LASTING LIPITOR SIDE-AFFECTS FOR 4 YEARS

They say we can't have butter then they do, very confusing.  The carbohydrates there have no fibre and turn to sugar.  I think when we cut out a lot of bread products we lose weight, glad you came off them.

Wise words from your doctor.  I was told by one of my GP’s many years ago to avoid anything ‘white’ – ie white flour, white sugar, white bread, etc.  The processing and bleaching process removes most of the fibre and the benefits of slow release carbs.  Another GP some years later said it was good to avoid white rice but basmati rice was okay as it has a different set of compounds and is better than most.  I now substitute cauliflower rice for other rice a lot of the time.  I love it and it’s starch and gluten free.  Just break a cauliflower into florets, whizz it to crumbs in a food processor, then spread it out on a baking sheet, sprinkle or spray a little olive oil on it and bake it in  a medium oven for about 10-12 minutes.  It can be cooled and frozen like that and just reheated when you need it.  Fantastic for curries and other sauces where you’d usually use rice.

my husband was on statins for a number of years also..but stopped them for the same reason I did...painful muscles   weakness ...he also has dry eyes...never had them before statins....now he has to use eye drops and gell every day...his memory is terrible...his joints still ache...he's been off statins for 6 years...I wish we had never heard of them...At one time his urine was really dark brown...he had it tested...but...hey ho...nothing wrong....I think that's when he stopped the statins

That's a good tip Loxie ...I must try that...I've heard about using cauliflower as rice...but didn't know how to do it...thanks

Good it's off them.  Dark brown urine can be a sign of muscle damage with raised c k levels in tests x

Sorry self correct I put him he's not an it 

well, if you all want to read an informative book, try Wheat Belly Total Health.  That will explain what gluten can do to you.  After reading that I walked away from wheat very easily.  Problem is, it is an addictive substance for some of us.  Not all.  Best weight loss I ever experienced was no wheat, no sugar.  Period.

To be honest before I tried it, I didnt think I'd like it but now I really love it - it's a mild flavour and a nice grainy consistency.  It doesnt replace rice completely but at least I'm not eating as much starchy stuff as previously.  I also tried steaming the cauli, then mashing it with butter (or low fat spread or creme fraiche if you prefer) so it was more like mashed potato - again yummy and great with fish for example.

I like  cauli....I put it in veggie soup with lentils carrot and leek and blend it ....and I have it with salad instead of chips....trying to keep the cholesterol down...anyway except statins

What's wrong with brown rice. It takes 50% longer to cook though. Lukily I only took statins for a couple of weeks at most. I must put in my Notes for someone to read if I go Do-Lally (is that the right expression?) to not allow statins.

me too lisa - I've done everything known to man to try to get my cholesterol down - it's still high but because its familial, I guess I'm stuck with it.  My blood pressure is spot on normal, my blood sugar is at normal levels and I have always eaten really healthily - not much else I can change.  My exercise levels are low due to OA and ruptured tendon problems unfortunately so probably if I could exercise more it would help the numbers but I'm stuck with the physical restrictions.  A hospital doctor told me to try to stopping stressing about having high cholesterol and the risk of strokes and I'd probably reduce the risk by half .....easier said than done but a good point. Stress is the real killer.

Good point Happyhacker - if I go fruit loop as I get older, some jobsworth doctor will probably want me pumped full of statins too, I'll put a note in my living will to refuse them - had to laugh at do-lally - something my mum always said.

That's true...stress is a killer.....years ago we hadn't even heard of cholesterol...now everybody whose ever had a blood test is told their's is high...strange how so many folk are affected.....and if you take a statin then you end up with high blood sugar,,,dodgey kidneys   loss of memory weak muscles and aching joints..thinning hair.....It might be better to never have heard of cholesterol at all.....

You sound the same as me blood pressure, sugar levels are all fine it's just cholesterol.  My dad died of heart disease at 56 only a bit older than me but I do remember him always getting yucky beef dripping sandwiches.  Thing is stressful things come along that we can't help.  Mam died last year so that's been a big stress accepting that.  

The Drs. seem keen to push pills as a quick fix. I wonder how much of it is pressure from the drug companies. Who is actually in control of this country and the NHS. Obviously there's one crowd who arn't and should be!

My dad's family all had heart disease but my mum's family all lived very long lives, the women particularly - most of them into their 90's and my great great grandmother lived until 104, she was an eastern european jew who fled oppression by walking across europe with a babe in arms too!  They all ate the same stuff, did the same jobs, lived in an inner London polluted atmosphere (coal fire smog) - it wasnt obviously down to dietary or lifestyle it was hereditary.  I remember talking to my grandmother about how hard life was, they were poor with no NHS and often no work so no income with big families to feed but somehow they didnt stress about stuff, they were really quite a jolly lot.  Modern life may be more convenient with more services to help etc but the stresses are greater - modern technology and increased access to worldwide communication probably means we take on stress from outside our personal environment, I know I worry constantly about wars, political upheavals, refugee crises, etc., that arent part of my daily life - on top of my own worries about job, finance, health etc.

I know what you mean about the old days...my mother's family lived in a small village ..her dad fought in ww1 and although he survived ..he didn't live long after he came home....my grandmother was left with 4 children and had to go out to work...but every one in the village looked out for each other and although they didn't have much...they shared what they had ...and their doors were always open....Today the stress of everyday life...and keeping a job if you manage to get one...is very real

and is a cause of heart attacks....so cholesterol is maybe not to blame for everything that we're made to believe...