for turmeric another Dr, Dr Abby Philips (the liver doc) had advocated that 96+% of it is not absorbed and that the tests favouring turmeric are only clinical trials and not entire body trials.....
Dr. Dhand, can you do a talk about relative risk reduction vs. absolute risk reduction numbers that are presented in journal papers extolling the efficacy of statins?
While I agree with your approach of eating natural foods and exercising regularly, this isn't going to change much for people (such as most of my family) genetically prone to have high LDL. What to do in that case?
Not true. The allopathic system can offer the worst as well as the best. In the case of statins it is certainly in the category of the worst. But many people have improve their quality of life enormously thanks to medicine. 2 exemples: migraine pills, bipolar pills…etc.
The fact it's being treated at all is the problem. There is no link between high cholesterol and poor health - but low cholesterol IS dangerous, to the brain and to almost every cell in your body.
There is a link between high cholesterol and poor health ( and cvd issues) . But taking statins is not the answer because of the side effects and they lead folk to think they can eat anything if their ldl is lowered . The answers are all lifestyle as stated in this video. That’s just my opinion from listening to attia , carvallo etc on RUclips.
I agree. I think I have an excellent doctor. Unfortunately I recently was diagnosed with high cholesterol and my prescription was to lose weight. She never mentioned a Statin
more like 200 years ago. 100 years ago we do not have seed oils and processed foods, but we did have sugar. He is the starting point en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Karl_Achard
Only part of it. If you read actual reports and studies from just pre and post contact (colonization) shows indigenous in gen were far healthier then Europeans. The food they ate depended on area and country etc. Some are alot of organ meats (not muscle), fish eggs, wild flowers stored in liquid animal oil, plus fermented corn. Others Euro indigenous ate homemade bread cake made from self grown grain or raw dairy and naturally very high vitamin butter oil harvested in spring and stored. Term ‘grass fed’ is mostly marketing now sadly. Not easy to find this is info but worth it.
but you still miss the ponit why? why ldl will get high? ldl getting high because our body need it . This is similar that you eat more when you hungry, when your body need it!
"High Cholesterol" is an invention of PHARMA. Follow the $$. They even got the original level artificially lowered to make tens of millions of new customers, (victims).
Thank you Doctor. Processed food, seed oils, massive amounts of sugar and carbs cause oxidative stress and inflammation. Since I went Low Carb (less than 100 grams a day) and eating clean, losing weight, skin has cleared up, brain fog is gone, and overall fell better.
I took statins between 55 and 58 and decided to thrown them away. As a lifelong runner I wasted 3 seasons due to calf cramps. That were debilitating and would take 3-6 weeks of no running to heal. I stopped statins and have been running like a rabbit since. Now 60 and enjoying running as much as ever. Stopped blood pressure medicine too and learned to have the best BP ever with nutrition.
This video was about me in every aspect. I eat hardly any sugar and carbs, weight train and eat real food since August of 2021 and you cannot believe the difference it's made in how I look and feel. I'm off all 4 prescribed meds also and living healthy at 61. Oh, and I'm also an antivaxxer they talk about on the news. Great video doc!
@@booch326 Yeah, I'm the guy that's on the news and late night talk shows everyone's talking about. I am the reason the pandemic got so bad. There's another medical RUclips channel "Dr. Boz" that put out an hour long video last week reviewing Phizers own data when clinical trials were conducted. You might want to watch it but wear a helmet because you will fall over backwards. Again, not my numbers, not some RUclips doctor but Phizers own data showed before rollout that for every 100,000 doses, 2 lives will be saved however, in that same 100,000 there were 27 deaths from adverse events. Roughly a 14:1 ratio of death vs benefit. You can't make this stuff up.
Same here, the antivaxxer too, started keto diet and intermittent fasting on August 2021. I'm 58, never need meds but I had joint pain. The keto diet caused the pain to disappear. It came back when I cheated too long. So I have to be good lol.
I am a disability claims examiner and I agree with you 100%. I read medical records all day long and it seems like most doctors only address symptoms with Rx after Rx instead of addressing the cause. The longer I work, the less faith I have in the healthcare system.
Don't blame the doctors for all of that problem. Too many patients seem to want to hang on to the "junk" foods rather than make lifestyle changes, which leaves doctors with no choice but to prescribe medications to try and address the problem. There are doctors who don't seem to give a flip though. I was given the choice, about 20 years ago, to either make dietary and lifestyle changes or go on meds. I chose the former. I tried to pass this info on to siblings in similar condition. None of them made any changes and now two have had major cardiac issues with one almost dying (and has NOW made the necessary changes). Two others are skating on thin ice.
@@KA-qw5cvsame here. No one I have mentioned it to has thought, that's a good idea I will try it but they have all started taking medication. I only take occasional cocodamol when something triggers things.
My Mum is 96. I asked her what she attributes her long life to. Whether she is right or not this was her answer. 'Well, I have never taken pills in my life - I have always avoided any medication'.
I love that. My mom died at 96 and was mentally sharp until the last two weeks of life. She never took medicine. She always said to be very careful what you complain about to the Dr because most things pass if you eat right and exercise.
My mother passed away last year at the age of 96. She never smoke or drank, but she believed what doctors told her, and toward the end of her life she was on more medications than you could count on both hands. One of the lessons I learned from her is this: If you live long enough, eventually doctors will find a way to kill you.
My mother lived to be 102 years, 8 months and had the same mind set. She would see a doctor and had a couple of operations in her lifetime, even took pain relievers during recovery from those operations, but regular medication. NEVER! She had too many friends who took medicine instead of improving their lifestyle, then had side effects and had to take medications for the side effects and soon were taking 4,5,6 medicines every day. No to medications. And she really hated flu shots (refused them vehemently)
Can we all take a moment to thank Dr Sunell Dhand for being the awesome, caring, truth telling Doctor that he is!! All Doctors should be like him!! THANK YOU Dr. Dhand! We love you!! ❤️ 👨🏽⚕️
My MD here in Oregon USA does not prescribe statins. He is not real concerned with high cholesterol levels. He stresses lifestyle changes over medication. He went to medical school in Europe. Thinks a little differently than standard American doctors.
Cholesterol is essential for brain health and hormone production. Cholesterol also helps to heal tissue damage. The high sugar high carbohydrate Standard American Diet raises insulin levels eventually leading to insulin resistance and systemic inflammation causing damage to the cardiovascular system. It is Cholesterol that is deposited to help heal that damage and other damage caused by insulin resistance. Yes this is a simple explanation and as the good Dr explained it behooves us to look at the root cause rather than a bandaid.
Yep. The book The Cholesterol Myth does a fantastic job of explaining why high LDL is not the problem. Saturated fat is not the problem. Insulin resistance is the root. I will never take a statin.
There's also evidence that the allegedly "heart healthy" seed oils, commonly referred to as vegetable oils, actually cause atherosclerosis and are a major factor in the declining health of Americans over the last several decades, especially since the revised nutritional guidelines were brought in.
"Cholesterol is essential for brain health and hormone production. Cholesterol also helps to heal tissue damage." Oy. Cells all over the body make cholesterol. We don't need to eat cholesterol or other garbage foods that upregulate our liver's production of it.
I am 5ft 2in and weighed 48kg(105.8lb) when I was 43. My doctor said I have high cholesterol and I need to get it down. Went on a restrictive diet and dropped to 43.5kg(96lb) My cholesterol was still high, but he said that's lowered enough now. I said ''I can't live like this. I'm starving!!!'' I eat what I want now and don't get it checked anymore and refuse pills.
@sandramorton5510 no meat, just fish and salads, or vegetables, no sauces or graveys, no deserts, no takeaways and it still only lowered my cholesterol half a point. It was ridiculous in my mind to live such a strict diet to not even get the result desired.
Wooooow. High cholesterol supposedly runs in my dads side of the family. I don’t know if I have it, and don’t care honestly. I am 5”3 and 45kg and I can only imagine what would happen to me if I ate a diet you described. I’ve been eating way more animal protein and fats recently and I haven’t even gained a kilo…. It’s a good thing you got off that diet but wow, fck that doctor for almost unaliving you..
Cholesterol is needed to make hormones in the body. But we are being bombarded with xenoestrogens from all the plastic exposure in our daily lives. I wonder if the high levels are a natural response.
@Tori1401, cholesterol doesn't block arteries. 87% of a plaque is fibrin. Basically a scab. Your liver makes exactly how much cholesterol that you need. Upwards of 5 GRAMS per day. As the good doctor explained, oxidation is what injures the arterial lining. The injury is caused by constantly elevated insulin due to much too high of glucose levels. It's also the origin of Diabetes and alzheimers, same disease, different locations. There are many good doctors unraveling the phony lipid hypothesis. In time it will be common knowledge, but I won't be waiting around. The reason these diseases have surged, especially since the 70s, is due to the processed food lobby. The western world drinks more carbohydrate in one sitting than should be eaten in a week.
You're spot on with this. In the UK the NHS seems very keen to have as many people over 70 as possible on statins. They offered them to my husband. He asked "why - my cholesterol isn't high" - they backed off with "oh ok then". Obviously some member of staff had been tasked with ringing around patients of a certain age without even looking at their medical history. Ridiculous!
Dr Kendrick says in his book that doctors are incentivised to get cholesterol levels lower like they are incentivised to achieve a high level of vaccinations.
I agree about people having diseases that were not as common as today or non existent. I had a large family, I'm 64 and we didn't have anyone with Alzheimer. Everyone seems to have Alzheimer's today. We only treat the symptoms, not the root problem.
