Dr. Tabatha Barber explains that statins provide only a 1% benefit and often cause side effects, especially in women. Cholesterol actually works as a repair agent for inflammation, not the villain we've been told it is.
And that's the 1% benefit, but not worth all the risk in my opinion.
Wow. I, I know that people are having light bulb moments right now during this interview, like, oh my goodness, no wonder I feel so miserable, or no wonder my husband's so miserable since he started that statin. That's what I hear a lot from women. But it is not worth all of those side effects because that benefit is so small and it really is blaming the wrong thing. I always say cholesterol is not the villain. He's like an innocent bystander that was there at the time of the shooting. Like, he was not the problem. He was actually trying to patch and repair that inflammation at the site of the artery, right?
Yes, it's an absolute essential component of human physiology.
