Healthy persons with high cholesterol do not need statins? What the...?

Sounds strange doesn't it? Almost sacrilegious, right? But recent studies are touting results that say the same thing. More incredibly, they show that HIGH cholesterol levels are associated with decreased mortality! The Cochrane Collaboration, an independent research group and gold standard for research evaluation, stated, “Statins do not have a proven net health benefit in primary prevention populations and thus when used in that setting do not represent good use of scarce health care resources”. (1) Some studies have shown that lowered cholesterol levels are associated with increased mortality! (4-6) One older study found an 11% increase in mortality due to heart disease for every 1% decrease in cholesterol levels! Statins do stop the production of cholesterol but at the expense of stopping the production of some very vital substances. Cholesterol is not the problem. Lifestyle and diet are. Drugs are not the answer and only create more problems. Better and smarter on how to live a more healthier life are.


1. Therapeutics Letter 77/ March-April 2010.

2.  Lancet 2001, Aug 4; 358(9279)

3.  J Womens Health 2004. Jan-Feb 13(1)

4.  Lancet 1997: 350; 119-1123

5.  JAMA 24 April, 1987, p 2176-2180