Americans consume more glyphosates than ever before ever since the FDA approved spraying it on grains as a desiccant. Up 10,000 fold compared to use as pesticide only. The poisoning of America! Ignore the FDA food pyramid. It's FOS. Take your health back into your own hands. I buy no processed foods. I don't eat out either. Just carnivore diet. Never felt so good in over a decade.
I was a med technology for over 40 years and the reference range for cholesterol was lowered from 250 to 200 back in late 70s.Its interesting to see why that was done. $$$$$
Thanks for this info. Doctors had me try two dif statins , each with a negative side effect. So I stopped. But I am under the bar by the old reference range, which makes me feel better about my decision.
You are totally correct. Statins did not stop my husband from having 2 heart attacks and dying. There was no competent treatment of his high blood sugar. They just kept the pills coming and he paid the ultimate price.
Agreed 100%. Drs. prescribed all kinds of pills for various chronic conditions but told him that his "pre-diabetes" was nothing to be concerned about. He died within a year. Our medical system and food supply is disastrous.
DAMN !! This is EXACTLY the way I think about meds too. I'm 64 and I don't take any meds and I was recently diagnosed with high LDL and of course the doc wanted me to take drugs. I declined and told him I'll handle it on my own. I eat one meal per day (Healthy real food), I do weight training now that I lost my excess body weight (I'm 6 feet tall at 176 pounds) I was at 235. I get anywhere from 6-7 hours of sleep every night and I walk 30 minutes per day if the weather permits, so I'm hoping that the LDL number will lower soon. Actually, I'm now trying to live to the age of 120. That's my ULTIMATE goal. Nice video sir, and keep up the good work. You got me so pumped up I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE !!!
My mother has been on statins since the 1990s. I always thought they were unnecessary. She is 83 and has been suffering from vascular dementia for over 4 years. She barely knows her own children. Nobody else in the family had dementia. I believe decades of statins is what caused this devastating disease . No proof, just a gut feeling.
@@lindamckenzie6500its not luck, its being educated on the foods and beverages we consume,im ketovoire for 10 years,eat mostly fatty meats,lost 140lbs, and still ride my harley, im 72 and work at being healthy,but do allow myself OCCASIONAL goodies( 2 or 3x a MONTH❤
Becky : You are So Correct , My Brother has always been Addicted to Sugar , and now he has T2D ! I have tried to get him to go Keto , Low Carb . He Knows he can keep eating Sugar and pop pills ! It is killing him slowly , But he is still getting his Sugar , so he doesn't care ! Another friend takes blood pressure pills so he can Keep Drinking Beer ! Humans .
@@jimmyhvy2277 I am able to maintain a healthy weight utilizing the ketogenic diet myself. If your brother would just give it a chance, he would reap all the benefits as well. His sugar cravings would disappear. It's unfortunate that our food supply is loaded with high fructose corn syrup, in addition to other things that we should not be consuming. These ingredients are highly addictive. I'm glad that you are staying healthy, my friend!
Though I agree with most things you say, high cholesterol has never been proven to be a problem. It's worth noting, that the only significant outcome from the thousands of studies that were trying to prove that it is, is that people with higher cholesterol live longer. After close to 70 years of fraud, the lipid hypothesis remains a hypothesis. I know how ridiculous it is that they still insist on it, but at least they are still calling it what it is a hypothesis. Keep it up, the world needs doctors like you!
I have high cholesterol and my Doctor wanted to put me on statins. She sent me to a cardiologist, who tried to shame me into taking statins. Hoping to slam-dunk me, he suggested I get a cardiac calcium score. He was actually rude in his demeanor. I said sure! Cost me $100, out of pocket. Guess what? I aced it. ZERO build-up in my coronary arteries. Shut him up like nobody's business.
My GP has been pushing a statin too. I have high LDL but I have good HDL, low triglycerides, not diabetic, always have great BP, lost 40 pounds so normal BMI and not a smoker. So why would I take it for just 1 marker? He kept suggesting I go to a cardiologist and I said WHY? same thing; I won't take a statin! My GP finally ordered me the CAC scan and my was also a BIG, FAT ZERO😆
Fasting also raises cholesterol levels. Sometimes you're asked to fast before having certain blood tests done. Next thing you're told you have raised cholesterol levels and must take statins when there is no need. Thank God for doctors like Dr Dhand. Keep up the good work.
Dr Suneel, I agree with you on everything, but on a diet of whole foods and organic vegetables I have high cholesterol, high LDL, low HDL, high triglycerides, high glicemia, high uric acid and obesity. I walk a couple of miles every day but at 80 can’t do weight training due to arthritis and tendinitis. Not an easy puzzle to solve! I won’t take statins - like most medicines they make me feel terrible. Maybe I should just accept the disadvantages of old age?
I was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol. My doctor told me that I had a choice of either taking a medication, or dealing with it by changing my diet. I chose changing my diet. I liked that he gave me a choice.
My Dr never mentioned diet when I was diagnosed only when I told her I was doing ketogenic diet she said "well its not working for ya!!" even though my triglycerides and HDL were good~ I didnt want to take her prerscription `she bullied me into it
I was on statins for many years had cramps in legs muscle pains and inflammation everywhere,I have stopped them recently and some of my problems have gone away. I think you are right Doctor your conversations are very interesting. So far so good.
They can lower the cholesterol ratings as much as they want, it doesn't mean anything to me. All I need to do is lose/gain between 30-40lbs and I'll be balanced. This Is Just My Opinion.
So what do you think the answer is for someone who is thin, eats low carb, very low saturated fat and still has high cholesterol? I exercise 6 days a week including weights and cardio.
@@kerrymeadows I knew an older woman, living on a farm, her cholesterol was much to high doctors said, but she refuses to take statines, as her parents and grand parents never took it and got very old, without heart problems, eating everything fresh from the farm, vegetables, Meat, butter Milk eggs....so this lady got very old too... to in her 90th .....explain this to a doctor, what would hé say!!??
So I did. All if a sudden my cholesterol became a 300 total. 42 years ago it was 240. Nobody can explain why it grew. I am a health nut and enjoy it. I for 38 years I ditched sugar. Just 2 Tsp of honey, no smoking not drinking alcohol no coffee. I am active live alone do al house work cooking shopping etc plus asking, Daily I eat berries, pineapple and apples. Juice of carrots, cabbagy etc. I got Covid before the pandemic and it’s mutants. No vax. Got natural 8mmunity but this man made virus is not like the natural ones. Finds your weak points. Lately I find my finger joints painful. There you are inflammation. It just dawned to me. I will start curcumin with a dash of pepper and botswella. Can’t condroitin and the other I do not tolerate anything that grows in salted water but fish and kelp. I hope that will work plus alternate hot and cold epsom salt hand baths. Please tell others may be they need it
My neighbor was older and in great health. She took meds for high cholesterol. It ruined every muscle in her body. Ending up in a wheelchair and eventually died from a heart attack. It destroyed her heart muscle. I will never take those meds. God Bless her!! ❤🙏
Agree with everything except that high LDL is a problem. I fixed my diet, lost weight, started weight training, built up muscle: all my health markers improved, but my LDL skyrocketed. I am 70. I understand that for older people high LDL is associated with better health and longer life.
@@teresasimms7801 even dentists, the new thing is pushing for root canals, I went to a dentist in Florida last year, they wanted to do 3! Big money! For no reason! I had no pain! They missed the cavity in my wisdom tooth that I had to have removed late last year and paid through the nose cuz it was an out of network doctor! This year I went for a checkup and they charged extra to clean my teeth then they wanted to do a root canal! They called me after the cleaning appointment to set up a date for the root canal! I said why? The dumb girl had no idea why it needed to be done.
My cholesterol a couple of weeks ago was 247, but my glucose was 68 and my triglycerides were 75, A1C 5.3, so I think I’m doing okay. I just turned 66 last week my weight is 130. Been doing keto and ketovore almost 6 years, because of severe back and joint pain, all over and my weight was almost 180. Keto made me lose weight pretty fast and it wasn’t expected. I just did it to stop my pain. I haven’t felt this great in years.
Is that possible? When they measure cholesterol they are actually measuring a lipoprotein. LDL is a lipoprotein that carries big amounts of fats at the same time, thus it has low density (because fat has low density, that's why oil floats in water). When they measure the triglycerides, they are measuring the size of the load of that LDL. Therefore there needs to be some proportionality between your LDL levels and triglyceride levels. How could you have lots of big bags full of lipids (fats), but small amounts of said fat? Either your bags are not all that full, or they are not that many. But if they aren't all that full they couldn't be LDL. I'm confused by your results and I'm starting to wonder how exactly LDL is measured.
I totally know how you feel after dropping my weight from 250 down to 160, and still losing! I feel better now than I have in my entire life!!! Keep on 🎉🎉🎉😊
Thank you Dr.Suneel. Your information is very valuable. I wish there were more doctors that care about their patients. May the Heavenly Father protect you.🙏❤️
My husband was told he had high cholesterol. He decided to eat a handful of walnuts everyday and eat less foods containing sugar and butter. After 3 months he got retested and his cholesterol was back in the normal range. There are studies that show walnuts do help.
I’m currently having this discussion with my doctor. It’s hard to make the dietary adjustments because of chronic pain. It’s just easier to throw a frozen pizza in the oven or chow down a package of cookies. I buy fresh food and end up wasting it if I am not able to cook due to pain. I’m holding firm though. No meds.
