I read the article, very interesting, three specialists views!

Sponge cake is low Gi. Limit your carbohydrate to about 120g per day, and if you choose that to include a small piece of sponge cake occasionally, then so be it.

Addressing the source of the problem is the correct solution. Pharmaceuticals are band-aid solutions that may or may not be protective. You should be aware that most statin studies were done on males so there's virtually no evidence of efficacy for females. Furthermore, at older ages, elevated cholesterol is considered protective and enhances longevity.

For exercise you can simply walk up to 60 minutes per day in intervals.

Sugar has no nutritional value, weakens your immune system, and harms your gut microbiome giving rise to hormonal imbalances that may ultimately effect your pituitary and thyroid functions. This may lead to a vicious cycle of health issues requiring a never ending parade of drugs.

One piece of coffee cake has about 300 calories. If you have a 1,500 to 2,000 calorie per day dietary intake, that means you will waste 14 to 20% of your daily caloric intake on food devoid of nutrition. Without this impediment, as it is stands, most people have difficulty eating a balanced diet comprised of a variety of nutritious food sources.

Focus on trying to get more leafy greens, nutritious fruits such as blueberries and apples, as well as nuts and seeds into your diet and forget the sugar.

Alzheimer's is now being referred to as type 3 diabetes because researchers are beginning to believe that it is a form of vascular disease. In other words, a disease related to the arteries and other blood vessels. Sugar and simple carbohydrate foods clog these arteries.

If you wish to have a long 'health-span' then you now know what to do. The statins will not protect you, in fact, statins are known to increase blood glucose levels and increase the risk of both diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease.

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Read this:

"However, lack of evidence substantially challenges efforts to reach optimal health decisions for the aging population. Trends in prescription drug use, even before the 2013 ACC/AHA guideline, suggest that increasing numbers of individuals older than 75 years will likely be treated with statins for primary prevention in the absence of adequate information on benefits and risks.9"

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Statins are designed to lower LDL-C. This biomarker is no longer considered the best treatment target for dyslipidemia.

LDL-P (particle number) is a better indicator of CVD risk.

To get this biomarker value, get a blood test called NMR Lipoprofile (about $100 USD).

In the absence of this test, get a blood test for ApoB and ApoA. ApoB is a proxy for LDL-P, although the NMR Lipoprofile test provides far more detailed and important information.

I used to take statins following open heart surgery but they caused severe muscle pain for me and I aggressively changed my diet and lifestyle in order to avoid taking them.

Sugar is a toxin when consumed over an extended time-frame, like a lifetime. Sugar is NOT a treat, it is addictive and bad for your health - it weakens your immune system and damages your gut microbiome and affects your hormones. When you understand this, changing your diet will not be difficult.

Good luck.

Even in the article they say heart disease is caused by damage to the lining of the arteries which LDL then gets involved in repairing, if this repair work bursts then this is one form of a heart attack. Now think about it, do you want to reduce or eliminate damage to the arteries or do you want to lower one of the components (LDL) that gets in involved in repair ?. If Statins have any small benefit it is probably not due to the lowering of LDL but due to their reduction in inflamation which can be achieved by natural means, see the Lyon Heart Study for how diet outperformed Statins

Please don’t give up. You are still reasonably young like me(70) at least I feel that way. I stopped the statins and osteoporosis medication and I push myself to regularly exercise and eat healthy which is not always happening. There are so many benefits to healthy eating and exercising and it’s up to us to kick ourselves in the butt to get up and move. It’s not easy but once you get moving as you know it gets easier. There is also a new film on Netflix called”heal” which suggests that positive thinking is a major factor in keeping healthy. All the best to you!

Well there is a known risk of 15% getting type 2 diabetes many lawsuits against drug companies, about >40% risk of muscle damage of some sort, and statins give a negative benefit to exercise, can cause memory problems, accelerate cancer, and give some other dreaded diseases while the number needed to treat to save one life is less with diet and exercise.

Some can tolerate fat others cannot so knowing your genotype might help. So watch this expose and you decide. Dr David Diamond 2018 low carb conference.

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todayonline.com/world/bone-...

jeffreydachmd.com/2018/03/c...

Here is another perspective on statins by a doctor who used to prescribe them and used them himself and got temporary global amnesia then he investigated what was happening.

jpands.org/vol20no1/graveli...

When they can figure out who actually will benefit and how much without one having to play Russian roulette with the side effects then I would say one can decide.

Well after an infection it is normal for cholesterol to go up as it is an immune response. First it was cholesterol then LDL now it is Calcium score next year it will be the size of your big toe nail, I jest indeed!

jeffreydachmd.com/2019/02/c...

So what is the real risk reduction 1.1% and a side effects lottery. You can always sue for type2 diabetes which has been proven and they have to declare that now but what good is that.

This is a different approach which does not work for many but worth the time understand the true facts.

research it and then decide! I would never take them but that's me!