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Statin drugs cause Coenzyme Q10 deficiencies.

Not everyone is convinced that animal fat and high cholesterol levels are responsible for cardiovascular disease. A group called ‘The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics’ (THINCS) considers the campaign to lower cholesterol to be a scheme by pharmaceutical companies to scare the public into buying expensive drugs. THINCS claims that the statin drugs have dangerous side effects, and that there is no scientific evidence that they have saved anyone’s life.

More to the point here, however, is that THINCS correctly points out that statin drugs cause an alarming suppression of the body’s coenzyme Q10 levels. Coenzyme Q10 supplementation is therefore a ‘must’ for users of statin drugs.

Link to news story:

Concerned Scientists Dispute New Cholesterol-Lowering Guidelines

Link to THINCS website:

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

Link to review of statins and Q10:

The clinical use of HMG CoA-reductase inhibitors and the associated depletion of coenzyme Q10. A review of animal and human publications.

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