The same problem I had with my doctor. I have heat rash in summer and the cause is blocked sweat glands. She prescribed antibiotics for the heat rash that I would NOT take. Instead I sent her a stinky email saying antibiotics will NOT unblock blocked sweat glands. I knew the heat rash was not a bacterial infection. It has happened this summer and the previous 2 summers. I fixed it by using an air conditioner almost 24/7 indoors and regularly putting ice cubes on the skin area keeping it cold and Instead of exercising in hot areas I did swimming so I could exercise and not worry about over heating.
I live in the Caribbean. A few years ago I developed that same thing. My doctor told me it's a type of prickly heat and to use an equal amount of peroxide and water, I use a cotton ball to dab the solution over the affected areas. It worked wonders every time.
I am 59 years old and work out for two hours everyday in the gym. I don't eat any processed foods and eat meat and vegetables and I am probably in the best shape I've ever been in. Do not let age be a barrier or an acceptance of being sick and unhealthy.
If you have high cholesterol make sure you get your hormones checked. Lack of hormones can also cause high cholesterol. Hormones are made from cholesterol, if the body does not have enough hormones the body upregulates cholesterol.
My cholesterol went up after march 2020 when suffered mild COVID then developed long COVID .No dietary changes. 2 years later I recovered from long COVID and my cholesterol went down without any changes in life..after 6 months unfortunately I got reinfected and developed long COVID again .. and cholesterol went up again . I recall one ER doctor at the start of the pandemic who said most people who were more affected with COVID had lower testosterone levels men and women both !
Stop eating veg oils, they interfere with hormone production. Eat saturated fats instead...hormones need saturated fats! Please do your own research on this. We have been lied to for decades.
@@theancientsancients1769i too have been dealing with long covid, and i also noticed an elevation in my lipids. LDL went up a bit, total cholesterol was 222, LDL 148. yet i am not concerned, my triglycerides are low at 60, with HDL at 65. elevated LDL with a good triglyceride to HDL ratio is not a concern from the research i've seen on cholesterol. our bodies will naturally produce more LDL / cholesterol when necessary. after covid there is a lot of inflammation. so the liver may be producing more LDL to aid in repair of our vascular system after all the inflammation. additionally, LDL / lipids / cholesterol also play a critical role in our immune function, without cholesterol our immune system cannot function properly. so it also makes sense that our cholesterol would be elevated for a time when our immune system is fighting an infection. covid not only demands a strong immune response, but also a strong repair / cleanup response after the infection to deal with damage and inflammation. our body needs the cholesterol for all of these processes in order to heal properly. if we artificially block the livers ability to produce LDL cholesterol with a statin, we block the bodies ability to effectively fight infections and heal!
Should we really lower the cholesterol or blood pressure with drugs when the body is naturally doing this for a good reason? Diet has to be the key factor along with being able to relax more and then we can see how the body responds to a better environment.
Yes, statins are carelessly prescribed.. I was given some few years ago, because I was "getting on" in age. Needless to say that the consequences were not pleasant. I don't have colestrol issues, never had. But I believe the food industry needs serious intervention. Both the food growing and the processing. The amount of chemicals poured in at both ends in out of control. Still, it is about the money these industries make...
I had heard that cholesterol than ends up in the arteries is there for a purpose: to patch holes in the arteries. The issue is not the cholesterol: the problem is the hole in the artery.
I had to strongly encourage my nurse to have the doctor order a special test that breaks it down into HDL, LDL -large buoyant and LDL - small dense. After using Nattokinase off and on for a month I received a personal letter from the doctor saying keep up the good work. All this after refusing a statin.
@@rebeccar1036 yes and no side effects when I took it. Has to be taken with a meal either breakfast or lunch but no later. They eat natto in Japan if you want to research it.
I wish I'd known about the negative effects of statins when my mom was put on one. She might have been able to enjoy more of her golden years. I have steadfastly refused to take a statin I see nothing to indicate they are having much if any effect on heart disease. If they work why are so many people having a problem that has supposedly "been fixed"?
I just found out today that in all of the statin research, trials and studies , not one single women was used in any of the trials or studies. They were never tested on women, they don’t know if they work for women or even if they are safe for women. All of the trials and research were done on men. But yet, they are prescribed for women regularly. Something very wrong with this system.
I know a few people who have been on statins for a long time because of heart issues , they still had heart issues years later with blocked arteries and needed more stents.😮😮 HELLO😢
My doctor told me I have stage 3 kidney failure. When I asked what can we do, she said she is just watching it! No treatment, no finding out what caused it, just watch it get worse! But we have to prescribe something for my high cholesterol, that has precautions for patients with kidney disease or liver disease, which I have both. How I wish you were my doctor!
Unfortunately, most of the health industry is promoting bandaids rather than actual solutions. Thank you, Dr Dhand, for providing reason. I hope that everyone is healthy.
I made and analogy decades ago: I said “imagine running through a briar bush. You put bandaids on your several cuts. You go run through the briar bush again and more bandaids. Another run through the briars and bandaids again. At this point, you’re like a mummy with bandaids so you see your doctor and he diagnoses you with a bandaid problem and tries to fix the bandaids when it was you continuously running through the briar bush that is the problem. The bandaids are just the result.
Thank you so much for this wonderful talk! I’m gobsmacked that FINALLY there is a Medic who is saying this publicly! I used to work in both medical and pharmaceutical, on the desks as it were, for a long time, and it amazed me that the big pharmaceutical companies were getting away with their “dirty dealings” ( as I called it)! Doctors getting big gifts from pharmaceutical companies visits, when they agreed to push that company’s brand of whatever!!! Very very sad situation! But it’s real , it’s life ! And I remember how much our gp’s in the 70’s and onwards were ostracised for incorporating alternative treatments into their practices! And I have a hard time looking at how our current gp’s are being so tightly controlled by our governments. So what’s going on now?
I had some blood tests & was called back by my GP, he told me my cholesterol level was too high & he'd like to put me on Statins. I said absolutely not , he said let's weigh you , do your height, took my blood pressure, checked my other blood results & did a calculation & said you have a 7 % chance of a heart attack by 70. I said , I'll take that but not Statins . I've since added more berries, wheat & nuts to my diet, cut out sugar & limited my coffee as I read that coffee contains a substance that can interfere with the process of eliminating cholesterol from the body . I'm a firm believer in allowing our marvelous immune system to do its job.
Wow, I am inclined to believe you w/out you providing proof, bec my mom was on statins for yrs (poor diet--very few greens/lots of meat/fats) to treat high cholesterol. She remained in poor health despite yrs of statins but DID lose her memory. Yes, it's only a single story. My hunch there is a connection between statin taking and dementia/memory loss. Doctors have prescribed statins to me since 2017 for cardio reasons & pre-diabetic/high cholesterol. I always take them 10-30 days, then stop due to side effects, like diarrhea. I don't re-fill. But I get re-prescribed, scolded first, wherever I see a doc inc cardiologist again. Admittedly I did not see a doc during all of covid. I already struggle with IBS so diarrhea=last thing I need. Check-up 5 mo ago congratulated me. My LDL was down! Despite me telling nurse then doc, I over-hauled my diet in 2017 (cut out meat, fish, processed fried foods & in 2024 cut cheese/dairy), increased walking. Deaf to my lifestyle changes!! Did NOT want to hear about my diet. Deaf to what I was putting in my mouth! Nurse & doc chalked low LDL to my erratic satin taking...nothing to do with diet/8 lbs weight loss/exercise and prescribed me 3 months of statins!!
@@brendamaglich8721 Try another improvement in diet, gluten free. And look for anything about IBS and raw vegan diet. Our natural diet is 100% fresh raw fruits, preferably tropical. Also look out for Don Bennett, author of eg *AVOIDING DEGENERATIVE DISEASE* and counselor and *THE HEALTHIEST RAW VEGAN DIET.*
This is 💯 true. Statins, if you look at the fine print on the medication itself, lost the side affects of dementia and diabetes. It also increases joint pain to the point it is intolerable for many people. Most people on statins never take a a CAC or CT angiogram to prove they have heart disease before they start medication. My cholesterol was through the roof, even as vegan and then pescatarian (I’m full carnivore now that I lear ed those diets don’t help improve my cholesterol), but I took the CAC to see what my heart health was and it was zero. My doctor figured out it was my thyroid dysfunction causing high cholesterol, NOT heart disease, so I’m treating my thyroid issues and now my cholesterol is normalizing. Your adrenal system, your hormones, your brain, are all made of cholesterol, so if you have inflammation in an area that operates on cholesterol, your cholesterol will shoot up because it’s trying to heal the problem… and It’s not your heart. I’m also carnivore for over a year. Healthiest I’ve ever been. Bloodwork is perfect now that I’m fixing my thyroid.
My husband had heart attack last year and. A stent put in. He's 74 it's genetic in both sides of his family, they put him on statins amongst other meds, which he had stopped taking. A pharmacist rang us and wanted to put him back on it I asked her where does the cholesterol come from she said the liver I told her we eat healthy no junk takeaways I cook and always have meat and vegetables, I asked her if it comes from the the liver what do we do about it she said 'your already doing it's I rest my case. They want you on these poisons
Not addressing the root cause of disease is the problem with our medical system, but "high" cholesterol is not a disease. It's normal for some. "High" cholesterol doesn't cause atherosclerosis or heart disease. Something, not cholesterol, damages the arteries...like high sugar levels, high insulin levels, particles from smoking, etc., and the body performs a patching/repair mechanism which uses cholesterol. Its present in atherosclerosis, but not the cause. Various causes of arterial damage are the upstream cause.
