A doctor argues statins are overprescribed without checking metabolic health first. Before starting the drug, doctors should test fasting insulin, HDL, inflammation markers, and kidney function, not just LDL cholesterol numbers.
I don't know another number that doctors get more wrong with putting people on medication than cholesterol. I just don't. I just think there's so many people on, um, statin drugs and on medicine that should not be. Okay, now it may be a little different if you do have super high numbers, high triglycerides and all of that. Um, that may be different if you're insulin resistant, you got high A1C levels and things like that. Maybe it's a little different. But if all of that stuff is good and they're not taking that into context, they're not like looking at your lab work saying Well, man, you got— you don't have any diabetes. You don't have much inflammation on these tests. You do everything else look good. Your kidneys look good. Your fasted insulin levels look good. HDL numbers good. Like, they should be looking at that also, and they should— there should be a conversation about all of it.
