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Heart Disease, Thyroid Disease, and Statins: New Links, New Solutions

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I am a numbers guy, an engineer, MBA, and for the real numbers geeks,...

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It should be no secret that heart disease is inextricably linked to thyroid disease, especially hypothyroidism caused by such maladies as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (a condition I suffer from).   A recent study of 25,000 people recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has confirmed...
  1. I believe statin drugs are bad for you
    Mike
    Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    There are better, more natural ways to lower cholesterol than statin drugs.  the key is to raise HDL, don't worry about other cholesterol levels.  Vitamin D, Fish oil, excercise, niacin.  All raise HDL, and thus prevent heart disease.  Statin drugs, most derived from red yeast rice, are unnatual molecules that have many negative side effects.  Avoid them at all costs.  reduce carbohydrate intake, especially sugar, and grains like wheat and corn.  This is what really works to control heart disease.

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