A friend of mine has high cholesterol, was prescribed statins, I told her not to take them and fix her diet and lifestyle instead, but she's throwing tantrums like a toddler, refusing to give up her morning cereal, white bread, fatty condiments, processed meals , etc... and change her sedentary lifestyle... some people are like that, they only care about their health in words but when it comes to making changes, they're not willing to.
I've always had high cholesterol, but my HDL is really high and LDL is low. I tried the statins cuz Dr insisted and I felt terrible. I just stopped it myself and refuse them continually. I'm 66 and rarely get sick. I eat mostly home cooked food, and mostly low carb.
Thanks! You are a doctor who truly thinks, and you want to help people address the root cause of chronic health issues not just write a prescription that has side effects.
Healthy people have high cholesterol. LMHRs the healthiest people in the population in most cases, lean fit muscular build, perfect blood sugar, no visceral fat, no metabolic syndrome etc but high LDL.
Really sounds right on Dr SD. My friend said her MD told her she has a genetic factor that makes her levels high. Can you address this aspect? Her MD is recommending statins and pressing her with fear of stroke and heart attack. Would be great if you could comment on this genetic influence. Thanks
Taking your advice on swapping out what I thought were healthy oils to traceable olive oil (I found one at a local Persian store and it's affordable) significantly reduced the awful inflammation feeling I used to have. Be careful of brand loyalty, even whole foods we used to rely on have changed. In Cda, cheaper pesticide imported grains used in manuf foods and shelf flour, to prop up a foreign economy as in US, Merci aux agriculteurs de France et de Pologne. I went off statins 2023 after 3 yrs and feel a lot better, won't be going back, felt like an elephant was sitting on me. ❤Dr. Dhand, you're doing a great service.
I just had my annual blood work. 78 yrs old. LDL was 216 (borderline high). Doctor prescribed Lipitor. I refuse to take it. I will alter my diet and get more exercise. All other lab work is normal. Thanks for this info!
Thanks for the priceless info Doc.. Praying my Dad will be open to this info. He's been on statins for a long time and his mind is going more and more. 😔
Since ancient times the basic aspects of staying healthy have been known: moderate eating of nutritious foods, daily exercise suitable to your level of fitness, good sleep, ,tranquility of mind, etc. Many modern people don’t do well with any of these habits. It addition, there is an increased level of stress in modern society, of various kinds: overwork, status anxiety, fears stirred up by hyped-up news broadcasts, etc. The medical profession (or at least medical institutions) seem wary of addressing these issues. Take a pill and make the symptoms go away is the acting strategy. Medicate the patient until they fit the algorithm . I’m not anti-medication, but more emphasis should be placed on the basics of health. Thank you Dr. Dhand for speaking out.
I have slightly high cholesterol. One of my doctors wanted to put me on statins. My dad took them, but they didn’t save him from a heart attack and probably gave him diabetes. I said no thanks!
My doctor had a hellova time trying to prescribe me statins because "my arteries were clogging" when his test instrument showed 20 points drops in BOTH blood pressure numbers after three months of starting to apply keto! I'm a farmer. Pipes clogging results in higher pressure, NOT lower. So much for those student loans for letter degrees when a farmer or mechanic can see the trees in the forest?
It's interesting how far the use of statins has influenced other industries. I have had high cholesterol for years, but refuse to take statins. Now life insurance companies want to put a 50% increase on my premiums because I'm not following the doctors recommendations.
Having had a stomach disorder since I was 3, I was eventually diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. I now have an Ileostomy and my kidney and liver function aren't the best. Unfortunately I have become sensitive to most fruit and vegetables but I eat any I can and cook from scratch every day so that I know what is in my meals. I recently received a text message from the NHS saying looking at my history I would benefit from taking statins, did I want them yes or no! As I haven't seen a medical professional for a year I asked to speak to someone. I am now 68 I lost 60 pounds 5 years ago and I exercise for about an hour every day doing a combination of walking outside, kettlebell, hand weights, step exercises, Pilates, Qigong and cardio indoors. The person I spoke to was very dismissive about my efforts but couldn't say anything to convince me that statins would be of any real benefit to me. I would rather make lifestyle changes than take any medication.
65 yr old male here. I refused statins to lower my cholesterol. A bit of behavior modification on my part resulted in a current 91 Ldl and 84 Hdl. It took about six years, but it can be done. To say my primary was amazed would be an understatement.
Hello Dr. Dhand! Thanks so much. I follow & have learned so much! When first had BP high, because of kidney issues Lipitor was prescribed. I did not take. No meds! My bp is fine. Today 122/74 I'm exercising, eating right. My last blood work showed GFR 92! thanks for all you share, lifestyle makes all the difference!❤ God Bless You!
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for turmeric another Dr, Dr Abby Philips (the liver doc) had advocated that 96+% of it is not absorbed and that the tests favouring turmeric are only clinical trials and not entire body trials.....
Dr. Dhand, can you do a talk about relative risk reduction vs. absolute risk reduction numbers that are presented in journal papers extolling the efficacy of statins?
Chia seeds work.
The same has been done with Tamoxifen, the anti-breast cancer drug. I think we'll find it has been done with most medications.
While I agree with your approach of eating natural foods and exercising regularly, this isn't going to change much for people (such as most of my family) genetically prone to have high LDL. What to do in that case?
When the allopathic system was invented by Rockefellers henchmen it wasn’t to help humanity but to eliminate it.
Truth!!
rustic......well said...bravo...
You nailed it! Zionism - who control the WORLD!
Not true. The allopathic system can offer the worst as well as the best. In the case of statins it is certainly in the category of the worst.
But many people have improve their quality of life enormously thanks to medicine. 2 exemples: migraine pills, bipolar pills…etc.
@@Matmat123_5 bipolar meds can shut down your kidneys without warning for good.
The fact it's being treated at all is the problem. There is no link between high cholesterol and poor health - but low cholesterol IS dangerous, to the brain and to almost every cell in your body.
There is a link between high cholesterol and poor health ( and cvd issues) . But taking statins is not the answer because of the side effects and they lead folk to think they can eat anything if their ldl is lowered . The answers are all lifestyle as stated in this video. That’s just my opinion from listening to attia , carvallo etc on RUclips.
A patient cured is a customer lost!!!😊
You nailed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That sums it all up in one sentence.
Yep, no $$$ in curing
Great quote.
miodzio
Apparently Dr. Dhand takes the Hippocratic Oath seriously which sadly makes him the exception instead of the norm.
Dr. Dhand is awesome!
Taking the Hippocratic Oath seriously makes Dr. Dhand an authentic caring doctor that is appreciated....by many people worldwide.
LMHR proves high cholesterol is good for us
I would Not be surprised if big pharma Goes Legal on Him! He is stealing their money Action!
I agree. I think I have an excellent doctor. Unfortunately I recently was diagnosed with high cholesterol and my prescription was to lose weight. She never mentioned a Statin
50% have high cholesterol? Simple solution: raise the numbers to what they were 50 years ago.
80 to 100 yrs ago we did not have seed oils , processed foods and only the rich could afford sugar .
more like 200 years ago. 100 years ago we do not have seed oils and processed foods, but we did have sugar. He is the starting point en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Karl_Achard
The majority of people also physically labored many hours per day also.
Only part of it. If you read actual reports and studies from just pre and post contact (colonization) shows indigenous in gen were far healthier then Europeans. The food they ate depended on area and country etc. Some are alot of organ meats (not muscle), fish eggs, wild flowers stored in liquid animal oil, plus fermented corn. Others Euro indigenous ate homemade bread cake made from self grown grain or raw dairy and naturally very high vitamin butter oil harvested in spring and stored. Term ‘grass fed’ is mostly marketing now sadly. Not easy to find this is info but worth it.
but you still miss the ponit why? why ldl will get high? ldl getting high because our body need it . This is similar that you eat more when you hungry, when your body need it!
And everyone smoked
High cholesterol is not a Statin deficiency.
"High Cholesterol" is an invention of PHARMA. Follow the $$. They even got the original level artificially lowered to make tens of millions of new customers, (victims).
nail in a sure place. Thanks
No its a mainly diet related, but dr.s don't also tell you that the liver makes it as well 😮
Thank you Doctor. Processed food, seed oils, massive amounts of sugar and carbs cause oxidative stress and inflammation. Since I went Low Carb (less than 100 grams a day) and eating clean, losing weight, skin has cleared up, brain fog is gone, and overall fell better.
But then, low statίηs produce doctors' income deficiency. 😂
Treatments are FAR more profitable than cures.
That's it in a nut shell.
No money in cures.
Isn't that SAD but true? ALWAYS...follow the $$$.
No money in cures.
Absolutely!!🎉
I took statins between 55 and 58 and decided to thrown them away. As a lifelong runner I wasted 3 seasons due to calf cramps. That were debilitating and would take 3-6 weeks of no running to heal. I stopped statins and have been running like a rabbit since. Now 60 and enjoying running as much as ever. Stopped blood pressure medicine too and learned to have the best BP ever with nutrition.
My DR gave me statins ,never filled the prescription. They are programmed to automatically hand out statins.
What did you do nutrition wise to come off of BP meds?
You’re doing what ? Like a rabbit!
@@girl_on_fire_x_x Keto, with an emphasis on everything homemade
Running is bad for the heart and joints etc.
Do your research.
