Statins CAUSE Heart Disease!?
Doctors are quick to hand out statins to anyone whose cholesterol numbers have started to creep up a little too high.
“Better safe than sorry,” they say.
But if you’ve been taking statins for a long time, you might be VERY sorry.
Yes, the drugs can lower your cholesterol numbers, but they could be giving you heart disease in the process.
Here’s the weird reason why…
Ironically, one of the most popular drugs used to manage a major heart disease risk factor could actually CAUSE the condition.
Statins inhibit CoQ10 (coenzyme Q10) synthesis. That’s not news.
But we’re just NOW seeing the devastating impact this has on your heart.
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in your cells.
Lack of CoQ10 inhibits the production of ATP. This can result in an energy deficit that can damage the muscle function in your heart and blood vessels.
Ultimately, statins are toxic to your critical energy-generating mitochondria.
This was seen in one 2022 study that linked reduced ATP to heart failure.
Another study published a few years ago showed that people taking statins experienced fatigue and muscle pain. But when they stopped taking the drugs and started taking CoQ10 instead, their heart function improved.
Statins also deplete your body of vitamin K, which is essential for preventing plaque buildup in your arteries.
One study found a connection between statin use, vitamin K2 deficiency, and coronary artery calcification.
Most doctors completely overlook this link. And when they diagnose heart failure in their patients, they point the finger at age, high blood pressure, or even artery disease—instead of at themselves for prescribing a dangerous drug that most patients don’t need.
Heart failure has reached “epidemic” status—and with as many as 800 million statin prescriptions written annually—now we know one reason why.
P.S. Heart-related deaths have TRIPLED! Here’s WHY and the FIX.
SOURCE:
Harumi Okuyama, et al., “Statins stimulate atherosclerosis and heart failure: pharmacological mechanisms,” Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 8:2, 189-199,
DOI: 10. 1586 /17512433.2015.1011125
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