Statin scam worsens cardiovascular disease epidemic

‘Two studies recently published in the Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology have drawn new attention to the fact that, far from being the miracle cure that was promised 20 years ago, statins actually carry serious side effects — and rather than reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, they actually increase it!

The studies came in the same month that U.S. government’s top nutrition advisory panel decided to drop its warning about dietary cholesterol.

Statins function by inhibiting an enzyme necessary for the production of cholesterol in the body, and there is no doubt that they do indeed lower blood levels of cholesterol. Due to their striking short-term effects, statins were immediately and widely embraced by the medical establishment, and their use has ballooned ever since, with the threshold for their use continually dropping.’

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