This video was about me in every aspect. I eat hardly any sugar and carbs, weight train and eat real food since August of 2021 and you cannot believe the difference it's made in how I look and feel. I'm off all 4 prescribed meds also and living healthy at 61. Oh, and I'm also an antivaxxer they talk about on the news. Great video doc!
Wonderful to hear you are doing so well Mark!
So YOU're the antivaxxer I've been hearing so much about!!! 😁
@@booch326 Yeah, I'm the guy that's on the news and late night talk shows everyone's talking about. I am the reason the pandemic got so bad. There's another medical RUclips channel "Dr. Boz" that put out an hour long video last week reviewing Phizers own data when clinical trials were conducted. You might want to watch it but wear a helmet because you will fall over backwards. Again, not my numbers, not some RUclips doctor but Phizers own data showed before rollout that for every 100,000 doses, 2 lives will be saved however, in that same 100,000 there were 27 deaths from adverse events. Roughly a 14:1 ratio of death vs benefit. You can't make this stuff up.
Same here, the antivaxxer too, started keto diet and intermittent fasting on August 2021. I'm 58, never need meds but I had joint pain. The keto diet caused the pain to disappear. It came back when I cheated too long. So I have to be good lol.
It sounds to me like the people with the biggest brains decided not to get the Vax and searched youtube for the best Dr's health advice instead.
I am a disability claims examiner and I agree with you 100%. I read medical records all day long and it seems like most doctors only address symptoms with Rx after Rx instead of addressing the cause. The longer I work, the less faith I have in the healthcare system.
Yes,I can well understand your view,and I totally agree with it.
Don't blame the doctors for all of that problem. Too many patients seem to want to hang on to the "junk" foods rather than make lifestyle changes, which leaves doctors with no choice but to prescribe medications to try and address the problem. There are doctors who don't seem to give a flip though.
I was given the choice, about 20 years ago, to either make dietary and lifestyle changes or go on meds. I chose the former. I tried to pass this info on to siblings in similar condition. None of them made any changes and now two have had major cardiac issues with one almost dying (and has NOW made the necessary changes). Two others are skating on thin ice.
@@KA-qw5cvsame here. No one I have mentioned it to has thought, that's a good idea I will try it but they have all started taking medication. I only take occasional cocodamol when something triggers things.
My Mum is 96. I asked her what she attributes her long life to. Whether she is right or not this was her answer. 'Well, I have never taken pills in my life - I have always avoided any medication'.
I love that. My mom died at 96 and was mentally sharp until the last two weeks of life. She never took medicine.
She always said to be very careful what you complain about to the Dr because most things pass if you eat right and exercise.
My mother passed away last year at the age of 96. She never smoke or drank, but she believed what doctors told her, and toward the end of her life she was on more medications than you could count on both hands. One of the lessons I learned from her is this: If you live long enough, eventually doctors will find a way to kill you.
My mother lived to be 102 years, 8 months and had the same mind set. She would see a doctor and had a couple of operations in her lifetime, even took pain relievers during recovery from those operations, but regular medication. NEVER! She had too many friends who took medicine instead of improving their lifestyle, then had side effects and had to take medications for the side effects and soon were taking 4,5,6 medicines every day. No to medications. And she really hated flu shots (refused them vehemently)
Love it.😍🤣
My Dad is 92 and has always said “if you want to live a long time, stay out of the doctors office”.
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My MD here in Oregon USA does not prescribe statins. He is not real concerned with high cholesterol levels. He stresses lifestyle changes over medication. He went to medical school in Europe. Thinks a little differently than standard American doctors.
Cholesterol is essential for brain health and hormone production. Cholesterol also helps to heal tissue damage.
The high sugar high carbohydrate Standard American Diet raises insulin levels eventually leading to insulin resistance and systemic inflammation causing damage to the cardiovascular system. It is Cholesterol that is deposited to help heal that damage and other damage caused by insulin resistance.
Yes this is a simple explanation and as the good Dr explained it behooves us to look at the root cause rather than a bandaid.
frustose, sucrose, glucose
Yep. The book The Cholesterol Myth does a fantastic job of explaining why high LDL is not the problem. Saturated fat is not the problem. Insulin resistance is the root. I will never take a statin.
We make all the cholesterol we require. LDL is causal to atherosclerosis.
There's also evidence that the allegedly "heart healthy" seed oils, commonly referred to as vegetable oils, actually cause atherosclerosis and are a major factor in the declining health of Americans over the last several decades, especially since the revised nutritional guidelines were brought in.
"Cholesterol is essential for brain health and hormone production. Cholesterol also helps to heal tissue damage."
Oy.
Cells all over the body make cholesterol. We don't need to eat cholesterol or other garbage foods that upregulate our liver's production of it.
I have high cholesterol , for 40 years. Refused statins. Recently had an cardiac screening to look for plaque in my cardiac arteries. It was zero.
Well done 😂😂😂
Praised be The Lord ❤❤❤
My elderly mother is the same as you but, I'm the opposite. Why is that? CAC score of 53. :(
my doctor is flummoxed by me. High cholesterol but no plaque in my arteries. Low BP, low heart rate, low blood sugar.
Same for me, high cholesterol but 0 calcium score. Doctors put you on statins without first sending you to get a CAC exam and Angiogram. Pill Pushers!
I am 5ft 2in and weighed 48kg(105.8lb) when I was 43. My doctor said I have high cholesterol and I need to get it down. Went on a restrictive diet and dropped to 43.5kg(96lb)
My cholesterol was still high, but he said that's lowered enough now.
I said ''I can't live like this. I'm starving!!!''
I eat what I want now and don't get it checked anymore and refuse pills.
What was the diet?
@sandramorton5510 no meat, just fish and salads, or vegetables, no sauces or graveys, no deserts, no takeaways and it still only lowered my cholesterol half a point. It was ridiculous in my mind to live such a strict diet to not even get the result desired.
@@iamthatiam44444 So it sounds like low calorie diet, which is what they prescribed to me. Is it high LDL?
Wooooow. High cholesterol supposedly runs in my dads side of the family. I don’t know if I have it, and don’t care honestly.
I am 5”3 and 45kg and I can only imagine what would happen to me if I ate a diet you described. I’ve been eating way more animal protein and fats recently and I haven’t even gained a kilo…. It’s a good thing you got off that diet but wow, fck that doctor for almost unaliving you..
@EmmaxoOCE yeah, he meant well but they ate trained buy demon big pharma, I didn't know that back then, I'm much wiser now. 😉
Cholesterol is the building block to every cell in the human body,
The sooner people realise they have been duped the better,
Low cholesterol is more dangerous than high cholesterol.
Need to make a more specific statement. HDL, LDL-large buoyant okay in quantity it is the LDL-small dense that blocks arteries.
Cholesterol is needed to make hormones in the body. But we are being bombarded with xenoestrogens from all the
plastic exposure in our daily lives. I wonder if the high levels are a natural response.
@Tori1401, cholesterol doesn't block arteries. 87% of a plaque is fibrin. Basically a scab. Your liver makes exactly how much cholesterol that you need. Upwards of 5 GRAMS per day.
As the good doctor explained, oxidation is what injures the arterial lining. The injury is caused by constantly elevated insulin due to much too high of glucose levels. It's also the origin of Diabetes and alzheimers, same disease, different locations.
There are many good doctors unraveling the phony lipid hypothesis. In time it will be common knowledge, but I won't be waiting around.
The reason these diseases have surged, especially since the 70s, is due to the processed food lobby.
The western world drinks more carbohydrate in one sitting than should be eaten in a week.
@@zamfirtoth6441 yes I agree with that but too much low density lipoprotein does clog the arteries.
Like high BP
You're spot on with this. In the UK the NHS seems very keen to have as many people over 70 as possible on statins. They offered them to my husband. He asked "why - my cholesterol isn't high" - they backed off with "oh ok then". Obviously some member of staff had been tasked with ringing around patients of a certain age without even looking at their medical history. Ridiculous!
Dr Kendrick says in his book that doctors are incentivised to get cholesterol levels lower like they are incentivised to achieve a high level of vaccinations.
@@helenporter7584 True, they are paid Assassins.
Ridiculous,and scary.
Wow. That is crazy...
Dishonesty of medical stuff will qualify as misconduct. You can report it.
I agree about people having diseases that were not as common as today or non existent. I had a large family, I'm 64 and we didn't have anyone with Alzheimer. Everyone seems to have Alzheimer's today. We only treat the symptoms, not the root problem.
Alzheimer's is now frequently referred to as a T3 diabetes, I agree.
Like all these cancers in children
Americans consume more glyphosates than ever before ever since the FDA approved spraying it on grains as a desiccant. Up 10,000 fold compared to use as pesticide only. The poisoning of America! Ignore the FDA food pyramid. It's FOS. Take your health back into your own hands. I buy no processed foods. I don't eat out either. Just carnivore diet. Never felt so good in over a decade.
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When the treatment is the cause?
I was a med technology for over 40 years and the reference range for cholesterol was lowered from 250 to 200 back in late 70s.Its interesting to see why that was done. $$$$$
That's very interesting. I was actually wondering if the reference range had changed. Thanks for the info!
I remember that. The pharma industry manipulates numbers all the time. It's sad that people just trust everything that is told to them.
I think they're lowering the range even more
Thanks for this info. Doctors had me try two dif statins , each with a negative side effect. So I stopped. But I am under the bar by the old reference range, which makes me feel better about my decision.
Because science changes
You are totally correct. Statins did not stop my husband from having 2 heart attacks and dying. There was no competent treatment of his high blood sugar. They just kept the pills coming and he paid the ultimate price.
Sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry 😢
Im so sorry
Diabetes is also caused by saturated fat.
Agreed 100%. Drs. prescribed all kinds of pills for various chronic conditions but told him that his "pre-diabetes" was nothing to be concerned about. He died within a year. Our medical system and food supply is disastrous.
DAMN !! This is EXACTLY the way I think about meds too. I'm 64 and I don't take any meds and I was recently diagnosed with high LDL and of course the doc wanted me to take drugs. I declined and told him I'll handle it on my own. I eat one meal per day (Healthy real food), I do weight training now that I lost my excess body weight (I'm 6 feet tall at 176 pounds) I was at 235. I get anywhere from 6-7 hours of sleep every night and I walk 30 minutes per day if the weather permits, so I'm hoping that the LDL number will lower soon. Actually, I'm now trying to live to the age of 120. That's my ULTIMATE goal. Nice video sir, and keep up the good work. You got me so pumped up I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE !!!
My mother has been on statins since the 1990s. I always thought they were unnecessary. She is 83 and has been suffering from vascular dementia for over 4 years. She barely knows her own children. Nobody else in the family had dementia. I believe decades of statins is what caused this devastating disease . No proof, just a gut feeling.
I'm 74 and have no cholesterol problem and am on no meds
Lucky you....obviously your body is processing things well..
@@lindamckenzie6500its not luck, its being educated on the foods and beverages we consume,im ketovoire for 10 years,eat mostly fatty meats,lost 140lbs, and still ride my harley, im 72 and work at being healthy,but do allow myself OCCASIONAL goodies( 2 or 3x a MONTH❤
My mom took. Doctor wants to put her on statins. She's gonna change her diet, she doesn't want the pills, thank goodness
Same age , same here no meds but I do have 8.6 cholesterol. Has been that for 20 years or so
Not all people got high cholesterol.
It's easier to pop a pill than make lifestyle changes.
Becky : You are So Correct , My Brother has always been Addicted to Sugar , and now he has T2D !
I have tried to get him to go Keto , Low Carb . He Knows he can keep eating Sugar and pop pills !
It is killing him slowly , But he is still getting his Sugar , so he doesn't care !
Another friend takes blood pressure pills so he can Keep Drinking Beer !
Humans .
@@jimmyhvy2277 I am able to maintain a healthy weight utilizing the ketogenic diet myself. If your brother would just give it a chance, he would reap all the benefits as well. His sugar cravings would disappear.
It's unfortunate that our food supply is loaded with high fructose corn syrup, in addition to other things that we should not be consuming. These ingredients are highly addictive.
I'm glad that you are staying healthy, my friend!
@@jimmyhvy2277
You are describing one of my relatives
@@jimmyhvy2277sounds like your describing my husband 😮
@@jimmyhvy2277 I know a relative which actually said, I can eat all the sweets I want, that is what insulin is for!
Though I agree with most things you say, high cholesterol has never been proven to be a problem. It's worth noting, that the only significant outcome from the thousands of studies that were trying to prove that it is, is that people with higher cholesterol live longer. After close to 70 years of fraud, the lipid hypothesis remains a hypothesis. I know how ridiculous it is that they still insist on it, but at least they are still calling it what it is a hypothesis.
Keep it up, the world needs doctors like you!
I have high cholesterol and my Doctor wanted to put me on statins. She sent me to a cardiologist, who tried to shame me into taking statins. Hoping to slam-dunk me, he suggested I get a cardiac calcium score. He was actually rude in his demeanor. I said sure! Cost me $100, out of pocket. Guess what? I aced it. ZERO build-up in my coronary arteries. Shut him up like nobody's business.
Good for you🎉
Charlatans
Love this! Thank you for sharing!
My GP has been pushing a statin too. I have high LDL but I have good HDL, low triglycerides, not diabetic, always have great BP, lost 40 pounds so normal BMI and not a smoker. So why would I take it for just 1 marker? He kept suggesting I go to a cardiologist and I said WHY? same thing; I won't take a statin! My GP finally ordered me the CAC scan and my was also a BIG, FAT ZERO😆
That's fantastic. Good for you!
Fasting also raises cholesterol levels. Sometimes you're asked to fast before having certain blood tests done. Next thing you're told you have raised cholesterol levels and must take statins when there is no need. Thank God for doctors like Dr Dhand. Keep up the good work.
Dr Dehand, you are awesome! I wish you were my doctor!
Same here
Dr Suneel, I agree with you on everything, but on a diet of whole foods and organic vegetables I have high cholesterol, high LDL, low HDL, high triglycerides, high glicemia, high uric acid and obesity. I walk a couple of miles every day but at 80 can’t do weight training due to arthritis and tendinitis. Not an easy puzzle to solve! I won’t take statins - like most medicines they make me feel terrible. Maybe I should just accept the disadvantages of old age?
I was recently diagnosed with high cholesterol. My doctor told me that I had a choice of either taking a medication, or dealing with it by changing my diet. I chose changing my diet. I liked that he gave me a choice.
My Dr never mentioned diet when I was diagnosed only when I told her I was doing ketogenic diet she said "well its not working for ya!!" even though my triglycerides and HDL were good~ I didnt want to take her prerscription `she bullied me into it
We always have a choice no matter what❤
So right Doctor. I’ve dumped my statin. Keto/carnivore has already fixed my blood pressure. Aussie Bob
I was on statins for many years had cramps in legs muscle pains and inflammation everywhere,I have stopped them recently and some of my problems have gone away. I think you are right Doctor your conversations are very interesting. So far so good.
I absolutely love the termite hole analogy! It’s so true, and appreciate your philosophy on medicine in general.
Maybe our obsession with cholesterol is the problem.
So many die of heart attacks.....
@@abhaysharma6292 And high cholesterol is not usually the cause. It’s usually not a factor in most heart attacks. Surprise!
Created by media and pharma. There is no high cholesterol crisis. It’s all about $$$$$$$
Because they have lowered the cholesterol ratings...
Exactly. They needed more customers.
Well it Worked with lowering blood pressure rates 🤷🏻♀️
And will keep doing it.
They can lower the cholesterol ratings as much as they want, it doesn't mean anything to me. All I need to do is lose/gain between 30-40lbs and I'll be balanced. This Is Just My Opinion.
Every health problem can be corrected with simply eating the right foods. And none of those foods are down any middle aisles at the grocery stores.
So what do you think the answer is for someone who is thin, eats low carb, very low saturated fat and still has high cholesterol? I exercise 6 days a week including weights and cardio.
That's only so if the right foods have the right quality. Think of glyphosate, DDT, PFOS, forever chemicals etc. etc.
@@kerrymeadows
I knew an older woman, living on a farm, her cholesterol was much to high doctors said, but she refuses to take statines, as her parents and grand parents never took it and got very old, without heart problems, eating everything fresh from the farm, vegetables, Meat, butter Milk eggs....so this lady got very old too... to in her 90th .....explain this to a doctor, what would hé say!!??
I just had blood work and I do have high cholesterol. Thank you Dr for sharing the truth. This was an eye opener for me.
Any creamer would do it, half and half as well.
So I did. All if a sudden my cholesterol became a 300 total. 42 years ago it was 240. Nobody can explain why it grew. I am a health nut and enjoy it. I for 38 years I ditched sugar. Just 2 Tsp of honey, no smoking not drinking alcohol no coffee. I am active live alone do al house work cooking shopping etc plus asking, Daily I eat berries, pineapple and apples. Juice of carrots, cabbagy etc.
I got Covid before the pandemic and it’s mutants. No vax. Got natural 8mmunity but this man made virus is not like the natural ones. Finds your weak points. Lately I find my finger joints painful. There you are inflammation. It just dawned to me. I will start curcumin with a dash of pepper and botswella. Can’t condroitin and the other I do not tolerate anything that grows in salted water but fish and kelp. I hope that will work plus alternate hot and cold epsom salt hand baths. Please tell others may be they need it
@lana11111 Oh! I drink coffee every am with half n half ! Even fasting diet ! Can't drive when sleepy to get test done! 😂
My neighbor was older and in great health. She took meds for high cholesterol. It ruined every muscle in her body. Ending up in a wheelchair and eventually died from a heart attack. It destroyed her heart muscle. I will never take those meds. God Bless her!! ❤🙏
My Father lived to 88 by not seeing doctors.
Exactly, they chuck pills at you for anything and it's more money for them.
That's what I'm Talking about !
Same with my grandfather passed away at 101. Never seen a dr.
Our grand partners and great grandparents lived longer. Ate off the farm. Lots of meat and eggs. I never remember eating cereal or stuff like that.
My grandmother had cholesterol over eight, she lived to 101.5.
Agree with everything except that high LDL is a problem. I fixed my diet, lost weight, started weight training, built up muscle: all my health markers improved, but my LDL skyrocketed. I am 70. I understand that for older people high LDL is associated with better health and longer life.
Love seeing an actual doctor be honest.
Other examples of dietary antioxidant sources include:
fish and nuts
vitamin E
vitamin C
turmeric
green tea
melatonin
onion
garlic
Ginger and organic Vinegar should be on top of list
Hibiscus tea also
The only doctor who actually fixes problems is an orthopedic, the rest of them are all subcontractors for the drug industry.
Don’t omit Dentist.
@@teresasimms7801 even dentists, the new thing is pushing for root canals, I went to a dentist in Florida last year, they wanted to do 3! Big money! For no reason! I had no pain! They missed the cavity in my wisdom tooth that I had to have removed late last year and paid through the nose cuz it was an out of network doctor! This year I went for a checkup and they charged extra to clean my teeth then they wanted to do a root canal! They called me after the cleaning appointment to set up a date for the root canal! I said why? The dumb girl had no idea why it needed to be done.
