High Cholesterol Support Group

High cholesterol is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is not a disease but a metabolic derangement that can be secondary to many diseases and can contribute to many forms of disease, most notably cardiovascular disease. If you have high cholesterol, join the community to find support and share your experience.

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MedLab1 12/18/2008

Following is a link to a popular web page called "Stopped Our Statins" This group is very informative and contains valuable links to articles explaining statins and their side effects.

If you have taken a statin for high cholesterol and got burned. This link is for YOU.

http://www.freewebs.com/stopped_our_statins/

Barr62 12/19/2008

I heard theres aLaw suit going on i want my far share in on it , been searching on the web for it

Barr62 12/19/2008

i checked into that llink Looks Like no one goes there i do suffer alot from statins from over the years

deleted_user 12/23/2008

hello and a Happy New Year... hope it's a fun one filled with great memories!

I understand a little of the link below, but not all, and am leaving it up to the experts here.. meaning MedLab1 *s* to let us know if we're headed in the right direction in getting rid of cholesterol without meds. Seems there's more reliance on scans, etc. to see if there really is any heart disease, plaque, and whatever else is going on in our bodies.

deleted_user 12/23/2008

http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20081215/rates-coming-down-heart-disease-stroke-deaths?page=2

it would have helped if I left the link, lol!!!

MedLab1 12/23/2008

Excellent article Meadow. The author is citing that the obesity crisis in america is causing more diabetes. He says we must change and I couldn't agree more. We need to be more active and eat natural unprocessed foods.

Now for an absolute mind bender. Go to youtube and enter the name of a favorite band from the 1960's. Look how skinny everybody is in those old videos. This is when heart disease rates in the united states reached an all time high in the 1960's. Since then, our nation has grown fatter, but heart disease rates have gradually dropped. Now go figure.

I don't have the answer.

deleted_user 12/24/2008

hello Medlab1, those are very strange facts for sure, that back then if you were skinny, it wasn't good, but now being a "little" overweight is lowering death numbers. So I guess I'm glad I have my little extra poof on me at 62, lol! And it's sad about the diabetes and weight, my hubby and so many friends have Diabetes 2 because of weight gain.

I'll check out YouTube (which I love with a passion), and see some oldies but goodies, and know they'll be pencil skinny. Go figger!

Happy Holidays from a freezing NJ.

MedLab1 12/24/2008

Meadow, Happy holidays from sunny texas. Todays high is 61 and sunshine.

Did you watch the video I posted from Dr. Kendrick?

deleted_user 12/24/2008

Hello to little from NJ again, to you guys in TX... hope it's warmer there than here.

And I checked out the YouTube site as soon as I saw it. I'll check it again during the weekend because it was so down-to-earth and really no-nonsense, and no scare tactics... refreshing *s*

I posted also, using my name I use for YouTube (I use this one solely for DS so I keep things straight).

Happy Holidays, stay warm, and healthy!

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