardayala4356 Thank you! Your numbers are helpful in my research.
This interviewer seems to be attacking the man. Talking fast, interrupting before the man can finish getting his point across.
Had a heart attack three months ago -- 55 years old, 145 lb male, good blood numbers and now have a very healthy diet. NO sugar, few carbs.They had me on 80 mg of lipitore and I cut them in quarter doses. I want to go off statins but keep hearing about dangers of hot plaque. Suggestions?
I feel you. I had one 3 weeks ago, I'm 41, 145 lbs and working out alot. Was on Keto for a 1.5 years, my cholesterol levels and triglycerides all went sky high. I refuse to take statins.
Please take K2 with D3 for absorption. Look up Dr. Berg and Statins. Praying for your healing.🙏🏼🕊
Ween yourself off them slowly! Get Vitamin D3 to boost your immune system. Vitamin K2 is ok for those who are healthy, NOT, for you or me who had had an event! K2 strips away calcium buildup which may be protecting you from hot liquid plaque, which I’d it breaks through the lining of the artery (Intima), the plaque will quickly clot and you will have a heart attack or stroke! That’s what happened to me. Statins shut down critical process by the liver and you will develop other illness 20-40 years from now! Statins are dangerous and do nothing except remove harmless fluffy LDLs only, and cannot see the very small dangerous very low density LDLS. Lot of data out there on this! Best of good health to you!
Guest is great! Person doing the interview is very annoying cutting him off. 👎🏻
Yeah, geez, how about let the guest speak. It could have been good.
Go to his website. I bet it’s a good source.
I hardly got no information from the dr. because of the loud continuous interruptions. Just a waste of time putting it on.
Stop eating sugars and wheat and your numbers will usually drastically improve.
Randy, you need to stop interrupting your guests or at least let them get the entire thought out before you move to the next topic.
Just a bit over two years ago now I was diagnosed with stage II hypertension, atherosclerosis requiring stints and was immediately put on high dose blood pressure meds and statins. At about the same time my doctor was retiring and I had to find a new one. As I researched new doctors I was also researching how to help lower my BP and cholesterol on top the drugs. When I chose a new doctor I thought I was getting a male doctor so when a 75 year old Indian female doctor walked in the room on my first visit I was surprised. She looked at my records from my old doc and flat out told me that while the diagnoses was correct she disagreed with the treatment. At first I didn't believe her and told her so, she then asked how I was feeling on the drugs, I said like shit, worse than before when I was just feeling like shit for high blood pressure and cholesterol. Her answer, "well, if you don't believe me then you need to prepare for it to only get worse, surgery, not being able to do anything and an early death. She told me everything I was suffering from could not only be stopped but reversed through diet and I would not have to take drugs the rest of my life. She told me to go whole food, plant-based vegan and I thought I got nothing to lose so I thought I would try it. Today, just over two years later, no stints, no drugs, no high blood pressure, and no high cholesterol. I have more energy than when I was in my twenties, I sleep better, my eyesight improved, my migraines that I have suffered with for more than third years are all but gone, my skin has cleared up and my digestion problems are gone. This the first year in twenty-five that I haven't had to take allergy meds. In the last two years I have had my blood work taken three times and everything comes back perfect including my B12 and D3.
This makes sense. I've been on Pravastatin for about 10 years and now my dr says I'm not producing any vitamin d so now I'm taking 5000 iu's of vitamin d.
Dr Berg talks about when we ingest wheat carbs, we also increase insulin which increases cholesterol. I decided to go on a low carb diet with high fats and several ounces of protein daily and I decided to stop taking my statin drugs.
When I see my dr next, i want to see how my diet affects my thyroid because i want to stop taking my Levothyroxin too. I want to be drug free because I know by diet, my body will heal itself.
one word,remember it, Niacin
I dont have high cholesterol and I have never had high cholesterol but I had a minor heart attack 6 years ago and was prescribed lipitor ?
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Doctors should find out what is causing the illness, instead of prescribing a medication right away to the patient.
you are putting words in his mouth.... listen to the answer before asking the next thing....
Yes be quiet and let’s listen to this guy 😡
If you take blood thinners you have to check for interractions.
I am going off statins
and going back to Choline.choline is the last vitamin in insure protein drink.
People should check out the UK cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra and his views on the usefulness of statins.