When Dr. Duane Graveline’s cholesterol reached 270, he was prescribed 10 mg. of a statin called Lipitor, which lowered his cholesterol to 150. He was happy with the results and had full faith that lowering his cholesterol was important. But six weeks after starting Lipitor, his wife found him wandering aimlessly in the front yard. Duane no longer recognized her and didn’t know where he was. He was diagnosed as suffering from transient global amnesia, and doctors assured him that Lipitor had nothing to do with it.
For decades now we’ve had it pounded into us by the medical establishment that high cholesterol causes heart disease, and that cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins can reduce cholesterol and therefore heart disease. Dietitians and the media advise us to avoid healthy foods such as eggs and meat because of their cholesterol content, even though dietary cholesterol has little affect on serum cholesterol.
Cholesterol’s not supposed to be lowered. Cholesterol is a normal thing. Cholesterol is good. Cholesterol’s got nothing to do with atherosclerosis….When you don’t have the amount of cholesterol that you are used to–supposed to have in your body–your brain really has trouble with memory and the whole memory process. — Duane Graveline
Statin sales generate billions of dollars for the pharmaceutical industry, and they now want to put children on statins prompted by greed and the misguided and deadly belief that cholesterol is harmful. But is it true? And if not, what are the risks of taking statins?
Statins are now known to cause the following problems (among many, but you probably won’t hear it from your doctor):
- Transient glogal amnesia
- Muscle pain and loss of balance
- Fatigue
- Aggression
- Paranoia
- Depression unresponsive to medication
- Suicidal ideation
- Violence and homicidal episodes
- Premature aging
In this interview Duane discusses his two bouts of transient global amnesia as well as neuromuscular degeneration that almost landed him in a wheelchair. All because of statins and the false belief in the dangers of cholesterol. But the effects of statins don’t necessarily go away when you stop taking them, as Duane found out. Fortunately, he was able to reverse much of the damage.
So before you agree to take statins, or if you are currently taking them, please be sure to listen to this interview and other interviews here on the subject of heart health.
Total time: 46 minutes.
Interview
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Bio
Duane Graveline is a medical doctor and former NASA astronaut famous for being immersed in water for 7 days as part of his zero gravity deconditioning research while a USAF research scientist. Following his experience with statin drug side effects, Duane has become a strong critic of the use of statins to treat high cholesterol levels and through his ongoing research has helped call attention to the lack of any evidence for cholesterol causation for cardiovascular disease, directing attention to inflammation as the fundamental cause, not cholesterol. He has written several books and you can visit Duane at his website Spacedoc.net.
Links in Interview
People’s Pharmacy website
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