Your Doctor And Your Blood Pressure: A Crapshoot

Your doctor may have told you that you havefrom statin cholesterol lowering drugs as their risk
high blood pressure and that your "bad"of having a stroke or heart attacks are high.
cholesterol is high. Every time you visit yourHowever for the average person it is another
doctor he "takes your blood pressure". Youstory. The acceptable numbers for serum
compare your lipid test results with your friendscholesterol have becoming lower and lower so
and family. I have this and you have that. Youthat almost everyone is now a candidate for
may have been placed on expensive statin familyStatin serum lowering cholesterol drug therapy.
cholesterol lowering drugs - for the rest of yourWhat was ok 5 years ago is now considered a
life. Ultimately your doctor is out to help you andvery high indeed deadly serum cholesterol
not to harm you. But you should understand thatmeasurement. It is a growth industry for the
the lowering of cholesterol in your blood topharmaceutical industry so to speak. Once you
improve your heart and decrease your chancesare on these medicatiatons you are hooked for
of heart disease and heart attack is nothing morelife. You cannot come off these drugs because
than a crap shoot so to speak.you will have a much greater chance of heart
Heart disease and heart trouble in many cases alldisease. Furthermore these medications are not
come from narrowing of the arteries. Imaginerisk free. They are not free of side effects. It is
you are stepping on a garden hose that is runningnot as if taking these pills is like taking sugar
with water. It does not take much decrease inwater. To begin with cholesterol is normally
size of the diameter of the hose to slow the flowproduced in your body. Cholesterol is natural not a
in that hose. So it is with the arteries in yourpoison. Cholesterol is used throughout your body
body. All it takes to cause heart disease and ain many important functions and normal body
heart attack is a small reduction in the size of theprocesses and controls.
lumen (opening) of your blood arteries.The family of cholesterol lowering statin drugs has
What has been found in the blood arteries ofa number of side effects. Two of the most
many of the bodies of heart disease and hearttroubling of statin side effects include extreme
attack victims post mortem is narrowed bloodmuscle pain and muscle disease and serious liver
arteries with crystals of cholesterol in the walls ofproblems. Anyone with liver disease (schmendricks
their arteries. It is these crystals of cholesterolwho drink heavily) should be very careful about
that is bulging the walls of these arteries of thetaking these statin cholesterol lowering drugs and
blood circulation system that is narrowing andmedications. Lastly statin medications decrease
occluding the arteries of these people who hadyour body's supply of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)
heart disease. However does a high serum (blood)which is an essential nutrient for heart strength
cholesterol necessary lead to cholesterol crystalsand function.
in the arteries of blood vessels and then to heartYou may think that changing your diet and
disease? In the end no one knows. It will not beexercise will help your cholesterol levels. Ultimately
for several generations when results of follow updiet and exercise seem to have limited effects on
trials of long term treatment of people with highchanging cholesterol levels. In France they eat all
blood pressure and high serum cholesterols will tellthe worst foods - high in fat, lots of wine and
our grandchildren and great grandchildren whetheralcohol and in the end they are fine, at least in
in their adult world it is a good idea to lower ourterms of incidence of incidence of heart disease,
serum cholesterol and be addicted to statin typestrokes and heart attacks.
cholesterol lowering drugs and medications thatIn the end remember that your doctor is trying
are not of no consequence and risk as sugarto be of help to you. Always be considerate of
water would be.that. Nothing is all good, nothing is all bad. As your
It is not an unreasonable assumption to take -grandmother may have told you - it all depends
that it is a good idea to lower serum cholesterol inand that diseases seem to run in families. Genetics
an attempt to reduce heart disease risk. It is justalways play a major role. It you have heart
that you should know that in the end this is just adisease already or heart disease - heart trouble,
good guess and a crapshoot so to speak. Aheart disease, heart attacks and strokes or
person who has other risk factors for heartdiabetes run in your family be as cautious with
disease - such as those with diabetes or previousyour serum cholesterol as possible. If not consider
heart attacks or disease is another ball of wax sothe other side. It never hurts to be cautious and
to speak. These people are most likely to benefitask questions.