TweetI was on a low dose and it caused bad cramps.

Tweet

Originally Posted by jipped genes

I was on a low dose and it caused bad cramps.

now the aha and lots of cardiologist are saying that after extensive research lipids have pretty much no impact on heart disease and cardiovascular events. not completely ignoring lipids but they now say that it isnt as important as once thought and top that off with the honest cardio docs saying that statins and their use is completely financial in nature. when looking at statistics over something like 20 or 30 years (off top of my head) the relation between those with high lipid values and not taking statins and those that did. both groups had the same amount of heart disease and cardiac events. doc serano and a bunch of others are sounding the alarm on not using statins at all period. that and lipids are not a good indicator of heart risk. they now use apob and insulin tests and a couple others i cant remember for more accurate predictors for risks.

i personally do my own labs every 6-8 weeks and after seeing that i added in both. cool thing is even with private labs those tests are only like 40 bucks a piece. i still check my lipids and keep them in check but i dont use statins. i use supps to control mine. also need to try to beef up the hdl which i struggle with myself never getting out of the 40s which sucks