Tag Search - "Statins"

Featured: Dyslipidemia: personalized nutritional interventions

Non-pharmacological nutritional approaches are an effective and safe way to manage dyslipidemia, especially when used to target the underlying disease process or unique lipid fractions.

Posted on Sun, 27 Apr 14

License to eat badly: statin drugs

Calorie and fat consumption, along with body weight, has increased over the last 10-years in statin drug users according to a new large-scale study. Statins may be undermining efforts to promote healthy eating.

Posted on Thu, 24 Oct 13

Cardiologist calls out Saturated Fat Myth

A cardiologist has made media waves with an essay in the British Medical Journal where he suggests guidelines to reduce saturated fat are doing more harm than good, and that we are over medicating people with statin drugs.

Posted on Tue, 3 Jul 12

Statin drugs linked to fatigue in up to 40% of people

In what may be the first study to look at the incidence of fatigue in statin users an alarming 30-40% of people were found to suffer from tiredness and exertion related fatigue.

Posted on Mon, 12 Jul 10

Nuts or drugs for heart disease?

Statin drugs are cholesterol lowering drugs routinely recommended for prevention of heart disease however the best evidence to date suggests there is little, if any, benefit. There is however a natural food that can significantly reduce your cholesterol and lower heart disease risk for the price of peanuts, literally.