Statins – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Many of us find ourselves prescribed one or other of the Statins by our GPs nowadays, often as a result of a routine health check. But are they really necessary, and what are the risks of taking them ? In this article, we’ll try to explain exactly what the statins, as a group of pharmaceuticals, actually look like, how they work, and why the medical profession are so keen on prescribing them for us ‘en masse’. I’ll jump ahead a bit and start with the ‘why’, to try to put the need for these key drugs into context…. Our modern diet is rich in carbohydrates and fats, and often takes the form of highly processed ready meals, which also contain a lot of salt. The problem is that this type of ‘challenge’ to our digestive systems and physiology on a continuous basis is an issue for us – our guts, brains and metabolism simply weren’t designed for it, and the excess salt that most of us consume in our modern diet is also likely to compromise our circulatory health. The expla...
