Farside on Nostr: I would not go on statins. Cholesterol has a number of functions in the body. And ...
I would not go on statins.
Cholesterol has a number of functions in the body. And your body is probably doing something to bring it into long term balance.
It happens to be an antioxidant, similar in action to how grease and oil in a machine prevent oxidation by coating surfaces.
Did you get heavy metal toxicity testing done by any chance?
Another thought is if you have been on a diet containing a lot of trans fats and seed oils, over time you body stores it in the cells. Now that you're eating saturated fats, the body will be exchanging that stored fat and flushing it out of the body. It can mobilize that fat via cholesterol so it might be a detoxification process going on.
Anyway, I'm not an expert on this. I would just let my body do it's thing if I'm otherwise healthy and resist the temptation to intervene with pharmaceuticals.
Cholesterol has a number of functions in the body. And your body is probably doing something to bring it into long term balance.
It happens to be an antioxidant, similar in action to how grease and oil in a machine prevent oxidation by coating surfaces.
Did you get heavy metal toxicity testing done by any chance?
Another thought is if you have been on a diet containing a lot of trans fats and seed oils, over time you body stores it in the cells. Now that you're eating saturated fats, the body will be exchanging that stored fat and flushing it out of the body. It can mobilize that fat via cholesterol so it might be a detoxification process going on.
Anyway, I'm not an expert on this. I would just let my body do it's thing if I'm otherwise healthy and resist the temptation to intervene with pharmaceuticals.