So many people go to the doctor with high cholesterol and end up on a statin or cholesterol lowering drug for years, if not their entire lives. Dr. Peter Glidden says there is something fundamentally wrong with that and that prolonged statin use can lead to many more serious conditions.

“You’re central nervous system, your nerves and your brain are made from cholesterol. So, when you drive cholesterol into the ditch, the parts of the body that are made from cholesterol will suffer and eventually fail.”

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