My cholesterol a couple of weeks ago was 247, but my glucose was 68 and my triglycerides were 75, A1C 5.3, so I think I’m doing okay. I just turned 66 last week my weight is 130. Been doing keto and ketovore almost 6 years, because of severe back and joint pain, all over and my weight was almost 180. Keto made me lose weight pretty fast and it wasn’t expected. I just did it to stop my pain. I haven’t felt this great in years.
Is that possible? When they measure cholesterol they are actually measuring a lipoprotein. LDL is a lipoprotein that carries big amounts of fats at the same time, thus it has low density (because fat has low density, that's why oil floats in water). When they measure the triglycerides, they are measuring the size of the load of that LDL. Therefore there needs to be some proportionality between your LDL levels and triglyceride levels. How could you have lots of big bags full of lipids (fats), but small amounts of said fat? Either your bags are not all that full, or they are not that many. But if they aren't all that full they couldn't be LDL. I'm confused by your results and I'm starting to wonder how exactly LDL is measured.
Lean Mass Hyper Responders have high LDL, high HDL, and very low Triglycerides
I totally know how you feel after dropping my weight from 250 down to 160, and still losing! I feel better now than I have in my entire life!!! Keep on 🎉🎉🎉😊
In so many areas, we're too focused on fixing symptoms rather than addressing problems.
You are what you eat...and drink! Thank you Dr. Saneel Dhad.
Thank you Dr.Suneel. Your information is very valuable. I wish there were more doctors that care about their patients. May the Heavenly Father protect you.🙏❤️
My husband was told he had high cholesterol. He decided to eat a handful of walnuts everyday and eat less foods containing sugar and butter. After 3 months he got retested and his cholesterol was back in the normal range. There are studies that show walnuts do help.
I’m currently having this discussion with my doctor. It’s hard to make the dietary adjustments because of chronic pain. It’s just easier to throw a frozen pizza in the oven or chow down a package of cookies. I buy fresh food and end up wasting it if I am not able to cook due to pain. I’m holding firm though. No meds.
The same problem I had with my doctor. I have heat rash in summer and the cause is blocked sweat glands. She prescribed antibiotics for the heat rash that I would NOT take. Instead I sent her a stinky email saying antibiotics will NOT unblock blocked sweat glands. I knew the heat rash was not a bacterial infection. It has happened this summer and the previous 2 summers. I fixed it by using an air conditioner almost 24/7 indoors and regularly putting ice cubes on the skin area keeping it cold and Instead of exercising in hot areas I did swimming so I could exercise and not worry about over heating.
I live in the Caribbean. A few years ago I developed that same thing. My doctor told me it's a type of prickly heat and to use an equal amount of peroxide and water, I use a cotton ball to dab the solution over the affected areas. It worked wonders every time.
Amazing how much research and strategic ingredients the "patient" has to do AFTER consulting with the "professional" 🙄
I am 59 years old and work out for two hours everyday in the gym.
I don't eat any processed foods and eat meat and vegetables and I am probably in the best shape I've ever been in.
Do not let age be a barrier or an acceptance of being sick and unhealthy.
If you have high cholesterol make sure you get your hormones checked.
Lack of hormones can also cause high cholesterol.
Hormones are made from cholesterol, if the body does not have enough hormones the body upregulates cholesterol.
My cholesterol went up after march 2020 when suffered mild COVID then developed long COVID .No dietary changes. 2 years later I recovered from long COVID and my cholesterol went down without any changes in life..after 6 months unfortunately I got reinfected and developed long COVID again .. and cholesterol went up again .
I recall one ER doctor at the start of the pandemic who said most people who were more affected with COVID had lower testosterone levels men and women both !
This is true and many providers won’t order the tests/labs
Stop eating veg oils, they interfere with hormone production. Eat saturated fats instead...hormones need saturated fats! Please do your own research on this. We have been lied to for decades.
@@theancientsancients1769i too have been dealing with long covid, and i also noticed an elevation in my lipids. LDL went up a bit, total cholesterol was 222, LDL 148. yet i am not concerned, my triglycerides are low at 60, with HDL at 65. elevated LDL with a good triglyceride to HDL ratio is not a concern from the research i've seen on cholesterol. our bodies will naturally produce more LDL / cholesterol when necessary.
after covid there is a lot of inflammation. so the liver may be producing more LDL to aid in repair of our vascular system after all the inflammation. additionally, LDL / lipids / cholesterol also play a critical role in our immune function, without cholesterol our immune system cannot function properly. so it also makes sense that our cholesterol would be elevated for a time when our immune system is fighting an infection.
covid not only demands a strong immune response, but also a strong repair / cleanup response after the infection to deal with damage and inflammation. our body needs the cholesterol for all of these processes in order to heal properly. if we artificially block the livers ability to produce LDL cholesterol with a statin, we block the bodies ability to effectively fight infections and heal!
Never had any problems regarding high colesterol. They started since my peri menopause!!
I've noticed the more butter i eat the thinner i get 😮 honestly
See the French Diet
Me too...
Love butter, especially goat's butter.
That’s because butter is real food, with only salt as an addition. Margarine is manmade in a factory, full of crap.
try cooking with grass fed/finished Ghee.. it will blow your mind😜
Without even watching the video, I'mma say yes.
As a pharmacist, I could not agree more!!!
Should we really lower the cholesterol or blood pressure with drugs when the body is naturally doing this for a good reason? Diet has to be the key factor along with being able to relax more and then we can see how the body responds to a better environment.
The only honest and brave doctor on YT.
Oh, there are a few more that have been fighting on the same subjects for a few years.
Yes, statins are carelessly prescribed.. I was given some few years ago, because I was "getting on" in age. Needless to say that the consequences were not pleasant. I don't have colestrol issues, never had. But I believe the food industry needs serious intervention. Both the food growing and the processing. The amount of chemicals poured in at both ends in out of control. Still, it is about the money these industries make...
I had heard that cholesterol than ends up in the arteries is there for a purpose: to patch holes in the arteries. The issue is not the cholesterol: the problem is the hole in the artery.
Yep, I think that makes sense. Our body knows how to help us help heal ourselves.
Don't think so
1. You don't have colesterol in the blood!
I had to strongly encourage my nurse to have the doctor order a special test that breaks it down into HDL, LDL -large buoyant and LDL - small dense. After using Nattokinase off and on for a month I received a personal letter from the doctor saying keep up the good work. All this after refusing a statin.
What did the Natto do? Lower your numbers?
@@rebeccar1036 yes and no side effects when I took it. Has to be taken with a meal either breakfast or lunch but no later.
They eat natto in Japan if you want to research it.
I wish I'd known about the negative effects of statins when my mom was put on one. She might have been able to enjoy more of her golden years. I have steadfastly refused to take a statin I see nothing to indicate they are having much if any effect on heart disease. If they work why are so many people having a problem that has supposedly "been fixed"?
I stopped the statin bs 3 years ago, but the Rx kept coming.
I just found out today that in all of the statin research, trials and studies , not one single women was used in any of the trials or studies. They were never tested on women, they don’t know if they work for women or even if they are safe for women. All of the trials and research were done on men. But yet, they are prescribed for women regularly. Something very wrong with this system.
I know a few people who have been on statins for a long time because of heart issues , they still had heart issues years later with blocked arteries and needed more stents.😮😮 HELLO😢
My doctor told me I have stage 3 kidney failure. When I asked what can we do, she said she is just watching it! No treatment, no finding out what caused it, just watch it get worse! But we have to prescribe something for my high cholesterol, that has precautions for patients with kidney disease or liver disease, which I have both. How I wish you were my doctor!
Diet is the treatment for ckd3. Wishing you well.
Thank you!
Argenix worked for me.
Oops, that Arginex. Amazon.
@@oldschool8292 I have CKD and it’s irreversible.
High cholesterol is a therapeutic response of the body attempting to restore homeostasis. 'It' doesnt need 'treating'.
The brain contains the highest level of cholesterol. Are statins a cause of Dementia & Alzheimer's disease?
Yes, it is linked.
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Unfortunately, most of the health industry is promoting bandaids rather than actual solutions. Thank you, Dr Dhand, for providing reason. I hope that everyone is healthy.
I made and analogy decades ago: I said “imagine running through a briar bush. You put bandaids on your several cuts. You go run through the briar bush again and more bandaids. Another run through the briars and bandaids again. At this point, you’re like a mummy with bandaids so you see your doctor and he diagnoses you with a bandaid problem and tries to fix the bandaids when it was you continuously running through the briar bush that is the problem. The bandaids are just the result.
Thank you so much for this wonderful talk! I’m gobsmacked that FINALLY there is a Medic who is saying this publicly! I used to work in both medical and pharmaceutical, on the desks as it were, for a long time, and it amazed me that the big pharmaceutical companies were getting away with their “dirty dealings” ( as I called it)!
Doctors getting big gifts from pharmaceutical companies visits, when they agreed to push that company’s brand of whatever!!! Very very sad situation! But it’s real , it’s life ! And I remember how much our gp’s in the 70’s and onwards were ostracised for incorporating alternative treatments into their practices! And I have a hard time looking at how our current gp’s are being so tightly controlled by our governments. So what’s going on now?
