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 are, how they work, and why the medical profession are so keen on prescribing them for us ‘en masse’. I’ll start with the ‘why’, to try to put the need for these drugs into context…. Our modern diet is rich in carbohydrates and fats, and for many of us with busy lives 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 on a continuous basis is an issue – our guts, brains and metabolism simply weren’t designed for it. The explanation for this mismatch is relatively simple. For the vast majority of our evolutionary history, food was scarce, and whatever came along had to be pounced upon and used to the ful...
