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1/6 Doctors, uninformed of how Statins really work, have clung on to the "pleiotropic effect" of Statins, rather than what Statins really are - Mitochondrial Toxins. For example, Statins suppress cell cycles of white blood cells. Patients with autoimmune disease sometimes /2

2/6 have immune "flare ups" with elevated white blood cell counts. Because Statins inhibit white blood cell turnover, people with autoimmune diseases appear to be doing better (on paper) because their white blood cell counts are down ! Drs WRONGLY conclude that Statins /3

3/6 have done some "GOOD". Similarly, acute infections often elevate white blood cells: Since statins can halt white blood cell cycles, Statins APPEAR to "decrease " infection. Because replication of any type of diseased cell is blocked/inhibited by Statins, the list of /4

4/6 so-called "pleiotropic effects" of Statins is growing. However, Statins eventually interrupt the cell cycle of EVERY cell in the body, and while there are benefits to be measured by blocking the life cycle of diseased cells, the cost is /5

5/6 doing HARM to EVERY HEALTHY CELL in the body. No matter how you look at it, the benefits-to-risk ratio of Statins is abysmal. In addition, Statin drugs have a number of negative effects on cardiomyocytes, in particular, increased oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum /6

6/6 stress, damage to both mitochondria and Intercalated discs, and inhibition of glucose transport into cardiomyocytes.
So please don't send me studies which claim that Statins are "anti-inflammatory" when the truth is that Statins increase ROS and oxidative stress !!