I had some blood tests & was called back by my GP, he told me my cholesterol level was too high & he'd like to put me on Statins. I said absolutely not , he said let's weigh you , do your height, took my blood pressure, checked my other blood results & did a calculation & said you have a
7 % chance of a heart attack by 70. I said , I'll take that but not Statins . I've since added more berries, wheat & nuts to my diet, cut out sugar & limited my coffee as I read that coffee contains a substance that can interfere with the process of eliminating cholesterol from the body . I'm a firm believer in allowing our marvelous immune system to do its job.
Statins will kill the memory so much that family don't recognise each other.
Wow, I am inclined to believe you w/out you providing proof, bec my mom was on statins for yrs (poor diet--very few greens/lots of meat/fats) to treat high cholesterol. She remained in poor health despite yrs of statins but DID lose her memory. Yes, it's only a single story. My hunch there is a connection between statin taking and dementia/memory loss. Doctors have prescribed statins to me since 2017 for cardio reasons & pre-diabetic/high cholesterol. I always take them 10-30 days, then stop due to side effects, like diarrhea. I don't re-fill. But I get re-prescribed, scolded first, wherever I see a doc inc cardiologist again. Admittedly I did not see a doc during all of covid. I already struggle with IBS so diarrhea=last thing I need. Check-up 5 mo ago congratulated me. My LDL was down! Despite me telling nurse then doc, I over-hauled my diet in 2017 (cut out meat, fish, processed fried foods & in 2024 cut cheese/dairy), increased walking. Deaf to my lifestyle changes!! Did NOT want to hear about my diet. Deaf to what I was putting in my mouth! Nurse & doc chalked low LDL to my erratic satin taking...nothing to do with diet/8 lbs weight loss/exercise and prescribed me 3 months of statins!!
@@brendamaglich8721 Try another improvement in diet, gluten free.
And look for anything about IBS and raw vegan diet.
Our natural diet is 100% fresh raw fruits, preferably tropical.
Also look out for Don Bennett, author of eg *AVOIDING DEGENERATIVE DISEASE* and counselor and *THE HEALTHIEST RAW VEGAN DIET.*
This is 💯 true. Statins, if you look at the fine print on the medication itself, lost the side affects of dementia and diabetes. It also increases joint pain to the point it is intolerable for many people. Most people on statins never take a a CAC or CT angiogram to prove they have heart disease before they start medication.
My cholesterol was through the roof, even as vegan and then pescatarian (I’m full carnivore now that I lear ed those diets don’t help improve my cholesterol), but I took the CAC to see what my heart health was and it was zero.
My doctor figured out it was my thyroid dysfunction causing high cholesterol, NOT heart disease, so I’m treating my thyroid issues and now my cholesterol is normalizing. Your adrenal system, your hormones, your brain, are all made of cholesterol, so if you have inflammation in an area that operates on cholesterol, your cholesterol will shoot up because it’s trying to heal the problem… and It’s not your heart.
I’m also carnivore for over a year. Healthiest I’ve ever been. Bloodwork is perfect now that I’m fixing my thyroid.
@@tb54321 What is your vitamin d level?
My Dr prescribed me one I don't take it. It's normal for older women to have higher cholesterol.
My husband had heart attack last year and. A stent put in. He's 74 it's genetic in both sides of his family, they put him on statins amongst other meds, which he had stopped taking. A pharmacist rang us and wanted to put him back on it I asked her where does the cholesterol come from she said the liver I told her we eat healthy no junk takeaways I cook and always have meat and vegetables, I asked her if it comes from the the liver what do we do about it she said 'your already doing it's I rest my case. They want you on these poisons
You don’t need excess cholesterol from your liver. Every cell in your body can make its own cholesterol. Heart disease itself takes 30-40yrs develop.
I love the idea of 'look upstream' for what is causing health issues.
Not addressing the root cause of disease is the problem with our medical system, but "high" cholesterol is not a disease. It's normal for some. "High" cholesterol doesn't cause atherosclerosis or heart disease. Something, not cholesterol, damages the arteries...like high sugar levels, high insulin levels, particles from smoking, etc., and the body performs a patching/repair mechanism which uses cholesterol. Its present in atherosclerosis, but not the cause. Various causes of arterial damage are the upstream cause.
Thank you for telling us truth. You obviously are a dedicated medical professional and you take your Oath seriously. "Do no harm!"
A friend of mine has high cholesterol, was prescribed statins, I told her not to take them and fix her diet and lifestyle instead, but she's throwing tantrums like a toddler, refusing to give up her morning cereal, white bread, fatty condiments, processed meals , etc... and change her sedentary lifestyle... some people are like that, they only care about their health in words but when it comes to making changes, they're not willing to.
I've always had high cholesterol, but my HDL is really high and LDL is low. I tried the statins cuz Dr insisted and I felt terrible. I just stopped it myself and refuse them continually. I'm 66 and rarely get sick. I eat mostly home cooked food, and mostly low carb.
Stress also increases cholesterol and blood sugars whilst impacting thyroid function.
Thanks! You are a doctor who truly thinks, and you want to help people address the root cause of chronic health issues not just write a prescription that has side effects.
Healthy people have high cholesterol. LMHRs the healthiest people in the population in most cases, lean fit muscular build, perfect blood sugar, no visceral fat, no metabolic syndrome etc but high LDL.
Really sounds right on Dr SD. My friend said her MD told her she has a genetic factor that makes her levels high. Can you address this aspect? Her MD is recommending statins and pressing her with fear of stroke and heart attack. Would be great if you could comment on this genetic influence. Thanks
Taking your advice on swapping out what I thought were healthy oils to traceable olive oil (I found one at a local Persian store and it's affordable) significantly reduced the awful inflammation feeling I used to have. Be careful of brand loyalty, even whole foods we used to rely on have changed. In Cda, cheaper pesticide imported grains used in manuf foods and shelf flour, to prop up a foreign economy as in US, Merci aux agriculteurs de France et de Pologne. I went off statins 2023 after 3 yrs and feel a lot better, won't be going back, felt like an elephant was sitting on me. ❤Dr. Dhand, you're doing a great service.
I just had my annual blood work. 78 yrs old. LDL was 216 (borderline high). Doctor prescribed Lipitor. I refuse to take it. I will alter my diet and get more exercise. All other lab work is normal. Thanks for this info!
Thanks for the priceless info Doc.. Praying my Dad will be open to this info. He's been on statins for a long time and his mind is going more and more. 😔
I agree with you totally. Thanks Dr. Dhand.
Since ancient times the basic aspects of staying healthy have been known: moderate eating of nutritious foods, daily exercise suitable to your level of fitness, good sleep, ,tranquility of mind, etc. Many modern people don’t do well with any of these habits. It addition, there is an increased level of stress in modern society, of various kinds: overwork, status anxiety, fears stirred up by hyped-up news broadcasts, etc. The medical profession (or at least medical institutions) seem wary of addressing these issues. Take a pill and make the symptoms go away is the acting strategy. Medicate the patient until they fit the algorithm . I’m not anti-medication, but more emphasis should be placed on the basics of health. Thank you Dr. Dhand for speaking out.
I have slightly high cholesterol. One of my doctors wanted to put me on statins. My dad took them, but they didn’t save him from a heart attack and probably gave him diabetes. I said no thanks!
People suffer more from low cholesterol than from industry coined 'high cholesterol'.
I was diagnosed with Atherosclerosis, the Doctor said it's my high cholesterol that causes it, and gave prescription for cholesterol medication.
My doctor had a hellova time trying to prescribe me statins because "my arteries were clogging" when his test instrument showed 20 points drops in BOTH blood pressure numbers after three months of starting to apply keto!
I'm a farmer. Pipes clogging results in higher pressure, NOT lower. So much for those student loans for letter degrees when a farmer or mechanic can see the trees in the forest?
I agree with you 100%. Thanks Dr Suneel, you are a fresh doctor who cares. Most have forgotten the oath they took
Hygiene alone has improved so much, even since polio. Perhaps one of the biggest blows to polio. Public swimming pools had no treatment lol, oh my!
It's interesting how far the use of statins has influenced other industries. I have had high cholesterol for years, but refuse to take statins. Now life insurance companies want to put a 50% increase on my premiums because I'm not following the doctors recommendations.
Having had a stomach disorder since I was 3, I was eventually diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. I now have an Ileostomy and my kidney and liver function aren't the best. Unfortunately I have become sensitive to most fruit and vegetables but I eat any I can and cook from scratch every day so that I know what is in my meals. I recently received a text message from the NHS saying looking at my history I would benefit from taking statins, did I want them yes or no! As I haven't seen a medical professional for a year I asked to speak to someone. I am now 68 I lost 60 pounds 5 years ago and I exercise for about an hour every day doing a combination of walking outside, kettlebell, hand weights, step exercises, Pilates, Qigong and cardio indoors. The person I spoke to was very dismissive about my efforts but couldn't say anything to convince me that statins would be of any real benefit to me. I would rather make lifestyle changes than take any medication.
I’m so glad you’re proactive and have a sound mind.
@@nancythornburg7538 Thank you
65 yr old male here. I refused statins to lower my cholesterol. A bit of behavior modification on my part resulted in a current 91 Ldl and 84 Hdl. It took about six years, but it can be done. To say my primary was amazed would be an understatement.
Hello Dr. Dhand! Thanks so much. I follow & have learned so much! When first had BP high, because of kidney issues Lipitor was prescribed. I did not take. No meds! My bp is fine. Today 122/74 I'm exercising, eating right. My last blood work showed GFR 92! thanks for all you share, lifestyle makes all the difference!❤ God Bless You!