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Skriven 2013-06-21 23:27:08 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  -> had put him on, stopped taking it, and felt much better the next
->  -> morning.  His primary doc agreed that that was ok to have done.  :) 
-> 
->  RH> Statins have two kinds of side effects - nasty and nastier.  They
->  RH> tried  putting my mom on them at age 81, but she tried them and
said
->  RH> fuggedaboutit. 
-> 
-> The more feedback I get, the more I see that the only ones that seem to
-> think good things about them are a certain segment of the doctor
-> population... ;0  There must be some people for which statins are a good
-> thing, but I know of far more that have nothing but troubles from them. 
-> 
They're good for someone with genetic problems, but not the rest of the 
population.  If you're someone whose cholesterol numbers don't change much 
even when you switch to a vegan diet, you're a candidate.  Otherwise,
better 
to eat your way to better numbers.

->  RH> I try to do that myself.  My dad had to watch his sodium intake, so 
I
->  RH> read  labels as a matter of course. In some cases they say going
too
->  RH> low is a bad  thing.  Go figure. 
-> 
-> Quite.  The body needs a certain amount of sodium in order to function
-> properly... Too little can also cause fluid retention, in order to hold
-> onto the little left in the body, which can be just as bad.  And it can
-> also cause low blood pressure and dizziness.  My dad was on a low-sodium
-> diet for many years, and it did start to backfire on him in his later
-> years...  Proper balance is key...

African-americans have to watch out for sodium especially, for historic 
reasons.  Some of the rest of us don't react at all.
  
->  -> the classic symptoms, it's pretty hard to figure out sometimes until
->  -> after the fact...  :)
-> 
->  RH> Years later in this case.
-> 
-> I've heard of other instances like that... seems they all come out of
-> the woodwork when one is starting to have such onesself (or one's
-> spouse's self... [g])

Seems to be.
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