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"And certain cholesterol drugs may increase the risk of cancer by 1/3. • Other evidence has shown a greater risk of suicide] A number of large-scale studies showed that patients on low cholesterol diets or drugs were more likely to die from violent deaths, including suicide, then those eating what they want. • One study in a geriatric unit in Italy found that among older people the risk of depression was highest among those with the lowest cholesterol concentration. The proof for all those side effects was given by Lynne McTaggart in her already quoted book "What Doctors Don't Tell You." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Studies had shown that Crestor appeared to be more toxic to the muscles than other cholesterol drugs. Some Americans taking a high dose had suffered from a condition known as rhabdomyolysis, in which muscles are liquefied. "Physicians must tell their patients the truth" about Crestor, the influential British medical journal The Lancet had stated in 2003. Compared with its competitors, the journal said, Crestor has "an inferior evidence base supporting its safe use." The erectile enhancement drug Cialis, on the other hand, could cause dangerous drops in blood pressure." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"The fact is Lipitor and all the other cholesterol drugs are the most profitable drugs on the planet. The drug companies make more by selling cholesterol-lowering drugs than anything else. It is their biggest profit moneymaker. The fact is that by taking cholesterol drugs you are being lied to about its benefits. Most people believe that if they take cholesterol-lowering drugs and lower their cholesterol they are reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke. The exact opposite is true. The cholesterol-lower drugs do not reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"I was shopping at Trader Joe's just the other day and a reader approached me, introduced himself as Kevin, and began telling me a fascinating story of how his doctor urged him to take cholesterol drugs for the rest of his life. But being one of my readers, he knew that statin drugs have dangerous side effects on his liver and sex drive, so instead of going on the drugs, he changed his diet instead. He gave up a few of the least healthy foods and started consuming the healthy superfoods (plus a few supplements) that I recommend in my articles, and began some exercise. The result?" - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"The results were striking: The oat diet lowered cholesterol levels about as well as cholesterol drugs. , Olive Oil Why: Olive oil, which is high in monounsaturated fat-the "good" fat-combats coronary heart disease by helping to keep HDL cholesterol levels up and LDL cholesterol down. Olive oil also contains phenols, tocopherols (vitamin E) and other natural antioxidants. Where to buy it: At the grocery store-look for extra virgin olive oil. How much to eat: Consuming just 1 to 2 tablespoons a day is beneficial. Substitute olive oil for butter when you crave that slice of bread and butter." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"High cholesterol is a symptom of an underlying health problem (usually dietary, by the way), but cholesterol drugs merely try to block cholesterol production by the liver, thereby "controlling" one measurable number at the expense of all the other harm being caused by the drug. Sure, your cholesterol might be artificially manipulated and appear to be in a healthy range while you're on the drug, but in truth you're no healthier than before because the root cause of the cholesterol problem (your diet and lack of exercise, probably), is still present." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"In susceptible individuals, these effects of cholesterol drugs may translate to a very real reduction in sexual capacity. The adverse hormonal effects of statins don't just hit below the belt; the Australian Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee also lists eleven reports of gynaecomastia (growth of breast tissue in males) associated with simvastatin use. The UK Committee on Safety of Medicines has also noted cases of gynaecomastia associated with cholesterol drug use(93)." - Anthony Colpo, The Great Cholesterol Con: Why Everything You've been Told About Cholesterol, Diet and Heart Disease is Wrong (Get the book.)

"One of the biggest secrets in the medical world is the connection between cholesterol drugs and cancer. In a paper that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1996, Drs. T.B. Newman and S.B. Hulley discussed the long-term implications of twenty-six million people taking these drugs.299 First, they observed that no long-term studies have been done in humans to determine safety: the millions of people currently taking these drugs are essentially test subjects." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"It is strongly sug; before trying any of the cholesterol drugs, while effective at reducing cause nutritional deficiencies. While tors prescribe them as a matter of patients won't make the lifestyle doctor wants to prescribe a cholestero)l that you're willing to embark on a dependency on drugs. Whatever physician's and your analysis of your highest btios of apoB to apoA01. In this study, these newer markers were more predictive of a heart attack than were the typical total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol and triglycerides." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

"The fact is that by taking cholesterol drugs you are being lied to about its benefits. Most people believe that if they take cholesterol-lowering drugs and lower their cholesterol they are reducing their risk of heart attack and stroke. The exact opposite is true. The cholesterol-lower drugs do not reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. The cholesterol-lowering drugs cause disease in the body. They cause liver damage and make you get dozens of various types of sicknesses and diseases. These cholesterol-lowering drugs do not in any way reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.) "The Wall Street Journal reports that cholesterol drugs fail to offer benefits to patients! Cholesterol reducing drugs are the number one selling drugs in the world. They make the most profits for the drug industry, but the fact is cholesterol reducing drugs do not do anything to reduce the potential dangers of heart disease. The studies show that there were no heart health benefits after four months and no significant benefits after two years. However, it did show that continued use of these cholesterol lowering drugs actually caused illness and disease." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Even when statins are prescribed, only 40% of people treated with cholesterol drugs actually achieve target goals within the United States national guidelines. Finally, it must be noted that a number of medications, such as glucocorticoids, diuretics, and thiazides, have been shown to affect lipid levels negatively. For some patients, their statin prescription is deemed necessary only to manage the side effects of these other medications." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.) "Unlike many cholesterol drugs that have shown to reduce life expectancy, niacin has been shown to increase life expectancy. The Coronary drug project conducted in the 1970s showed that long-term death rate for patients treated was only reduced with niacin. Negative risk factors include HDL over 60 mg/dl. Thus a high HDL can outweigh the risk of high LDL. About 20 to 30 minutes after first taking niacin, patients will notice harmless skin flushing. Occasionally, patients also notice nausea and liver enzyme increase." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"Saponins may be marketed someday as cholesterol drugs and used in the production of cholesterol-free dairy products.28,29 CANCER ANSWER? High hopes for saponins also include cancer prevention and reversal. This possibility hinges on two ideas: that saponins bind with bile and that bile acids poison the cells and so promote tumors. By reducing the absorption of bile through the cell membrane, precancerous epithelial cell proliferation in the colon is thought to be less likely." - Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.)

"Researchers suggest that direct drug comparisons might address, for example, whether cholesterol drugs that are now available inexpensively as generics are just as good as the expensive new ones, whether the newly generic version of Prilosec is just as good as newer medicines for heartburn and ulcers, and whether new anti-inflammatory drugs like Celebrex and Vioxx have any advantage over older drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen. There are plenty of other examples, and the agenda would be large.17 Not surprisingly, the pharmaceutical industry opposes such legislation." - Richard A. Deyo M.D. M.P.H., Donald L. Patrick, Hope or Hype: The Obsession with Medical Advances and the High Cost of False Promises (Get the book.)

"Heartburn drugs linked to pneumonia." "Cholesterol drugs do nothing to prevent heart disease." "Drug maker admits fraud, but sales still flourish." "Merck should have pulled Vioxx in 2000." "FDA scientists themselves expose major problems with five deadly drugs." "Government finds Celebrex ads misleading." "Biogene voluntarily suspends drug after deaths from people who used it." 'Interns long hours cause medical errors resulting in deaths." 'Blood transfusions at birth almost always unneeded." 'Merck tried to bury Vioxx concerns for years." 'Crestor harms kidneys." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

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