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David Diamond

@LDLSkeptic • 45,634 subscribers

Ph.D. in Biology/Neuroscience Professor, Univ So Florida My second career focuses on cardiovascular disease I'm skeptical of LDL cholesterol as a cause of CVD

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Every day for the past 26 years I'm grateful I didn't listen to my doctor who wanted me to take a statin for my high LDL. At 68 I can work with my personal trainer and box for an hour. I wonder if I'd have the strength to do so if I had taken that statin and suffered the muscle atrophy, brain fog and diabetes that could've developed from the medication, with virtually no benefit for my heart.

Every day for the past 26 years I'm grateful I didn't listen to my doctor who wanted me to take a statin for my high LDL. At 68 I can work with my personal trainer and box for an hour. I wonder if I'd have the strength to do so if I had taken that statin and suffered the muscle atrophy, brain fog and diabetes that could've developed from the medication, with virtually no benefit for my heart.

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