Comment good points; statins are a crime against science (Score 1) 468
Years ago scientists figured out that the body's stress and sex hormones are made from LDL cholesterol. If the conversion from LDL to Pregnenolone isn't working as well as it should (vitamin deficiency, or other cause), the body ramps up production of the steroid prohormone precursor, LDL.
But science doesn't make Pfizer et al $billions, so it gets stuffed in a burlap sack and kicked to the side. There is good health advice out there, for people who choose to search for themselves, and who have a bit of luck. Just be careful when talking to medical professionals, as their training has been excessively influenced by those profiteers...