Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On 29/11/2024 22:43, Pancho wrote:

On 11/29/24 13:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 29/11/2024 09:29, D wrote:

The other week the doctor called him out for an increase in cholesterol, and suggested a more vegetarian diet. My father told him that's never gonna happen, so the doctor sighed and gave him some medicine instead. End result: happy patient!

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Ignorant doctors. Cholesterol is made by the body to deal with too much starch.
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I get a fortnightly injection for that. Self administered. The quacks are happy with the results.
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Statins are fucking dreadful.
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 I've taken simvastatin for over 25 years, and BP meds. I don't think I have side effects.
 The doctor says I should have a yearly review. In the review, the clinician  asks do you have side effects? I say how would I know what are side effects and what is unrelated. The review clinician skips on, saying side effects normally happen in the first few months. Next review I'm going prepared. I'm going to make a long list of every ache and pain I have.
 Are you sure Cholesterol is due to starch? Last time I looked it was saturated fats, and possibly starch. To be fair I've never been able to work out what affects me. Benecol spread, stanols, seem to help, but I have that on bread.
 I think, maybe, stress made it worse.

As I understood it, the body makes it. You don't get it directly from foods. It is something to do with fat transport round the body.
Google 'metabolic syndrome'.  Type II diabetes, obesity,  high blood pressure and high cholesterol are all part of the same thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_syndrome
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