parkinsons and chloresterol

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naturalnews.com/2018-08-21-...

natural news writes more likely to get pd with lower chloresterol. is this true?

taking statins. c

[marion11005]

I'm not surprised. The brain consists of 25 % of the body's cholesterol. This article talks about it. My Parkinson's didn't kick into high gear until I was put on statins and went on a strict low cholesterol diet. I stopped taking them despite my Dr's wishes, and after several years of trying to put me back on them he finally did an on-line calculation to "prove" to me I was at risk for coronary disease. Imagine his surprise when it indicated I didn't need to be on them. But the damage was done (in my opinion). As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. drperlmutter.com/brain-need...

[park_bear in reply to marion11005]

The benefits of statins are vastly exaggerated and the drawbacks are minimized:

youtube.com/watch?v=BzTjPui...(Not working as expected?)

Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review

bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6...

youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5MwNX...(Not working as expected?)

[Astra7]

Interesting

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This is what the Primary Investigator said:

We are not saying that statins cause Parkinson's disease, but rather that [...] statins should not be used based on the idea that they will protect against Parkinson's. People have individual levels of risk for heart problems or Parkinson's disease.

[MehmetKutlu]

Association does not prove causality; other factors, even chance could be responsible for this finding. More definitive research is needed to clarify the situation.

Statin drugs have been around for over 30 years, given to tens of millions of cardiac patients, saving countless number of lives, and displaying some non-cardiac benefits as well. They are strongly indicated in vascular disease. Statins were followed very closely with regard to long term side effects. To my knowledge, they have been found to be very safe. It is quite surprising that increased PD risk has never been detected by any study before, since 80s.

[Despe in reply to MehmetKutlu]

You seem to defend CONVENTIONAL medicine very often on this site. May I ask if you are a medical doctor? Thank you.

[MBAnderson]

I agree with park_bear. Were it me, I'd look for alternatives.

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Four alternative anti-cholesterol supplements are food grade diatomaceous earth, not pool grade DE, lecithin granules, but not liquid lecithin forms, probiotics and fenugreek.

I have used the first two and they did work for the purpose. I am currently taking the synbiotic, but my cholesterol is already in range, so I can't say with certainty that it works, but the studies support it as such.

This study confirms the effectiveness of DE, but I got better results using a higher dose than what was used in the study.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/953...

This study suggests that probiotics can lower cholesterol:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/299...

This study explains how lecithin lowers cholesterol:

hindawi.com/journals/choles...

uofmhealth.org/health-libra...

These are not the only supplements that work for this purpose and these four are also likely to have the potential to offer other health benefits!

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