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Is Brain Fog
Caused by Statin Drugs?
If you are plagued by brain fog, and wonder if
you are getting early Alzheimers disease, you
should know about the side effects of Lipitor,
Crestor, Vytorin and Zocor that the
pharmaceutical companies would like to keep a
secret.
The following article is from Dr. Al Sears, one
of the most highly regarded physicians in
America.
Dr. Sears reports:
A new study has just found a brain robber that
over 10 million people in the USA are exposed to
every day. If you’re one of them I think you
should stop.
Today, I’ll tell you about some of the newfound
dangers of these unsafe statin drugs, and give you
healthy alternatives for your brain and heart.
Statin cholesterol-lowering drugs are Big
Pharma’s biggest windfall for past several years
running. Twelve million Americans are now taking
Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Vytorin and other
statin drugs at the constant urging and heavy
pressure of a misinformed mainstream medical
establishment.
But I find that if I track the big bucks in
medicine, I often find secrets, distortions or
even outright deceit that the people making the
money would prefer that you didn’t know.
Case in point - An important study out of U.C.
San Diego has gathered conclusive evidence of
statins’ profoundly destructive impact on the
brain and could be causing you serious memory
problems.
It turns out they can provoke brain fog symptoms
similar to Alzheimer’s Disease.1
In fact, some of the San Diego study’s subjects
reported memory loss to the point where they
couldn’t recognize people they’d known for
decades. Others found that statins had stripped
them of their ability to concentrate, work,
think clearly or even talk.
In most cases, their mental powers returned once
they went off the drugs. But for some, the
damage was lasting.
The fact is, after muscle pain and weakness,
brain fog
and short term
memory loss are the most common side
effect of statin drugs. But most people don’t
know this. I’ve never heard of a single case of
a doctor warning a patient of this potential
when they discuss the decision to begin the
drug.
From a medical point of view, it’s not at all
surprising that they cause brain fog and other disorders.
Cholesterol is crucial to brain function. It
protects nerve cells and literally speeds up
your brain’s operation in all areas, including
your thought processes, recall, and speech. It’s
also the building block for synapses, the areas
between nerve cells that transmit messages.
Statins sap your body of an important building
block with cholesterol. For some folks, the loss
is so great that their bodies – and minds –
begin to break down.
Still skeptical? An ongoing heart study in
Framingham, Massachusetts demonstrated
definitively that older folks with low
cholesterol levels actually have lower brain
function and more brain fog than those with higher levels.2
Older people with low total cholesterol (under
200) were much more likely to perform poorly on
tests of brain function than those with high
cholesterol (over 240).
For many years now, we’ve known that very low
cholesterol levels are linked to increased risk
of stroke, suicide and violent behavior. New research
has even found a link between low cholesterol
levels and increased risk of death from cancer.3
Not to mention muscle weakness, fatigue, and low
sex drive...
Now we’re learning that low cholesterol has a
brain fog, stupefying effect as well.
Bottom line: far from being the Enemy that
modern medicine claims, cholesterol is really an
essential nutrient. Modern medicine’s obsession
with it is misguided.
As I tell my patients almost every day, don’t
try to lower cholesterol; it’s your HDL or
“good” cholesterol level that you should focus
on.
As long as your HDL count’s high – say, around
75 to 80 – you are not at any higher risk of
heart disease if your cholesterol is 350.
So how can you boost your HDL? One,
exercise weight loss and
two eat naturally occurring fats.
Get your fat from free-range or grass-fed
animals, eggs, nuts, and unprocessed vegetable
oils. These are some of the healthiest foods you
can eat. (As with all foods, look for organic or
minimally processed options whenever possible.)
Omega-3 supplements come in the form of gel caps
but be sure to get a high quality oil that has
been pharmaceutically distilled.
You really don’t need to take these dangerous
drugs. For more information take a look at my
book
The Doctor's Heart Cure.
Note: If you are taking one of the statin drugs
or just want a better heart and brain, I
encourage you to take a look at Dr. Sears book.
It is inexpensive and absolutely worth reading.
Gene
1 Golomb BA. “Impact of statin
adverse events in the elderly.” Expert Opinion
on Drug Safety. 2005;4(3):389–397.
2 Elias PK et al. “Serum cholesterol and cognitive
performance in the Framingham Heart Study,”
Psychosomatic Medicine. 2005;67(1):24–30.
3 Alawi A, et al. Effect of the Magnitude of Lipid
Lowering on Cancer. Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, 50(2007):409-418. |
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