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Statin Intolerance: What did you do?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Apr 28 9:14am | Replies (110)Comment receiving replies
In reply to @emo, @hopeful33250, @rochelle369, and @mayoconnectuser1.
I do eat lots of fruits and vegies daily via salads and green vegs with lunch and dinner, snacking on celery in between. I don't eat refined carbs regularly, but break over to having a few crackers now and the, usually gluten free made with almond flour. I've been on a special diet protocol since Jan 2023 to reduce inflammation in my body and lose weight, which was successful, and I've continued to follow the diet but am adding raw nuts, whole grains, and fruits like red and green apples, bananas, berries, melons, citrus, avocados, etc. into my diet along with more wild-caught fish.
I have not taken any statins since the three I tried caused a multitude of side effects making it impossible to function at all. I am checking with my heart doctor about the Cholesto-pure. That may be a possibility to investigate.
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That sounds great if it’s working for you, and hope you and your cardiologist are able to find a good solution. My dad’s cardiologist mentioned there are the newer injectable medications that work differently. And I think someone mentioned Zetia; that also has a different mechanism of action if you’re open to medication.
Restrictive diets aren’t a good option for my dad or me; he has limitations/disabilities and for me it triggered food anxiety and disordered eating things which were never a problem before. I was told it’s a common “common effect.”
But it’s great you’re finding things that work for you.
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Dr. Esselstyn who was one of the first ones (along with Dr. Dean Ornish ) to show you can reverse or halt heart disease to eat no more than three fruit a day. I belong to a support group who follows Dr. Esselstyn's way and folks that eat more fruit their triglycerides go up with additional fruit. Also be careful of dried fruit.