Food is your best medicine is logical statement that leads to a life time of optimal health. Chemicals of any kind ie fertilizers, pesticides, drugs have a consequence, mostly negative on your health.<\/p>\n

The medical literature clearly shows that statin medications like Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor shut down the production of one of the most important nutrients in the body. And I am referring to Co-Enzyme Q10 (CoQ10).<\/p>\n

What many people are unaware of is the fact that when CoQ10 is depleted it causes the LDL cholesterol to become oxidized. This in turn sets off a cascade of events making the LDL cholesterol drill holes in the arterial wall causing major inflammation. This inflammation sets you up for an INCREASED risk of getting a heart attack or stroke.<\/p>\n

This a major reason why taking statins drugs is no guarantee you will not die of a heart attack! In fact heart attack and stroke has not changed with statins or aspirin therapy.<\/p>\n

I have to admit I am at a total loss why any doctor would prescribe a statin medication without adding the life-saving CoQ10 or advising them on organic nutrition. This may be hard to swallow (excuse the pun) but it should be illegal to prescribe a statin without also prescribing CoQ10.<\/p>\n

The following list of health challenges should be a wake up call for people who believe they are safe taking statins without CoQ10. CoQ10 deficiency can cause fatal cardiomyopathy, heart attack, congestive heart failure (which usually carries a death sentence of 5 years), exhaustion, cancer, myopathy, depression resistant to anti-depressants, high blood pressure, gum disease and tooth loss, hair loss, liver disease, sudden complete memory loss or amnesia, cataracts, angina, cancer, folic acid deficiency, damaged cell membranes, and much more.<\/p>\n

In fact, it not only increases you from getting a variety of diseases but low CoQ10 levels predict that you can die within 6 months.<\/p>\n

So you can see that any doctor who prescribes a statin medication then turns you loose without also prescribing CoQ10 shows lack of scientific knowledge of the very drug he is authorized to prescribe. Take a look at the wealth of scientific references listed below.<\/p>\n

Now if you think I am being a bold about what I have just shared with you please understand that this is serious.<\/p>\n

Here is something that will shock many of you. Back in 1990s, the pharmaceutical giant, Merck, decided to add CoQ10 to a statin medication. They even went so far as to get a patent. The patent number is 4,933,165. Go ahead and download the patent document:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.functionalmedicineuniversity.com\/statin-CoQ10.pdf<\/p>\n

So you may ask why in the world would they produce a statin with CoQ10 and the answer is quite obvious. They knew the seriousness of selling the world on statins without CoQ10.<\/p>\n

Now you may be thinking whatever happened to this drug. Well it never came to the marketplace. Not sure why but again they wouldn’t have created this combination statin-CoQ10 drug if they were not warned of the serious consequences of promoting a statin without CoQ10.<\/p>\n

Hmmm.. makes me very suspicious…<\/p>\n

If you are on a statin medication, I urge you to insist that your doctor checks your CoQ10 levels. You can easily have this done by getting an CardioION test which includes a direct test for CoQ10 and a more sensitive test called hydroxymethylglutarate. This is an organic acid assay which will show you if a particular dose is high enough for your body.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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