[Freeda]

I don't take statins because, instead, I take the highest quality fish oil. All statins, like all meds, have side effects, whether or not we notice them; as we age, chemical effects from any source, including meds, are more and more something to question exposure to. Remember...we are one of the first generations to reach advanced age with chronic health issues being altered/maintained for decades by medications; at what point will the side effects outweigh the benefits?. High quality oil, which has no side effects, prevents the oxidation of cholesterol, so that the particles do not become charged - i.e.
'sticky'; and the particles, therefore, don't bunch up and create plaques; prevention of which is the reason for statins. Non-oxidized cholesterol particles merely float along, like balloons through a room. (If the balloons, however, were rubbed and made staticky, then they would stick together and create blockages in the room; the same as happens with oxidized cholesterol particles in our blood vessels). The quality of our cholesterol (non-oxidized is the goal) is more important than the amount of it. Dietary choices to naturally keep cholesterol at a healthier level is another thing to do.