Podcast Episode 113 Statin Scam Part 5

On this week’s podcast, we continue our discussion on the cholesterol lowering medication called statins. In part 1, we discussed the history of the low fat/low cholesterol dietary recommendations, how those recommendations were used to prop up the use of statins, and why that has been devastating to the health of the entire nation. In part 2, we discuss the literal mechanism of action of statin medication and why lowering LDL is a bad idea. In part 3, we discussed the dirty tricks used by the pharmaceutical industry that make statin medication appear more beneficial than they actually are. In part 4, we finally start to outline some of the major side effects caused by statins. These supposed cure all pills are riddled with numerous debilitating side effects and one of the most commonly seen is new onset diabetes.

In part 5, we discussed how this medication that is supposed to treat heart disease, is actually giving people heart disease. You heard that right. Statins damage our hearts through various mechanisms and are a major contributing factor to more than one million cases of heart failure reported every year.

Statin medications are toxic to our mitochondria and deplete our cells of ATP which can lead to heart failure. This medication can also deplete our cells of selenium and vitamin K, both of which lead to increased calcification of our arteries, which contributes to heart failure.

To learn more about how and why statins lead to heart disease listen to this week’s podcast.