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Just be careful about what you read. There are 1000's of studies about statins, cholesterol and heart disease.Best to follow your doctor's advice. Get a second opinion if you have doubts.Statins may not be very helpful for someone at low risk of a cardiovascular disease. (i.e. young, non-smoker and otherwise healthy)BUT if you have established coronary artery disease then there are many randomised control trials which show that statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.[USER=257]@tech/a[/USER]Hopefuly test results are OK. TBH you seem to have a fair few things in your favour including the fact that you haven't smoked for 5 years!! When it comes to heart disease after 3-5 years of quiting your risk is very similar to someone who never smoked.Good luck with losing weight.
Just be careful about what you read. There are 1000's of studies about statins, cholesterol and heart disease.
Best to follow your doctor's advice. Get a second opinion if you have doubts.
Statins may not be very helpful for someone at low risk of a cardiovascular disease. (i.e. young, non-smoker and otherwise healthy)
BUT if you have established coronary artery disease then there are many randomised control trials which show that statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.
[USER=257]@tech/a[/USER]
Hopefuly test results are OK. TBH you seem to have a fair few things in your favour including the fact that you haven't smoked for 5 years!! When it comes to heart disease after 3-5 years of quiting your risk is very similar to someone who never smoked.
Good luck with losing weight.
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